The prisoner who was faking being asleep instantly awoke after he heard the words that Mako had just uttered. He jumped out of bed and quickly faced Mako, only to see his hands covered in sparks.
"What are you doing?!" Nikhil shouted as took a defensive stance.
Mako didn't reply with words but rather with a bolt of lightning aimed straight at Nikhil's face. Nikhil instantly moved to the left and was barely able to dodge the lightning bolt, but as he did so, a fist appeared in his line of sight.
Mako purposefully launched the lightning bolt a little to the right so that he would be able to dodge it, but now he had him right where he wanted him to be.
[Dash has been activated]
Mako sped up as before Nikhil could even rebalance himself after dodging the lightning bolt, his punch planted straight on his right cheek and he got launched a couple of feet backward in the air.
Nikhil landed on his back and was struggling to take a breath. He had never been this hurt in his life, his face was covered in blood, his nose had shattered completely, and he was even missing some of his teeth.
"I am one of you!! Why are you doing this?!" Nikhil wailed as last resort to stop Mako from ending his life.
Mako slowly started walking toward Nikhil who was still on his knees coughing out blood. All the prisoners were now watching the scene as a guard was showing no mercy to one of their own. They had seen events like this happen before and the only thing that they could do was to watch.
Mako released all his rage in the form of his aura as it was much fiercer than ever before. Everyone in the room could sense this intense aura as this was far more intense than any other guard's aura they had ever seen.
Mako continued to slowly walk toward Nikhil who was dragging himself trying to get away from him when Mako said," I am not one of you, and I will never become someone like you."
After hearing these words, Nikhil understood what was happening and opened his mouth in an attempt to scream so that maybe someone could be alerted of the current situation.
However, Before anything could come out of Nikhil's mouth, Mako covered the distance between them and threw another punch which knocked him unconscious.
*DING!*
[A Level 3 Opponent Has Been Defeated]
[+500 EXP]
The entire room became silent as Mako stood over Nikhil's unconscious body. He reached into his pocket and activated his inventory to take out some tape that he had stored in there. Mako had gone shopping again during the week and had bought many different items that could come in handy and stored them in his inventory so that he would always have access to them.
He used the tape to tie Nikhil's hands and legs and also covered his mouth so that he could scream once he came to. After placing his body in the corner of the room, Mako turned to look at all of the prisoners.
He took out a black card that had a purple raven engraved on it and raised it above his head to show all of the prisoners.
"To be or not to be, that is the question," Mako said and immediately a few of the prisoners lit up with joy and ran towards Mako to hug him.
These were all Dark Raven members who had been imprisoned here, and the only way for Mako to find them and gain his trust was by showing them all the cards that Paul had given him as part of the initiation, and saying the phrase that every Dark Raven member knew as it was a sort of password for them.
The phrase itself was written by a very ancient poet called Shakespeare, but no one of today really knew about him since poetry wasn't a big part of society anymore. However, Paul was one of those people who love to read and understand ancient literature and this phrase was one of his favorites.
"I knew the boss wouldn't abandon us! Thank You brother, thank you so much." one of the prisoners who had approached Mako said with compassion and happiness.
Mako and the Dark Raven members had a small chat in which Mako explained to them everything that was going down. He explained to them his plan of escape and why he took care of Nikhil.
Nikhil was a rat that the guards had placed with the prisoners so that he could observe them from within and report back to them if any of them were planning to stir up trouble or any kind of escape.
Bill had told Mako that there was at least one rat among the prisoners who would have some sort of hearing ability so that they could hear everyone even if they weren't close to them.
When Bill was imprisoned in one of these warehouses, Andy was one of these rats who was friendly to everyone on the outside but would use his ability to know of any plans that anyone was brewing and report them to guards so that they can nip the problem in the bud.
These rats would be properly fed and treated and would oftentimes be given breaks during work hours so that they would be motivated to share intel with them.
The Dark Raven members did their part as word quickly spread to everyone about the escape plan and everyone was ready to escape this hell hole once and for all. Mako on the other hand started making small campfires with his Fire ability all around so that everyone could warm up, and he even took out some of the rejuvenating and healing pills that he shared with the stronger ability users so that they would be in good condition and be able to fight when the time came.
After everything was said and done, Mako returned back to the small room to continue his duty as the guard while the prisoners all slowly started to go to bed so that they would have more energy for tomorrow.
It was now a waiting game till morning when another guard will come, and he and Mako would be responsible to escort all the prisoners to their positions around the warehouse. Mako could use this opportunity to carry out preparations for the rest of his plan.
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[In Another Warehouse]
"Please, Please! Have mercy! I am a victim too."A man was crawling on the ground covered in blood and pleading for his life while a man was standing in front of him with a club made of stone that was dripping with blood.
"I victim of your own cowardice, now that's more like it." The man replied as he delivered another blow on the head and knocked the pleading man unconscious.
Bill was coincidentally in the same position as Mako and he had also just dealt with the rat in his prison. Bill didn't have the luxury of using Analyze and just finding out who was the rat, but fortunately, he and his partner that was a member of the Dark Raven were both assigned guard duty in the basement because this facility was a bit larger than the one Mako was in with more prisoners that required more manpower.
Bill slowly started to talk with some of the prisoners and blew his cover that he wasn't actually a guard and was in fact here to break them out, while his friend was keeping watch on every single one of the prisoners from afar. Bill's partner had the Omni Eye ability and was able to sense the level 3 Auditory Perception ability when it was activated and Bill was able to finish him off before anyone was alerted.
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The remaining two teams didn't start in the basement, but that didn't matter because Mako's plan incorporated all these factors so that, wherever they were stationed, they could complete one part of the plan.
The original plan was to first sabotage the armory, then knock out communications so that they won't be able to call for backup, plant the explosives in the correct places so that there will only be one entrance and exit, and then go to the basement to free the prisoners.
The rat would have been an issue in the original plan since it would already be too late, but since Mako and Bill's team didn't get the luxury to follow the original plan they had to do some extra steps in order to make sure that the integrity of the plan didn't diminish.
Mako and Bill both had to wait till the morning to continue their plan while the remaining two teams were continuing on with the original plan.
Mako had also instructed everyone to not make any moves if they got separated because it would risk getting them caught so even though Jacob was stationed in the armory, he won't sabotage it until he met up with Mako.
"Time for phase two," Mako said as he sat patiently in the leather chair in the guard's room, waiting for morning to come.
