For the first time since its creation, the undead district was empty. A messenger from the guardsmen had come through and cleared everyone out, because of escaped experiments from the lamia's district. Everyone of course cleared the streets immediately because the last time they thought it wouldnt effect them at all, they were immediately proven wrong when they were assaulted with dozens of flying monkeys with chainsaws that spat fire. Now the residents of the undead district are all inside preparing to repair any damage the lamia's experiments would wreak this time. Captian Lucy was currently leading her troops into the district, all of them armed to the teeth with all manner of weapons. 200 Of the guards finest going towards the warehouse where their enemies were lying in wait.

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The warehouse was dead silent, nothing and no one moved and the entire place was pitch black inside. The corrupted mana was even thicker than before and it spread to just outside the building now. The only people doing anything in here was the five cultists in five chairs chanting. They were arranged in a semi circle around the massive cauldron and two sacrifices. Two of the five were holding large knives and were painting symbols on them with their blood. The two secured to the floor have given up on all hope of rescue when they were brought here, they knew these people were serious and only wanted to kill them. They had succumed to the thick corruption long ago and were no longer conscious. The cultists didnt care though, because all they needed was their lives.

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I was finally released from the prison and I immediately went back to Lari's place to make sure Malady and Vylet are okay. The guards gave me my stuff back, I checked and everything was returned to me except of course the book and the robe that got me here in the first place. The walk back to the lamia district was uneventful and boring, something I havent had much of lately. Although, there was a sort of tense feeling in the city. Everyone I passed seemed antsy or nervous about something. Maybe the news of the mad guild being here had spread and people are afraid of whats going to happen. I want to go see what their going to do to the guild. Im having a bad feeling about this whole mess and I want to try and do something.

I went back to Lari's place to find her having breakfast with everyone and when she saw me she took me into the other room and apologized profusely. I cant really hold it against her, I am honestly not angry. I wouldve done the exact same thing in her position. I had to promise her that I wasnt angry before she stopped and we went back to the table and sat down. She gave me some breakfast as well and we all ate in silence. Lamis kept trying to start a conversation but her attempts kept falling flat. After breakfast I put my stuff back in the room Lari lent me, grabbed my sword, made sure my hand was still working and then I left. Heading back towards the undead district to make sure they get all of the cultists.

After I figured out their subway, travelling across the city was easy and fast. I arrived in the undead district in less than an hour after I left and ran towards the warehouse. The empty streets makes this extremely easy even though in their haste to leave the people seemed to have left trash everywhere. Broken mugs and bent silverware were covering some of the street with some crushed fruits and vegetables mixed in. They would probably just clean it up later, after the danger has passed and they come out from hiding. My path to the warehouse was pretty clear despite having to jump over a damaged fruit stand and dodge through some toppled tables. They must have really been in a hurry because last time I was here this place was spotless. Five minutes later and I made it to the warehouse. Which was odd because there was no one here. No guards, no mad guild, nothing. I took a walk around the building to my earlier infiltration spot but it was sealed so I went back to the front and looked around.

The ground was scuffed and stomped with boot prints and claw marks everywhere, just no bodies or blood. I tried to open the front entrance but it was rusted shut. So I used a bit more force and the door handle broke off, I dropped the now useless doorknob and looked through the hole in the door. I couldnt see anything which wasnt very suprising. But the lack of corrupted mana was suprising, the air was suprisingly clear and easy to breathe in there. But it was still really dark and dead silent, which didnt make sense. I know they sent some guards here, so where are they?

I gave up on being quiet and just kicked the door until the hinges broke and the door fell onto the ground letting in some small amount of light. The warehouse was empty, or at least that is what I thought before I tried to walk in and ran into something. I massaged my nose, glad it wasnt broken and looked into the building. There was still nothing there, I reached out my hand and leaned forward. Whatever is in front of me is flat and is made entirely out of magic. This is a barrier spell, tightly woven too. They must be maintaining this from the other side, luckily I have a way to get through this. I placed both my hands on the barrier and focused on the flow of mana. Barrier spells arent really just solid walls of mana because if they were, they would shatter almost immediately. They are actualy more like a blanket, tightly woven threads of mana that need a constant flow of mana to exist. All I need to do is unravel them a little, just enough to make a hole big enough for me to get through. Which isnt all that hard, the real problem with it is that someone could be waiting on the other side and just stab me while im concentrating. So I made sure to keep one eye open while I undo the barrier.

A small hole appeared and I sighed in releif when I saw no one on the other side. But standing here like this was making me nervous so I just forced it open the rest of the way and jumped in before the barrier repaired itself. Once I was inside I held my ears tightly against my head, the noise was deafening. Screaming, explosions, roars and steel smashing against steel was all I could hear. At least I found them.