The half-dead guard guided us to a nearby building with all the strength he had, as his life depended on it.
It was a normal stone house from inside and out—fully furnished with two rooms, a hall, and a bathroom. The guard bolted straight to one of the bedrooms and pulled out the third book from the bookshelf mounted on the wall.
Following the cracking and moving sounds of metallic gears, the bed slowly slid into the wall, revealing a descending underground path beneath.
"I have... shown you... the way... so please don't kill..."
The guard fell unconscious from his injuries before he could complete his statement.
Ignoring him, the two of us descended the path and reached tunnels similar to the ones in Forlorn City.
"Ume, are you feeling alright?" I asked. "You didn't consume Soul Stones to replenish your Soulforce."
"But I did—slurp... slurp—when you were sleeping," she replied, attacking the ice cone.
