393 PLEASE...

The only source of light was coming from the torches on the wall. The shadow that was made by it sent an eerie feeling. It almost liked a ghost den.

Senja started to think that it would be better if there were guards around, without human being in the dark night, the empty hallway was ridiculously creepy.

"Be on guard." Xiao Jun said to her.

Senja concentrated more to her surroundings, sensing the strange feeling that she felt from those hypnotized teenagers. But, nothing. Or, she couldn't feel them unless they were close enough with her?

She didn't sure about this, the first time she could feel Gu Xie's emotion was when he was trying to kill the shadow guard in the fortress back then, but the last time she couldn't feel the teenager until he was so close for Senja to realizing her predicament.

Hence, now she didn't really sure with herself. Nonetheless, she was still very alert.

They roamed through the empty hallway until the spiral stairs that led them to the second floor.

Xiao Jun led the way and stepped first on the stairs while Xiao Tianyao walked prudently behind Senja. This lack of guard situation wasn't normal.

When they reached the second floor, the same situation greeted them. The hall was empty.

"Jun. How sure are you that they put important information inside the master chamber?" Xiao Tianyao finally opened his mouth to question his brother.

Xiao Jun furrowed, somehow flustered by the situation as well.

"Maybe they didn't think that the master chamber is so important, thus they didn't use it." Senja tried to make a guess. "That could explain why there are no guards around. They didn't need guard if there is nothing that they need to protect." Senja waved her hand to the empty hallway.

Xiao Jun glanced at her. She was right. It almost like they were walking straight into a trap.

In spite of they felt something was off, they still proceeded to the third floor, where the master chamber was located.

The three of them wouldn't have thought that their plan to sneak in the building would go so smoothly like this. They were actually could manage to reach the master chamber less than thirty minutes since they walked past the entrance gate.

Xiao Jun stopped in front of the chamber's door. It was huge a huge door that reached to the ceiling, ornate symbols decorated the surface with two golden handled on each side.

Xiao Jun tried to push the door, but it didn't budge.

"Let her do it." Xiao Tianyao said while leaning on the side of the door, nodding at Senja.

"Her?" Xiao Jun raised his eyebrows questioningly.

Only then Senja smirked and tapped Xiao Jun shoulder. "Let me handled this." She said confidently.

"Please…" Xiao Jun gave an exaggerated gesture for her to take his position.

Senja stood right in front of the handle where the keyhole was located. She pulled out her dagger from her waist and started to insert the taper side of it into the keyhole.

With a soft click sound, the door was ready for them to enter.

Senja put the dagger back and comically clapped the invincible dust on her hand. She returned the exaggerated gesture that Xiao Jun had performed before. "Please…" She said solemnly, let him to take her place.

Xiao Tianyao on the side couldn't help but grin by their exchanged. How he couldn't love this woman, when she could make him smile even in the tense situation that they were facing.

Xiao Jun gave Senja lopsided smile before he pushed open the door.