章節 351: Infiltration

The second guard's footsteps echoed through the corridor as he rounded the corner, his hand resting casually on his weapon. His eyes fell immediately on Marcus's slumped form in the chair, wine bottle dangling precariously from limp fingers.

"For heaven's sake, Marcus," he sighed, shaking his head. "Not again."

What he couldn't see, from his angle, was the thin film of translucent slime supporting Marcus's arm, or the way Cassandra and Sakura had wedged themselves into the shadows behind a support beam, barely daring to breathe.

Marcus's hand raised in a lazy wave, the movement controlled by Cassandra's careful manipulation of her slime. "'uhm fine," she growled in a passable imitation of Marcus's gravelly voice, keeping the words slurred and brief.