Back at the cell, I was treated like I was the one who had got everyone trapped in Metaldo's playground.

"How could you just up and tell him that we want to kill the guy who runs this place?" asked Kaprice,

"He told us his plan" I said, "I think it was only fair to return the gesture"

"I don't think that was too wise young man," said Mizuki, "He could've been lying just so that he could extract information from us"

"That's true" I said, "But last time I checked our mission is to clear this floor by killing the Warden. And so far, I haven't found a way to, have any of you?"

An awkward silence thickened the cell.

"I understand your fears dear Outworlder" said Savan, "But we would not lie about something so dangerous..."

Savan's defense was halted by the sound that dictated silence. I stood up and looked through the bars. It was the Warden. Walking next to him was Jordan.

They stopped outside Teef's cell, unlocked and urged him and another slave out. They stopped outside another cell and urged out another slave. It wasn't rocket science that those other two had to be Timola and Fi.

And that Jordan had ratted them out to the Warden. From the cells, guards emerged with plump pouches.

"The Outworlder was right sir," said one of the guards

"Hmm" said the Warden

He arrived outside our cell. Savan was lifted from her makeshift seat. The guard lifted it by its edge and produced her sack of fat.

The four insurgents were forced to kneel in a line before the Warden. Teef tittered at the edge of the thin path.

"I am more disappointed than angry," said the Warden.

He gripped his Scythe and held its tip a few inches from Teef's face.

"More loyalty and integrity from an Outworlder..."

In a flash, a thin ring of black formed around Teef's neck. He coughed out blood before his head fell of his body and tumbled down to the base of the Pit. The remainder of his corpse began to sizzle and smoke. It shriveled up, turning from blue to a deep black riddled with yellow spots.

"Your king," he said as he placed the scythe on Savan's forehead, "He does so much for you but you repay him through theft"

The Warden raised his scythe...But this time Jordan made an attack. He threw his body against the blue giant. Within seconds, he was on top of the Warden.

The surrounding guards gripped their own weapons, but confusion and surprise must've slowed them down. The Warden's scythe had been knocked from his grasp by the surprise attack. He bawled up a fist and tried to connect it to Jordan's jaw. Jordan raised his forearm for a block.

A patch of moss covered stone emerged from thin air a few inches from the arm, blocking the Wardens fist with a loud clang!

Just when one of the guards raised his machete, Jordan summoned his blade and drove it into The Warden's throat. He was drenched by a fountain of black blood.

At that moment, everything, the guards, the yells and hollers, even the dust motes froze in time. It was as if someone had just pressed pause on the third floor's reality.

CONGRATULATIONS!🎉🎉🎉

BETA TESTER #12 HAS DEFEATED THE WARDEN

REWARDS:

OSHINITE BREATH

200 GOLD

PROCEED TO FLOOR 4

In the wall to the left of the cell a door labelled three formed.

NOTE FROM AUTHOR:
THANK YOU SO MUCH DEAR READER FOR STICKING AROUND. PLEASE VOTE AND LEAVE ANY CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM IF POSSIBLE.

-EMOLYON