NA - Chapter 117: Master

At points of stress, the boss’ head shook. In that quick moment, Zhou Rong managed to catch the face of the person who stood before the boss. He was startled. Then, he shrunk back like he was greatly shocked. He carelessly knocked into the candlestick with his arm. Just as the candle was about to hit the ground, a hand swiftly grabbed it. Then, it expertly placed it back on the candlestick.

Jiang Cheng pulled on Zhou Rong. With his eyes as a signal, the two of them retreated. They squirrelled into a random room. The moment the door closed, there was a soft creak. It sounded like a heavy door had been pushed open. Moments later, there were quick and heavy footsteps. The person paused for a while before sprinting to the door where the two were hiding. There was a jingling sound. Zhou Rong’s heart tightened. He didn’t expect the boss to have spare keys.

The lock sprung, and the door was pushed open. Footsteps shuffled in. Then, there was a loud rummaging. However, he was meant to fail because Jiang Cheng and Zhou Rong were hiding in Room 307, right opposite Room 308, where the boss was.

The boss searched the room for a while. He left because he failed to find anyone. He returned to the hidden room. After a quick sound of friction, silence returned.

However, Jiang Cheng and Zhou Rong both didn’t move and minimised their breathing sounds.

One minute, two minutes… when the third minute was almost up, there were footsteps outside the room. The sound was very close to the two. There was another sound of friction. Then… there was silence again.

Zhou Rong and Jiang Cheng still didn’t move. Five minutes later, this whole process repeated again. Then, the two silently left the room. However, they didn’t go downstairs to meet up with the rest but came to the corner of the second floor.

“Mr. Zhou.” Jiang Cheng acted very scared and whispered, “What did you see earlier?”

Zhou Rong looked more fearful than Jiang Cheng. However, he was not acting. His breathing hadn’t even returned to normal yet. Earlier, when he was hiding

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Nightmare Assault Chapter 117: Master

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