After Jacob entered the underground staircase, the passage behind started to crumble, and it only stopped when there was nothing left.
However, the for some reason, the staircase passage was completely fine, and when he was a few meters deep, he received another message in his star watch from an unknown source.
"You have received the Irony of the King."
Jacob scoffed inwardly, 'First, the blessing of the priest and now the irony of the king. What a peculiar way to tell you have succeeded!'
Jacob then stopped paying attention to the star watch and headed deep within the passage. After walking fifty meters down the stairs, he finally saw a touch ahead.
The passage was three meters high, two meters wide, and made with large stone bricks.
As Jacob moved down, he finally saw the end after heading two hundred meters deep underground.
It was another wall, and he assumed that this wall should be just like the hoax wall in the secret rooms.
So, he took out his sword and tried to open a small hole to see what was on the other side instead of just barging.
However, when he tried piercing his sword, he found that it was probably a real wall, not a hoax. Still, he used his strength to dig a small hole, and after piercing one meter deep into the wall, his sword finally managed to reach the other side.
Jacob then looked through the hole, and he only saw a wall like the passage he was already in, nothing else.
So, he decided to make the hole bigger, and when he was finally able to see the other side, he was astonished because there was another staircase going downward.
'Now, where am I?' Jacob thoughtfully looked at the staircase, which led downward as well as going upward. He was probably in the middle of a hidden passage built behind this stairway.
Since there was no one or any movement, he made a hole big enough for himself to crawl out of it. But he avoids making any noises because this place might as well be some cellar in the innermost castle, and outside might be extraordinary dark beings.
Jacob silently landed on the stairway, and after thinking for a moment, he decided to head down to see if there was some kind of hidden storage room. He might get some unexpected loot, like in the temple's secret room.
The passage was just like the one he had appeared from; there were torches around to make it visible.
Without making any noise, he headed down, and when he was on his 100th step, he finally saw an opening. But that opening reminded him of the corridor opening which led toward the secret room with the crown.
'Don't tell me this passage opened right toward another condition?!' Jacob didn't dare to believe it, but still, he felt anticipation.
But he also remembered the Wyvern sleeping in that place, so he didn't dare to make noises even more and slowly crept toward the opening.
When Jacob was only ten meters away from the opening, he stopped because he could hear slow footsteps ahead, and his expression turned grave.
'There is someone else there?' Jacob didn't dare to move forward, afraid that the other party would see him.
But after the footsteps moved for five or six seconds, they were stopped and no longer moved. Jacob also increased his hearing, but he couldn't hear any heartbeat or breathing, which made him even more vigilant.
Since there was no more movement and no shadow ahead, he descended two more steps to see what was inside and the person.
Jacob then squatted and lowered his head like a sneaking thief to see a barely visible room. However, it was enough to make Jacob almost swear with joy.
Because the space ahead looked exactly like two spaces he couldn't be more familiar with.
This place was slightly bigger than the crown room, and in the center of this room was a large stone throne and a stone statue sat on this throne.
In front of this Stone Throne was another headless statue kneeling.
Jacob's eyes instantly landed on the runes inscribed on the walls right ahead and some of the visible murals.
Jacob knew he had really appeared right where the last condition was but what made him apprehensive was the ragged cloak tall figure standing right behind the throne and looking at the runes without moving.
'A Dark Being!' Jacob didn't need to think about the identity because this place was likely to be the place that was under Dark Beings' monitoring.
So, that cloaked figure should be as strong as the Lich Minister he saw that day. The only good news was the Lich King wasn't anywhere to be seen.
But Jacob's expression fell when he thought about the huge hole in the middle of the stairway, and if Lich King or any dark being came back, it would be over for him!
There would be no place for him to hide at that time since he would be under the siege of hundreds of dark beings. He shuddered just thinking about it.
'I need to get rid of that guy before dealing with this place as soon as possible!' Jacob's eyes were filled with decisiveness, 'Since he is standing there like a statue, I won't get another chance to sneak up on him!'
Jacob knew he had to react quickly since he could get exposed at any moment. He crept toward the room, and without arousing Wight Minister's attention, Jacob entered the room as his heart rate, and breathing were extremely low.
The Wight Minister was only 15 meters away from him, but Jacob felt like it was fifteen miles as he took tiny steps toward the Wight Minister, who seemed to be deep in thought while looking at the riddle.
After the two conditions were broken, Wight Minister wanted to solve this riddle quickly, or he knew it would be his turn when the Lich King returned after venting on the freedom plains army.
So, Jacob's presence goes completely unnoticed by Wight Minister, whose mind was solely focused on figuring out how to live until…!
