They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System
Chapter 333: Surprisingly Barely Guarded

Chapter 333: Surprisingly Barely Guarded

Meanwhile, behind the dumpster, the remaining three, Nnenna, Ekene, and Karen, moved with precision.

At Nnenna’s signal, they slipped away from the alley’s cover and circled around silently, entering the castle through the side gate just as the guards were fully distracted by the staged fight.

Back at the gate, the performance continued flawlessly. The two guards, now convinced they were just witnessing and separating a love fueled brawl, let their guard down. One even chuckled, shaking his head. “Idiots, fighting over a girl,” he muttered.

Then, in a blur of movement, Abuchi spun on his heel and delivered a clean, powerful punch to the first guard’s jaw, years of training behind the strike. Almost simultaneously, John landed a sharp elbow to the second guard’s temple. Both men crumpled to the ground without a sound.

The two young men didn’t waste a second.

“Nice one,” Abuchi said, breathless, extending his fist.

John bumped it. “Could’ve gone pro.”

Working quickly, they dragged the unconscious guards into a large, rusting dumpster nearby, but not before stripping them of their uniforms. The clothes were slightly tight in some places, loose in others, but they would pass.

They tied the guards up with thick rope they had hidden earlier, gagged them, and tossed a dirty canvas over them for good measure.

Then, adjusting their caps and straightening their stances, Abuchi and John took their positions, just two regular castle guards, stationed like nothing had ever happened.

John gave a subtle glance to the small gate behind them.

“They’re in,” he whispered.

Abuchi nodded but kept his gaze forward.

It had started. The infiltration was underway.

The trio moved swiftly through the dim halls of the castle, every footstep measured and soundless. They followed the layout of Purlit Castle exactly as they had memorized it, thanks to an unexpected leak.

A few months ago, a young man had won an exclusive online competition that granted him a tour of the famed castle. What the Kingdom didn’t anticipate was that the boy had a photographic memory and a big mouth.

Not only had he described every detail he saw, but he also posted it online in a viral thread, blueprints, descriptions, even weak spots in the guard routines.

The Kingdom acted quickly once they found out and take it all down. But not before Nnenna, ever resourceful, exchanged a hefty portion of her love system’s points for expert level hacking skills.

She had broken through the deleted web archives and downloaded every image and note straight to her phone, preserving the leak before it was scrubbed from existence.

That was how they had learnt about the side gate, only guarded by two men, easily overlooked, rarely patrolled.

And that was how they now crept through the twisting corridors, carefully avoiding the main chambers and instead heading for the dungeons, which the leaker had described in vivid, haunting detail.

They finally reached a junction. Karen squinted at a crooked painting on the wall, one of the boy’s noted landmarks.

“This is it,” Nnenna whispered, glancing at the map she had re rendered from memory. “The dungeons are three floors down. Once we confirm it… we double back for the others.”

Ekene nodded, but Karen looked uneasy. “Let’s just hope no one’s updated the architecture since that boy visited.”

They descended a spiral staircase cautiously, adrenaline thick in the air.

At the bottom, Nnenna peeked around a corner. Her heart slammed once before steadying.

The iron barred hallway stood before them. Just as the leak had described.

“We found it,” she breathed. “Now let’s—”

Suddenly, distant boots echoed down the hall, closer than they should’ve been.

Someone was coming.

The three barely had time to react as the sound of approaching guards grew louder. Nnenna’s mind raced.

“This way,” she whispered, motioning sharply toward a shadowed alcove behind a wide stone pillar.

They pressed into the dark just seconds before two guards rounded the corner. The guards paused, muttering about a missing patrol shift, but didn’t stop long enough to investigate. Their boots eventually faded into the distance.

Only then did Nnenna exhale. “Let’s move. Quietly.”

With careful steps and pounding hearts, the three retraced their path, avoiding detection as they slipped through quiet halls and back toward the small side gate.

When they finally arrived and saw John and Abuchi, now dressed as guards and posted at the entrance, the relief was palpable.

“We found the dungeon,” Nnenna said, catching her breath. “What do we do next?”

Abuchi’s expression tightened into focus. “We go in as planned. But not all of us. Ekene, Karen, you stay here and guard the exit. Act natural. If anything goes wrong, we need someone watching the gate. The rest of us will head down and bring them out.”

There was no argument. No hesitation.

Just weeks ago, back in Lionara, the plan might have seemed ridiculous. Who would leave two good fighters to guard a gate while taking an inexperienced girl into a high stakes rescue? Karen herself had scoffed at the idea.

But now… none of them questioned it.

Nnenna, the once “ordinary” girl, had proven herself time and again. Not just with courage, but with quick thinking, instinct, and heart. Even Karen, who still carried tension in her gaze, said nothing in protest.

Abuchi nodded once, acknowledging the silent agreement. “Let’s move. Every second counts.”

Once the uniform switch was complete, the trio, Abuchi, Nnenna, and John, moved swiftly toward the dungeon, cloaked in the illusion of authority.

Their steps echoed down the dim, damp corridors of the castle, but they kept their heads down and pace steady, knowing even one misstep could give them away.

Nnenna took the lead, navigating with quiet confidence. She had studied the layout obsessively, and every turn they took aligned perfectly with the map downloaded into her phone.

The air grew colder as they descended deeper, the stone walls narrowing and darkening until only the flickering torchlight ahead guided them.

Surprisingly, the dungeon was barely guarded.

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