Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-24664052-20150921055751/@comment-24664052-20151014061543

''(Ok, I understand. Do you have a set date when you’ll be publishing the story?) ''

As Levant is speaking, Ivan goes to the side of the room and pushes aside a small part of the wall, revealing a hidden storage of two revolver rifles, five revolver pistols, four saber swords, four short swords, daggers, grenades, caches of bullets and medical supplies. He takes one more revolver pistol, packs as much bullets as he can, without sacrificing speed, in his pouch and a short sword and two daggers and some medical supplies.

He mulled over for a moment. Do the Assassins know he’s an asthmatic? Because only a few that can be counted on one hand knows it. If so, then they might have something that might trigger an asthma attack. He shook his head, thinking that one of his weaknesses can be used against him, and it’s the thing he’s not prepared for.

Upon finishing, he closed the storage, the wall covering it as if there’s nothing behind it but further brick. After this ‘little’ incident, he thought, he’ll have to change his office once again. Ivan brought out a map from his desk drawer and unfurled it to show it to Nikolai. He pointed out the room where they are, which is marked ‘Storage Room’, but it is underlined. “Yes, we’re here at the supposed storage room. It’s also the map issued for my guards, with certain codes only my trusted entourage could understand…if that bastard managed to know where I really am, then we’ve got insiders on our hands.”

Speaking of the codes, there are various symbols in his maps. There is a star marked in the part marked “Throne Room”, to which he answered the star symbol is nothing but to confuse anyone who manages to know what are the codes are for. There are many more rooms marked with various symbols, but the meaning is clear, only those who know what the symbols mean can know that the map is intended to confuse any insider attempt to get to him. 

''(He may not have faced assassins from the Assassin Guild before, given his prior obliviousness to their existence till the Templars informed him so, making him a slightly easier target, but considering the situation of the war, he’s no slouch when it comes to fighting.) ''