The Training Camp was built around the flat open space of the square.

The Trainees' dormitories, like Liens's, were on the east side, while the guards' dormitories were on the west, which was also where the Training Camp's main gate was located.

To the north were the residences of important figures like the instructors and Marvin, and the armory was to the south of the square.

The armory was always guarded, even late at night there would still be someone on duty.

However, since Liens chose to retrieve a weapon from the armory, he had naturally prepared in advance.

He had long since used the instance to thoroughly scout out the armory's situation.

Liens quietly moved through the dark alleys of the Training Camp, avoiding patrolling guards and arriving at the armory to the south.

He hid in a dark corner between buildings, observing the two guards watching the armory gate not far away.

At this time, the two guards looked somewhat tired; one was standing and yawning, while the other had already leaned against the armory wall, his head slightly lowered, as if he had fallen asleep.

The yawning guard turned to look at his colleague, wanting to chat with him to relieve his drowsiness.

Unexpectedly, he saw his colleague so derelict in his duty, and immediately became annoyed.

"You didn't even remind me before you dozed off, kid, making me stand guard bored by myself."

Thinking this, the yawning guard immediately walked over to his colleague and woke him up with a pat.

The guard, whose shoulder was patted, lost his balance suddenly and fell directly to the ground.

This immediately woke him up from his grogginess, hurting him in the process.

"What are you doing?!"

The awakened guard scrambled up from the ground and yelled discontentedly at his colleague.

"What am I doing? It's almost time for the shift change, can't you hold on a little longer… What if someone attacks while you're asleep?"

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His colleague said righteously.

Of course, he couldn't say, 'Seeing you being lazy, I was annoyed, so I just woke you up.'

"How could anyone attack? You're probably having delusions." The sleepy guard was clearly not so easily fooled; he still said with great dissatisfaction.

"Even if there's no attack, what if Lord Leinajin suddenly comes to the armory?"

"If he sees you like this, will he be displeased? Will he impose a punishment?"

"Will the rest of us who are also guarding the armory be implicated because of you?"

Hearing the sleepy guard's rebuttal, his colleague immediately questioned him.

And the more he spoke, the more the colleague felt this possibility, his voice slowly lowered, and his expression gradually became serious.

"No, we can't let that happen… Stand properly, quickly."

"Anyway, there's only a little time left until the shift change; just bear with it a bit longer."

Thinking of that possibility, the colleague immediately tried to persuade the sleepy guard, hoping he wouldn't be lazy anymore.

The questioned sleepy guard also felt his colleague had a point, and quickly straightened his face, seriously starting his work.

Liens, however, didn't notice the conversation and change between the two guards.

Because when the two started arguing, he took the opportunity to sneak into a small room next to the armory.

The armory's night watch was split into two shifts: two guards for the first half of the night, and another two for the second half.

When it wasn't their shift, they would temporarily rest in the small room next to the armory.

However, the real reason Liens risked sneaking into this small room was that there was a secret passage into the armory inside the room.

Speaking of which, this was truly an unexpected discovery.

It was discovered one night in an instance, when Liens was playing "Nighttime Killer Game."

At that time, while searching for his target, he unknowingly came to the armory.

Seeing this large building, Liens was naturally curious about what was inside, so he threatened the gate guards to open the armory door.

But they were just gatekeepers; how could they possibly have the armory's keys?

Unable to do anything, Liens prepared to kill these fallen guards and then try to use his longsword to hack open an opening to enter the armory.

However, one of the guards probably sensed Liens's killing intent.

Wanting to save his life, he immediately revealed that the small room next to the armory had a secret passage he had dug that led directly into the armory's interior.

After confirming the authenticity of the secret passage, Liens, at that time, curiously asked the guard.

Why did he dig this secret passage?

The guard's answer was greed.

Although he knew he couldn't take it with him, the thought of a large amount of wealth hidden nearby made him unable to resist acting.

Even knowing that if this secret passage were discovered, he would face severe punishment, even losing his life.

But sometimes, greed is very difficult to suppress.

At that time, when he spoke of this, an unspeakable expression appeared on the guard's face.

There was excitement, struggle, regret, and also a sense of relief…

After listening to the guard's story, Liens also let him go as agreed.

Anyway, it was just an instance; what did it matter if he let him go once? He could kill him again in another instance if he wanted to later.

Liens snuck into the small room, skillfully crawled under the bed, found the secret passage, and quickly entered it.

He carefully moved through the secret passage, avoiding making any noise that might wake the two sleeping guards in the room.

The environment inside the armory was very dim; only the windows installed high up allowed a few faint rays of moonlight to filter in, providing a tiny, insignificant amount of light.

The armory certainly had lighting equipment, such as Magic Stone Lamps.

But Liens, as a thief, couldn't just openly turn on the armory's lighting, could he? Wouldn't that be clearly telling the outside guards that the armory had been robbed?

Fortunately, he had already rehearsed many times in the instance and was very familiar with the armory's layout.

Even in this dim environment, he could accurately find what he needed without making any sound.

Liens walked through the armory with practiced ease; he clearly remembered where the weapons were placed.

"Over there… Hmm, this is it."

Liens murmured to himself.

He walked to the weapon's location, reached out and gently touched it, confirmed it was the longsword he needed, and then picked it up.

Having obtained the weapon, Liens immediately returned to the secret passage and carefully concealed the exit on the armory side.

Like that guard, Liens also did not want the secret passage to be discovered.

This way, the evidence that 'The trainee had no weapon and could not have committed the crime' would not raise any suspicions.

Liens crawled out of the secret passage and lay under the guard's bed.

Just as he was about to crawl out, one of the guards on duty outside came in.

Liens wasn't alarmed by this; he just waited.

He guessed that the guard came in because it was time for the shift change, and he was there to wake up the two who were on the second half of the night.

"Jean, Willy, wake up… It's your shift."

Indeed, the guard who came in patted the two sleeping on the bed, trying to wake them up.

"Is it time?"

Hearing their colleague's call, the two quickly got up, straightened their clothes, picked up their longswords, and walked out of the small room.

"Uh, why aren't you lying down to sleep? Why are you coming out with us?"

One of the guards who was about to leave looked at his colleague, who had woken them up, also following them out, somewhat confused.

"I came out because I wanted to discuss something with you, about the shift issue."

"This matter is very important, and I think we need to discuss it properly."

"Anthony also agreed."

The guard explained.

"Shift issue? What issue? Alright… If you want to discuss it, then discuss it."

"Let's hear what you have to say; it'll also help us pass the time."

One of the guards said indifferently, and then the three walked out of the small room together.

And Liens also took advantage of the empty room to quietly slip out of the small room, quickly leaving the armory's vicinity.

He had originally thought he would have to stay under the bed for a while, waiting until the two shift-changing guards fell asleep before he could leave.

He didn't expect to encounter such good fortune, which saved him a lot of time.

Good luck.