Master of Thieves
Chapter 10: Ancestor's Course – Slytunkhamen
(Gameplay Warning)
No sooner when Sly and Terry entered the safehouse, they saw Slytunkhamen press a stone brick into the wall, revealing a hidden staircase going deep below the ruins. Having a feeling he's going to be tested, Terry followed Slytunkhamen down the staircase with Sly right behind him; when they stepped off the bottom step after 2 minutes of descent, the three thieves emerged into what at first looks to be an abandoned pit, but Terry's well aware that looks can be deceiving.
Terry was right, as Slytunkhamen made an immediate left turn and pressed a sandstone slab into the wall, revealing a hidden observation block on Slytunkhamen's immediate right and an obstacle course with 2 flashlight guards from the centre of the pit. Seeing that he has yet to know Slytunkhamen's Invisibility move, despite using it by accident, Sly joined with his ancestor to watch Terry in his training. Terry looked at his cousin and Slytunkhamen, before he stared at the course and took a deep breath, before exhaling slowly and stepping into the course.
As soon as he stepped onto the course, Slytunkhamen instructed him "Alright, my apprentice, you're well aware that you used Invisibility to attain useful intel on what Ramses and his Advisor are planning to do. However, it was an involuntary use, despite that you avoided detection. In this course, you need to use it more voluntarily in order to evade detection from the guard's sights." Terry nodded, before a thought came across his mind.
He then asked Slytunkhamen "Is the flashlight guards down here in league with Ramses or are they rogue?" Slytunkhamen then responded "No need to worry; despite working for Ramses, they actually prefer his predecessor more. Now pay attention: In order to activate the Invisibility skill, press R1." Terry nodded, before he disappeared at right where he's standing, much to both Slytunkhamen's and Sly's appraisal. Slytunkhamen then said "Good show! No wonder neither Ramses or his Advisor saw you in the tent, you blend in quite remarkably! Now, to render yourself invisible again, press R1 again." In a blink of an eye, Terry became visible again, much to his amazement, but not as much as Sly's and Slytunkhamen's joy.
Slytunkhamen then said "Amazing! Just amazing! Now, for the course: Proceed from one end of the pit to the other while avoiding detection from the flashlight guards. Be advised, for this test, you don't need to take them out, just avoid being seen by them." Terry nodded at Slytunkhamen, before he proceeded through the course; a few feet before being in the flashlight's gaze, Terry turned invisible and snuck past the flashlight guards easily, before stopping at the end of the pit and went visible again.
He then waved at Sly and Slytunkhamen, who gave him a well-deserved thumbs up and said "Well done, Terry! Well done indeed!" Terry made a broad smile at them, before the flashlight guard closest to him went behind a pile of wooden crates and carried a straw dummy into the pit. Terry is curious on the straw dummy, when Slytunkhamen instructed "In addition to avoiding detection, you can also use the Invisibility skill to take out an unaware guard out of the picture. When you're behind a guard while invisible, use the /_\ button and the [ ] Button at the same time to take 'im out. Try it out on the straw dummy."
Terry nodded at Slytunkhamen, before he went invisible and approached the dummy, before he made a leg sweep and slammed it to the ground hard enough to knock out a guard, but silent enough that guards within 20 feet won't hear the commotion. Slytunkhamen then said in appraisal "Amazing, my apprentice! Do well like that and you'll be a Master Thief in no time!" Terry twirled his cane, before throwing it up high in the air and catching it flawlessly, impressing Sly and Slytunkhamen even further.
Slytunkhamen then gesture Terry to him, which he did after holstering his cane; Slytunkhamen then led Terry and Sly back up the staircase and into the Safehouse, before sitting around the table. Slytunkhamen then said to Terry "I must say, I'm rarely impressed… I mean, it took me around 2-3 weeks to perfect the Invisibility skill, yet you achieved it perfectly in no less than ONE attempt. I am certain, with your help, we can thwart Ramses' plan… if you are in." Terry pursed his lips, before he replied in a warm smile "Who'd say I'd refuse to help? Between the slaves, the high-tech equipment, the sudden shift of leadership and my distant cousin's predicament, there's no way that I'm going to let it slide. Count me in."
Terry received a clap on the back by Slytunkhamen and shared a fist-bump with Sly, when his Binocu-com clicked on and Bentley's voice said through the transceiver "Terry? Have you found him? Have you found Sly?" Terry looked at Sly's and Slytunkhamen's astonished faces, before he turned on the Binocu-com's transceiver onto 'speaker' and replied "10-4 Bentley; I found him." They heard a sigh of relief from the other end, before Bentley said "That's great news… that's GREAT! How is he? Is he alright?" Terry glanced at Sly, who replied "I've been through worse Bentley, don't worry."
There was some moments of silence, before they heard thumping on the other end of the receiver and Carmelita's voice shouted through the transceiver "Sly? Sly, is that really you?" Terry and Slytunkhamen cringed from the noise, before Sly replied "Yeah, it's me! I'm glad to hear you again, gorgeous." Carmelita noted, which Terry supposed she's blushing a little "You too, Ringtail…" There was some movement on the other end, before Bentley said "As much as I hate to ruin the tearful reunion, I've came up with an elaborate plan." Terry looked up at Sly and Slytunkhamen, who nodded at him, before he asked "Alright, what should we do Bentley?"