Before long, the group found a downward-opening trapdoor.
Most of the crates here were stuffed full, but the ones around this trapdoor were empty.
Colin reached for the handle and gave it a gentle pull, and the trapdoor swung open.
Beneath the door was a wooden ladder leading down to a man-made tunnel.
Kase, Battle Axe in hand, grabbed the edge of the trapdoor and vaulted down.
The moment he landed, the Half-Orc silently hurled the Battle Axe in his hand forward.
THWACK!
Judging from the sound and Kase's expression, the Battle Axe must have lodged itself in a wooden plank.
'The ambush has been discovered?!'
Colin's heart sank. He swung himself onto the ladder and began to climb down quickly, calling out to stop the Half-Orc who was about to give chase. "Don't pursue! What did you see?"
"I didn't see nothin', just heard the sound of flapping wings and felt a bit of a cool breeze," Kase said, picking up his fallen Battle Axe.
"That must have been an invisible Imp."
