Rushing upstairs, Gabriel found the staircase was blocked by a dueling pair, both badly cut, neither looking like they were going to give in. The first of them was the protector's leader in full armor, a bruiser of a man but moving fast, wielding a longsword and a shield in a full plate in a staircase and fighting a foe before him (and with the foe's back to Gabriel) who seemed to be attacking with a rapier, only the man's stabs found joints in the Protector's armor each time, drawing blood, but the protector leader holding his own, still standing. The man with the rapier in turn dodging each strike eerily, scarily fast.<br/><br/>The face of the rapier carrying man was covered with a mask, but as Gabriel neared the man a door at the side oepend. Several small rooms were build at the middle of the staircase, most of them slammed open along the way earlier. Small luxurious bath, a comfy small library, a study with the royal seal behind a lock, and above, there would be the king's chamber. That only left one room, at this height. The king's personal valet's room.<br/><br/>"This one's done..." A masked woman left the room, holding a bleeding dagger, turning attention at the direction of Gabriel and the champions behind him. "LIGHTNING BOLT!" She shouted, and in the narrow corridor, a bolt of lightning struck out towards Gabriel and his group of warriors.<br/><br/>On that note, this place was -very close- to where the secret way in through the disgusting privy would be, regarding the earlier plans that Gabriel had helped find. The privy that, from what he had heard whispered, had since then been sealed so nobody could get in that way.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Leaving the reflex save to you, DC is 18, for half damage, damage in turn is 27, splits down to a mere 13 on a save. Warrior champion get hit, but doesnt go down, and the rogue one managed to jump hands and feet to the wall -above- the bolt in time, frighteningly enough... if you like to add content to your description.</div></div>