Heracles raised the hunting rifle, aiming it at the secret chamber door behind the wardrobe. A whimpering growl emerged from within, as if some monster was imprisoned, forcefully crashing against the cage, causing the entire wardrobe to shake, seemingly able to regain freedom any second.
Swallowing nervously, Heracles was extremely tense, while the chinchilla named Polo was completely oblivious to the seriousness of the situation, running around wildly, thinking Heracles was playing some kind of game with it.
Heracles was a cautious person; ever since that shipwreck, he acquired this eerie power, and with superhuman intelligence, he was aware of his own dangers, so he had been staying behind the scenes for a long time. Everyone knew of the elusive Rat King, but no one saw Heracles, the puppeteer.
He was powerful, but not physically strong. Heracles hesitated whether to escape through the secret passage now, but leaving Lorenzo in this state here made him uneasy.
