Perseus in the Manor (Part-4)

It was not only the treasury group that had detected the fire.

Others had too, most notably the groups tasked with preparing the meal.

This group of 'culinary experts' had raided the kitchen looking for supplies to start cooking and was at first ecstatic to find the place stacked to the brim with all kinds of food, grains, meats, fishes, vegetables, fruits, and wines of every kind.

All fresh and of the highest quality available.

This stacked pantry was to be expected given the kind of people that lived here and the guests that it entertained, but nevertheless, it made the men who had been on the same dull diet for so long to cheer in elation.

"Haha, brothers we are gonna feast tonight." They cried.

But as soon as one said that, suddenly one of the walls on the far side of the kitchen abruptly collapsed, and long lashes of flames began to snake out of it, spreading its influence to the rest of the structure, setting the rest of it on fire and turning the wood into charcoal.