I'm really not a dragon.

"Sword Bay man, do you have any good plans?"

The dwarfs seemed to have finally come to terms with reality and no longer hoped to escape by bribing the crew.

Suen got out of bed, her tired mind gradually clearing. Speaking of plans, Suen had actually thought of one.

Suen glanced out the window. Outside the prison corridor, each adamantite door was inlaid with a rotating handwheel in the shape of a cross.

"I've observed that our cell doors are controlled by this handwheel. I don't know if you've noticed, but the clockwise rotation and number of turns for each door are different. Sometimes, the officers even have to start over several times after turning it once."

"What does this mean?" the dwarf asked, puzzled.

"The password! They designed a unique password for each cell. In the anti-magic zone, only the most basic mechanical structures function normally."

boom!

The dwarf slammed his fist heavily against the adamantite door. "Mere machinery? If this weren't an anti-magic zone, I'd have countless ways to get out of here!"

Suen continued, "So, my suggestion is to try to injure ourselves and wait for the law enforcement to open the door and rescue us. The rest of you should memorize the sequence of turning the handwheels while the law enforcement opens the door!"

Suen glanced at the lively little mouse, and rubbed its head.

He had originally planned to have the rat act as the eyes if the barbarian and the dwarf didn't intend to escape.

The mouse nuzzled against Suen affectionately, and it could clearly feel that it was completely different now!

More energetic and stronger!

All of this is thanks to the humans before us. Humans are good! Skull rats are bad!

"Are the passwords always the same?" the dwarf asked, still somewhat uneasy.

Suen shook his head. "I'm not sure. They might change the password periodically. This is an anti-magic zone, so it won't be easy for them to change it."

"That's good, I'll start!" The dwarf picked up the fork, swallowed, and aimed it at his neck.

Just as he was about to insert it,

A deep voice echoed down the corridor.

"Actually, I don't think it's necessary."

The barbarian said sheepishly, "I remember the order in which the handwheel turns."

"?"

"The sound of mechanical gears is easy to distinguish; a full rotation is a click, and a half rotation is a clatter. I remember the order in which each door rotates. When they brought me in, they blindfolded me, but they didn't plug my ears."

The barbarian let out a cunning laugh.

As expected of a sharp-witted ranger!

Suen smiled, becoming confident. "Well then, there are only two obstacles: figuring out the prison layout and having someone outside operate the handwheel."

These two points are precisely the most difficult.

To achieve these two things, either at least one of the three people needs to be able to go out and participate in activities, or there needs to be someone outside.

"Sword Bay man! Do you have any help outside?"

"I heard from the prison warden that you're having an affair with his daughter. Can she help us?"

Of the three, only Sun is a local from Baldur's Gate. Although the barbarians and dwarves hate the discrimination against outsiders in Baldur's Gate, they still have to rely on Baldur's Gate's connections when it matters.

"If I had help outside, I wouldn't have ended up here!"

Hearing Su En say this, the two of them sighed. They should have thought of this sooner.

"However, the fact that I have no help outside doesn't mean I don't have help inside the prison!"

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The barbarian and the dwarf exchanged subtle glances. Brother, you have such a wide network of connections, you should have said so earlier!

"Shut up! Shut up!"

"Big Tooth, step to the middle of the aisle and show everyone."

Although Da Ya didn't understand why he had to go out, he did as the Dragon Lord's order.

It walked to the middle of the aisle and stood upright like a groundhog.

"A mouse?"

The barbarian rubbed his eyes, his expression somewhat strange. "This is the prison henchman you were talking about?"

"With the beard on top, what am I expecting?"

The dwarf wanted to say a few more sarcastic remarks, but the more he looked at the rat, the stranger it seemed!

"Looking closely, this mouse seems a little different. Are those scales?"

A rat with scales means it has been magically modified, and if left outside, it might become a magical pet for some mages.

"That's right, and it can understand human speech; it's intelligent enough!"

"Alright! But it's still just a mouse! What can a mouse do?" the barbarian exclaimed, puzzled.

A mouse cannot move the metal wheel.

"If one mouse isn't enough, what about ten, twenty, or even a hundred?"

Suen said calmly,

There are quite a few mice as clever as Big Tooth in the prison!

"A hundred rats..." The barbarian gasped. "If they're smart enough to help us open the cell door, maybe we really can get out of here!"

Unlike the barbarian's excitement, the dwarf felt strange. He leaned against the window, doing pull-ups, and struggled to examine Suen, not seeing any familiar green leaves or vines on him.

"You, are you a druid? But isn't this an anti-magic zone? How can you control it if you're in an anti-magic zone?"

Whether it's magic or divine magic, they are essentially just forms of magical expression.

In the anti-magic zone, not only mages are weakened, but priests are too, and even physical attackers, such as warriors, thieves, and rangers, will see their combat effectiveness greatly reduced.

Therefore, even druids, who are hailed as forest fairies, behave no differently from ordinary people in prison.

"That's my secret!"

Hearing this, the barbarian and the dwarf stopped asking questions.

Everyone has secrets, and in the current situation, the barbarians and dwarves would love for their teammates to have even more secrets.

Su En thought for a moment, then continued, "If I want to get out, you'll have to give me another hand!"

"What are we going to do?"

"Big Tooth is still too weak. I'm worried that it won't be able to become the leader of the rat pack."

Although Big Tooth underwent dragon vein modifications and became a bit more resilient, it still possessed rat-level combat strength and couldn't defeat a cat.

Without absolute power to suppress him, Su En was still uneasy.

After pondering for a moment, the northern barbarian said, "I know of a herb that causes humans to go into a frenzy when they eat it. I wonder if it would work on rats."

"Hmm, little guy, listen up. The recipe for Bull's Might is: one sunflower, two ounces of Stardust... Forget it, I'm actually expecting a mouse to learn alchemy—little guy, why don't you leave prison and steal some from an alchemy shop? It'll definitely work!"

A rather absurd scene unfolded in the prison for serious offenders.

The dwarves and barbarians taught a mouse, bit by bit, how to quickly enhance its combat power in a short period of time.

Da Ya listened, bewildered, like an apprentice to the two.

【hint】

Your vassal, Great Tooth, is currently receiving instruction from a Corporal and an Archmage of the Wild Hunt!

Its agility and intelligence are permanently boosted!

Wild Hunt Legion and Archmage?

System, are you serious?

No, why is it that even though I was listening in, my intelligence and agility didn't improve?

Suen opened his eyes wide and listened intently to the knowledge the dwarves and barbarians spoke of, but to no avail.

Before I knew it, it was midnight.

The barbarian and the dwarf talked until their throats were dry, while Big Tooth was getting drowsy listening to them.

Su En was completely baffled. Why hadn't his attributes improved at all after listening for so long?

Seeing that it was almost time, and that it would be dawn if we waited any longer, we couldn't worry about anything else.

Suen leaned against the window and said to the mouse, "Big Tooth, quickly go find some helpers! The more the better! Our chances of getting out depend on you!"

The mouse raised its paw and saluted the Dragon Lord.

Mouse didn't know what use the barbarian and dwarf were talking about, but Mouse knew that the Dragon Lord needed him!

"The mouse will definitely succeed!"

The sight of Da Ya rushing alone into the distance looked particularly desolate.

-

Meanwhile, in the warden's office.

Lysera Spider Shadow pushed open the magnificent door,

"Reporting to Your Excellency the Warden! My subordinates have discovered traces of skull rats in the high-prison area."

The warden looked up from his mountain of documents, his cheeks still smudged with ink, and asked doubtfully, "Skull Rat, are you sure?"

"I'm certain, the Skull Rat, a creature recorded in Varo's Monster Guide, an evil creature born from the mind-flayer's psychic power."

"This is troublesome. The appearance of one skull rat means that this prison is already inhabited by a group of skull rats. Hoping that the paladins will crawl into the sewers to wipe out the rats—those old men in the council will point their fingers at me and curse me, sigh, although I'm already used to being cursed."

"What about hiring adventurers?"

The warden rolled his eyes. "You forgot? A few days ago, those idiots from the Zentalin Order attacked the prison and breached the side wall. Add to that the unpaid wages to the dwarven craftsmen, and our budget is seriously overrun!"

A pang of pity stirred within Lisela Spidershadow. She shook her head and said, "In that case, Your Excellency Warden, why not hear my opinion?"

"Tell me about it, Lisella sisters!"

"As servants of justice dedicated to the cause of justice, we have a close connection with the upper realm and can call upon our allies there to fight alongside us when necessary."

"Continue, the Lisella sisters?"

"We can call upon certain allies to help us fight evil, such as the Celestial Cat!"

Ugh, Tom and Jerry!

The warden was quite tempted. "It'll be free!"

Lysera Spider Shadow nodded. "As long as you allow it."