In the name of the true god

As a fourth-tier Resonance Mage, Guild Master Frost has been a wanted fugitive by the Holy Church for many years. Under such pressure, he has become accustomed to maintaining caution.

Therefore, after discussing the plan to rescue their kind with Jude and confirming that Jude was a reliable person, he climbed out of the window and disappeared without a trace.

When will we meet again?

Do séances of the gods involve secret gatherings?

Where are the rest of the members hiding?

Jude didn't have time to find out about these issues.

"The president is just so elusive; it's not easy for us to see him normally." Allen wasn't in a hurry to leave, and said a few more words to Jude, "You can just continue with your normal life from now on. I'll notify you of any organized activities, and if there's anything very important, the president will also call you in private to discuss it immediately."

"Or... should I climb out the window?" The weather was getting colder and colder, and Jude really didn't want to keep the window open 24 hours a day.

"Heh, do whatever you want. Even if there's no window, the chairman has plenty of ways to see you." Alan didn't seem to care.

"That's good..." Jude sat down again, casually picking up the Siamese cat that had come closer and hugging it. "To be honest, I thought the chairman would talk to me more about my brother and sister-in-law, but it turns out he just confirmed whether I could get firsthand information about the prison through my brother and sister-in-law."

Allen explained, "I have reported your situation truthfully to the chairman, and he will not ask you any more questions."

"I see……"

"I'm off too. Next time I'll be rotating to the death row and solitary confinement wards, at least I won't have to deal with those priests anymore." Allen stretched, said goodbye to Jude, and left through the main gate.

After the two men had left, the shy golden retriever slipped out of the bathroom and obediently lay down on Jude's feet.

Jude freed one hand and hugged the little golden retriever as well.

The golden retriever whimpered twice but didn't resist.

"So cute..." With two adorable pets by his side, the complex emotions he felt from officially joining the "heretic organization" gradually subsided.

After taking a bath and lying in bed, Jude reorganized the things he needed to do next.

First, continue studying the timeline, hone your mental strength, and strive to become a second-tier entanglement wizard as soon as possible.

Second, continue to observe the living conditions of kittens and puppies, and strive to get started with the law of similarity as soon as possible.

Third, in coordination with other members of the Divine Descent Society, keep an eye on the movements of the Royal Capital Heavy Prison and the Holy Church, and at the same time, formulate a prison break plan that can be activated at any time.

Fourth, take some time to go to the police station in the northern dock area of ​​the capital and find Detective Stefan Nolan to investigate clues about the fat wizard.

"Tomorrow is Sunday... a day off in the afternoon? Hmm... I should go to the docks..." Jude put his hands behind his head, confirmed his plans for tomorrow, and drifted off to sleep in the quiet.

however.

Unbeknownst to him, at the very moment he fell asleep, an unprecedented event was unfolding in the capital's heavy prison...

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The next day.

October 21, 448 AD (Sunday) in the Christian calendar.

early morning.

The capital's heavy prison, administration building, and conference room.

Warden Urban Adel.

Deputy wardens Steele Fernando and Victor Chambers.

First-Class Warden Connor Viera, Phoenix Griffin, Curtis Reid, and Melanie Gilbert.

The highest-ranking leaders of the Royal Capital Heavy Prison gathered together, each sitting on one side according to their respective factions.

"You all know what happened last night, right?" Warden Adel, with his chiseled, sharp face, sat at the head of the table, coldly flipping through an incident report.

"Warden, I was just about to talk to you about this." The deputy warden, Chambers, a priest, nodded slightly, a slight smile playing on his lips as he took the initiative to speak. "As far as I know, a prisoner in the general ward successfully escaped last night, is that right?"

Melanie Gilbert, the first-level warden in charge of the ordinary prison ward, is a woman with wavy red hair and a cold and beautiful appearance.

She glanced at Deputy Warden Chambers, her face devoid of shame or apology: "Yes, that is true."

"What exactly happened?"

"The escaped prisoner's name is August Marlowe. He was sentenced to life imprisonment five years ago for committing a serious crime..." First-Class Warden Melanie recounted the initial investigation.

Simply put, this prisoner was very wealthy, wealthy enough to bribe several prison guards on duty.

With the cooperation of these prison guards, he pretended to be unwell and was taken to the medical room for examination. During this time, he secretly exchanged clothes with one of the guards.

After that, he brazenly escaped through the main gate under the cover of several other prison guards, disappearing without a trace.

Given the strict rules and regulations implemented in the capital's heavy prison, such a low-level escape attempt would have been impossible to achieve.

However, because no prisoner had ever successfully escaped, many prison guards became less vigilant and did not suspect their unfamiliar colleagues at all.

"...These prison guards have been immediately taken into custody and are currently being interrogated. We have also notified the Royal Capital Police Department to assist in the arrest of August Marlowe." - First-Class Warden Melanie.

"There has never been a successful escape from the Royal Capital Heavy Prison before." Deputy Warden Chambers raised an eyebrow, seemingly in a good mood. "But this incident has shown us that the so-called impregnable fortress is nothing but a facade."

"What are you trying to say?" Warden Adel asked.

"Warden, given the current level of security at the Royal Capital's Heavy Prison, even an ordinary prisoner can escape. I have reason to believe that a similar situation could occur in the Heretic Ward." Deputy Warden Chambers seized the opportunity to elaborate. "Therefore, I still recommend transferring the thirty-nine implicated wizards and resonance sorcerers imprisoned in the Heretic Ward to the Holy Temple of our Holy Wind Church for safekeeping."

"The problems in the regular Ward 1 are not the same as those in the Heretic Ward," Warden Melanie retorted, frowning. "Besides, this whole thing is very strange. These guards are resolutely refusing to reveal any specific details about assisting August Marlowe's escape. The escape is already a done deal, so what's the point of them continuing to cover it up?"

"Look," Deputy Warden Chambers spread his hands, his smile widening, "at this point, you can't even find out the specifics, so how can you guarantee that the same thing won't happen again? To be honest, the Church really can't keep these heretics here any longer."

Warden Adel had long anticipated that the church faction would make a mountain out of a molehill and use the escape of ordinary prisoners to put pressure on him.

He calmly tapped the table lightly with his pen: "The Heretic Ward has seven priests on rotation. If you feel it's not safe enough, is it that you don't trust the prison, or you don't trust your own people?"