In the name of the true god

Wangdu Heavy Prison, administration building, deputy warden's office.

"What's going on?!" Deputy Warden Steele stared wide-eyed, instinctively asking the question.

"It must be something that happened in the special ward building. You stay in the office and don't go anywhere!" Jude said gravely, giving Steele his instructions before quickly leaving the office and heading towards the prison's inner perimeter.

"Waaaaah—waaaah—"

The alarms at the Royal Capital Heavy Prison are kept in sync.

When the alarm sounds on the first floor of the special prison building, the entire prison immediately goes on alert.

The prison guards on the walls and watchtowers immediately checked their weapons and aimed their guns at the special cell block building where the alarm had first sounded.

Another group of armed prison guards stationed in the regular prison building refrained from launching a rash attack, ensuring that the thousands of prisoners held in the regular prison building would not take the opportunity to riot.

"Huff... Huff..." Jude left the administration building and ran wildly toward the 'inner ring'.

"Smack."

"Smack."

The inner ring lights were turned on, making the prison as bright as day.

"Alert! All personnel on alert! Prepare to fire!"

The shouts of the squad leaders could be heard from time to time on the wall.

Outside the special prison building, dozens of prison guards quickly assembled, forming a semi-circle to guard the outside, and pointed their dark gun barrels at the main gate.

Jude stopped abruptly at the foot of the watchtower, looking at the situation ahead with horror in his heart.

In just a minute or two, the prison made a near-perfect deployment, completely surrounding the special cell block where the unusual activity had occurred!

If it were God's Descent Society leading a forceful rescue, given this situation, they would probably be riddled with bullets before the church even had a chance to send more reinforcements!

but!

the most important is!

What on earth happened?!

Has a wizard or resonance sorcerer escaped from prison?!

Are they the same group of people who were just arrested?!

How is my brother Connor?!

"Jude, Jude, Jude! Hurry, hurry, hurry up!" Anders, the "poet" on the watchtower, called out as he bent down.

Jude glanced up.

The situation appears chaotic, but all the prison guard squads are performing their duties. As one of those on duty, I should return to my post and await further instructions.

Can……

Is Connor in danger?

He was leaning on the ladder, hesitating whether to keep Anders company, when his gaze inadvertently fell on Connor, who was not far away diagonally opposite, watching the special prison building from afar with another old priest.

Connor isn't inside?

What exactly happened...?

Jude ignored Anders' calls and, gritting his teeth, ran to Connor: "Brother!"

Upon seeing Jude arrive, Connor's gaze was complicated: "Get out of here!"

"What happened?!" Jude didn't listen.

"Get out of here!" Connor frowned and urged sharply.

"I'm the prison guard on duty!" Jude retorted. "What exactly happened?!"

"Let him stay put," Cole Sanders said. "He'll be safe enough with you watching over him."

Connor respected Cole Sanders and more or less agreed with his statement, so he suppressed his anxiety and answered Jude's question: "There have been 'heretics' who have escaped from prison."

really!

Aside from "heretics," no other prisoner could pull off such a stunt!

"Is it the group that was just arrested?" Jude asked.

"I don't know." Connor said, taking a deep breath. Seeing that Jude wasn't armed, he unloaded his sidearm and handed it to him. "If any 'heretics' come out later, you must stay far away. Don't go near them, understand?!"

"Understood." Jude knew the seriousness of the matter.

Surrounded by prison guards and with several priests stationed there, even if the one who escaped was a newly imprisoned fourth-tier afflicted wizard, he was destined to have no chance of survival.

Since you can't save them yourself, it's best not to get involved, lest you become the perpetrator instead.

and many more……

wrong……

He took Connor's pistol and looked at Connor and the old priest with a puzzled expression.

They knew that something had happened in a special prison building, and they knew that there were "heretics" trying to escape.

Why are Connor and the others still watching from a distance?

Meanwhile, inside the special prison building.

Twenty armed prison guards, guns at the ready, surrounded Keanu Archer at the stairwell.

According to prison regulations.

When ordinary prisoners attempt to escape, prison guards must first issue a warning; only if the prisoner ignores the warning can they fire their weapon.

And if a "heretic" escapes from prison, they can be shot on the spot without warning.

But Keanu Archer was holding a prison guard hostage, preventing them from taking any action.

"You can't escape! Release the hostages!" a captain ordered coldly.

"Shoot?" Keanu Archer, feeling dizzy, still managed a forced laugh. "Go ahead and try!"

"Don't kill me, don't kill me..." The prison guard, who was being held hostage, was trembling and could only beg for mercy repeatedly.

Keanu Archer struggled to drag the man, inching towards the front door: "I don't want to hurt any of you... You'd better understand that if you shoot me, only your colleagues will die!"

"asshole!"

"Release them immediately!!"

He works as a prison guard in the capital's heavy prison.

They were all well aware of the abilities of a fourth-tier entanglement wizard.

Even if someone shoots Keanu Archer now, the damage can be "transferred" to the prison guards who are holding him hostage.

Killing "heretics" can be done without any psychological burden.

Could it indirectly lead to the death of a colleague?

No one had the courage to fire the first shot.

Taking advantage of the prison guards' fear, Keanu Archer moved most of the distance toward the main gate.

As he approached the main gate, he broke out in a cold sweat and glanced outside, his face pale.

A large group of prison guards blocked the main gate completely.

There must be more than fifty people inside and out...

Hearing the commotion, there will probably be at least a hundred more people arriving later...

There are too many...

Even at his peak, he couldn't possibly escape...

Keanu Archer stopped, gripping the hostage's neck with one hand and his empty pistol with the other, aiming it at the armed prison guards. His gaze, however, drifted towards the stairwell.

Rather than fight to the death with these prison guards, it's better to wait for the priests from the heretical ward to arrive and take them all down with us!

A few minutes later.

Chambers and four priests finally arrived.

"Oh? I thought you could at least escape this building," Chambers said sarcastically through the last gate that Keanu Archer had locked himself.

Keanu Archer's gaze turned cold: "Ha...you think I don't know what you're planning?"

"Oh? What are my plans?"

"You want me to escape and reunite with my companions so we can capture them all at once!"

"You're overthinking it," Chambers chuckled and glanced back.

The four priests understood immediately and simultaneously made a 'hand chop' motion.

"Bang! Bang!"

One after another, fierce wind blades slashed at the gate.

In just two breaths, a gap large enough for a person to pass through was forcibly cut into the gate.

"Good...very good..." Keanu Archer, swaying precariously, was about to push the hostage aside and rush forward to fight.

Chambers, who was the first to pass through the gap in the gate, unleashed a gust of wind, decapitating the prison guard he was holding hostage. He then coldly ordered the armed guards, "Fire!"