The Villain Saint is my secondary account

Beside the tower was a winding carriage road leading underground. The caravan traveled inside, passing through a gate and two heavily guarded checkpoints, then through a tunnel, slowly arriving at a dark dungeon deep within.

The soldiers escorted Ye Xiao from the cage. His gaze swept over the rows of cells he passed along the way, and he then discovered that the place seemed much more lively than he had expected.

Many rooms were occupied. You have to understand that there aren't many Aslans to begin with, so unless the crime rate is unusually high, where would all these prisoners come from?

However, observing the appearance of many of the prisoners, although they look haggard due to the damp and dark dungeon environment, one can still see traces of their former meticulous care, unlike ordinary people.

In other words, this dungeon has recently been used to imprison many nobles of considerable status.

No wonder Severif couldn't find any nobles outside who dared to oppose Silvana's politics; it seems everyone was gathered here.

But isn't Silvana afraid of going too far by adopting such a high-pressure approach?

Ye Xiao was somewhat puzzled. Nobility was always a complex and intertwined system. There were alliances, exchanges of interests... Many families might be connected to each other. Therefore, throwing all the opponents into prison might seem convenient in the short term and might suppress unstable factors, but in reality, it would only allow resentment to accumulate, and sooner or later a major conflict would erupt.

Since Silvana managed to ruin his own brothers and sisters and seize the throne, he must understand this principle.

Unless there was a clear intention to overturn the current situation, Ye Xiao had not heard of any particularly significant reforms that Silvana had undertaken since becoming governor.

This situation surprised Ye Xiaoxin.

The soldiers did not take Ye Xiao to the deeper levels, but instead found an empty cell on the first floor and threw him in.

As the human nation most skilled in magic, Aslan naturally takes into account the possibility of prisoners possessing magical abilities.

Therefore, the shackles around Ye Xiao's neck and the handcuffs on his wrists were engraved with spells that suppressed the flow of magic, as well as curses that drained physical strength to target physically powerful professions such as warriors.

However, this might only be somewhat effective for those below the Master level.

Although Ye Xiao is in human form, his physical abilities are now comparable to those of a giant beast. Without using seventeen or eighteen dragon-nailing stakes to suppress his limbs and bones under layers of seals, it would be impossible to subdue him with just a few iron chains engraved with runes.

Even if the runes that draw energy were stacked dozens of times, they wouldn't draw as much as Ella draws in one go. Therefore, Ye Xiao only had to pull casually, and the shackles around his neck snapped in an instant.

Although the enemy has imprisoned him, their true strength seems unclear. The "cover-up" that the Dream God mentioned must be referring to this.

This also means that the other party only suspected that the identity of "Anshapukalong" was a spy, but did not connect him with Ye Xiao who broke into Hub Town.

Now, it seems I can investigate the true purpose of the Dream God in placing me in this dungeon.

Ye Xiao gently placed the cracked wooden shackle on the ground. It was best not to completely destroy it, just in case someone came to patrol and he could glue it back on to make it look real.

A few soft noises caught the attention of his roommate next door, a rather chubby man who had been sitting dejectedly in the corner like a raccoon. Suddenly, he heard a strange noise next to him, turned his head, and saw a scene that shocked him.

All I saw was my new roommate casually prying open the shackles around his wrists with his fingers; the few millimeters-thick iron plates were as fragile as biscuits between his fingers.

"Eh!?"

The disheveled, overweight man couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, wondering why the shackles on the man opposite him were different from his own.

Ye Xiao turned his head at the sound and saw a fellow inmate looking at him. He raised his index finger to make a "shh" gesture.

"Brother, I'm new here. Do you know who's being held here?"

Mr. Fat shook his head, his gaze shifting back and forth between the shackles on the ground and Ye Xiao's wrists.

He didn't know whether it was because the shackles were of poor quality or because the guy was too strong, but whatever the reason, it was hard for him to understand.

"What, are you uncomfortable wearing them? Do you want me to take them off for you?"

Ye Xiao casually pushed aside the half-finger-wide iron railing between the two and stepped over. The fat man reacted for a moment, then immediately shrank into the corner in fright.

No way, is this guy some kind of monster? He'd seen plenty of people who could violently pull open iron bars, but this was the first time he'd ever seen someone so casually "pull" them open.

"No need, no need, brother! I'm quite comfortable wearing them, you should go back!"

Ye Xiao shrugged. He had tried to show some goodwill, but the other party didn't appreciate it, so he gave up and returned to his cell, not forgetting to straighten the iron bar he had just bent.

"I'm new here and not very familiar with the area. Could you please show me around?"

Ye Xiao waved his hand, "Oh right, by the way, my name is Anshapukalong, nice to meet you."

Chapter 185 The Sealed Place

The cellmate next door identified himself as Kimpton Toroccan, a minor nobleman in the northern province who owned his own estate but had not been granted a title.

His profession is animal trainer. He came to Leonia to select a few terrestrial lizards for breeding, but he was caught up in the market without really knowing what was going on.

"So you don't even know how you got in?"

Ye Xiao was speechless.

“Thank God, sir, I brought a large cargo wagon, which was originally intended to carry lizards, but when the patrolling guards searched it, they found two people inside.”

Mr. Kimpton looked distressed. “They killed a whole bunch of the guards around us without saying a word, which terrified me.”

"The knights who came to our aid then captured them. I thought I was saved, but they arrested me too, insisting that I was the one who brought those two people in."

"I swear to the Earth Goddess, I have absolutely no idea where those two people came from!"

After hearing this, Ye Xiao could only say that this guy was really unlucky.

But the two people mentioned in the other party's words who were being hunted by the royal family seemed a bit suspicious.

"Did you get a good look at what those two people who were arrested looked like?"

"I remember this quite well. It was a man and a woman. One was an elderly man dressed in a tailcoat who looked like a butler, and the other had long blonde hair and was wearing a maid's dress."

Kimpton recalled, "They didn't look like Aslans, and given the crimes they had committed, they were probably going to be imprisoned in a lower cell."

"Further down... How many floors are there in total?"

"As far as I know, it should be the seventh floor. The lower you go, the more vicious the prisoners become."

Kimpton wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand.

"Judging from your words, you seem to know this place quite well."

Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow.

"Brother, it seems you only recently arrived in Aslan, otherwise you should have heard some stories about the underground prison in the capital."

Kimpton tried to shrug, but the shackles around his neck made it difficult for him to do so. "Even I, a minor nobleman from a remote region, have heard that this place is both a prison and a forbidden place of seals passed down from ancient times."

"And it is said that beneath the deepest seven levels, something extremely terrifying is suppressed. The imperial palace was specially built here, its power not only to rule the empire, but also to guard against that unknown ancient demon for generations."

"Is it really that mysterious?"

Ye Xiao became somewhat curious.

"Of course, this is just a rumor."

Perhaps it was because of the long conversation that Kimpton's initial tension upon seeing Ye Xiao gradually dissipated. After all, apart from the somewhat frightening sight of Ye Xiao breaking free of his shackles and bending the iron pipe, Ye Xiao himself did not exude any oppressive aura; on the contrary, his tone was quite amiable.

"The empire has the death penalty. Most truly heinous criminals are executed and don't end up in the lower levels of prison. It's just that recently, for some reason, these prisons have been put into widespread use again."

"Perhaps it's not convenient to kill him directly?"

Ye Xiao glanced around outside. "Most of the people here are nobles who disagree with Silvana's political views. Killing them all might cause instability, which is probably not the result she wants."

"Hey."

Kimpton's face turned pale instantly. "You can't say that, sir."

"What's the big deal? We're already inside, what are you afraid of?"

"I may have come in, but at least I'm still alive."

Kimpton shuddered, his fat face jiggling. "Talking nonsense can get you beheaded!"

“I, Kimpton Torokner, swear to the Earth Goddess that I absolutely support the new Queen Silvana, and this gentleman’s remarks have nothing to do with me.”

What are you talking to?

Ye Xiao asked, puzzled.

"Her Majesty is the great Holy Maiden of the Earth, sir. She can sense the every move of all her people through the movements of the forest and the earth."

Kimpton said nervously, "Sir, please apologize with me quickly, lest His Majesty blames us."

"That's utter nonsense."

Ye Xiao dismissed it with disdain.

“Oh, Your Majesty, the Empress who rules the land, such blasphemous words are not my intention. I am your most loyal subject…”

Kimpton stopped talking to Ye Xiao and just knelt on the ground, trembling.

It seems that Silvana has been deified among these lower-ranking nobles, and even when he is imprisoned, he dares not have the slightest thought of rebellion.

Ye Xiao ignored the other party and thought that he should go down to the lower level to check the situation.

Ripples spread around him, and a figure that looked somewhat similar to him emerged from the doorway.

This is a straw doll woven by Ella using the divine power "Rhea's Golden Branch," which she once used in the Holy City to deceive the company's chosen ones.

However, Ella's art design skills are still insufficient to model complex faces, resulting in a face that appears as a hastily made, sloppy piece of art.

But this rough appearance is enough for the dark environment of the dungeon; you can just smear it with plaster and you might not be able to tell unless you look closely.

Seeing the fat man next to him still weeping and expressing his loyalty to the wall, Ye Xiao didn't bother to remind him. He left the straw substitute and left the cell.

His method of leaving was not particularly skillful; he simply hid in the shadows near the wall, secretly pried open the iron pipe, and then pried it back open after coming out.

He then used Shadowstep to blend into the shadows, and the other inmates in the surrounding cells all looked dejected, so no one noticed his little action.

The patrolling guards on the first floor never expected that there was a guy who could come and go from the cell as freely as if he were going home. They would only patrol the door once an hour on average. Therefore, Ye Xiao's activities on this floor could be said to be quite free.

He strolled leisurely through the shadows of the passageway, his hands in his pockets, the voices of the guards chatting drifting through the braziers.

"Have you heard? The chosen ones of the All Saints' Church have all gathered at the cathedral in the south of the city. I heard they're going to help us fight the demons."

"Indeed, our Earth Sanctuary is the true home of all the gods."

"Hey, you should watch your words."

"What can't be said? The decline of the Temple of Light is a fact, and the Holy City has now become a witch's lair..."

The two patrolling soldiers walked and talked, their voices fading into the distance.

Ye Xiao stopped at the bottom of a staircase leading downwards, where a large door engraved with magical patterns was tightly closed. However, unlike other places, this place was guarded by a team of knights dressed in emerald green armor.

Earth Sanctuary Knights? Ye Xiao secretly examined the gate with surprise. Why would someone from the Earth Sanctuary be guarding a dungeon passageway located in the palace?

The followers of the Dark Shepherd are not easy to kill covertly. Some of them, like signal transmitters, can communicate telepathically with other followers. If you make a move, the whole group might find out.

As Ye Xiao was hiding in the shadows, deep in thought, he suddenly noticed a cloud of black mist gradually gathering in a corner by the door.

The next moment, the mist condensed into something resembling a black wolf's head, which opened its mouth fiercely and bit the knight by the door to death.

Chapter 186 The Intruder

Blood splattered everywhere. Before the other Templar Knights could react and draw their swords, the black wolf curved in the air at an uncanny angle, transforming into a sharp arrow that pounced on and killed the remaining men one after another.

In the blink of an eye, only a pile of corpses remained by the door. The mist that had transformed into black wolves slowly condensed and coalesced into a petite girl wearing a cloak.

The girl's face beneath the hood was delicate, her expression indifferent, her eyes reflecting the bloodstains on the ground without the slightest fluctuation.

However, what is most striking is the light red mark on half of his face, resembling a birthmark.

The girl's appearance seemed somewhat familiar to Ye Xiao. After a short while, he remembered that she was the maid he had met in the succubus girl's adventure party in the Seven Seas City, Fisher.

The other party was originally a servant of the third prince of Aslan. After the third prince was assassinated, he returned to Aslan with the fleet.

Logically speaking, the other party should be a servant of the royal family, so how did they end up in this place? And they even murdered the Earth Knight guarding the prison.

Ye Xiao had no idea what was going on, but in any case, the fact that someone had broken in saved him a lot of trouble.

Although reinforcements would definitely arrive soon after this violent act, Ye Xiao had nothing to worry about since the other side was drawing fire.

So he used Shadowstep to stealthily follow her. Fisher seemed to know that her actions would attract enemies, and after using the key on the knight's corpse to open the gate, her pace quickened.

Even though no alarms sounded, the footsteps coming from the other side of the wall indicated that the enemy was on their way.

Sure enough, as soon as Ye Xiao stepped out of the building, he saw a group of earth priests dressed in green robes and paladins in emerald armor setting up a barrier.

Fisher was taciturn by nature, and the Templars and priests were even more unusually quiet. When the two sides met, they fought without exchanging a single word.

The girl flicked a short knife from her sleeve and held it in her palm. Her figure merged into a misty black wolf and suddenly disappeared into the crack between the stone tiles on the floor.

The next instant, a wolf's head with its gaping maw suddenly emerged from the corner of the wall behind the barrier, and with a flick of its fangs, easily tore apart the nape of an earth priest.

Even with their teammates dying before their eyes, the other knights and priests remained silent, turning around in silence to quickly prepare for Fisher's attack.

This girl is really tough and reckless.