Cold, damp, depressing, dim, unspeakable smell, stained walls reflecting burning torches, long corridors echoing the sound of empty water drops.
This place fits every imagination of a dungeon.
The moisture stains originate from the moisture seeping into the underground rocks. Since only those beings considered "weird" by the Tribunal will be imprisoned here, they will naturally not clean it up.
The only thing new is the enclosed prison, with its metal walls named Bronze.
After the development of this kind of alchemical material that can block strange abyssal stones, the Inquisition dungeon was the first place to use them.
Psius, Ophelia, and the merchant Anthony were imprisoned alone in cells along the way, while Lu Li was led to the deepest part of the dungeon.
"There are still 11 hours left."
After entering the prison, Lu Li turned to face the guard captain outside the corridor.
The captain of the guard put down the oil lamp, and the only response he received was the slow closing of the heavy bronze prison door.
bang
The cell door was tightly closed, the faint sound of footsteps disappeared outside the door, and silence enveloped the cramped cell where the oil lamp was burning.
What does the Tribunal want to do?
There was no shortage of news in the Vina Ice-Free Port. It was known that the God of the Deep Sea had attacked Midnight City. Lu Li then handed the warning about the possible attack by the God of the Deep Sea to the Vina Ice-Free Port to Mayor Mateus, and later Lu Li
He arrived in person but the shadow of the God of the Deep still shrouded the city, starting a 24-hour countdown.
What is suspicious is that the Weiner Freeze Port is not without combat power. The warships threatening Lu Li at the port indicate that the strength of the Weiner Freeze Port is well preserved and can even lie in wait for Lu Li's arrival.
The Inquisition ignores the God of the Deep Sea out of some kind of confidence, or is it because they have some connection with Him?
The key clue may lie in the existence that the Tribunal believes in, but unfortunately Lu Li doesn't know who they believe in.
anyway……
Lu Li looked around at the prison that could not be broken by human power.
You have to find a way to get out of here.
Lu Li sat in front of the bronze door where the oil lamp was placed, fell into a deep sleep, and slipped into the dreams of Psius and Ophelia.
Bronze could not block the power of the cursed title. Lu Li called Psius into his dream according to the location in his memory, and then went to Ophelia's prison.
However, Lu Li misjudged the distance in the chaotic dreamland that was like thick fog and it was difficult to tell the direction, and accidentally sneaked into the dream of a Shadow Church believer who was imprisoned in the dungeon.
Lu Li asked the fanatical believers to wait, retreated from the dream, and found Ophelia.
Her power is limited by the strange devices of the Bronze Prison and the Tribunal, making her no different from ordinary humans.
"What is your...method...?"
"Dream."
Leaving Ophelia's dream, his consciousness returned to his own. After a short wait to judge the distance, Lu Li fell into his dream again and walked through the chaos to the hall where the interrogators were stationed in his memory.
Balentine's behavior of constantly looking at the time showed his anxiety.
This anxiety and the excitement of imprisoning a big shot did not make him more awake. On the contrary, a deep sleep enveloped Balentine, making him doze off constantly.
"I have to go and change my shift..."
Balentine stood up in a low voice, and suddenly looked up at the bronze door leading to the dungeon.
After being taken into the bronze door not long ago, Lu Li, who was imprisoned, stood in the shadow in front of the door.
Balentine stared at Lu Li in shock, looked at the closed bronze door, and realized something: "How did you escape?"
"This is a dream I constructed." Lu Li walked out of the shadows.
"I'm already asleep..." Balentine closed his mouth and looked at Lu Li complicatedly: "Are you really affected by the weirdness?"
"This is the power of the cursed title [Dream Man]."
Regardless of reality or fiction, the cursed title that broke through the layers of fog clearly appeared in Balentine's mind.
"So you came to me because you wanted to..."
"Open the door."
"We don't have the key."
"Who has."
"The people above...the ones on the ground."
"Is there any other way to leave the prison?"
"No...if you really haven't fallen, why don't you wait for the review by the people above?"
"There is no time. It takes 24 hours for the God of the Deep Sea to pollute faith, and now there are 11 hours left."
The Dream Hall fell into a brief silence, and Balentine couldn't help but ask: "Is what you said true?"
"Um."
"Why don't you talk to the trial guards?"
"I told you."
"They didn't do anything...?"
"Um."
Ballentine fell into further complications.
"They put an oil lamp in my cell." Lu Li said at this time.
Ballentine answered abruptly: "They will calculate the time and come down from above to add kerosene! In about 7 hours... will it be too late?"
"If there is no better way." Lu Li asked again: "Who does the trial believe in?"
"God of the Sun."
It is normal for human civilization to worship strange gods that have never been heard of, and it is even impossible to judge whether they exist.
Lu Li was about to exit the dream and plan to leave the dungeon while adding kerosene to the trial room.
"Wait... do you believe I won't tell the truth?" Balentine suddenly called Lu Li.
"Because this is not about saving me, it's about saving Weiner."
The calm words gradually faded away, and Balentine slowly woke up.
The cold touch on the ground told him that what happened before was a dream...a real dream.
Subconsciously looking at the bronze door leading to the dungeon, it is still closed.
Ballentine, who was once called the successor of One-Eyed Vic, became speculative and restless and suffered for a long time.
After eight long hours, which seemed like eight days, the Inquisition Guards arrived, bypassing Balentine who was pretending to be calm, opening the bronze door and entering the dungeon corridor.
In Balentine's expectant gaze, not long after, a silhouette appeared in front of the bronze door.
Wearing a black windbreaker over a white shirt.
"There is a hall outside. Judge Vic is stationed there... He will not let you pass." Balentine reminded complicatedly.
"Is he a knight?"
"Uh...ordinary people like me."
Lu Li nodded, thanked Balentine, and continued to climb the steps to the upper level.
After dozens of stone stairs, Lu Li met the Inquisitor Vic that Balentine mentioned.
"I knew you would escape."
He leaned back in his chair, covered one eye with a black cloth like a pirate, stared at Lu Li with one eye, and suddenly threw a copper key.
"Open the door and turn left. There is a lighter-colored wall. Turn the candlestick and you can leave through the secret passage."
"Do I need to knock you out?" Lu Li asked him.
"No."
One-eyed Vic waved his hand impatiently, watching Lu Li disappear deep into the steps, and turned to the other end where the noisy footsteps came from.
"Where are the prisoners!"
The captain who was chasing him asked coldly.
"I don't know what you're talking about." One-Eyed Vic spread his palms.
"Exorcist, Lu Li."
"He left."
"The trial court will punish you for your betrayal." The captain said coldly, leading the team to continue the pursuit.
"Your words are like a villain."
One-eyed Vic looked at the small group of knights passing by, sarcastically.
"I used to think politicians were ugly and dirty, but now I think back on that time and I made a big mistake... We are the ones who are ugly and dirty."
