"…Damn."

Julian whispered under his breath.

They've gotten very far in the castle, but now, they were standing in front of the entrance to the prison.

The bad news.

There were two guards.

They weren't looking really interested in doing their guard duties, but Julian could tell that they were strong—Immortals easily.

"…He is behind that door."

Jock said.

His heart was literally hitting against his chest as he was feeling extremely nervous but also excited.

Nervous as if they got caught, they were obviously dead, and excited because they could be meeting with Kiernan after so long!

"I can't sneak through them, as I would have to open the door, and unless they are sleeping, they would see that.

"So… It will be all you, Fen."

Julian scratched Fen, and he wagged his tail and looked excited to help.

It had been a long time since Fen had seen his "Father," and if he could've, he would've tried saving Kiernan a long time ago.

Only problem was that he never knew of Kiernan's location, as their powers had been completely separated.

They couldn't talk telepathically, couldn't use Bonded Transference, or anything else for that matter.

Fen hopped off the corner, trotted towards the door, and went past the two guards, who were just chilling.

"…Nonsincere?"

Scum said with his eyes moving around like a darting fish. It was like he couldn't look at one spot for too long.

"…What."

Nonsincere asked with a bored look.

"Nothing."

Scum looked away.

"…Fuck you."

Nonsincere said.

It seemed like little banter between two friends, but Scum, like his name suggested, was a scum, and everyone hated him.

He knew that Nonsincere hated useless conversation.

In that moment, Fen went straight through the door, as if it was made of air, and trotted down the prison hallway with an excited look.

Dirty, depressed-looking prisoners were sitting inside their cells, and they seemed very uninterested in life.

There was nothing they could do either way except sit, wait for the little food they get, and sleep.

"Yip!"

At that moment, Fen arrived at the front of a cell and entered the cell and sat down in front of a dangling man.

"…What's up, boy…?"

Kiernan asked with a tired voice and smiled.

With an excited look, Fen jumped onto Kiernan's shoulder and started licking his face.

But at the same time, he was using "Pawradise Kiss," which healed all wounds Kiernan had suffered in these ten years.

And there were a lot of wounds.

"Ah…"

Kiernan let out a long, satisfied moan, and his tears streamed down his face as he embraced the dog tightly.

"It's been hard, my boy… Hard…"

Fen kept licking his face, as if he were saying, "It's all right now, Dad," and turned his gaze to the chains.

"Growl…"

Fen turned slightly bigger and slashed through the chains with his claws. It got cut in one swift motion.

Kiernan dropped to the ground, too weak to move, as the Black Knights just finished another torturing session on him.

They really didn't like him killing Diwa.

He could've broken these chains by himself, and he had done it many times before and tried escaping, but he had failed each time.

Black Knights wanted him to try to escape.

They wanted him to fail and fall deeper into the dark pit of despair that they had created for him.

"…I don't think we can escape, my boy… I appreciate you coming… but… I don't think…"

Kiernan trailed off, his voice filled with defeat.

But then Fen tugged his pants, his eyes filled with hope, and it was a look he hadn't seen for a long time.

All these prisoners had lost that a long time ago.

Kiernan tried breaking them out once, but they all refused to leave, as they had resigned themselves to their fate.

'…Julian… Jock… Is here…'

Fen spoke inside his mind.

With him being an Immortal Grade Magical Beast, his intelligence had risen to human level, and he had learned to speak as well.

While he couldn't speak fluidly, it was understandable.

"They came here?"

Kiernan asked, his voice tinged with concern.

'…I did send them dreams to warn them of this place. I wanted to show the ruthlessness of these monsters to them.

'I wasn't asking them to come rescue me.

'I wanted to make them prepare for the inevitable. The incoming invasion by Dead World. It will happen, and soon!'

Kiernan's expression turned ugly.

Since they came to this war, he doubted they were planning to leave with them.

'…I can't make them suffer this same fate. I don't care if I fail to escape. I will do everything in my power to help them!'

Kiernan's eyes turned, and he reeled back his fist and punched through the cell door.

SMASH!

The door of the prison opened, and Nonsincere and Scum looked at him with smirks on their faces.

"Two years since your last escape… Why today?"

Scum asked with a grin.

"…Well, I heard my favorite Black Knight is guarding the prison today, so I thought I would pop out and say hi."

Kiernan said coldly.

"…Haha, you're still mad about me torturing you all these years? Oh, it has only been ten years. We will have a fantastic eternity together!"

Scum said.

'…Spy Eye.'

Kiernan tapped his glabella, and information popped up above the heads of the two Black Knights.

[Name: Scum - Occupation: 12th Black Knight - Rank: True Immortal]

[Name: Nonsincere - Occupation: 9th Black Knight - Rank: False God]

"…"

Kiernan looked past the two Black Knights and looked towards the stairs—he saw Julian and Jock.

"…It's him…"

"…He is alive…"

They whispered among themselves, and they were so close, but they didn't know how they were supposed to rescue him.

In that moment, Fen returned back to his "Monster Wolf" form, and his head crashed through the ceiling.

"…I've been waiting…"

Kiernan closed his eyes, and with his thumb, he stabbed himself in his heart.

BA-DUMP! BA-DUMP! BA-DUMP!

His gray hair turned white, and his gray eyes turned blue, like they were crackling with lightning.

Across the skies above the Silver City, golden clouds started spreading across the horizon like wildfire.

Golden lightning appeared in the clouds.

"…Tribulation Clouds? Someone is advancing to the Martial God Stage? It must be Libido—how wonderful!"

The "Red Ones" celebrated.

"…You're trying to advance? Will you even survive?"

Scum asked with a smirk.

"…I don't plan on surviving, motherfucker. I plan on killing all of you, and that will be my greatest weapon."

Kiernan looked at the ceiling, crouched, and jumped through the floors of the castle and appeared high in the skies.

Scum and Nonsincere jumped after him.

The commotion woke up every Black Knight, and they turned their attention to the sky, where Kiernan was.

"…That moron is again trying to escape?"

"Hahaha, what a fool!"

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