Chapter 183: Captured and Imprisoned
Chapter 183: Captured and Imprisoned
“Thank you, it should be safe now.”
Seeing that the people from Years Without Sound were left far behind, Chen Mo breathed a sigh of relief.
“You took so long to come out, did something unexpected happen? Did you get the Source of the Sea?” Hai Ruoou asked anxiously.
They only had this one chance. If they failed to get the Source of the Sea this time, they had no idea when Haiweila would be able to regain her strength.
Hai Ruoou herself had already lost her combat ability. It was very difficult for her to expel the Darkness Erosion state and recover her original strength. If even Haiweila could not regain her powers, the situation for the two sisters would become very dangerous in the future.
“Something unexpected did happen. It seemed Leopold had prepared. I was only in there for 25 minutes before the royal guards rushed into the treasury and surrounded me. I did get the Source of the Sea, but while being surrounded by the guards, I worried the Sea Clan people might take it back. So I used the Magic Scroll you gave me to store it in the Human Race warehouse. I cannot take it out to give to Haiweila right now; we have to wait until we return to a Human Race city,” Chen Mo replied.
“That you got it is good. Tianhai City is the closest to the Human Race; we can return to Eastern Sea City in two or three days. Then you can take it out and give it to Vela.” When Hai Ruoou heard there was an unexpected situation, her face became tense. But after Chen Mo said he had obtained the Source of the Sea, she relaxed.
“By the way, there is something I want to ask you…”
Boom!
Chen Mo was just about to ask Hai Ruoou something, but at that moment, a shell suddenly slammed down from above directly in front of the Clamshell’s path and exploded violently!
A large amount of seawater surged towards them. The three people inside the Clamshell were knocked around, and Chen Mo’s question was cut short.
“What happened?” Chen Mo asked with a startled expression, knowing the situation might be bad.
Boom!
As Chen Mo spoke, another shell fell and exploded not too far from the three.
“We’ve been discovered! It’s Leopold!” Hai Ruoou’s face darkened.
The three thought they had escaped safely, but Leopold appearing here meant they had not only failed to escape but had been caught up with. Leopold had been waiting for them all along!
“Don’t be afraid. In these deep seas, the shells cannot hit us!” Haiweila was very confident in her Clamshell.
Boom! Boom! Boom!…
Shells kept falling, stirring the seawater into chaos. The Clamshell drifted uncontrollably in the turbulent waters, but Haiweila tried hard to control it, swiftly dodging and moving forward through the unstable sea.
“Not good!”
“Watch out!”
But suddenly, Chen Mo sensed something different in the seawater ahead. Faint, thin black threads were vaguely visible.
A fishing net!
Alerted, Chen Mo quickly shouted. Hai Ruoou also noticed something, but Haiweila, who lacked much experience with the outside world, reacted more slowly. By the time the two gave warnings, she had already steered the Clamshell headlong into the net.
The surrounding nets immediately closed, instantly trapping the three along with the Clamshell tightly.
The shelling stopped. The fishing net was slowly pulled up. Soon, the three were lifted out of the sea surface and saw the bright sunlight.
“Sister Hai Ruoou, the person behind this Human Race Hunter really is you. And little sister Haiweila, I never thought you could really escape from the Human Race Land of Exile. Let’s see, it has been nearly twelve years since we last met. I didn’t expect our reunion after twelve years to be in this way. I must say, it’s a bit regrettable.”
In front of the three was a heavy, large ship. On the ship, the golden-haired Leopold looked at Hai Ruoou and Haiweila, sighing with a smile as he spoke.
“Bad person!” Haiweila stared at Leopold and said angrily.
Twelve years had passed. She was completely unfamiliar with this Leopold whom she never knew well to begin with. To her, Leopold was a big bad person who bullied her sister, and now this bad person had come to capture them again.
“Bad person? Little sister Haiweila, it’s not right for you to say that. I am going to become the husband for both you sisters. How could I be a bad person? I have already planned: this time when we return to Tianhai City, I will announce to everyone that I rescued you, who was imprisoned for twelve years in the Human Race Land of Exile. To thank me, you and sister Hai Ruoou decided to both become my wives. This will be a grand event in Tianhai City for centuries, celebrated by future generations.” Leopold said with a laugh, his eyes gleaming. He himself felt excited about this idea.
Rescuing Haiweila, who was imprisoned in the Land of Exile, would greatly boost his reputation. At the same time, marrying both Haiweila and Hai Ruoou sisters would become a beauty in the Sea Clan, pushing his prestige to a peak.
Damn! Forget about Hai Ruoou, Haiweila belongs to me, bro. What do you mean by this, trying to snatch someone from me? You’re simply looking for death!
Chen Mo was furious upon hearing this.
However, looking at his own Level, he sighed.
His Level was still too low. Even if he wanted to be a hero saving beauties, he couldn’t do it. It seemed he could only wait until they were imprisoned and then find a way to rescue the two.
“I would never marry a bad person like you!”
“Leopold, don’t even dream about it!”
After hearing Leopold’s words, the Haiweila sisters scolded him one after another.
“Hmph! Now that you’ve fallen into my hands, do you still have a choice? Not killing you is already a great mercy from me!” Leopold sneered.
Hai Ruoou’s face darkened.
Indeed, once in Leopold’s hands, they had no rights of their own.
“Human Race Adventurer! Hai Ruoou, I never thought the one who hated the Human Race the most would actually mingle with a Human Race Adventurer. It seems after losing her strength, even her character has degenerated.” Leopold glanced at Chen Mo and shook his head.
“I don’t feel the presence of the Source of the Sea. Did he fail? He didn’t get it? Whatever. Take them to the lowest level of the Crimson Prison first. I will deal with them after I return from Youhai City.”
After saying this, Leopold did not look at the three again. After giving the order, he turned and left.
To capture Hai Ruoou, Leopold had deliberately delayed his departure to Youhai City by two hours. Now he had to set off.
A small boat sailed over. On the boat was a group of Sea Clan guards.
Thinking quickly, Chen Mo hurriedly stored the Clamshell into his backpack.
He had to keep this item in his possession; otherwise, escaping would be difficult.
The guards came forward, put handcuffs on all three, and then stuffed them into sacks.
Everything turned pitch black. Chen Mo didn’t know how much time passed. He felt the boat return to land, then he was carried for a long distance, and finally was thrown down.
A black-armored jailer opened the sack. Chen Mo found himself in a dim prison cell. Glancing around and seeing Haiweila and Hai Ruoou both beside him, he breathed a sigh of relief.
If the two were imprisoned in different places, rescuing them would be much more difficult.
“The Crimson Prison.” Hai Ruoou looked at the Crimson Poison Mist outside the cell, her face pale.
As a royal daughter of Tianhai City, she certainly knew that once imprisoned in this cell, escaping was absolutely impossible.
After the jailer removed the handcuffs from the three, he said coldly, “You know how dangerous the Crimson Poison Mist is. Don’t even think about escaping, or if you die, don’t blame me for not warning you.”
With that, he turned, opened the cell door, quickly walked out, and closed the door again. Even so, some Crimson Poison Mist seeped in.
The jailer didn’t mind. That little bit of poison mist wouldn’t kill anyone, but it could serve as a warning to the prisoners inside. Ignoring the three, relying on his suit of armor that protected him from the Crimson Poison Mist, he slowly walked away.
That clump of Crimson Poison Mist flowed into the cell, and the three’s Health Points indeed dropped rapidly. Chen Mo quickly drank a health potion to maintain his Health Points. He didn’t know how long the Health Points would keep dropping.
However, that clump of Crimson Poison Mist dissipated in the air after a short while.
“Miss Hai Ruoou, how can we escape from here?”
As soon as the jailer left, Chen Mo immediately asked.
More Crimson Poison Mist. That Leopold thought he was clever, imprisoning them in the hardest prison to escape from. But he never imagined that this Crimson Poison Mist meant nothing to him, bro!
“There’s no escape.” Hai Ruoou shook her head dejectedly. “Once we leave this cell, the Crimson Poison Mist will immediately erode our bodies. Even the Sea Clan people cannot withstand it. In a short time, they would turn into a pool of crimson. In the past, all prisoners who tried to escape from the Crimson Prison died because of this.”
“Sister, the Adventurer Brother isn’t afraid of this Crimson Poison Mist. Back then, he passed through the Crimson Poison Mist and escaped from the Human Race prison!” Haiweila said excitedly.
“Really?” Hai Ruoou was stunned, finding it hard to believe.
“Of course! Getting through the Crimson Poison Mist is absolutely not a problem. The problem is, after passing through the Crimson Poison Mist, how can we leave here safely?” Chen Mo nodded firmly.
He was completely unfamiliar with this prison. If they escaped and got caught, there would be no second chance to escape.
While Leopold was away in Youhai City, they had to escape as soon as possible. Once he returned, the chance of escaping would be much smaller.
“If we can pass through the Crimson Poison Mist, there are still two problems to solve to escape. First, the door of this cell, and then after getting out, there is another door at the end of the passage. These doors have Magic Barriers that prevent the Crimson Poison Mist from drifting in or out. Also, the Magic Barrier can block attacks. To open the door, we must get the keys. Second, after going through the outer door, a bit further away, there is a duty room. All day long, there is a guard on duty there. If my strength was still there, that one guard wouldn’t be a problem. But now, a guard can easily capture us.”
“Just these two obstacles? If we get past that guard, can we escape after that? This should be the lowest level of the prison, right?” Chen Mo thought for a moment and asked.
According to Hai Ruoou, to escape they needed to pass two checkpoints, fewer than he expected. But he felt it was unlikely; after all, this was the lowest level of the prison. To escape, they would have to go upward. It was impossible that there were no guards upstairs.