Chapter 1815 Investigation [3].

Chapter 1815 Investigation [3].

Damien could barely garner anything from the Prison Master's expression. It changed several times. His original response was as expected. His eyes narrowed and he glared at Damien in suspicion, but that only lasted for a few seconds at most.

After that, his face looked slightly inquisitive, serious, curious again, and then turbulent as he frowned deeply.

Still, the look in his eyes didn't seem like it belonged to someone who was planning to reject the request.

"Is it truly for your training that you wish to see the prison?" He asked.

Damien looked into his eyes and tried to understand what he was thinking, but it wasn't possible in the short term. He nodded his head with firm eyes and responded simply.

"Yes."

"There is no other reason?"

"There is not."

"Hmm..."

The Prison Master had a certain quality that allowed him to see through people. When he looked at Damien, he could see that there were hidden intentions laced all throughout his words.

The strange thing was that those intentions, while concealed, didn't seem harmful. The aura emanating from Damien seemed to be one of...a helper?

The Prison Master fell into thought for a second, seemingly debating over something. However, he made his decision relatively fast and without the need for Damien to provide any more justification.

"Very well. You are a promising junior, so I suppose it is not a problem. You won't mind if I come with you, will you?" "Of course not," Damien replied with a smile.

"Rather, how would I be able to walk such a place without the Prison Master himself at my side guiding me?"

"Haha, so you were planning to use me as a guide from the start."

The Prison Master nodded. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"You look to be a busy man, so let us not delay. Please follow me carefully, and from this point forward, only step where I step."

Damien easily agreed.

Still, his focus was, as he told the Prison Master before, mainly on the structure of the prison itself.

He wanted to see this place and understand if it was a viable method of containing those who could cause harm to society. He didn't care about the conditions of the prisoners, but about the conditions of the mechanisms themselves.

'It's incredibly sturdy.'

Damien could see that even if he reached a level where Area Lords were fodder before him, he still wouldn't be able to break through the Eternal Sanctum. It was designed in such a way that power wasn't the only thing necessary to destroy it.

'If I'm reading it right, then you need a group of maybe ten or fifteen people on the same level as an Area Lord to work in perfect harmony to crack these defenses.'

It was definitely worthy of being the most secure prison on the entire island.

'But...if it's gathering people with platinum badge strength, then someone's already doing that, aren't they?'

As long as both the Earth Temple Master and the Dragon Lord were both involved in some way, Damien could confirm that much.

The Prison Master did give him a tour around the prison despite grumbling about it jokingly. Those near where the two of them appeared were the less serious offenders, which was why their treatment was so "good."

The further they went, the more serious the crimes became, and the more serious the punishment was.

Those at the very end, those who needed to be teleported to because they were so deep in the prison, were undergoing torture that was crueler than even the depictions of Hell present in Earthen civilizations.

Damien did gain some insights by seeing how the prison was upheld, and he was able to confirm that the structure itself wasn't anywhere close to breaking. With that, he achieved everything he wanted to do here. Understanding the state of the prisoners was just an added bonus.

The Prison Master took Damien out of the prison easily when they finished their tour. The man was as genuine as he first said, so there was no reason to still be concerned about him.

Rather, the Prison Master's intentions were elsewhere.

"Young man, I presume you are ready to leave now?" He inquired. Damien nodded and replied, "Yes. I must sit down and ponder the insights I gained. This trip was just as fruitful as I thought it would be."

Damien thought that the Prison Master's words were an invitation to leave, so he spoke frankly. However, he was wrong.

The Prison Master was not ready for them to part yet.

"Come, sit down for a moment," he said, his eyes a bit more serious than before.

"Let us talk."