At the far end of the camp's southeastern area lay a modest mountain range...
The mountains contained many natural caves, surrounded by jagged rocks. The terrain made it impossible to set up tents here for the camp's stationed personnel to use as resting quarters.
Normally, the caves in the mountains merely served as a small base for storing supplies and provisions, functioning as warehouses. But a few days ago, the nature of one of these caves had changed.
From a warehouse for supplies and rations, it had become a prison!
And the person imprisoned within was naturally Marcus, awaiting the Council of Elders' judgment!
While the girls were racking their brains to help Astrea activate the Pandora System, and Wu Yan watched the scene cheerfully from the side, something extraordinary was happening here...
At the entrance to the prison cave, waves of illusory light rippled faintly through the air. Strange sounds came from the light waves, as though a bubble were swaying. It looked as fragile as a bubble that would burst at a touch, but those in the know understood that this was magic personally set by the Thunder King! With it in place, anyone inside without at least high-level Eighth Order strength could forget about breaking it!
What was more, two Eighth Order guards were stationed within the magic prison. Escaping from here would not be so easy...
Inside the prison cave, two dim magic lamps provided faint illumination, lighting up its three occupants. The two Eighth Order guards stood at the entrance as though on watch, repeatedly glancing toward the inner wall of the cave with contempt and disgust in their eyes.
"Look, look, look. That's the former second-in-command of the Saito Family, one of the people in charge of the camp..."
"Yeah, yeah. What an impressive