Shadow City was a captivating place. Though it was the military core and capital of the entire Macro World system, heavily guarded and strictly disciplined, intimidating to outsiders, every resident from other worlds who truly lived here or had visited Shadow City would agree on one thing: this was a magical city that made people never want to leave. The wonders one could see here, things unimaginable in an entire lifetime, far outweighed the oppressive feeling brought by the soldiers visible everywhere. If possible, living in Shadow City would be the greatest dream of any Macro World resident.
But that description excluded one place: deep within the Military Isolation Zone stood a building that was an absolute forbidden area. Dense sentry posts and detectors surrounded it. Floating turrets could be seen nearly every ten meters in the air, along with warning signs everywhere and Royal Guards who would fire on anything that approached without authorization. A heavy, oppressive atmosphere blanketed the area. Even low-clearance Shilin soldiers could not come and go freely here. It could be said that in all the peaceful and tranquil Shadow Space, this was the most unpleasant place of all: the prison, whose Shadow Fortress security level ranked second only to headquarters, while its danger rating was even higher.
"The prisoner's condition is normal. He has remained very quiet and cooperated with our scans of his body."
Before the heavily guarded black-domed building, the Warden in charge of local affairs—a tall Imperial officer with a stern face—reported to us on the prisoner codenamed "". His expression was exceptionally grave. Clearly, that extraordinarily special prisoner had recently raised the Alert Level throughout the entire prison district.
The Fallen Apostle captured from the Ruins World was imprisoned here, so it was no wonder the prison officers and soldiers