Escape Plan

Abbott waited for a while at the entrance of Parrham Prison, and then he saw the prison gates being pushed open by the guards.

A gaunt Silver Moon Elf with a look of disgust on his face strode out from inside with a squad of Elven Guard. He had a leather whip wrapped around his waist, a sword hanging at his waist, gleaming leather boots, light brown leather trousers, and a linen shirt with rolled-up sleeves.

"I am Warden Kels, and you are...?"

Kels ' eyes were like spikes, fixed on Abbott.

Abbott quickly perked up and replied, "My name is Paris, and I am a Priest. The Goddess of Freedom Temple, where I worked, has been abolished, and now Priest have to fend for themselves. My specialty is purifying the souls of the dead. I came to Palram this time to find out if there is such a need in the prison."

"You've come at the right time. We were just about to ask the priests of the Moon God Temple to handle this kind of problem. Since you're here, we can let you give it a try. If you can help us get rid of these troubles, we will pay you a reward," said Warden Kels calmly.

"I'm willing to give it a try!" Abbott said.

Having confirmed Abbott's identity, Warden Kels said nothing more and took Abbott directly into Parrham Prison.

It's hard to imagine that this fortified building, which looks like it only has three floors from the outside, is actually the famous Parrham Island Prison.

Only after passing through three gates did Abbott truly enter the fortress.

Inside the fortress was an inner courtyard, from which one could look up and see a square patch of sky.

Abbott glanced around but didn't see any prisoner cells; the first floor was designed to be very spacious...

The second floor, on the contrary, resembled the dormitory of the Elven Guard. Many clothes were drying in the second-floor corridor, and some elves who were not wearing leather armor were playing cards next to the railing of the second-floor corridor.

The third floor was built even more exquisitely, with even the railings being meticulously crafted...

This square castle doesn't resemble a castle at all.

Abbott couldn't figure out where the prison was. According to Benjamin, the rooms on the first floor of the Cube Tower were for visiting prisoners.

Actually, he didn't understand where the prisoners were actually being held...

However, Abbott soon understood something, because the Warden, Kels, led Abbott to the center of the courtyard. Behind the elf statue, there was a passage leading underground, guarded by two Elven Guard. At the end of the steps was a large iron gate, and a faint smell of rust wafted from the passage.

Kels walked straight into the passage, and the Elven Guard on both sides saluted Kels before opening the large iron gate leading underground.

As the door lock clicked shut outside, the Elven Guard inside opened a small window and peered out through it.

"It's me, open the door," Kels said coldly.

The Elven Guard inside quickly pushed the winch, and with both the inner and outer winches turning simultaneously, the heavy iron gate was slowly opened.

As the large iron gate opened, a seemingly endless series of steps was revealed inside.

Warden Kels took the lead and walked into the prison. Abbott hesitated for a moment, then followed Warden Kels inside.

Once everyone had entered the passage, the large iron gate immediately closed with a creaking sound.

Abbott felt like he was walking downhill, passing several right-angle bends and gentle steps, until he entered a huge underground space. Abbott felt that his legs were getting sore.

There is a very large cavity extending deep into the earth, like an eye into the ground.

Just one glance at that bottomless abyss is enough to send chills down your spine.

This underground prison was built at the center of the Earth's eye, and it looks like an inverted castle, suspended in the center of the Earth's eye...

After descending the steps, there is a very flat stone platform below.

Connecting this stone platform is a rock bridge that is over fifty meters long.

Once the bridge collapses, the entire prison will be completely isolated underground.

Abbott never expected that there would be such an Underground City prison beneath the island.

As the elves stepped onto the stone bridge, the Warden, Kels, said to Abbott, "Paris, be careful when you cross the stone bridge. Don't look up or to either side..."

Although the stone bridge was wide, Abbott was still very nervous when crossing it.

The basement level of the prison is a square space roughly the size of a football field.

The entire first floor was built into the simplest prison cells, which were connected by corridors. Some of the arched windows and doors were made of iron bars.

Abbott was not allowed to visit the prison; he could only peek inside when passing by.

He was actually a little guilty, because he was worried that he might see Priest Theodore in the cell...

However, Abbott's worries did not last long. Warden Kels bypassed the cells and entered a quaint Torture Chamber through a special passageway along the inner corridor.

As soon as Abbott stepped inside, he was struck by the overwhelming stench of blood. Although he had tried his best to mask it, the smell still made Abbott feel like he couldn't breathe...

The first room in the Torture Chamber was filled with various instruments of torture, making it look like a multi-functional room.

Further inside, there were rows of small, locked rooms with only tiny doors like dog holes, which looked eerie and frightening.

Abbott has even imagined some terrifying scenes.

Warden Kels stopped and said to Abbott, "This is the place. The guards here often have nightmares at night. Sometimes when the guards are on night duty here, they fall asleep on the table, but when they wake up, they find themselves lying on the floor. Sometimes they feel like they can't breathe when they sleep, and when they wake up, they find marks on their necks from being pinched."

Abbott turned and looked around, then asked Kels:

"So you have never seen a ghost."

Warden Kels replied matter-of-factly, "Of course, if we could see them, we would have taken care of them long ago..."

Abbott said nothing more. He directly cast the ' Glimmer Illumination Spell, and a faint ball of light floated up and drifted around the blood-filled Torture Chamber, but he did not see any trace of the dead.

He frowned and searched carefully again, but still found no trace of the dead.

Abbott then returned to the doors of these solitary Confinement Room, looked at the dog-hole-like entrances, and said to Kels, "Let me in and take a look..."

Kels glanced at Abbott, then withdrew his questioning gaze and ordered his prison guards, "Open the door."

The prison guards quickly brought the key and opened the iron door to the dog hole. As soon as the door to the Confinement Room was opened, a stench of excrement and urine instantly wafted out. Abbott had to kneel on the ground to crawl in.

He regretted climbing halfway up. The room was not only filled with a stench, but it was also like hell. The walls were stained with countless bloodstains, and there were even bloodstains left by prisoners scratching the walls with their fingers. The entire Confinement Room was filled with an intense atmosphere of despair.

He glanced up and then immediately withdrew.

Because the spirits hiding inside had discovered Abbott and extinguished the Divine Light.

Abbott cannot see the spirits of the dead when there is no Divine Light.

The moment he stepped back, he once again conjured a ball of Divine Light, then took out a book of Holy Prayer from his robes and turned to Kels, saying, "A Wood Elf died here recently. His Soul Fire was incredibly intense, and his left hand looked like a piece of withered wood..."

Kels asked in surprise, "How did you know?"

Abbott said, "I can see his ghost still lingering in this Confinement Room, and it refuses to leave..."

After saying that, Abbott manipulated the Divine Light to fly back into the dog hole. A shrill, piercing howl came from inside, and the ghost of a Wood Elf rushed out of the Confinement Room.

Abbott, now holding Holy Prayer, unleashed the ' Purification Art.

A beam of holy light descended from the sky, and under its illumination, the blue face of the deceased soul, which had just emerged from the dog hole, was completely enveloped by the beam of holy light.

As the holy beam of light shone upon it, wisps of blue smoke began to rise from the body of the deceased.

Within the holy pillar of light, the outlines of the departed souls gradually became clearer, finally dissolving into the holy light...

Upon seeing Abbott's Purification Art, Warden Kels's fierce gaze finally disappeared.

Despite the appalling conditions of the Confinement Room, Abbott went from cell to cell, clearing away the souls of the dead...

In reality, Abbott only purified three souls; the rest were scared away by him and are only needed to stay away for the time being.

He dared not overexert the Holy Power within his body; purifying three dead souls was already the limit of his current abilities.

During the purification of the seventh Confinement Room, Abbott, at Benjamin's request, secretly placed a package inside the Confinement Room and concealed it...

Abbott dealt with ten solitary Confinement Room in total, and then claimed that his Holy Power was exhausted and he could not purify the other Confinement Room.

Under the arrangement of Warden Kels, Abbott was able to leave Parrham Island Prison without incident.

Before leaving, he not only received a reward of five Magic Crystal Stone, but even the warden Prut, personally came out to see him off...

At the same time, Roy's ship successfully arrived at Pattington Island...

This small island looks like a Volcano Island, and it only has one mountain.

The vegetation on the island only covers halfway up the volcano; above that, it's all bare Volcanic Rock.

As the ship approached the island, Instructor Nora explained to Roy and Sabrina that the mountain was peculiar, looking as if it had been cleaved in two by a giant axe, with the fissure extending all the way to the foot of the mountain. However, the widest part of the fissure was hundreds of meters wide, and even the narrowest part was several meters wide.

The town on the island is nestled deep inside the mountainside, deep within a crevice, and its name is ' Pattington Town '.

The ship docked at a simple port pier, and the group of people disembarked along with the passengers...