Seizing It and Escaping

"Two!"

As the second number left his mouth, Prince Auttomo slightly moved his Staff, and a pitch-black secret passage emerged from the wall behind him.

Holding Paola hostage, the prince slowly backed away. Fearing for Paola's safety, Landon did not dare make a move to stop him.

"Take the book! Let her go!"

With a flash in his eyes, Landon abruptly pulled out a thick book with a yellow cover and threw it onto the ground between them.

"Not this one."

However, after merely glancing at the book on the ground, Prince Auttomo sneered.

"I told you, don't try any tricks."

By then, he had already retreated into the secret passage with Paola hostage.

"Forget it. You can be buried here with it. That book shouldn't be so easily damaged, I imagine!"

As the prince spoke, a huge Magic Array that covered the entire room suddenly lit up. Illusory dark-red chains extended from the array, instantly binding Landon's body.

At the same time, just as Landon was caught off guard and suppressed, the wall at the entrance of the passage swiftly sealed itself, leaving no trace behind.

Then, as Landon's expression drastically changed, a destructive surge of power erupted from beneath the room.

"He's dead for sure! That's a chained magic trap I had Lord Crimson Blood of the Eighth Rank painstakingly set up at enormous cost. Even Seventh Rank Professionals would surely die if they fell into it!"

At Silversilk Lakeside, Auttomo and Paola appeared amid several broken ancient Ruins pillars.

Casually releasing Paola, Prince Auttomo faced the direction of the former estate. A massive crimson pillar of destructive mana shot into the sky, and cold satisfaction filled his chartreuse eyes.

"Why... did you have to go this far...?"

After Auttomo released the binding magic on her, Paola stared