After casually tossing aside an unconscious servant and kicking him into the shadows behind the flower bed, Xuan Ye could not help but mock himself.
A fine young man of the Five Virtues raised under the red flag was ultimately still too softhearted. However, this was proof that he had not been assimilated by the data and that he still existed as himself, so he had no intention of deliberately changing it.
Before knocking the man unconscious, Xuan Ye had already obtained the information he wanted. Moreover, through the simple spell known as True Speech Art, he could completely verify the truth of what such a low-level servant said. This greatly made up for his lack of experience.
Moving through the estate like a ghost, Xuan Ye's actions did not cause the slightest ripple. It was merely a separate residence, and with an imposing warning Barrier outside, its internal defenses indeed did not need much attention.
After successfully bypassing several loose patrols and infiltrating the artificial hill at his destination, he encountered the first real obstacle since breaking through the Barrier and entering.
The Private Prison was located beneath the artificial hill. According to the information provided by the Thieves' Guild, as well as his renewed questioning of the servant just now, all the prisoners held in the dungeon beneath this estate were below the Professional Rank.
Even so, the dungeon entrance was still tightly guarded. The sturdy iron door, completely concealed within the artificial hill, was the only entrance. Behind it, guards conducted identity checks around the clock. There were also corresponding guards inside the Private Prison, and several of the Kend Family's Professional Rank Experts even took turns coming here on duty.
Although there was no guarantee that a Professional Rank Expert would be on duty every moment,