The odds of Jill and the others finding La Nina should have been infinitesimally small.
After confirming that Blood Conquest didn't constrain him in any way, Fu Qian used this special aspect to travel through the unusual prison, heading straight down.
If his guess was right and the Plague Knight that had descended could inherit some of An and White's abilities and memories, then its reaction to his question suggested that even the warden, White, probably didn't know anyone named La Nina.
That meant that even if Virgo really was someone locked up here, she was probably known under another identity.
And given how close those three were to death, it was hard to say how much ground they could cover.
Under the circumstances, he could make up the terms of the deal as he went along without worrying about a thing.
Of course, if they really managed it, that didn't mean he wouldn't honor his end.
Treating their immediate symptoms was a simple matter. If they didn't deal with the entity behind this anomaly, their predicament would remain unresolved, and they'd end up just like the others sooner or later.
As he traveled, Fu Qian didn't forget to check what lay beyond the ice walls.
Just as his earlier observations had suggested, the building was now like a speck of dust suspended in an icy sea. Outside, there was nothing but deathly silence.
The Plague Knight's motives might not have been pure, but what it had said earlier made sense.
It wasn't just the Scarlet Fever. The prison was caught in some kind of special confinement, and the whole place was undergoing a transformation.
Of course, from that perspective, Jill and the other two were still a Hidden Danger.
If they decided they were out of options and wanted