The two Section Chiefs froze. Once they understood what was happening, they immediately extended their Spiritual Senses to examine the prisoners.
Before long, they realized that every one of the prisoners had been afflicted by an extremely potent curse!
And they had only been cursed recently!
Otherwise, all they would be seeing now would be corpses.
The pale-faced Section Chief with the thin mustache darkened. "It's a curse."
"Report this to the Section Chief immediately," the burly Section Chief said quickly. "Too many prisoners have been cursed. This is urgent."
As they spoke, neither man hesitated. They immediately took Sound Transmission Talismans from their sleeves and activated them.
They were both disciples of the Cold Abyss Sword Sect, and knew nothing about lifting curses.
What was more, this was clearly no ordinary curse. So many people had been cursed at once in Du'e Abyss. With no idea what they were dealing with, rashly approaching the victims would be extremely unwise.
Soon, the Sound Transmission Talisman connected, and Nie Biliu's voice came through. "What is it?"
"Section Chief," the pale-faced Section Chief with the thin mustache reported gravely, "as usual, we were patrolling the 'Yellow' district today when we discovered that every prisoner who had come out to quarry stone had been afflicted by an exceptionally fast-acting curse."
"Now the entire 'Yellow' district is full of cursed prisoners lying on the ground."
"We're not skilled in curses, and can't even tell what kind of curse it is. Please advise us, Section Chief."
A curse?
In a spacious, tidy study with simple furnishings, Nie Biliu was reviewing documents. At this, he frowned.
Du'e Abyss operated with the aid of laws and regulations, layers of restrictions in place. Who would dare be so audacious?
Thinking this, Nie Biliu shook his head slightly. That