Timely Retreat!

The lights flickered uncertainly.

With every flicker, the surrounding shadows stretched into unrecognizable shapes.

They looked like a forest of ghostly shadows.

But in truth, this place was extremely safe.

After all, this was Blood Cloak Fortress.

The fief of the Blood Cloak Marquis, Bai Yifei.

So far, no fool had dared come here looking for trouble.

Not to mention causing trouble.

Besides, this was also the dungeon.

One of the locations at the heart of Blood Cloak Fortress.

Although the very core of Blood Cloak Fortress was a forbidden zone whose interior no one knew anything about, and apart from its lord, the Blood Cloak Marquis Bai Yifei, everyone else who entered had vanished completely—let alone corpses, not even a single bone remained—no one knew what had happened to those who entered out of curiosity. They only knew that the forbidden zone contained great terror. The dungeon was merely at its edge.

But no matter what.

The enemy could not possibly suddenly reach this place.

Perhaps one day in the future, the iron cavalry of another empire would trample this place, but the White Armor Army on the outer perimeter would certainly be the first to be crushed.

These prison guards would at least have time to react.

Therefore, although these guards did not dare abandon their posts without permission.

Their mental state had clearly declined.

They had become rather lazy.

Though they were not eating or drinking, quite a few stood around in armor with spears in hand, yawning from time to time before staring blankly at the braziers below, not particularly concerned with their surroundings.

However, they soon paid the price for their carelessness!

Accompanied by a hoarse roar.

Or rather, an inhuman screech.

The earth suddenly began to shake.

Waking the hundred-plus guards stationed here.

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