Back at his quarters, Nameless asked the Time Elder for a map, but the answer left him speechless again.
To prevent jailbreakers from torturing a map or information about the Eternal Silence Prison Tower out of a prison warden, the cells holding its prisoners changed locations.
Not only did the cells move, but the layout changed every week. And if a prison warden left the Eternal Silence Prison Tower, its routes automatically changed again that very day.
In short, the upper floors where the prisoners were held were a maze of confusion. Prison wardens could only follow the routes provided by their Prison Warden's Bracelets; they had no way to know which cell held any particular prisoner.
Some might ask: was there any point in patrolling like that?
A prisoner could escape without the wardens even knowing.
The answer was yes. A Prison Warden's Bracelet could check whether each cell held the correct prisoner. When necessary, a warden could also use it to look up the identity of the prisoner in a given cell or under a given number.
After all, the Eternal Silence Prison Tower held the most dangerous beings in All Heavens and Myriad Realms. No amount of caution was surprising.
After answering his questions, the Time Elder asked cautiously, "My lord, are you planning to go to the upper floors?"
"I'm considering it. The Eternal Silence Prison Tower could fall apart any minute." Nameless nodded.
With luck as powerful as his, he could hardly be so unlucky that the Eternal Silence Prison Tower would explode the moment he arrived.
But luck was not all-powerful. Against the sweep of grand events, an individual could be terribly small. Luck that seemed mighty to countless people might be no more than an unnoticed drop in the ocean against the backdrop