"Such a thing actually happened? I'll make a note of it."
About three minutes later, a bizarre scene unfolded in the cave prison beneath the church.
A vine with an eye, a mouth, and an ear is listening intently to the disfigured man speaking.
Because they had no intention of letting him leave alive, Tiya's father was fortunate enough to overhear part of the priests' plot.
He lay weakly on the ground, trying his best to clear his mind and tell the vine priests about their wariness of her and the evil deeds of those people.
On the other side of the vine, the [ Dark Archmage ]'s mind was racing.
The hotel owner went to the church to inform on the innkeeper the very night he checked in, and was subsequently stripped of his face and left here.
It's quite obvious who the person I saw yesterday morning was.
Why would they give me information, and why didn't they arrest me?
That's strange. Could it be that he's a coward who thinks he's some kind of expert?
After saying what he wanted to say, the hotel owner fell asleep again.
The Dark Archmage stretched his Deadwood Vine appendages upwards and began counting the number of test subjects in the dungeon.
In the hopeful eyes of the children, the [ Dark Archmage ] soon found the answer.
Including Tiya's father, there were thirty-nine people in the dungeon.
"Don't worry, children, His Holiness the Bishop will send people to rescue you soon!"
After leaving those words, the bizarre vines bearing human organs retracted from the hole.
Beyond the meter-thick stone wall and mud, the [ Dark Archmage ] reassembled his facial features in the damp, gloomy environment, and then began to crawl backwards towards the cave entrance.
A few minutes later, she sat down in front of the couple, panting heavily.
The two appeared to have just cleaned the dusty living room, but the arrival of the [ Dark Archmage ] ruined everything.
But the couple paid no attention to this; their gazes were fixed intently on this righteous and agile elite Holy See Elite Warrior.
"Did you... gain anything?"
In truth, the couple didn't think they could really get any valuable information. After all, they had been digging for a month without any results, and they couldn't expect this Elite Warrior to have made a discovery in less than twenty minutes in the cave.
Their longing for their child led them to choose not to give up any possible opportunity.
And the [ Dark Archmage ] actually nodded, looking at the two who were almost shouting with surprise, and said:
"Is your son named Darnell?"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
How did you know?
The woman was overjoyed, while the man was even more curious as to why the [ Dark Archmage ] knew his son's name.
Hearing their affirmative answers, the [ Dark Archmage ] breathed a sigh of relief.
Thankfully, their two children are still alive; otherwise, their genuine love might have been twisted into hatred towards the other surviving children.
"Your son, and more than thirty other children, are all alive and well in the dungeon. Don't worry."
The [ Dark Archmage ] first calmed the two down, then added:
"The priests are busy arresting me lately, so the experiments have been suspended. Your children will be fine."
The couple immediately expressed their gratitude profusely. Although he was just an NPC, the [ Dark Archmage ] politely declined their kneeling thanks, only reminding them not to make too much noise, otherwise it would alert the night patrol priests.
She looked at the woman:
"Stop crying, making too much noise might attract their attention."
She then looked at the lame man:
"Don't rush to dig forward; there's another layer of rock behind that layer of soil, which you can't break through."
The man stared blankly at the [ Dark Archmage ], muttering to himself:
"What should we do then?"
He then saw the confident smiles on the faces of the Elite Warrior before him:
"Don't worry, let me call some reinforcements!"
"Ding~"
A crisp message notification sound rang out, Cui Yuan, sitting in front of the computer, glanced knowingly in the direction of the director's office.
After confirming that the chubby figure was still sitting at the computer desk, he calmly picked up his phone and checked the message notifications from a social media app.
[ Disordered World Closed Beta Group (42)]
[ Dark Archmage ]: "Anyone free? Looking for people online, it's urgent. Details can't be explained in a few words, see my post (link). @All Members"
It was a new post from the official forum of " World of Disorder ". Cui Yuan clicked on it and felt his heart race after just a couple of glances.
Damn it, your fist's hardened!
The official forum of the World of Disorder website features a post titled "What's Beneath White Wax Town?"
[Posted by: [ Dark Archmage ]]
Text: I found a tunnel leading to the church's underground in White Wax Town. More than thirty children were imprisoned inside as experimental subjects, and all of them were disabled. (Images)*12, (Images that cannot be displayed)*10
This is the coordinate location. (Image)*1, (Link)*1
The tunnel was dug by the child's parents, but they have reached the rock wall and can't go any further. They need our help.
Enough with the chit-chat. If you have time now, log on immediately. You can also log on early tonight. We must rescue these children before launching the attack. Otherwise, given the nature of those apostates, it's hard to say they won't use them as blood packs or hostages.
I'll be waiting for you in the woods near White Wax Town. If anyone can come, please message me. White Wax Town is heavily guarded, so let's meet up first before sneaking in. Be careful not to give yourself away.
Remember to bring your digging tools!
Posted: 1 minute ago.
Cui Yuan scrolled down twice, and those cloud gamers who had been stalking the official website of " World of Disorder " 24/7 had already started flooding the comments with righteous indignation:
[ That's Really Bad ]: "Damn it, is this villain even human?"
[ The Priest Was Once a Little Boy ]: "Children, I would never do such a thing, it's definitely a slant!"
[ Brain Bling ]: "You iron-willed beast, just wait to die!"
Looking at the time displayed in the upper left corner of the screen, Cui Yuan sighed.
Although he longed to join the battle, his real-life job was clearly more important than the game.
After all, it's not real, right?
He opened the chat app and found [ Zhongde's ] private chat window:
"Dude, do you have a moment? Take a look at the group chat and the official website, it's amazing."
After clicking send, [ Zhongde ]'s ID immediately changed to "The other party is typing...", and a message arrived a dozen seconds later:
"Just finished watching. I've already asked for leave for the rest of my part-time job today and I'm running back to the dorm. I'll log on in ten minutes."
Cui Yuan immediately lit up with joy, and he started typing furiously on the screen:
"Okay, bring more people. Use all my tools and equipment. You must rescue them!"