Chapter 576

Who is locked up here?

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Hearing this, the four people's faces turned black again.

"Come on, one by one, redeem the lives you owe. When the ransom is enough, I will let you down."

Cheng Shi smiled cunningly. He helped up the teammate who had been knocking his head on the ground, making it impossible for the other party to lower his head to hide his embarrassment, and then wandered around the four of them unscrupulously, waiting for them to think about how to pay this ransom.

Seeing this scene, the male player on the far side had a trace of shock in his uneasy expression. He looked at Cheng Shi's back and asked cautiously:

"Big shot, did you... break in alone?"

Cheng Shi raised his eyebrows and said without even turning his head: "Not exactly, there's also a bodyguard."

A bodyguard?

Everyone looked into the depths of the corridor and could only vaguely see that a hunter seemed to be hiding in the darkness, and those withered vine thorn arrows just now were clearly shot by that person.

This bodyguard's strength was also terrifyingly strong, at least a peak player!

Even the bodyguard is a peak player, so the big shot in front of them must be a famous player on the leaderboard?

But there doesn't seem to be any... famous mummy among the top few on the 【Decay】 leaderboard!

This big shot must be a mummy. His arm, which looked incredibly hard, looked like a blessing from 【Decay】 to a warrior.

"Big shot... you..."

"Don't try to get close. If you have money, pay. If you don't... pay with your life." Cheng Shi smiled sinisterly, startling the others.

"I'll pay!" All four of them could see that although this big shot was extorting them, he didn't seem to have the heart to kill; he didn't want to kill them.

However, for a peak player like you to come and rob a few small fries like us, isn't that a bit too "starving"?

But this also matched their understanding of peak players. After all, peak is peak; those who can reach the peak must be both crazy and insane.

They only act according to their own wishes and preferences, not caring about any opinions or scores at all.

Just as Cheng Shi was happily preparing to collect the money, the tall, thin man he had helped up suddenly changed his expression, gritted his teeth, and tentatively said:

"Big shot, I have three blank A-rank Edicts in my space, which can exempt the chanting and instantly cast the Edict Chant from Afar for three times, lasting 5 seconds. Is this enough to buy my life?"

Oh, good stuff!

Cheng Shi nodded, feeling quite satisfied.

As one of the most useful S-rank innate abilities of 【Order】, the Edict Chant from Afar could issue temporary laws by chanting the Song of Judgment. The various "Forbidden here..." types encountered before were the effects of this innate ability.

A-rank items being able to achieve the effect of an S-rank innate ability for 5 seconds could be considered top-tier among A-rank items.

Thinking that he also had a chance to cosplay as a believer of 【Order】, Cheng Shi decided to accept it with a smile. As for whether it was S or not, it didn't matter; anyway, it couldn't have more S than the Death Fun Ring.

He had just wanted to say okay, but heard this believer of 【Order】 say again:

"But big shot, I have another request."

Cheng Shi's gaze turned cold: "I advise you to think it through before speaking. Right now, you don't have the qualifications to negotiate."

The tall, thin man seemed to have made up his mind and said regardless:

"I want to hire you to help me fulfill a wish."

"?" Cheng Shi was stunned.

Hiring, huh? It's not impossible, but it depends on whether you can afford the price.

He slowly put away his cold face, turned around to hide his greedy embarrassment, and continued wandering: "Tell me first, what wish?"

The tall, thin man said seriously and earnestly: "I am an investigator. The purpose of my prayer is to come to the Howling Iron Prison to investigate a truth. I never dreamed that I would actually succeed in coming to this most solid fortress of Katerou. Although the process exceeded my expectations, the result... is exactly what I wanted!"

Just as he said this, a teammate nearby exclaimed: "No wonder you advised us not to resist; it turns out you have selfish motives!"

The tall, thin man gave a bitter smile:

"It can't be considered a selfish motive. In that situation, if we resisted, everyone would have been executed on the spot. Do you think it was really the Iron Law Knights who caught us?

No, the Grand Executioner was in the Tribunal at the time. If we had continued to resist, we might not have even had the chance to be locked up alive."

"..."

Cheng Shi raised an eyebrow, stopped, turned back, and said: "You know the Grand Executioner?"

"Yes, the Grand Executioner of this era is called Altayle, known as the Sword of Punishment. I... have had the honor of being killed by him."

"..." The scene fell silent again. Cheng Shi was amused, thinking that his acquaintance process was quite unique, but then he urged again, "Don't interrupt, get to the point."

"I know that a very important prisoner is locked inside. Before coming in, I inquired about it. On this timeline, he is still locked inside.

I want to hire the big shot to take me to find him, and then from his mouth, find some clues that are very important to me.

For the past two months, I have been investigating the truth of this matter. This might be the closest I've ever been to the truth.

Big shot, I beg for your help. Of course, the hiring fee will definitely satisfy you."

"Hmm? You still have good stuff in your hands?

You have good stuff but don't use it to buy your life, instead using it to hire people?

Interesting."

Cheng Shi became interested. He walked up to this believer of 【Order】 and asked with a smile: "What truth is so important that it makes you so courageous to dare to plot against the Howling Iron Prison?

Speak clearly, and I might consider it."

"..."

The tall, thin man originally didn't want to say it, but he felt that the opportunity at this moment was too rare. He happened to run into a master who broke into the Iron Prison alone, and most importantly, this peak player could still communicate normally. Seeing that the answer he most hoped to get might be today, after struggling for a long time, he chose to be honest.

"I suspect that my Benefactor, 【Order】, has a problem!"

"!!!"

Cheng Shi's gaze condensed, and his eyes instantly became sharp.

Truth. This believer of 【Order】 had been telling the truth all along.

What a sharp investigator, to actually investigate his own Benefactor. But one thing to say, 【Order】 did have a problem, but how did he, a non-peak player, know?

Cheng Shi pondered for a moment and felt that the problem probably lay with the important prisoner the other party mentioned. So he examined this investigator with great interest and showed a hint of being moved:

"A bit interesting. Who is the prisoner you want to find?"

"Big shot, you agreed?"

"Don't be in a hurry. You say it first, and then I'll consider whether to agree."

The believer of 【Order】 had no way back at this point. His expression tightened, he gritted his teeth, and finally handed over the name.

"Chenosli, a former first-level judge of the Grand Tribunal, is now being imprisoned on the lowest level of this Howling Iron Prison!"

"!!!"

Cheng Shi's expression changed.

Who!?