Firefly discovered that every hour, her entropy loss value would increase by 1 point.
Fortunately, at this stage, entropy loss syndrome still used current HP as the standard for health deduction; as long as the entropy loss value didn’t reach its maximum, Firefly wouldn’t enter the death state check.
So for the next three days, she never used her transformation device.
After all, Sam was her biggest trump card.
Firefly wanted to save it for the day of the escape, so she could catch the orcs off guard.
She did discuss a plan with a few subordinates who had thoughts of escaping.
Since the orcs’ management of the prison was full of loopholes, their planning went extremely smoothly, to the point where they could start the escape operation at any time.
But Firefly remained still.
The biggest reason was the secret that Tatsumi wanted to investigate.
“Your choice to endure was correct.
This prison is not as simple as it appears on the surface.
As far as I know, there is at least one Hero Level orc guarding this prison.”
One day, Tatsumi suddenly said this to Firefly.
At this moment, Firefly was curled up, sitting on the hard board bed, panting softly.
[Current entropy loss value: 77 points.
Health deduction check in progress…]
Intense pain surged through her body.
She bit her lip hard, not letting out a cry of pain.
Thanks to Tatsumi’s near-abusive swordsmanship guidance over the past few days, she had gained some tolerance for pain.
[Current HP is too low.
Gained negative status: Weakened]
With three or four debuffs hanging on her panel, Firefly ignored them all, turned her head to look at Tatsumi, and asked weakly:
“Is that so?
Then, *huff*, why didn’t you tell me sooner?”
“…Because the time had not yet come,” Tatsumi said in a low voice.
In fact, although he had been doing his best to teach his swordsmanship to Firefly—a promising talent with outstanding natural ability—he had never truly trusted her and hadn’t revealed his purpose for coming to this prison.
Even information like ‘knowing there was a Hero Level guard in this prison’ was something he hadn’t shared with anyone, fearing that news of his infiltration would leak and affect his subsequent plans.
But now, it didn’t matter.
Because the appointed time had arrived.
Tatsumi glanced at Firefly.
At this time, the girl’s exposed skin was covered with a type of glowing green light marks—on the backs of her hands, her neck, and even her cheeks.
It clearly looked like some kind of disease.
The feeling of regret in his heart grew stronger.
Truly, heaven is jealous of such talent.
“…Although there might not be another chance, I still want to warn you.
Since you have inherited my Breathing Technique and swordsmanship, you must strictly abide by the Way of the Knight.
If one day I find out you are doing evil and causing chaos, I will personally step in to clear the house,” Tatsumi said solemnly.
“Do I look like that kind of person?” Firefly gave a pale smile.
Tatsumi shook his head.
“It’s just a routine warning before parting.
If you wish to pass on my Breathing Technique to others, remember to pass on this warning as well.
Of course, the one who steps in to clear the house will still be me.”
“What a rigid and pedantic knight,” Firefly said softly.
“But, I don’t hate it.”
“Goodbye, Firefly.
Consider this wooden sword a parting gift.” Tatsumi took out a wooden sword from somewhere and tossed it to Firefly.
Firefly looked down.
The wooden sword was carved perfectly; its shape and patterns were no different from a real sword.
It seemed that only someone very familiar with swords could carve such a lifelike wooden sword.
[Tatsumis Wooden Sword (Elite): A wooden sword hand-carved by Champion Knight Tatsumi to be gifted to his disciple, Firefly.
It is imbued with Tatsumi’s blessing.
When Firefly holds this wooden sword, Strength +10, Critical Rate +5%, HP Regeneration Rate +20%]
When she saw the attributes of this wooden sword, a look of surprise appeared in Firefly’s eyes.
With a 20% HP regeneration rate, it already deserved the ‘Elite’ rank, not to mention it also provided 10 points of Strength.
As for the critical rate?
Heh, as an African Chief, she knew this thing was purely decorative if it was below 75%.
“Thank you, Teacher,” Firefly thanked him earnestly.
Tatsumi nodded slightly, then stood up and walked to the cell door.
It wasn’t exercise time yet, so all the cells were locked.
However, Tatsumi reached out and grabbed the bars; without even using much force, he easily snapped the iron gate.
“In the next two hours, that Hero Level guarding the prison won’t be able to spare a hand to deal with you.
If you want to escape, do it now.” After saying that, Tatsumi left the cell directly.
Several orc jailers saw him out during non-exercise hours and immediately rushed forward, intending to force him back.
But at that moment, Tatsumi pressed his hands together, then drew a divine sword glowing with golden radiance directly from the palm of his left hand.
With two casual swings, the two orc jailers were sliced into several pieces, dying with their eyes open.
Several sets of keys fell to the ground, but the prisoners in the cells on both sides no longer had time to pick them up.
They were all stunned by Tatsumi’s miraculous swordsmanship.
Firefly slowly walked out of the cell, let out a soft breath, and murmured to herself, “Damn, that was cool.
He has a bit of my old style.”
A prisoner nearby looked up in confusion, watching this girl who spoke so gently yet used such coarse language.
Firefly picked up the keys and found the subordinate who looked like a monkey, intending to ask him about the results of his investigation over the past three days.
“Boss!
According to my investigation, there is another cell deep within this prison.
Every few hours, the jailers take four or five people inside, but including the jailers who go in, no one has ever come out of that cell…” the monkey-like man reported in great detail.
The cell at the deepest part…?
From this description, it seemed like some heinous criminal was being held there.
And this prisoner required a Hero Level figure to guard them; it was likely a terrifying existence of the ‘royal court level’.
That was already a powerhouse far beyond the reach of players; even if all players teamed up, they wouldn’t have any chance of winning.
Firefly took a light breath and decided to give up on the idea of investigating this secret further.
Forget it, let them be.
Curiosity killed the cat.
She was now using an NPC template and couldn’t be sure if she still had the players’ resurrection ability.
She wouldn’t get involved in things beyond her capabilities.
Firefly handed the sets of keys from the jailers to the monkey-like man and said softly, “Go and release the others.
We can start executing our previous escape plan…”
Just then, a violent explosion suddenly rang out, and then the prison shook violently.
A shockwave surged through the corridor, ripping up floor tiles, while the walls and ceiling also began to shake and collapse!