Chapter 204 - Chapter 204: Chapter 196: Madness! (2/2)

“Ahhhh! It’s, it’s divine punishment! Surely, it’s the punishment of the gods! Hahaha!”

“Stop talking nonsense! Get back to work!”

The prison guards rushed over to beat the person, then dragged the madman away.

The lunatics’ breakdown only heightened the tension, not only among the prisoners, but the prison guards felt an immense headache as well, with the fear within them slowly magnifying.

The Warden had no choice but to come and reinforce patrols personally, while the prison director wrote a letter to the Priest of the World Order Church, hoping they could come to the prison to determine whether some sort of mysterious being was causing chaos.

Darren observed everything silently, feeling the power of the 2nd Rank of the Path of Shadow about to be completely mastered by himself.

So, mastering the Path of Shadow was not so difficult after all.

Hahahaha!

“This is merely the beginning!”

Soon another rumor emerged among the prisoners, its origin unknown to all, but it grew more believable as it spread.

They said, those people were not killed by ghosts or demons, but secretly executed by the Meyer family, and indeed, to the horror of the masses, so far, the victims had all been strong opposers of the Meyer family.

In fact, Darren had been selective in his killings.

He targeted those Rhea People who opposed the Meyer family for death; though they were also enemies of the Meyer family, the Rhea killed by Rhea, which was not a cause for concern.

He wanted to deliberately create an atmosphere of opposition and tension; the more chaotic people’s hearts were, the better. The prison mines were an inherently oppressive place, where everyone was gradually going mad, and he only needed to push them a little further.

In moments of idle contemplation, Darren would also ponder certain things.

“Perhaps everyone inherently possesses a side of madness that just requires something to draw it out, breaking through the iron bars imposed by secular conventions.”

What he aimed to destroy was not merely the shackles on the prisoners’ hands!

Finally, one day, a Rhea Extraordinary Exponent, overwhelmed with immense pressure and burdened with illness and pain, neglected his work, which resulted in a merciless beating from the prison guards.

“You swine! Get up and work! Get up!”

From a distance, Darren instantly realized that the opportunity had come!

He fixed his gaze on the stick weapons of those prison guards, harnessing the power of rune to “destroy” them silently, and in the next moment, they were all shattered, turning into black ash and drifting away.

“Ah!”

“What’s going on?”

All who witnessed the scene were stunned, be they prison guards or prisoners, all recognizing that something was awry!

While everyone was bewildered, Darren again employed the power of rune destruction to shatter the alchemical shackles of the Rhea Extraordinary Exponents who were prisoners!