Chapter 383 - Drip. . . (2/2)

Alec tested the manacles that held his wrists for a bit before determining that he would be able to break out without a problem.

The thing was the company had assumed that Alec's strength was due to him pumping magic throughout his body like was the most common application in everyone else.

It was strength augmentation in the most simplistic way, but that wasn't what Alec was doing.

All his magic was used to Awaken parts of his body, allowing him to exist in the purest form as just himself and nothing else.

But it was not yet the time for that.

Closing his eyes, Alec made himself a little more comfortable in his spot as he rotated his wrists a little, getting his blood flow going again.

Since it wasn't the time to be stingy, Alec sent magic throughout his body, causing the magic that he painstakingly regathered throughout to Awaken himself further.

The magic that had been seeing a breakthrough to the Meister levels dropped back down to the bare minimum of the advanced tier.

After doing that, everything about his body had been upgraded at least a notch.

Strength seemed to flow through his body, and the previous fatigue disappeared like it was never there in the first place.

C.o.c.king his head, the faint conversation became much clearer to his ears.

Even through the supposedly hearing dampeners and magic suppressors, the conversation now appeared as clear as day in his ears. It was even very crisp, like he was standing next to them and listening to them talk.

Suddenly, there was the sound of someone being dragged down the hallway.

One of the people outside tutted. ”There are still prisoners trying to escape. They just don't learn.”

Another disdainful voice spoke up. ”Of course. If they don't get a taste of hardship, how will they learn?”

”But that one especially. He's already tried to escape four times. As I see it, the higherups should be giving the order to use more painful restraining methods on him soon.”

A snicker. ”You're right. I wonder just how badly that one will suffer before he learns to behave.”

”What's his name again? Nicholas something?”

”Who cares? It's not like he's going to live long anyway.”

Alec frowned. This smelled more like a trap than even the forest, but he couldn't just sit still and do nothing if Nicholas was truly in danger.

But… how long had Alec been out?

Nicholas escaping four times didn't make any sense.

With Alec's bodily constitution, he wouldn't take long to recover from being knocked out, yet Nicholas had already escaped four times?

Had they used something else to keep him down longer, or…

At this moment, he didn't have the luxury to think about it right now, because there was the sound of footsteps approaching his 'cell'.

This should be the person who was here to interrogate him, right?

Unfortunately, he hadn't been able to get Loeri to make a move on the inspector at that time.

Hindsight was indeed 20/20. He shouldn't have sent Loeri out to scout but instead kept it close to anticipate the time to make a move.

When the door opened, it almost appeared like the door had appeared out of the solid rock in a shape of a door.

Alec looked at the door calmly, and the person that was admitted was the inspector that he had seen right before he was knocked out by her.

While he saw the movements she'd taken to knock him out, his body hadn't been able to react in that split second, which ultimately led to his loss in her hands.

Now, she was here again.

She stepped in, her genial smile still stark on her face.