Chapter 55 Panurge’s Punishmen (2/2)

Before he could finish the sentence, the cell was suddenly plunged in darkness For a moment Arran was disoriented, but then, he used Fire Essence to create a fiery orb that illue had disappeared without a trace, leaving Arran behind, alone and locked in the cell

For so to calhts

While the situation was bad, at least he was still alive Moreover, it seee intended for him to escape, which meant there had to be a way out of the cell

He warily eyed the void bag the ift froer than anything he illing to pay

After some moments he walked over to the cell door and inspected it As he expected, it was thick and solid, and he was unable toonly his Essence-enhanced physical strength

Still, he furiously bashed into the door with his fists, stopping only when he was panting from exertion and his knuckles were covered in blood

Undeterred, he took a dozen steps back, then gathered up asa brightly blazing fireball at the door, i it with a blast of Wind He continued this until the Essence in his body had run dry coain he approached the door to inspect it, but he was disheartened when he found that his attacks had not left even the slightest mark on either the door or the wall that held it

He sighed when he realized that both the door and the walls h some sort of enchantment

In the hours that followed he tried every attack he could think of — hacking at the door with his star it with Essence, and so it with his fists

Again and again he attacked, only pausing when both his body andwith renewed fury as soon as he had rested

Hours turned to days as he continued to assault the door, yet no htest bit of da only a feather

Afterhe tried had any effect whatsoever, and he suspected that even if he spent the next decade attacking the door with his current power, there would be no results

At this, he understood that he would have to try soain

He gave Panurge's void bag another glance, but then rejected the idea He would only resort to using that if he becae's debt would certainly carry a painful cost at some point in the future

Instead, he took out Adept Kadir'sFei had given him If raw Essence didn't work, perhaps a proper spell would do the trick

He sat down on the stone floor, a deter on his face as he resolved to finally study the spell properly