He became the White-Haired Evil God after wearing the Seven Curses Rings.

Ten minutes later.

Vero looked at Rhein-Dott in shock at the board filled with local cards.

"No, don't you not play cards?"

Rhein-Dortmund casually slapped down a Fate card.

"I only said I don't play much, not that I'm not good at it."

As he spoke, he looked at Brandon, who was equally silent on the other side.

"So, are you giving up too?"

In response to his question, Brandon put down the cards in his hand.

"Forget it, I have no chance of winning against a monster like you."

After saying that, Brandon turned over and lay down, staring at the ceiling as he began to think.

Vero sat to one side, listlessly putting down the cards.

"Seriously, you can't even beat two against one. From now on, I'm going to design this game as a two-player game to keep you out of the game."

Upon hearing this, Rhein-Dörgården shrugged.

"Instead of trying to isolate me, try to escape from here. Didn't you say you'd figured out the entire palace's layout, little one? So, have you found a way?"

Vero looked at him as he put away the cards.

"That depends on having the opportunity. This place is surrounded by Imperial Guards. Do you think we can defeat them, or that we can outmaneuver them?"

Willow waved his hand and chose to lie down with Brandon, looking up at the ceiling.

"We can't exactly say that there are people in the Imperial Guards who are in cahoots with us, can we?"

Just as Vero was about to turn over, a voice came from outside.

"Mr. Brandon, it's me."

Instantly, the three people in the cell all looked outside.

"You are... Maurice?"

Brandon looked at the Imperial Guards who had come to visit him with some surprise.

Before Brandon could press for further questions, Morris began to unlock the cell door.

"I've sent everyone else away for now; they shouldn't be back for at least five minutes."

"Click"

With a crisp sound, the cell door was easily unlocked by Maurice.

"Alright, you'll have to figure out the rest of the way yourselves. This is all I can do for now. That's the end of my gratitude for the life you saved back then."

After saying that, Maurice walked to the corner in the distance and never appeared again.

"Brandon".

Willow walked up to Brandon, his tone incredulous.

"When did you become an inside man even within the Imperial Guard? Your connections are truly extensive."

In response to Willow's question, Brandon said proudly.

"Hmph, that's what I'm good at. Making more friends is never a bad thing."

"Ahem... is that the problem? Even after all these years of wandering around, I've never had your level of social skills."

Brandon waved his hand.

"Forget about that. Look, now we have a chance. You tell me how to escape this awful place."

Upon hearing Brandon's question, Willow temporarily put aside his thoughts of complaining and went to the outside corridor.

"Well... to be honest, I was locked up here once before, and I left a lot of loopholes here back then."

As he spoke, Vero pressed his hand against a patterned area.

"Aside from those that have already been fixed, there are about thirty-two vulnerabilities here that we can use, such as this one."

As Velo released his grip, a portal appeared on the wall.

"An emergency passage with my fingerprints on it."

Brandon looked at the portal, then glanced at the smug Willow beside him.

"How did they manage that? And why are there emergency exits in the palace prisons?"

Vero patted him on the back and pushed him into the portal.

"Oh, you don't need to ask about the details. Besides, you're not exactly simple yourself; we're pretty much the same."

As he spoke, Vero turned to look at Rheindorf, who was still deep in thought.

"Hey, is there anything else? Or are you planning to create a portal by yourself and leave this place?"

Upon hearing Vero call his name, Rheindorf looked around and followed.

"It's nothing, I just sensed the presence of other people around me and became alert."

After saying that, Rheindorf walked straight into the portal without giving Vero much explanation.

Vero watched his disappearing figure, scratching his head in confusion.

"Strange, could there be other people in this prison?"

Vero looked around but didn't find anything strange.

"Never mind, he didn't say anything anyway, it should be fine."

After confirming that everything was correct, Vero stepped into the portal.

Once everyone was alone, a white figure slowly appeared in the air.

"Strange, it's quite unexpected that Rhinedoth can actually sense me."

The person who appeared here was Xie Bai.

While Maurice was rescuing Brandon and the other two, Xie Bai had already arrived at their cell.

Seeing that they still had the ability to save themselves, there was no need to intervene. Xie Bai simply hid himself and observed how they managed to escape.

Then we saw Vero open an emergency exit.

"Does a place like this even have emergency exits?"

Although prisons in the previous life were generally equipped with emergency exits for evacuating prisoners in emergency situations.

But can that compare to the prison we have now?

Rather than believing that the Roland Empire would treat prisoners humanely, Xie Bai preferred to believe that Vero possessed some special ability.

At the very least, it can alter reality.

Putting that question aside, Xie Bai looked at the portal the three had used to escape and tried to make contact with it.

[Unauthorized use prohibited]

【mistake#】

[Under revision...]

[Correction complete. Your Excellency, King of the Void, first-level access to the Roland Palace is now granted to you.]

"what?"

Xie Bai stared at the notification that popped up in front of him, somewhat bewildered.

"This palace...it seems like it has an intelligent entity inside?"

No, is that the point?

Xie Bai looked down at the Seven Curses Ring on his finger.

"Did Arrogance do the permission modification? I don't think they had this feature before?"

Xie Bai sensed that his arrogance had been strengthened to some extent, but it wasn't very obvious yet and wasn't written on the panel.

After realizing this problem, Xie Bai began to recall what he had done before.

"I don't think I've been that arrogant lately. I've been doing all sorts of reasonable things, and my tone was probably fine too."

After thinking for a moment, Xie Bai couldn't find anything he had done wrong.

Behavior should be within reasonable limits.

"Never mind, let's check on Brandon and the others first."

Thinking of this, Xie Bai activated his Shadow Return skill, locked onto Brandon's appearance, and then disappeared into the shadows.

As soon as I entered the shadows, a familiar voice echoed from the surrounding space.

【Welcome back, Lord of All Darkness】

"Hmm? I didn't expect this shadowy world to actually remember me."

Xie Bai looked around and found that the shadow world was now completely restored.

The chasm that she left behind when she shone in her glorious world has now vanished without a trace.

"Didn't I ask you to help Brandon and the others escape last time? How come they've been caught again?"

The Shadow World did not answer Xie Bai's question.

Feeling the inexplicable cold violence, Xie Bai shook his head.

"I won't argue with you for now. Just stay here and don't cause any trouble."

Okay, I will follow your advice.

After leaving his instructions, Xie Bai immediately left the world of shadows.

When she emerged again, she was already in Brandon's shadow.

Contrary to expectations, this time she didn't see Brandon and his two companions escape, nor did she see them being captured again.

Instead, it was a scene never imagined.

Brandon and his two companions, along with a group of Imperial Guards, were besieging a man dressed in emerald green.

Or perhaps it is a true god.

"Charon, the god of thieves...?"

……