In the name of the true god

Jude sensed that something was wrong.

This morning, Connor unusually didn't drive to pick him up; he simply sent a driver to do so.

Hearthstone Street isn't far from the Royal Capital Heavy Prison, so even if Connor has something important to do, taking a slightly longer route to pick him up would only delay things by a few minutes.

If he didn't come, it's either because he was in a great hurry, or because he had already left before he even went to work.

And what is Connor's identity?

A priest under the Holy Wind Church, and the first-level warden of the Heretic Warden's Section of the Royal Capital Heavy Prison.

The things that he takes seriously are probably more or less related to the capital's heavy prison.

Could it be that just yesterday, after joining the Divine Descent Society and devising a two-pronged plan with Chairman Frost, something happened at the Royal Capital Heavy Prison?

That's too much of a coincidence...

"Sizzle—"

The car stopped outside the Royal Capital Heavy Prison. Jude thanked the driver, got out, and walked straight toward the main gate.

Something's definitely not right!

With just a glance, Jude noticed that there were more than twice as many prison guards on duty at the main gate as usual. Moreover, all of them were armed and looked on high alert, watching for any movement around the prison.

Something really happened...

What could it be...?

Jude did not rashly strike up a conversation with these colleagues with whom he had almost no interaction. He simply showed his identification and registered his entry and exit times as usual, and then walked smoothly toward the special prison building in the "inner ring" of the prison.

The atmosphere inside the prison was eerie.

Admittedly, as a place for imprisonment, discipline, punishment, and even execution, the function of prisons is completely contrary to human nature, and even prison guards will feel oppressed from time to time.

But today, besides the oppressive atmosphere, the increased patrols in the prison, the stern expressions on the faces of the prison guards... every unusual thing made Jude's emotions tense and his whole body uncomfortable.

A few minutes later.

Finally, filled with many questions, Jude quickly arrived at the special prison building.

Today is the second day that his prison guard squad has been rotating to the death row and solitary confinement ward.

The overall rotation work of death row inmates and solitary confinement wards is not much different from that of the heretical wards. Considering that neither death row inmates nor those in regular solitary confinement are allowed to leave their cells, they are still mainly responsible for distributing food and emptying sewage buckets at noon and in the evening.

only.

The heretical prison is overseen by a priest, and the inmates must remain in the temporary rest room for the prison guards until they are notified by the priest before they can proceed to the second basement level to carry out their work.

Death row inmates and those in solitary confinement do not have this restriction, so they must remain on the lower level during their work hours. This means that situations like Colin, the vain guy who frequently suffers from hangovers and falls asleep in the break room can no longer be tolerated.

In addition, death row inmates and solitary confinement wards will periodically execute death row inmates according to the arrangements of their superiors.

Compared to burning "heretics" in the open, the execution of death row inmates was a little more humane.

electric chair.

A torture device specifically designed to electrocute prisoners with high-voltage electricity.

The prisoner is subjected to an electric shock of 1700-2400 volts and 5-8 amps for 15 to 60 seconds to completely destroy the prisoner's nervous system and all organs, thus completing the execution.

To protect the mental health of the prison guards, executions are often carried out by three guards simultaneously pressing three different buttons, but only one of them will actually connect the circuit.

Fortunately, there is a permanent prison guard stationed in the death row and solitary confinement wards, who is specifically responsible for carrying out executions. When rotating guards like Jude are involved in executions, they basically only need to do some follow-up work after the execution is over, the doctor confirms the prisoner's death and issues a death certificate, such as putting the charred body of the death row prisoner into a body bag and sending it for cremation.

7:25 a.m.

In the temporary break room for prison guards, Captain Foster and the others had all arrived.

Seeing that everyone in the break room was one of his own, Jude opened the locker to change into his prison guard uniform while asking, "Has something happened at the prison? I noticed that the patrols have been much more frequent today."

Captain Foster, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, said calmly, "An inmate escaped from the regular ward last night."

prison Break?!

Jude paused, his movements halting: "Someone escaped from the regular prison ward? They succeeded?"

"It's a success." Captain Foster nodded.

"several?"

"one."

Jude glanced at the fat man, Allen, beside him in disbelief: "Our prison is heavily guarded; even heretics can't escape. How could an ordinary prisoner possibly get away?"

Captain Foster squinted and exhaled a puff of smoke: "I don't know the specifics either, but the warden, deputy warden, and first-class guards are meeting to discuss how to handle this matter. We'll just have to wait for the results."

"Oh my god..." Jude looked at the fat man Allen again, silently asking with his eyes whether this matter was related to the Descent of the Gods.

Allen shook his head slightly without saying a word.

It has nothing to do with divine intervention.

But... how do ordinary prisoners escape all by themselves?

Jude subconsciously considered two aspects of the impact.

For decades, no prisoner has ever successfully escaped from the capital's heavy prison.

This incident has had an extremely negative impact, and the warden will undoubtedly deal with it seriously and subsequently reform the prison.

So firstly, my afternoon leave is likely to be canceled, and my plan to go to the pier police station will have to be scrapped.

That's a minor matter.

There are no days off; I can just go there after get off work from now on.

The most troublesome thing is the second impact.

The Holy Church has been looking for a suitable reason to persuade King Leonard to transfer the implicated wizards and resonance sorcerers from the capital's heavy prison to the church's temple.

Although this wasn't an "outsider" escape, the church faction inside the prison will certainly seize the opportunity to amplify the prison's problems and try to facilitate a transfer.

What if the royalists back down?

It's likely that within a few days, the "heretics" in the capital's heavy prison will be swiftly transferred to the church temple.

A few days!

The Descent of Gods simply didn't have time to formulate a reliable rescue plan.

The final outcome will either be that they are forced to watch as these thirty-nine of their kind never have a day of freedom again, or they will take a desperate gamble and forcibly break them out of prison at all costs.

Jude could not accept any of this.

"Sigh, with this whole mess, I don't even know if we'll be able to rest this afternoon." Allen sighed deliberately in front of the others, then naturally suggested, "Hey, Jude, why don't you go ask your brother? See if we'll be affected."

Jude naturally understood what Allen meant.

The situation was urgent, and he was the only one who had the opportunity to find out the latest developments of the prison's higher-ups.

Only by thoroughly investigating the situation themselves can the Divine Descent Society buy time to respond.

"Okay, I'll go ask my brother when we have lunch," Jude agreed.

Captain Foster also wanted to know the inside story, so he chose to acquiesce.

noon.

Jude, who had no appetite, did not go to the canteen with the others. Instead, he went alone to the administration building that connected the prison's "outer ring" and "inner ring" and knocked on the office door of Deputy Warden Steel Fernando.