Chapter 415: Three Prisoners
"But don't forget that Sorens Magic Grass is not a pure plant, it is a monster between a plant and an animal. Coughren did not forget to remind him.
"By elimination, we can be sure that if there is a ban, at least not on the vines, spikes, and mouths we have seen. Alfie waved her hand impatiently, none of that was the point.
"Even if you find its roots, what are you going to do next after you find the prohibition on it?" Barnett asked, making him feel extremely irritated by the presence of the gas mask that forced him to stop drinking.
"If I can find out, I've got a good plan. Alfie had no intention of telling the crowd about his plans for the time being, and he didn't know how much they would accept his somewhat deviant plan. After all, with his predecessor's experience and his understanding, all races in the Eliat Continent have a deep-rooted hatred for the demons.
"So what do we do now?Although the Sorens Demon Grass will not attack us for the time being, this yellow smoke is indeed a nuisance. Rebecca said worriedly. Although the presence of gas masks allows them to breathe freely in the yellow smoke, the feeling of suffocation is still inevitable.
"Don't you think it's strange why the Solance Magic Grass doesn't always last long, it's more like a harassment?" asked Celent suddenly.
"Maybe it's forced to be our enemy, not intentionally, or maybe it's covering for something?" Alfie said quietly, tentatively.
"No way! The monster is an enemy of all the races of the Ariad continent, how can it be so kind as not to be an enemy of us?" the great troll warrior was the first to jump out and retort.
Really. Alfie sighed secretly in his heart, perhaps because he did not belong to the Iliad continent, it was difficult for him to understand the hatred of the various races on the continent for the demons.
"So there's only one possibility, and that's it's covering for something. Rather than dwell on Zambit on the issue, Alfie took the opportunity to express his reasoning.
"What do you think it's covering?" asked Coughren, feeling that Alfie's guess had little basis to hold.
"Don't forget, this is a dungeon. If Sorens Demon Grass was once a prisoner here, then there is no reason why Cross shouldn't use other prisoners against us. Alfie shrugged.
"Other prisoners?" Zambit said in disbelief as he felt that Alfie was blowing too much.
"The other three prisoners, to be exact. Alfi said with clarity.
"Three, how did you come up with that number?" Rebecca's eyes, hidden behind her gas mask, widened, and she thought Alfie was talking about it.
"That's right, it's three!" said Celent, who had been silent.
"You know that?" said Zambit, shocked, believing that Silent must be suffering from the same paranoia as Alfie.
"Tell me your reasoning. Rebecca was calm at this point, since Alfie and Celent had come to the same conclusion, there must be something that the others had overlooked.
"This ......" Celent hesitated for a moment and turned his gaze to Alfie, who nodded at him encouragingly, giving him the confidence to speak his mind: "I don't know if you noticed, this dungeon, like most cells, has a total of twelve cages?"
The others looked at each other, none of them paying attention to this detail, but most of the cells on the continent of Eliat had twelve cages, or groups of twelve, as Sellent said. As for why such a number was taken to build, it is said to be related to astrology in ancient times, and few people know the specific details.
Since Celent said so, it is likely that the construction of the cells here also followed the old practice.
"And then?" Barnett asked impatiently, his temper uncontrollably irritable due to the lack of alcohol.
"That Cross mentioned earlier that there are seven empty cells here, the same number as there are us except Arrow. Celent continued.
Outside the cage they were, the Sorens Magic Grass had already filled the entire corridor, and they didn't take the initiative to attack, and the Sorens Magic Grass didn't make any next moves for the time being.
"So you and Alfie deduced that there were five prisoners in the other five cages?" Rebecca asked.
"Leaving Arrow and Sorens Magic Grass behind, there are indeed three cells left with prisoners. Coughren nodded, agreeing with Celent's reasoning. He believed that Cross would not be untargeted, and since there were seven empty cages, the remaining five cages must have regular occupants.
"So you think Cross will tempt the prisoners to deal with us on the condition of freedom?" Zambit asked incredulously.
"If I were him, this option would undoubtedly be the most convenient and easy, it would cost nothing to get a few free thugs, and even if he failed, he would only lose a few prisoners, and if he succeeded, his goal would have been achieved. - I believe that the prisoners who can be imprisoned in this cell are not easy to deal with. Alfie came to this conclusion by thinking entirely from Kroos's point of view.
"I think it's a bit exaggerated, it's all based on the premise that Sorens Demon Grass is also one of the prisoners, and accepts Cross's conditions, which are too harsh, so I think this inference is a bit far-fetched. Rebecca unexpectedly disagreed. If this inference had been drawn from Coughlon, perhaps all of this would have been possible based on the oracle's mysterious ability to predict. But Alfie's inferences based entirely on a few details are somewhat less convincing.
"Don't doubt it, they just got the message from Kokura, and there are indeed signs of people in the other cells who have just left. Little Katie suddenly interjected.
"That treasure hunt rat got a reply so quickly?" Alfie was also a little shocked by Ogurakura's efficiency, he originally thought that even if Okurura had a racial advantage, it would not be easy to navigate these cages, and it seemed that he still underestimated the treasure hunt rat's ability.
Okura said that at the end of the hallway there were three connected cages, scattered with several pairs of shackles that had just been opened, and it looked as if the prisoners had just left. Little Katie quickly recounted the message from the Treasure Hunt Mouse.
"Don't be funny, the little mouse can tell if the shackles have just been opened?" Zambit scoffed.
"Kokura said there was still heat on those shackles!" "Little Katie would not allow anyone to underestimate her pet.
"And the heat? doesn't that mean the three prisoners have just left? Given the size of this dungeon, they should be close at hand, right?" said Barnett, with a rare fair remark.
Barnett's words made everyone's nerves tense at once, and in the yellow smoke environment, if there was really any enemy sneaking closer, they would not be easy to detect.