Stroking the cold and hard stone wall, Xiaolan finally gave up on the idea of trying to chisel through the wall. She lay powerlessly on the dirt-covered floor and began to feel a sliver of despair regarding her current situation.
The reason she had not yet been completely swallowed by despair was because she did not see Laine here. Although she did not know if Laine had escaped in the end, she fantasized that Laine had successfully gotten away and was on his way back with reinforcements. Only such a fantasy could allow her to temporarily escape from this hopeless situation.
As for Laura, although she was also sitting on the ground with no options, her mental state was clearly much better than Xiaolan’s. Perhaps it was because she had similar experiences, or perhaps she had always firmly believed that someone would come to save her. As for who that person coming to save her would be, she already had an answer in her heart.
However, no matter whether their mental states were good or bad, it could not change the fact that they were truly powerless. The woman lying flat on the ground with her entire body bound watched this scene through the darkness.
After a moment of silence, perhaps to ease the atmosphere that was falling deeper into a slump, the bound woman began to speak.
“We haven’t introduced ourselves yet. How about we introduce ourselves first? It’s better than just staying here and doing nothing.”
Hearing the woman’s voice, Xiaolan and Laura looked toward each other. Although they could only see Laura, Xiaolan could only roughly distinguish where the bound woman was lying.
“I’ll start first.” Seeming to feel that what the woman said made some sense, Laura took the lead to introduce herself. “My name is Laura, and I am an Orc. I am a maid in a mansion… just a very ordinary one. This time, I came here on vacation with my master.”
Laura’s introduction was very brief, as if she did not want to reveal too much information. Seeing this, Xiaolan introduced herself as well, but because she followed Laura’s phrasing and her status was almost the same as Laura’s, Xiaolan essentially repeated what Laura had just said.
However, the woman lying on the ground did not mind and began to introduce herself.
“My name… you can just call me An Ji Er. As for my identity… don’t be too surprised when you hear it. Have you heard that there is an organization in the Kingdom specifically for handling high-risk incidents in various places? I am from that organization, and I am the Squad Leader specifically responsible for the Sunlight Island region.”
After hearing An Ji Er’s words, Xiaolan had no thoughts, because she completely did not understand what the other party was saying. Some organization that handled high-risk incidents, some squad leader responsible for the Sunlight Island region—Xiaolan was completely ignorant about all of this. She used to be a drifting mercenary, her strength was not that great, and the commissions she took were not very big. She might have heard of such things in the past, but she had never seriously looked into them. Even after arriving at Kolin’s mansion, she only knew that Kolin’s work was very important and could not be bothered to learn more about it.
But Laura was different. She cared a lot about Kolin’s affairs, so she naturally paid attention to these matters. Upon hearing that An Ji Er was also from the Special Incident Handling Squad like Kolin, her eyes immediately lit up.
“Really?! Then have you heard of Lord Kolin?! He is the one known as the strongest Paladin of the current era! Have you heard of him?!”
Laura excitedly ran to An Ji Er’s side and asked with anticipation. This caused An Ji Er to be stunned for a moment before she hesitantly replied that she had indeed heard of a man named Kolin.
Seeing this, Laura wanted to ask how much An Ji Er knew about Kolin, but was interrupted by Xiaolan, who was fumbling her way over while speaking.
“Since you say you are the squad leader responsible for this island and someone specifically for solving these kinds of things, then why were you captured here? Where did your other squad members go?”
Xiaolan’s question was very reasonable. Compared to what Laura asked, her question was clearly more welcomed by An Ji Er. Although An Ji Er showed a somewhat pained expression on her face, her verbal response did not have a hint of hesitation.
“Because we failed. We had only found some clues, but we suddenly encountered that guy on the way. We were ambushed by the opponent and didn’t even have time to react. In the blink of an eye, the squad was wiped out, and those of us who survived were captured just like me.”
Hearing this, Xiaolan said in shock, “It’s that dire?! Is that disgusting guy with only half a face that strong? Even professionals like you can’t solve it? Um, may I ask, what is your Level?”
Facing Xiaolan’s question, An Ji Er had no intention of hiding it and said it all.
“Level 65. My other squad members are all Level 60 or above. This time, the enemy’s strength was so terrifying that even we had no way to resist and could only become lambs waiting for the slaughter.”
After speaking, An Ji Er’s mood became low, as if she remembered some painful memories.
Meanwhile, Xiaolan fumbled for direction while her mouth twitched as she thought: ’65?! That’s more than double my level! Someone this strong has no way to deal with it? Then can we really escape? What level was that Paladin named Kolin again? Does he have a way to solve that guy with only half a face? I’m not actually going to die here, am I?! Don’t! I don’t want to die so young like this!!!’
“Don’t worry! We will definitely escape safe and sound!”
An Ji Er, who had already fallen into painful memories, and Xiaolan, who had begun to feel despair, both looked toward Laura’s direction after hearing this. They wanted to know why she would say that when it clearly did not look like there was any possibility of escaping.
Laura said confidently, “Because! Lord Kolin will definitely rush over to save us! And he will definitely take care of that… that culprit!”
Hearing this, Xiaolan didn’t know what to say and could only sigh, wishing from the bottom of her heart that Laura’s fantasy would come true. As for An Ji Er, after being stunned for a brief moment, her expression instantly turned joyous.
“Could it be?! You know… no, the master you serve is…?”
“That’s right!” Laura placed her hands on her hips, appearing somewhat proud, and looked quite filled with adoration. “My master is that strongest! Most greatest! Most legendary! Most righteous! Most selfless… Lord Kolin!!!”
Once she started talking about Kolin, Laura seemed to have opened a chatterbox and began to talk incessantly with a buzzing sound. Not only did she describe Kolin with all sorts of words, but her voice was also very loud! It caused Xiaolan and An Ji Er’s ears to suffer greatly.
Seeing this scene and feeling the helplessness of not even being able to cover her ears, An Ji Er now regretted asking the other party about Kolin. If she had known it would be like this, she would not have asked.
It was also because of Laura’s reaction that An Ji Er did not dare to bring up that the Lord Kolin she spoke of had contacted their squad earlier today.
Although they were still helplessly staying in this cold prison cell with absolutely no hope of escape in sight, because Laura was raving about Kolin’s glorious deeds, neither Xiaolan nor An Ji Er had the heart to think about those things anymore. They could only helplessly listen to Laura’s account.