The Devil’s Cage - Chapter 413

Chapter 413
Chapter 413: Delayed mistake


Translator: Dess Editor: Zayn_

It didn't surprise Kieran when Roshen mentioned that he knew where Herbert was .

In fact, it was within Kieran's expectation .

There was no need for excessive speculations and guesses; a simple reason allowed Kieran to know that .

This was only the fourth special dungeon difficulty . So it might be a little hard to locate Herbert, but the system wouldn't send Kieran searching for a needle in a haystack .

If the dungeon did so, it would be a dungeon difficulty of at least two digits .

So, Kieran was confident that even if Herbert was not within Herl City, he should be around the city . But out of his expectations, Herbert was in jail .

"I accidentally discovered Herbert's location, and I thought I would reveal it at a more appropriate time . But compared to those benefits, I value our friendship more!"

Roshen returned to his humble businessman mode, talking to Kieran with a smile in his eyes in the new wagon .

Kieran nodded, declining to comment .

"Appropriate? What kind of appropriate?" Kieran thought in his heart .

No doubt Roshen was after a better price to reveal the secret, but after that incident, Roshen thought highly of the abilities Kieran displayed .

Kieran knew what Roshen's motives were .

"I think we will have the friendship that you wanted so much!" Kieran emphasized .

Kieran accepted the favour from Roshen, and replied with assurance .



"Thank you very much!" Roshen said with a big smile .

The completion notification then popped up in Kieran's vision, and just like the description said, everything had become clear .

Kieran only had the mood to explore other sub-missions and events when Herbert was nicely protected . Otherwise, regardless of how many sub-missions he could get, it wouldn't be enough to compensate for the main mission .

The wagon continued on and finally stopped at the suburbs of Herl City .

With Roshen leading the way, Kieran reached the prison that was holding Herbert without any hindrance .

It was not some prison to hold major criminals with tight security like Alcatraz Prison, but instead was just a few cells around a small corridor . Each of the cells had two prisoners within, but only Herbert was alone .

Herbert had also changed his name to Zeon . As for his crime: forging famous paintings .

An average charge that was not too eye-catching yet wasn't neglectable since it could be settled by bribing . If the victims didn't press charge, everything would be fine .

Obviously, Herbert did his preparations when he chose to settle in the prison . He went over every aspect of the prison, from the prison guards to the prisoners, just for his own safety . Thankfully, he was in great shape .

While recalling the information that Roshen had given him, Kieran was walking through the corridor and finally saw Herbert in person after a long time . He nodded secretly to himself .

Herbert was not was bad as he had pictured . No dishevelled hair or dirty face, not skinny and weak . Instead, he was clean and tidy, his hair and beard were neatly shaved, face was pinkish and he looked energetic .

Herbert even had a book in his hand, which was not the treatment for the common prisoners .

"If everyone could be as free as you in jail, I bet it would become a great getaway for many!"

Kieran opened his mouth when he saw Herbert was in his trance reading the book .

Divided by the iron bars of the cell, Herbert raised his head in astonishment .



When he saw Kieran had appeared before him, he quickly stood up excitedly .

"2567! You're alive! This is great news!" Herbert said in delight .

"Of course I'm alive and kicking!" Kieran said with a smile .

Beside him, Roshen had taken the cell key from the chief guard who was rather nervous and opened up the cell gate, waiting to help Herbert out .

Though, the elder scholar needed none of those . He ditched Roshen aside and went straight up to Kieran and inspected him in detail . Herbert also used his own method to confirm Kieran's identity, and Kieran did the same .

After both of them had made sure that neither of them was some monster in disguise, the elder scholar shook Kieran's hand and tapped his shoulder .

"It's been a while!" Herbert said .

"It has been a while!" Kieran replied with a smile .

. . .

The wagon dashed off once more .

Kieran was sitting with his huge backpack . Herbert and Roshen were on the other side .

"So much has happened!?"

Herbert let out a long sigh after listening to Kieran's story .

Then, Herbert made a hand gesture quietly to Kieran . It was the gesture that they had made up during the expedition to Isogu City, to prevent the eavesdropping of the Nights .

The meaning was, "Is it safe around here?" or "Is Roshen reliable?"

"Felt just like yesterday! Herbert, youcan take a good rest now, leave the rest to me!" Kieran nodded and said .

The words sounded without weight but were enough to notify the elder scholar what was going on .

Roshen was not reliable!

Even though the newly appointed chief officers had some traits that Kieran admired, but it didn't go as far as trusting him completely .

For a person like Kieran who was always suspicious of everything, without any life and death events or the passing of time, every relationship was fragile .

Roshen didn't seem to notice the little gestures or the meaning behind them .

The chief officer maintained his smile, glancing between Kieran and Herbert and eventually stopping at Kieran .

"Sir 2567, although there has been some deviation, but our first collaboration could be considered quite successful! So I'd hope that you can lend me your aid once more . I wanted to continue the victorious pursuit of our enemy, cleansing all the monstrous infections of Herl City…"

"No!"

Before the chief officer could finish, Herbert halted his words .

"You have no idea what kind of monsters you are facing! Everything you witnessed was just the tip of the iceberg . Roshen, you could never imagine how scary they are! If you had ten thousand fully armed men, I could accept your suggestion . Otherwise, I would suggest you to be careful!"

Herbert was looking at Roshen with utmost seriousness; Roshen, however, had a face filled with disbelief .

Even without getting in contact with him before, Roshen had heard about Herbert's reputation . He knew that Herbert was a man who was strict in delivering knowledge and seeked the truth from facts, but when he heard what Herbert said, it was still quite unbelievable .

"With all due respect, did you say an army of ten thousand fully armed men?"

Roshen couldn't help but repeat the questions with emphasis .

"That's right! Aside from that, the soldiers have to carry heavy artillery with them!"

Herbert nodded and said in assurance .

Roshen went silent .

He was indeed a newly-appointed chief officer, but he was not a general that commanded real troops from the military, where could he muster up ten thousand heavy artillery troops .

All he ever had were around a dozen men . After the bombing incident, he was left with seven to eight men .

It would be out of the question, requesting seven to eight men to deliver the efforts of ten thousand .

Aside from that, the important point was that even the closest military base to Herl City didn't hold ten thousand men, at most around two thousand .

Kieran went silent as well . He believed Herbert wouldn't say something without a reason . Since he mentioned such conditions, there must have been some reasons to it .

"Are there so many monster lurking around? Or are they that strong to require such firepower?"

Kieran wondered in his heart . He kept quiet until they reached Lander's mansion .

When they entered Kieran's temporary guest room, Herbert opened his mouth before Kieran, after the unrelated people left the room .

"We made a huge mistake back in Isogu City!"

The elderly scholar spoke with a face full of guilt, blaming himself .

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