As the two reached the summit of the last mountain, they didn't find a prisoner but a hut. It had a garden lit with lanterns, looking like an oasis in this abyss. Arthur was confused, and so was Aurora.
"Who lives here?" asked Arthur as he approached the mansion. "I thought this was a prison, not a place to live."
"I am clueless, but I know that the strongest Astra-ranker lives here. The guard's heart told me that he has killed a million people, at the very least."
"A million…" was an alarming number that could not be imagined without witnessing the destruction that had such a casualty rate. "Then, how come there is a house here?"
"I heard… he chose to be imprisoned."
"Interesting," Arthur said as he rang the bell through the garden. It echoed throughout the summit, and footsteps soon came toward the door. Then, it creaked open.
