Chapter 523: Prison Experience Specialist
“Has visiting the prisons of every country become one of our regular tourist activities? If reality were a game, we definitely would have unlocked the ‘Prison Experience Specialist’ achievement by now.”
Ashe muttered to himself while feeling the padding on the wall.
“Not just that, you could also unlock ‘Defeated in One Second,’ ‘Best at Getting Beaten,’ and ‘Losing by a Little Still Counts as a Win’ achievements,” Igor replied, lying on the padded floor with a look of sheer boredom.
“Exactly. I was so close to turning the tables,” Ashe said, biting his nails. “Unfortunately, I haven’t mastered the Inferno of Tribulations long enough. Plus, she managed to combine the powers of four Demi-Gods to ambush me, a newcomer… If it weren’t for the incorrect intelligence from those Tribulation Fire Temple followers, if I had more time to train, if she hadn’t used her seemingly non-combative appearance to deceive me, victory would have been mine!”
Igor glanced at him. “What I meant wasn’t ‘you lost by a little, so it counts as a win,’ but rather ‘you lost so badly yet you still find so many excuses for yourself; what else can I do? I’ll have to count it as your win.’”
Ashe crossed his arms and nodded repeatedly, “I completely understand now. In your eyes, I have already won. I’m so touched!”
Igor’s face twisted in anger, while Harvey next to him couldn’t help but chuckle. “Still, it wasn’t Ashe’s responsibility this time. Even the First Gospel couldn’t have turned the situation around… Could it be that the Omniscient Weaver anticipated this and that’s why they sent Ashe, a substandard proxy, to make do?”
“Possible. The First Gospel is, after all, the Omniscient Weaver’s proxy. This was originally a brilliant opportunity for the Omniscient Weaver to infiltrate this Kingdom, yet they chose to send Ashe instead…” the Con Artist mused. “Either the Omniscient Weaver doesn’t value this Kingdom, or sending the First Gospel wouldn’t have made a difference anyway. So they decided to cut their losses and used Ashe to handle the Tribulation Fire Temple.”
“Can you save the insults for when I’m not around? Let’s focus on escaping this cell first,” Ashe grumbled. “Why do you all look so relaxed, like you’re at home?”