Free Web NovelChapter 275: Chapter 275 RPG Game_1
The following morning, Aiden sat in his office, studying the information that had been gathered and organized for him the day before.
The capital prison of the Dragon Spine Empire was a comprehensive prison that was no less grand in scale than Thorn Iron Prison and Rose Iron Prison; in fact, it was even superior to the pre-reformed Rose Iron Prison when compared directly.
However, four years ago, the prison experienced an incomprehensible prison break.
At that time, the pirate Annie Drake, who was active in the Calm Sea, was arrested by the Imperial Navy, and after trial, she was sent to the capital prison to serve her sentence.
Three days after the trial, the capital prison received a threatening letter, in which the sender claimed to be from the Red Shark Pirates. They demanded the unconditional release of Annie Drake within a week, or else they would organize a prison break themselves.
The capital prison did not respond to this letter—in fact, given the security conditions of this world, it was not unprecedented for a prison to receive similar threatening letters from criminal organizations. Moreover, at that time, Navi Drake’s Red Shark Pirates were not as powerful as they are today. A major national prison renowned for its stringent security measures naturally had no reason to fear a mere pirate crew.
But a week later, the Red Shark Pirates invaded the capital prison, breezed through the prison’s defenses, and extracted Annie Drake from incarceration. They also took some of her crew who were detained in the same prison, as well as several dangerous criminals, and wreaked havoc on the prison’s facilities and stole some supplies in the process.
During this incident, the prison’s armed riot squad attempted to intercept the pirates, but oddly, all those who tried to attack fainted on the spot before the pirates could even retaliate—this information was collected from the riot squad members who engaged with the pirates, and the recorded testimonies indicated that they didn’t see any retaliatory actions from the other side.
To this day, the Empire’s heresy tribunal has yet to ascertain how the Red Shark Pirates managed to execute such a smooth prison break, as all the defense mechanisms they breached showed no signs of tampering.
The doors of the cells that were opened were undamaged as if they were unlocked with keys. The barriers, runes, and traps placed in the prison were inspected afterwards and found to be intact, yet they mysteriously failed during the jailbreak.
The Warden of the capital prison was even suspected of taking bribes and underwent a strict investigation. Although no evidence of dereliction of duty was found, he still faced certain disciplinary measures because of the incident.
"How tragic," Aiden shook his head in sympathy; he suddenly felt a bit of compassion for this colleague he had never met.
According to the information provided in the letter from the forefather, the Red Shark Pirates’ ability to accomplish such an unfathomable prison break was clearly closely related to the sole authority of "Order" that Navi Drake had in his possession. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
If one was completely unaware of the authority, naturally they could not protect against it.
This would also explain why the Empire, without hesitation, agreed to extradite Annie Drake to the autonomous state to serve her sentence. Even the largest capital prison had been thwarted once and had yet to discover the reason for it, let alone other prisons within the Empire’s jurisdiction.
As for the Red Shark Pirates, they unsurprisingly became famous after the prison break, attracting more and more pirates to join their ranks. In a matter of years, they rapidly expanded to dominate the Coral Sea Domain and even occupied an uninhabited island as their base, naming it Red Shark Island.
The Imperial Navy and heresy tribunal have organized several extermination campaigns against Red Shark Island, all of which invariably ended in failure—whenever the Imperial Navy approached the pirate port or encountered the Red Shark Pirates’ ships, they often experienced bizarre incidents that forced a cease to the combat.
These bizarre incidents included sudden storms, thick fogs, mysterious whirlpools appearing between the naval forces, and inexplicably misfiring cannons. Consequently, a saying circulated in the northern Imperial territory of the Coral Peninsula: the great pirate Navi Drake was protected by the sea god, and those who tried to harm him would be punished by the divine.
In fact, there has been a similar rumor about Laine Gott, the renowned pirate lord who once hailed as the master of the seas. Since him, the Silent Sea has seen several generations of such formidable pirates.
The matter could be explained by the information disclosed in the letter from the great ancestor Azrael.
In those years, Azrael traded the Wordless Code to the pirate Laine Gott, who, with its help, became the mightiest pirate king on the Silent Sea. Afterward, the Wordless Code passed through the hands of different pirate forces—whoever obtained the Wordless Code, could be considered the lucky one blessed by "the gods."
Undoubtedly, the Red Shark pirate crew’s ability to continuously repel the navy and to miraculously break someone out of the Empire’s capital prison was all thanks to the power of the Wordless Code.
In the absence of a ruler, the sole authority would exist in the form of an object, this object possessing supernatural characteristics that transcend ordinary dark magic, and even ordinary people could use it; it was merely a tool after all.
"So that’s it, this is what the prophecy meant when it said, just wait silently in prison, and authority will naturally come to you," thought Aiden.
He had now fully grasped the contents of Melissa’s prophecy, "The Covenant" she had provided was quite accurate, only it deviated a bit from his understanding.
It wasn’t that authority would be delivered to his hands like a parcel, but rather that someone associated with authority would come knocking on his door, bringing it with them.
According to The Covenant and the extradition regulations of the autonomous states, it would be very difficult for Aiden to refuse this prisoner.
It was a nuisance... but also an opportunity, that was Aiden’s first impression.
He had heard about the characteristics of the Wordless Code from Melissa, which was said to allow the writing of a limited number of rules that would come into force within a certain range centered on the holder.
To stop an opponent wielding such a cheat-like item from breaking someone out of prison would be no easy feat.
But this undoubtedly was the best chance for him, who otherwise would have almost no possibility of crossing paths with pirates, to obtain the Wordless Code, with even the venue for the confrontation being limited to his home field.
However, Aiden was actually more concerned about the fact of Annie Drake being transferred here than the Red Shark pirate crew itself.
After he received the letter from the ancestor and learned about the information related to the sole authority, the characters mentioned in the letter immediately became entwined with his life.
It was as if it were a scripted RPG game, and he was the character being played by some player, who, before the main plot mission pops up, would always have an NPC provide him with crucial information.
And that player manipulating him had hardly ever hidden their identity.
