Rise of the Eromancer

Chapter 204 Inzect

"What did you do!?" The guards once again slammed him on the wall, causing Rhys to just slightly let out a small but very short chuckle before shaking his head. The sound of the blanket swinging Howard's neck, accompanying his silent laughter.

"I just asked him to clean the cell, Sir," Rhys then let out a sigh as he looked at the floor, only to see that it was still completely dirty, "I guess... he gave up on that."

"You think this is funny!? You—"

"I do," Rhys did not even let the guard finish his words, "I know that's a rhetorical question, but I do think this is funny."

"You did this to him!"

"I—"

"Nope!"

And before Rhys could even say anything, a prisoner from the cell directly opposite of Rhys's cell yelled.

"We saw everything from here, Dwight hung himself like a motherfucker because the fish dogged on him last night."

"Saw that too!"

"...Tch," the guard then immediately let go of Rhys after giving him one final slam on the wall, "Let's just go clean this up."

And without saying another word to him, the guards grabbed and carried Howard's body out of the cell. They did, however, leave Rhys's cell open — and before Rhys could wonder why, the sound of a horn reverberated through the entire prison.

"Breakfast, boys!"

As soon as Rhys no longer sensed imminent danger, he quickly turned to look at where he was previously standing, only to see an old woman; probably in her 60s, staring him straight in the eyes—no. She was probably even older, but her glowing violet hair that almost reached her knees made her look somewhat youthful.

"Hm...?" The woman smiled; her wrinkles folding on her face as she did so — even with her age, however, it was obvious that she was quite beautiful when she was younger. There was a certain accent in her voice, however, thick... strong,

"...This should be interesting, hm?" Her 'S' sounded more like 'Z', "When I heard someone was looking for me, never in my life would I have thought that it would be a dregger. Just what is going on out there on the outside, hm?"

The disgust as she said the word 'dregger' was palpable and very clear, but even more so was the expression on her face as she looked at Rhys from head to toe.

"...Talia Talcott," Rhys whispered.

"Hm...? This dregger knows who I am?" The old woman, Talia, could not help but twitch her eye as she heard Rhys calling her by name, "But zhen again, of course, you would."

A smirk—no, a malicious smile very slowly crawled on Talia's face as she started making her way to Rhys. And as she did so, gashes and thin crevices started to form on the floor where she walked; the other inmates who were near her, quickly ran away and making sure they weren't on her path.

Rhys turned to look at the guards in the cafeteria, only to see them walking out of the canteen and locking everyone else there; the fear in their eyes, almost as clear as the disgust in Talia's eyes. And now that Rhys was looking around the cafeteria, he was finally noticing that there were already several old fissures and cuts around everywhere — most probably Talia's doing as well.

"Now, pray tell your last words, inzect," Talia waved her hand to the side, creating a large crack on the floor just a foot in front of Rhys, "I will humor you and listen to that filthy mouth of yours...

...why were you asking for me?"

Why indeed? Of course, Rhys could just say that he wanted to conquer her and fill the 5 empty Hearts that were floating above her head...

...as she was one of the strongest Nobles in the world — and the only reason why she was not listed in the top 15 Strongest Explorers is because she wasn't an Explorer, no. Talia Talcott... was an Amerkan general during the war almost a hundred years ago, except she was actually a spy planted by the enemy, extending their cause and creating a concentration camp right on Amerkan grounds...

...and is responsible for slaughtering millions of Lowborns.