Don't confiscate my identity as a human race

Chapter 438 - 418 Lanci Finally Meets a Normal Person_1

Perhaps the phantom of the Great Love Poet was cautious and did not plan to reveal itself to Lanci for an attack just yet.

Or it might be that it started too far away and had not caught up with Lanci yet.

"So, it’s an identical copy of the Great Love Poet. Even its cowardice of not showing up when it’s losing is perfectly copied over," Lanci thought.

Lanci’s eyes examined each prison door, each mark on the walls, looking for clues to move forward.

There was a time when the Great Love Poet was very afraid of Talia, so whenever Talia was around, the Great Love Poet adamantly refused to come out.

It was not too difficult to move in the direction indicated by the map. Eventually, they would reach the designated exit teleportation hall to regroup with the others, a process that might take quite some time.

The labyrinth corridors surrounding them were sometimes stiff, sometimes giving off a strange beauty - runes meandered across the walls, hallways seemed endless, each turn revealing a new unknown scene.

The entire structure would undergo random changes regularly, but one thing remained constant, and that was the positions of the entrance and exit teleportation halls.

After a period of solitary progress.

Lanci’s gaze was drawn to a light ahead, within it was a brightly lit, warm room.

He headed in that direction, which happened to correspond to the location marked on the map as the Warden Office on the fifth floor in the negative range. The surrounding area all bore the deep blue glow of magic power, consistent with the safe zone teleportation hall.

If he could find the Warden on the fifth floor and get the clearance permissions before regrouping with the team, that would be another task to complete.

Now, it seems that he was the most suitable person in the team to accomplish this task.

Lanci stood in front of the office, softly knocking on the closed door.

He wasn’t sure whether the Warden was in the office now.

But the light was on inside, suggesting that the Warden could either be in the office or not far away.

The sound of knocking gently echoed inside and outside the quiet office, quickly dissipating in the silent space.

After a few seconds passed without any response.

"Come in."

It wasn’t until Lanci was hesitant about leaving without getting any response that a cold female voice came from inside the door.

Lanci, who was about to leave, then gripped the doorknob.

He pushed the door open to see a tidy office with everything neatly arranged, feeling warm and comfortable.

Lanci’s gaze quickly landed on the only person in the room — a female knight in light armor sat beside the office desk.

"I’m heading to the exit teleportation hall to meet up with them."

The Great Love Poet answered.

"You have no fighting ability and being alone you’re likely to die. If you accidentally bump into the phantom of other guards, they might attack you. I’ll make a way for you and send you to the exit teleportation hall."

As Warden Melisa spoke, she rose tiredly and walked out of the office.

"Are you sure you’re okay?"

Lanci felt that the Warden had just experienced a fight to the death and that her life force was faltering.

"No need to worry, I’ve already cleaned up my own phantom on this level. Dealing with others’ phantoms is more than manageable."

As Warden Melisa reached the doorway, she spoke in a tone devoid of emotion. Then, she walked out of the Warden’s office.

"...Thank you."

Lanci gratefully replied.

Although it seemed that the Warden had won, it was a narrow victory. With even just a slight movement, the blood stain on her white bandages deepened somewhat. It was like she had barely clung onto life.

It was hard to imagine what kind of martial fanatic would fight to the death with their own phantom on this level every day.

In the trial of the Great Demon Clan, the "Hopeless Extinction War", usually only the craziest and most powerful Martial Fanatics of the Demon Clan would choose to fight to the death and train themselves here.

The condition for obtaining the "Hopeless Mark" was to push one’s battle intent to the extreme, face an Eighth-order Phantom stronger than oneself, and defeat it with their own power.

Only by reaching the peak of one’s potential in battle, surpassing one’s original self, might they have a chance to stake their life against their greatest phantom, much stronger than them.

The three Seventh-Order Wardens inside Herram each were rare talents of the Protoss Empire, who, while being granted high-ranking positions, seemed to have found a place that best suited their training needs.

Great Love Poet followed Warden Melisa from the office.

He increasingly felt that the Warden of the negative fifth floor was unexpectedly reliable.

Although she was aloof on the surface, she was surprisingly considerate of the intern prison guards.

Originally, Lanci was prepared to continue being a doctor in Herram Prison. However, looking at it now, Warden Melisa appeared to be very mentally healthy, not at all like Warden Miss Selena on the negative fourth floor, who didn’t need any conversation with him.

Lanci was always willing to help, but if there’s no request for help, he would not intrude.

Previously, after Hyperion woke up on the negative fourth floor and couldn’t see the warden, Lanci was worried for a long time, fearing that they were played for fools by the warden and that the Lady Goddess might penalize them.

This time, Hyperion would surely be reassured.