�Ah!�

�We�re finally outside!�

The men shouted, but their voices were quickly drowned by the sound of falling water and rain.

�Heuk!�

�We�ve finally come out. We�re out!�

�Whooong!�

The men fell to the ground and cried.

They were all warriors who had been trapped in the Prison of No Return.

Trapped in a cramped space with no light, no hope, and no room to stretch their feet, they were only waiting for the day of their death.

The sobbing of these men, who had endured and survived being treated worse than pigs in a pen, was deeply moving.

Hong Yushin looked at them with pity.

They were men who had been trapped in the Prison of No Return for much longer than he had. He couldn�t even imagine how much despair they had endured during that time.

So he could only stand by and watch. No half-hearted comfort could soothe their hearts.

All he could do was let them vent their frustration and sorrow.

�Hooh!�

Yu Suhwan sighed as he sat down, leaning against a cliff.

He looked pale.

His lips were blue and his body looked as if it might collapse at any moment. Despite that, he looked up at the sky, trying to catch his breath.

The past month has been like hell.

The fire set by Gu Ja-hwang did not go out.

For the first few days, they had waited for the fire to naturally die out, but the flames were unrelenting and showed no signs of weakening. Back then, it was clear that if things had continued on at that rate, all the air in the underground space would be consumed.

Just as everyone was beginning to fall into despair, Pyo-wol, with Gwiya at his side, made a move.

Pyo-wol did not even think about approaching the vertical cave, the only exit to the outside. What he did instead was to start searching for a new exit.

While others didn�t know what to do in such a situation, Pyo-wol had survived such an environment before.

Furthermore, finding a way out of a desperate situation was what he did best.

Being trapped in the darkness without a single point of light actually made all his senses come alive.

Even in the tight confines of the underground space, there was a flow of air. That meant there was a breeze coming in from the outside.

That�s what Pyo-wol looked for.

After much struggle, he found where the wind was coming from, but it was barely big enough for one person to fit in. Plus, it was pitch black.

He might be able to squeeze himself in, but if there was a narrower section, he might not be able to squeeze through. JrNovels.com