Cale crouched in front of the dragon. The dragon did not open its eyes even after Cale called out to it. Cale verified his watch. It was time to leave. He continued to speak to the dragon.

�Let�s leave.�

Cale used the key he had obtained from the torturer to undo the chains.

The dragon opened its eyes at that moment. Cale started to smile after looking at the dragon�s eyes.

It was still a very strong gaze. It had not lost its will to live just yet.

It was not the dying gaze that Choi Han had run into in the novel. It was still a gaze with a strong desire to live. That was why it was filled with energy, anger, and resistance.

It was the gaze of a dragon.

�What a nice gaze.�

After coming out of the prison, Cale put the dragon down in front of the two kittens.

�That looks like it hurts.�

�So sad.�

On and Hong circled around the still silent dragon. The dragon started to show its teeth and growl at them. This was probably the first time in its life it ever saw anything other than humans.

Cale verified the time on his watch. It looked like they had just enough time to escape.

�It looks like it hurts.�

On approached Cale and tapped his leg. She seemed to be thinking about the potion Cale brought in his magic box. She couldn�t ask him for it, so she could only act this way.

�Hold on.�

Cale had brought that potion to use it. However, he needed to wait until the mana restriction chains were off. The potion would only work properly if the mana, which was practically as important as a dragon�s heart, was no longer restricted.

Cale started to head toward the opposite side of the prison, the location the torturer seemed to be guarding. It wasn�t very loud, but he could hear Choi Han fighting in the distance. Cale presumed that Choi Han�s battle would end soon as well.

�Let�s see.�

Cale started to pat the cave wall with his hands. He kicked the torturer with his foot to get him out of the way, and continued to pat every aspect of the wall. The dragon growled after seeing the torturer, but stayed still and continued to focus on Cale.

�Venion�s last line of defense should be around here somewhere.�

Like all of the members of Marquis Stan�s family, Venion was extremely worried about someone intruding while he was inside. He had created a secret tunnel to use as an escape route if something like that ever happened. If the torturer knew about it, he probably would have used it to escape earlier, but, sadly, even the torturer did not know about this escape route.

�The novel said there was a flat area on this bumpy wall-, ah here it is.�

There was a flat area about the size of a person�s hand on this bumpy cave wall. Although Venion looked like he had OCD and would never do anything like training, everyone in the Marquis�s family had learned martial arts. JrNovels.com