Pure white clouds float on the blue sea, shimmering with starlight under the sun.
"How beautiful!"
Inside the exquisitely decorated room, a slender young man woke up, yawned, and sat on the edge of the bed. His long, unkempt black hair hung down his back, and his crimson eyes looked through the iron bars at a flock of white-winged seagulls that appeared and disappeared in the sea of clouds outside the window.
The endless clouds and the azure sea symbolize the rights that people crave most but often overlook.
That is freedom.
"quack!"
The seagull flaps its wings, its rare magical energy gathering wind elements to provide stable flight capabilities at high altitudes.
A glimmer of light flashed below as seagulls flew sideways over a fortified castle complex. This converted military fortress exuded an astonishing sense of weight and was seemingly indestructible.
This military fortress, designed by renowned craftsmen recruited by the empire and built with substantial funds by the royal family and nobles, is a sturdy fortress constructed of solid rock, surrounded by a moat, and guarded by iron gates and drawbridges. Standing a hundred meters tall, it stretches across ten miles of treacherous mountain ranges, backed by an endless ocean, and bordering a dangerous forest. In particular, with the permanent defensive barrier chanted by a gold-ranked mage and the Glory Knights stationed here, even the Blood Moon calamity, in which monsters run rampant, can be easily withstood. One can enjoy watching a group of monsters trying to bite but failing to do so.
This heavily renovated castle complex, known as the Kosenburg Defense Line by the Garan Empire, served as both a frontline in confrontation with the Starstorm Empire and a prison for the most heinous criminals within the empire.
Furthermore, the important figure in charge of this military fortress was none other than the Holy Knight personally appointed by the Imperial Family, the Heroic Prince who captured the Demon King and slew the dragon. His imprisoned fellow prisoners tried every means possible, but had almost no chance of escaping. Instead, rows of corpses lay drying in the shallow sea, silently demonstrating the Holy Knight's ruthless methods.
"Sleep is the best way to replenish energy."
Turning his gaze away, Xiao Han stretched and scratched his messy hair, his peripheral vision falling on a blurry mark on the wall.
"Very good, it's time to get stronger again."
Xiao Han sighed, wrapped his thin pajamas tighter around himself, opened one arm, and his expression hardened.
In the next instant, a miracle occurred: a green fruit seemed to spring out of thin air.
Xiao Han wiped the fruit peel, revealing his little tiger teeth, and took a bite, splashing juice everywhere.
Afterwards, Xiao Han trembled all over, as if struck by lightning, and collapsed onto the bed, convulsing uncontrollably.
"This familiar taste, damn it, it's still as sour as ever. Even lemons are better than you, you bastard."
A tear welled up in her eye. Savoring the lingering fruity aroma on her lips and teeth, she lowered her head, looked at the green fruit, licked her aching teeth, and bit down again. Soon, the green fruit was completely devoured.
Xiao Han endured the process and completed it quickly.
Afterwards, he lay down on the comfortable bed, looking like he was "feeling weak even though he doesn't have a girlfriend".
"Ding, you have consumed an experience fruit, experience points +1."
A system voice echoed in my mind.
Then, Xiao Han opened his eyes, and a section of information appeared in his crimson pupils:
Name: Xiao Han
Race: Crimson Demon Lord (Superior Species)
Class: A little mage who conjures fireballs
Rank: Iron Tier 3 (Early Stage)
Experience points:
Skill: [Fire Control] (Black Iron Rank)
Talents: [Mastery of Learning] [Keyboard Immortal]
[Mastery of Learning]: Skill proficiency and self-training experience points +300%
The innate skills gained from surviving the chaotic exams will remain even more inseparable from you than your fictional wife, even after you've transmigrated.
【Keyboard Immortal】: Randomly increases hand speed by 10%~30% (updated every 24 hours).
[In his previous life, he was a professional keyboard master, who dared to challenge him, who dared to claim invincibility! The keyboard master was born, suppressing all realms, with one key in hand, he could slay the heavens! As the saying goes, with the key in hand, follow me, curse your teammates, fight mad dogs, how carefree and unrestrained, indulging in the world!]
Potential: Not yet unlocked (hehe)
Skill Tree: Unawakened (tsk tsk...)
[The weakest nobody on the Midland continent, he-tui~]
Seeing this, Xiao Han very politely sipped a cup of mouthwash tea.
The silly system that mocks him every day seems to have taken its medicine on time and hasn't gone crazy.
Hmm, I wonder if today's random tasks will be some kind of fancy stuff again.
Normally, the content is a series of nightmare-level scenarios, such as "wrestling with a dragon with your bare hands," "stealing the Elf Queen's pajamas and kissing her on the cheek in her sleep," and "fishing for a giant fish in the deep sea and grilling it yourself." There are very few serious stories.
Moreover, there's a high chance that failing a mission will reward you with a satisfying experience fruit, which is perfect for accumulating experience and leveling up.
Just then, the blurred markings were covered by light, and a clear bell sound rang out, instantly causing quite a commotion in Xiao Han's level of the prison!
"Is dinner served? I, I don't want bread! No, I don't want to see that soft, limp, disgusting thing at all!"
"Get out of my way, skeleton! You're disturbing my sleep!"
"You filthy orc, don't think you can disrespect the great mage Saru just because you have Behemoth blood. Once we're in the dueling arena, I'll wipe you out in three moves!"
"Ahem, I, the king who has roamed the Caribbean, haven't even spoken, what are you two idiots showing off for?"
"Damn it, don't you understand the importance of respecting the elderly and caring for the young?!"
"Let's fight! I bet half a loaf of black bread that Behemoth can blow the necromancer's skull off with one punch!"
"Hey bro, didn't Behemoth just participate in the divine gift ceremony the day before yesterday? He should be a bit weak. I bet half a sausage that the necromancer... can't withstand three punches!"
A quarrel broke out in the prison corridor some distance from Xiao Han. A skeleton wizard with two flames in his eyes, wearing a tattered robe, his bare skeletal arms gripping the iron bars, was arguing angrily with a gorilla-like orc in the opposite cell.
Meanwhile, the one-eyed man wearing a pirate hat, lighting a pipe at his lips, squinted and spat out a mouthful of saliva, retaining a trace of the dignity of a strongman.
Meanwhile, fellow inmates from other prisons were excitedly placing bets, with the help of a witness.
"These idiots are at it again."
Xiao Han stared palely at the group of renowned (and infamous) experts, a glint of light flashing in his crimson demonic eyes, and shook his head.
Those who can be imprisoned in the [Cosenberg] prison are not weak, let alone those who can be locked in this particular cell, who are the best among them.
No matter if you're a powerful mage who commands the wind and rain outside, or a beastman warrior who roams the Northern Plains, once you come in, you'll be turned into a coward, no different from the ordinary people you once regarded as ants.
Over time, this group, who started out shouting things like "If I were to return to the Bone Wasteland, I would lead an army of undead to attack the Empire," "I am the son of the God of War! How dare these despicable humans ambush me!" and "Oh, time for jail dinner," would become as obedient as dogs at mealtimes, and would also awaken their verbal skills, making it normal for them to insult others.
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