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"How you got in is exactly how you'll get out."
Ashe immediately caught on. "You mean… the ship that transports death-row inmates?"
Healer No.222 nodded. "Shattered Lake Prison sits in the middle of the lake. There's no way to reach it except by ship or flight. But the surrounding airspace is a military no-fly zone. Any flying object is scanned, and without permission, the prison's Lex Rapid-Fire Cannon will shoot it down. The waters are teeming with swarms of Finger Sharks. Unless you're a Fishman, even a sorcerer specialized in defense will struggle to swim away undetected.
"There's only one way to escape, that is by taking the same ship that transports death-row inmates. We use it ourselves, alongside the guards, to travel to and from the prison. Supplies are delivered the same way, transported together with the prisoners."
Without much thought, Ashe could already tell the ship would be heavily guarded. No death-row inmate could hide aboard unnoticed. But at least now, he had a proper direction to think in, rather than picturing himself tunneling through the sewers and accidentally interrupting the Finger Sharks from having their dinner.
Ashe asked, "Are there really no exceptions?"
Healer No.222 thought for a moment, then nodded. "There is one....



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