When the three of them were still stuck in a daze, a bored voice rang out from above their heads.

“Sebastian! Faith really is a mysterious thing, even though I didn’t know you had already taken absolute control of the entire island, but since the day I entered the Payne Manor, I made a backup plan for myself. I am the only one who knows about this secret passageway that leads to the underwater tunnel. This is an escape route that I prepared for myself! I will not admit defeat!”

“Never!”

The voice drifted further and further away until it finally disappeared altogether.

Sebastian immediately ordered his men to investigate the secret passageway. A short moment later, the soldiers found the entrance to the passageway and opened it. However, they realized it had been sealed from the other end after a short distance into the tunnel.

More than ten soldiers reported to Sebastian guiltily, blaming themselves for Holden’s escape, “Master Sebastian, this is our fault. We have been hiding