It was a brutal place where torture was a daily occurrence and prisoners were kept isolated from each other in tiny cells while being given the bare minimum of food so they wouldn't die of starvation, guaranteed that their minds would torture them when the jailers were too bored for that.
Between starvation, constant darkness and isolation, prisoners almost begged their jailers to torture them, just to have company.
"I'm not seeing many guards today. Doesn't security seem too lax?" Eirin asked suddenly, noticing how silent and empty the halls were.
"No, quite the contrary, security is at its maximum to ensure the elders' safety, but we kept the VIP area empty to ensure the trial went smoothly." The wizard answered and cleared his doubts.