Chapter 264 Interrogation
The brief conversation ended, Luo Xiu then rode on the "Golden Pegasus", and went to the side court with Forosa and the captive Lias.
On the way, they did not encounter enemy obstruction and quickly reached their destination smoothly.
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Red Maple City, [Supreme] Side Court.
When he first arrived here, a messy scene soon entered Luo Xiu's field of vision.
The number of knights guarding the main entrance has been increased from the original two to eight.
Behind these eight knights were half-destroyed courtyards, potholed roads, and large swaths of horrifying blood.
At least half of the solemn and luxurious side courtyard buildings were destroyed. From time to time, two or three side court knights hurriedly walked through, either supporting the seriously injured knights, or carrying the bodies of the knights that had been covered with red cloth.
When Luo Xiu followed Frosa to the main entrance of the side court, the knights on duty gathered around him.
"Lord Frosa, you are back." The leading guard knight saluted to Frosa, and then said respectfully, "Brothers are still cleaning the battlefield, and all enemies who have invaded the side courtyard have been killed or repelled. , and no remnant party was found.”
When reporting this to Frosa, the guard knight's eyes quickly fell on Luo Xiu behind Frosa.
He was standing behind Frosa, wearing a dark-colored priest's robe, with only a vague outline visible in the night.
And behind Luo Xiu - the captive "Hunted Head" Lias was being carried on the back of the "Golden Pegasus" Pegasus.
"I understand." Frosa nodded, and then said to the guard knight in front of him, "His Excellency the Church's 'Grand Priest' and I still have important things to do. You continue to stick to your posts and don't relax for a moment."
"Understood." The knight of the guard stood at attention solemnly, and the gilded sword he held in both hands suddenly stood up straight.
Afterwards, Frosa passed through the knights on duty, and Luo Xiu entered the side court, and then went straight to the "Judgement Hall" to meet "Grand Inquisitor" Baines.
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In the side court of Hongmaple City, in the trial hall.
The president of the side court, "Grand Inquisitor" Baines, was in the deepest room, frowning and writing a letter.
Just as Luo Xiu, the "high priest" of the church, had expected at the beginning - "Executioner" Koros arrived, and as soon as he arrived, he gave a heavy blow to the three major destiny stations in Red Maple City!
The ones who invaded the side court were a total of four pitch-black "Horseheads" and a dozen "Black Fangs".
Although Baines and Frosa were not seriously injured, the enemy's crazy attack like hungry wolves also caused the death of more than a dozen "battle knights" and six "guard knights" in the side court. The overall strength once again suffered an extremely serious blow.
At this time, the letter Baines was writing was a "letter for help" to the Matsubara District Attorney's Office.
He urgently needed the lord to send reinforcements. At the same time, due to the arrival of "Executioner" Koroth, Baines also requested that the higher-ups send people with "fivefold destiny" [Supreme] to compete with Koroth and Babelun.
As he was drafting his words, Baynes heard footsteps and looked up.
He saw the "Knight of the Throne" Frosa returning, and behind him was Luo Xiu, the "Grand Priest Host" of the church, and the sacred beast "Golden Pegasus" contracted with him.
When he saw them, Frosa's frown relaxed slightly.
A symbolic smile appeared on his face, and then he put down the ink pen in his hand, nodded to Luo Xiu, and said: "You are here, Mr. Luo Xiu. I am glad to see that you are okay."
I'm fine... Luo Xiu inexplicably thought of the strange Internet greetings from his previous life, and he nodded and responded: "Thank you for your concern, Mr. Baines. I have heard from Mr. Frosa about the general situation in the side court. Said it before."
"I regret what happened in the side court, and we were also subjected to a crazy and shameless attack by that group of enemies."
"Oh, what a pity..." Baines shook his head, looking annoyed.
His eyes immediately passed through Luo Xiu's side and fell on the back of the "Golden Pegasus" behind him. He said solemnly: "I heard that you successfully captured the head of an enemy."
"This is very crucial for us, Lord Luo Xiu. Thank you for your vital contribution to breaking the situation again."
While Baines was saying this, Frosa had already walked to the side of "Golden Pegasus" Pegasus and grabbed the "monster-headed" Lias who was tied up with five flowers.
"Without further ado, Lord Baines."
Luo Xiu nodded and said to Baines: "Let's end the pleasantries here. I hope to start the interrogation as soon as possible to learn the enemy's arrangements and motives as soon as possible."
"Haha, of course there is no problem, Mr. Luo Xiu."
Baynes stood up, then walked to the wall of the room, stretched out his hand and tapped the wall.
——Rumble and rumble sounds came from the inside of the wall. The originally smooth wall suddenly opened a gap, and gradually revealed a secret door leading deeper.
"Come with me, Lord Luo Xiu."
Baines then walked into the secret door, and his voice gradually reached Luo Xiu's ears vaguely: "'Underground Prison', the interrogation is held there, it is the safest place in the entire side court. place.”
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Side court, underground prison.
Luo Xiu and Frosa followed Baines into the dungeon, only to feel that the air here was much colder and more humid than outside, which made Luo Xiu's breathing feel a strong sense of heaviness.
Luo Xiu looked around. On the damp walls in the dungeon, water drops were slowly sliding down along the cracks in the stone. The ticking sound echoed in the quiet cell. The iron railings of the cell were covered with rust, and the chains followed the weak air flow. Makes a slight tinkling sound.
In the cells on both sides, prisoners were huddled in the corners of the cells. Their hands were locked with heavy iron chains, and the specially-made shackles made every step they took extremely difficult.
As for the prisoners who can be detained here by the "side court", most of them are extraordinary people from various secret organizations - the "side court" will not kill them immediately, but will try to "control" them, although [Supreme ] will never let these captives free, but they can usurp their spirituality and turn it into their own power.
This can be regarded as the [Supreme] secret - Luo Xiu, who was not a [Supreme] player in his previous life, only learned this information from the [Supreme] player later.
While observing the prisoners in the cells on both sides, Luo Xiu pretended not to know anything and followed Baines to the deepest part of the dungeon.
It was a cell made entirely of fine steel.
And on each fine steel guardrail, there are high-level burning runes engraved on it.
If the prisoners inside try to escape or touch the guardrails in a large area or for a long time, the burning runes will immediately activate in the form of resonance, and a burning fire will rise in the cell, preventing the prisoners from any possibility of escaping. .
There is no "owner" in this cell for the time being, and the interrogation of "Hiphead" Lias will be conducted here.
Frosa carried Lias into the cell. He untied the ropes that bound Lias and locked the neck cuffs, wrist cuffs and leg cuffs on him from top to bottom.
After that, Frosa brought several small chains, and at the same time took the chisel, pointed it at the position of Aris's collarbone, and suddenly penetrated it!
"——Uh-huh!" The severe pain suddenly woke up Lias, who was originally unconscious. As soon as he opened his eyes and saw three figures in front of him, and then felt the dim environment around him, he had a premonition that something was not good.
Frosa did not stop when Lias woke up. He directly took the chain, passed it through the hole that penetrated Lias's collarbone, and then pulled hard!
"—Hiss!" Lias howled miserably, and he began to struggle hard.
Looking at Luo Xiu who was being skillfully operated by Frosa outside the prison, he felt waves of phantom pain inexplicably.
This is called professionalism... Luo Xiu cursed in his heart. He watched Frosa quickly complete the restraint of Lias in a smooth and smooth manner.
At this time, Lias's collarbone and kneecap were penetrated by Frosa with a chisel and passed through the small chain. The severe pain made Lias keep wailing, but he no longer struggled, because struggling would cause The pain intensified again.
Afterwards, Frosa exited the cell and came to Luo Xiu's side.
Baines walked into the cell and came to Lias. At the same time, he motioned with his eyes to Luo Xiu to follow. Luo Xiu then walked in. He watched Baines raise his arm and lightly press Lias's forehead with his palm.
Afterwards, Baynes said "the order":
"——[No silence here]."
"——[No sophistry here]."
"——[No lies here]."
"..."
Baines issued more than a dozen orders to Lias in succession, and finally applied the mind control technique of "consciousness control" to Lias.
It wasn't until Lias' expression became dull and his pupils gradually lost focus that Baines asked him:
"Tell me your name."
"Lias...Bran...Cha..." Lias replied weakly.
Under the influence of the "Edict", Lias will be unable to help but reveal the information he knows. This is the unique method of [Supreme], and it is also the reason why Luo Xiu handed over "Hunted Head" Lias to the side court.
"Very good, Lias." Baines nodded.
He then interrogated: "Tell me, your master - 'Executioner' Kross, what is the purpose of his coming to Red Maple City?"
"...an order. That is an order from...the Grand Duke."
Lias's pupils turned white, his body twitched, and the outline of his body was glowing with a vague red light.
His vague voice continued to reveal information: "Lord Koros said...'Red Maple City' is the main force attacking the Songyuan Territory...the most important frontline fortress..."
"Your Excellency is under the order of the Grand Duke... I don't know about other things..."
Just an order? Luo Xiu, who was listening in, couldn't help but start thinking about other things.
But Lias, who is just a "headed man", has no way of knowing what Koros is really thinking in his heart. Since the "order" has asked him to reveal what he knows, there is no need to follow this line of inquiry.
"Well, let's change the question."
Baynes and Luo Xiu seemed to have the same idea. He then asked Lias: "Tell me, how many more 'Housou' and 'Black Fang' people like you are brought by Koros?"
"Lord Koros... There are a total of eighteen 'Horseheads' under your command, and there are hundreds of 'Black Fangs'... In addition to us, the 'Hidden Elder' Lord Bablon, he also leads more than a dozen 'Anonymous' '..."
"..." This time, the expression on Baines's face became much more solemn to the naked eye.
He did not question Lias about the "Hidden Elder" Babelun, so Lias explained it himself.
However, the enemy's configuration was far more luxurious than Baynes expected, which gave Baynes a premonition of the difficult situation ahead.
In addition to the two "fifth-fold destiny" saints, Koros and Babelun, the enemy also has more than thirty "fourth-fold destiny" extraordinary people!
And the total number of extraordinary people who are stationed in the three major destiny paths and the "fourth destiny path" in Red Maple City is only five people!
This made Baynes feel deeply powerless again.
Compared with the enemy, their only advantage now is the home field advantage - with the defense methods in their respective stations, they may be able to withstand several enemy attacks.
But if Koros and Babron arrive in person, no matter how impregnable the fortifications in the station are, they will never see the sun the next day.
"..."
Seeing that Baines seemed to be distracted for a moment, Luo Xiu took over the interrogation work and continued to interrogate Lias: "Do you know the purpose of the arrival of the 'Hidden Elder' Babelun?"
"...I don't know." Lias replied in a vague voice.
"So, do you know what the next step will be when Koros learns of your failure?"
"...I don't know." Lias shook his head in confusion.
But then he continued vaguely: "Lord Koros... will definitely avenge us. It has always been like this, without any mistakes..."
So, I killed so many of his "monsters"... Is he coming to me for "revenge"? Luo Xiu thought idly, but still shook his head.
At this point, the interrogation can actually be over.
Luo Xiu always felt that Lias knew more, and he also vaguely felt that there was something important that he seemed to have missed.
He racked his brains to think about where the missing point might be, and Baines had also come out of his trance.
Baines also heard clearly what Luo Xiu was interrogating Lias.
Baines immediately cast a grateful look at Luo Xiu, and then took over the interrogation work.
Just as Luo Xiu was thinking, Baines, who was the [Supreme] man and knew more comprehensive information, asked Lias the last and most critical question:
"Tell I, 'Executioner' Koros, is he related to the 'Holy Tower Theocracy'?"
——The Holy Tower Theocracy!
When Baines said the name of the Theocracy, Luo Xiu suddenly woke up.
That was what Luo Xiu had always felt he might have missed. The question that was about to come out of his heart had already been asked by Baines.
You must know that before the arrival of the Dark Principality’s army, most of the people who frequently caused disturbances in Red Maple City were the secret societies of the “Holy Tower Theocracy”——
On the eve of the real start of the "Judgment War", Luo Xiu had already cleaned up all the association strongholds that he knew belonged to the "Theocratic State", and since then he had not paid attention to any threats that might come from the "Theocratic State".
But this threat has always existed, especially during the "Judgment War" and before the Theocracy officially intervened in the war. Local chaos secretly caused by them was not uncommon.
As for Lias, a [Lost] believer, he might actually know something.
A deep light flashed in Luo Xiu's eyes. He looked at the bound Lias, waiting for his answer.
"……yes."
Lias nodded dreamily.
--really!
"This has nothing to do with our operation this time...but Lord Koros did give me...the task of getting in touch with the remnants of the 'Ancient Hermitage'..."
Lias continued:
"They have been dormant here. Since the 'Lodiv incident'... they have not left..."
"And their bishop...'Bishop of the Undead' Passaro Adoa..."
"Lord Pasaro Adoya also arrived here a week ago."
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(End of chapter)