Chapter 91 Unknown

When it comes to torturing people, is the only way to do that related to the pain?

The answer is no.

It is not the only way. There are many others.

For instance, in the past there were those torture methods when a person would tease the skin of the prisoner with a bird feather, making the prisoner sensitive.

Or there are others related to the drugs.

But, there is one common thing in that.

And it is a fact that all those methods would require a very precise aim or a lot of time that you would try to break the enemy's mind.

However, we don't have that much time.

But I have something different here.

Magic.

It is a very convenient thing in the hands of those with the brain and the knowledge enough to use.

For example, right now, the thing I am doing doesn't require a lot of energy.

But it is a very effective process.

"Haaaa….. Haaaaah….."

The heavy breaths of a person standing on the ground tied to a tree.

/WIGGLE/ /WIGGLE/ /FLINCH/

A body that is trying to move but is restricted by the ropes.

"P-please…. Just kill me."

A sound of a person that is constantly flinching.

/CRACKLE/ /CRACKLE/

Sound of crackling and bolts flying through my hands.

"Who was the one that gave you this drug?"

And, in the midst of that, I was asking the same question over and over again, trying to get an answer.

Thanks to my class having a limit expansion(?) or something, my control over the lightning mana around me is intensified, which enables me to send a precise amount of electricity to his body sending a signal to his brain, making him overly sensitive than he could ever be.

Of course, that is not something that you would normally be able to do without enough knowledge and experiments, but somehow I know how much mana I need to use right now.

"..."

/CIZZT/

With my hand electrolyzed, I started approaching him again.

"O-okay…. I-I will answer. Please don't come closer."

"You will?"

"Yes."

"Let's hear it then."

Still, my hand being electrolyzed, I said.

"We found him at that time when we have just decided to stay in this place. We were in an unknown territory, but because of some dispute of the past, we needed to move to the place we used to stay. So we chose this wilderness as our base and started doing our activities."

"Stealing and others?"

"Yes….."

"Then?"

"Then, it was around the end of our first month of stay here."

"When did you come here?"

"Two years ago."

"Okay, continue."

"It was when I was trying to map the territory and see the monsters around to have better knowledge that I saw a man and a monster."

"A man with a monster?"

"Yes. It was the Death Bird. That man was holding the monster's neck and was slowly caressing it."

"Death Bird? The one that has the ownership of this territory?"

"Yes. And the weird thing is that I couldn't even sense the mana signature of the Death Bird and that man. At that moment, I understood something was weird about him."

"That explains why you carelessly approached him."

"Right…."

"Continue."

"….. And then, he suddenly turned his head towards to us which made me see the weirdest thing in my life."

"….."

"The moment he turned his face to me, the thing I saw was nothing."

"Nothing?"

"Yes. He didn't have any face. It was empty. His face, his eyes, his mouth. There was something there, but nothing at the same time. My eyes were burning. My mind was betting broken and broken the more I looked at his face."

"…."

"After that, a small monster appeared on his shoulder and then started talking."

"Monster started talking?"

"Yes. It was a monster that looked like a monkey. He started talking, presenting us a deal."

Saying that, he stopped for a second.

/TINGLE/

And a sound of something tingling started coming into my head.

Feeling the long applause, I looked into his eyes with my [All Seeing Eye].

'He is shaking; his mana is getting violent.'

"It s-said the man's name was...."

"His name was?"

"I-it was A- Kurghk-----"

Seeing the blood coming from his mouth, I got ready.

'I need to move.'

Immediately releasing my aura, I enveloped my foot with lightning.

/SWOOSH/

And then dashed backward.

"AAAAAAAAAAAH!"

/BOOM/

To escape the explosion that occurred in the place where the man was sitting.

"That was close."

Mumbling like that, I looked at the blood pool and the scattered human flesh all around where there was a man standing.

"Callius! What happened?"

"Coming closer Wayne asked."

"He exploded."

"Exploded?"

"Yes. There was a spell bound to his mind."

"A mind magic, you say."

"It wasn't the mind magic."

"What?"

"Yes. It was probably a curse and a contract of a demon."

"Demon, huh? Are you sure?"

"Yes. This is how they operate."

Remembering the contents of the game, I thought.

'It seems they accepted the contract of hell without knowing. Whomever this demon is, I need to be alerted. This place is not safe.'

'I wasn't able to get the details of their deal, but something is different from the game. This drug wasn't supposed to be used this early, and there was an attack on the city as well as the church. I feel like things are a lot deeper than it was supposed to be.'

"If you are saying this undoubtedly, then I will believe it."

"He said that demon was able to control the monsters."

"A monster tamer, huh? Wait, Death Bird included?"

"Indeed."

"Hmm…. If that is the case, we need to get out here faster. We don't know what that demon wants, although the Death Bird didn't show any abnormal movements."

"….."

"Now, let's go. Everyone is waiting for you."

Just like that, we left…..

----------------------------------Author's Notes----------------------------

I will be posting two chapters in a day from now on, but the length of chapters will get slightly shorter. I hope you enjoyed the chapter.