Chapter 137: To Torture A Monster

"What do you wanna do with them?" Done tying up the lamia sisters to a withering tree with logs gathered at their tails as fuel for burning, Aria turned to Raven as he sat by the campfire with Mel and Erika, while Amedith was still missing. "Should I light them up already?"

"You can but that would probably prove really hard to get any information out of a corpse don't you think?" Replied Raven, his eyes focused on the roasting meal.

His left hand on Mel's ass and the other holding an iron pike to flick and move the meat, the mage was utterly unbothered by the situation, and not from arrogance, but the experience he'd garnered throughout the month of Helga's training.

The Lamia were no real threat to them, and after seeing them freaking out when the dark slime killed a warrior, Raven instinctively knew that they'd never been through a single battle themselves.

"I'd rather them dead than talking but fine..." Heaving a sigh with her eyes still wandering all over the lamia's bodies, Aria wanted to reach out and touch them in different places. However, since they were unconscious and touching them wouldn't result in any response, she decided not to go forward with her plans.

Instead, turning to the rest of the party, she moved up close and stood beside Raven. Glaring him down from above, she'd grown tired of waiting for her reward and wanted it that very instant even if it meant leaving the Lamias unchecked.

"You're sharing the tent with me tonight," she demanded, anxiously tapping her feet.

"What? No!" Mel fought back, her eyes squinted in rage.

Chuckling at the sight, Erika watched from a corner, hoping Aria would win so she could witness Aria's torture inside their shared tent.

"Shut up you slut! I've been waiting for too long and he hasn't kept his promise yet!" Aria barked at Mel.

However, the moment Raven conjured a ball of flames in his hand, every hasty movement from their bodies stopped completely. At first, they thought he was about to burn them just from the fireball, but slowly as their senses came back to them, their noses picked up a hint of combustible fuel all over their bodies.

"W-wait! D-do-don't!"

"W-what d-do y-you want?!"

Barely forming intelligible words, the sisters began to freak out once more. Their bodies twisting and turning, even shifting themselves from having a tail to human-like feet, they tried everything they could, but held by sturdy chains, none of their attempts loosened the chains.

"Who sent you?" Folding his hands on the back, Raven casually began strolling left to right. "You had a battalion of warriors so obviously your hive must be nearby, am I wrong? Do you have a queen you answer to? I've heard Lamias are matriarchal after all."

Tired from the struggles and too afraid to respond, the sister remained quiet, even though their lives depended on them answering.

"See? I told you we should just kill them, I bet Linkle will pay us handsomely for their scales!" Aria blurted out while slowly walking up beside Raven. "Besides, snakes can help her make some potions or something, I don't know but if they're not talking it's the only choice we have."

'Potions?! From our bodies?!' Freaking out internally, both of the sisters began their futile struggle once more. However, as they tried again and were left panting, their eyes were locked with Raven as though begging for mercy.

"W-we'll tell you everything!" Declared Maine, and though Phos was shocked, she was more than glad that her sister was thinking the same way. "Just let us down and we'll tell you everything! Please! We won't try to run, we promise!"

Begging more and more, the sister's desperation managed to convince Raven.