Chapter 219: Confrontation

Chapter 219: Confrontation

Lorraine didn't waste time after arresting the old lady from Riham's inn, and quickly deployed the cruelest 'interrogation technique' of the royal family on the woman.

Simulating the effect of thousands of bugs biting into the flesh and painfully eating a person from inside out, it inflicted an intense agony that few could imagine, and fewer could go through without special means.

After all, even if one were to encounter thousands of flesh-eating bugs, the pain would cease once the nerves stopped functioning, and the loss of flesh and life could also be considered a relieving 'upper limit' of their misfortune.Geett the latest novels at novelhall.com

With this technique, however, the body of the subject remained completely 'unharmed', making it impossible for the torture to ever end. Moreover, not only would the pain not be reduced due to desensitization, the intensity of it would only continue to increase.

Even the most heinous of traitors and criminals were said to be unable to resist it for more than a few minutes. The few that did last longer than that ended up completely losing their minds, becoming a crazed, paranoid shadow of their former selves.

Naturally, someone like the old innkeeper had no means to face this type of technique with any form of composure.

From cooperating with the 'mysterious client from the temple', to discovering how the 'goods' they delivered were routed back to the city lord's mansion, she confessed all the relevant details within a minute. All in the vain hope that the princess would cease her torment and just end her life.

Princess Lorraine sneered as she waved her guards over. "Get this woman moved to Moreen. No need to make the journey comfortable, but don't let her die, or you will take her place."

The people in front of her didn't even dare to squeak, but those who were out of her sight couldn't help but shiver. Having heard the miserable screams of the old innkeeper, how could they not feel terror in their hearts?

Further back in the room, twelve young men stood in a neat row with their heads down, hands clasped, and eyes closed. The royal guards increased their vigilance, and formed a loose circle around their princess.

Lorraine sneered. "Cut the bullshit. Just tell me whether you confess to having people abducted from Lavinian territory, or should I get it out of you by force?"

The deacon didn't seem to care for her identity at all, and he didn't give any weight to the glare from the royal guards either as he continued to sip his tea. "Oh dear, oh dear. What an accusation to make does the princess have any proof?"

Just as she opened her mouth, however, the red-robed man clicked his tongue with a smile. "If you believe you do feel free to submit it to either a cardinal or a judge if you can. The temple takes our image very seriously, and they will surely preside over this case to either punish me or clear my name."

Of course, going by his tone, he didn't seem to believe she even had the ability to go meet his superiors, to say nothing about them favoring her over him. If she really dared to try doing so anyway who knows what her fate would be?

Lorraine wasn't stupid enough to not realize he was making a threat, and she couldn't help but laugh angrily. "Since when did this princess need to submit proof to others to judge someone within my own empire? Here, this princess is the judge, and unless it goes against the emperor's will, my word is the law!"

The town soldiers who had been by their leader's side all this time unexpectedly moved at this time, and quickly rushed forward in an attempt to grab the red-robed man.

Clearly, they didn't intend to side with their 'leader' at all, and were quite eager to 'prove their innocence' in front of the third princess. Now that she had discovered such a thing, their leader was as good as dead, and they had no desire to follow the same fate.

Before they could really touch the man's robes, though, the previously docile 'initiates' burst forward at once, their bodies glowing with a yellow light, and their punches and kicks sending the soldiers flying and smashing into the walls as if they weighed nothing.

Within moments, all the soldiers by the dumfounded leader's side lay there with their fates unknown, and the initiates returned to their previous state, as if they didn't take anything that was happening in front of them seriously at all.