Xyrin Empire-Chapter 246 - Interrogation
Chapter 246: Chapter 246 Interrogation
Chapter 246 -246 Interrogation
“Kill me…”
Valimas’s weak voice once again sounded beside me.
“It looks like our researchers really tortured this old demon miserably.”
Looking at Valimas, with those crisscrossing scars and violently stitched-on various monitoring devices, I almost felt sorry for this unfortunate guy, falling into the hands of the most dangerous group of scientists in the world, he really… made an indelible contribution to the Empire’s scientific research…
Sandora, however, appeared utterly indifferent to such an outcome, and spoke in a detached tone, “This is normal. It is the mission of Imperial Technicians to research new types of enemies and develop countermeasures. This demon was destined to become a sacrificial specimen in the Empire’s laboratories from the day he became our enemy. It’s just his bad luck that he was captured when we were in urgent need of test subjects.”
This girl is really considering everything from the perspective of an Empress…
“Valimas, we have some questions for you,” I said to the old demon who was on his last leg due to the torture of the Xyrin Technicians, in a very calm tone, “I hope you will choose to cooperate.”
Valimas struggled to spit out a few words, “Hmph… God… Would you let go of me, the demon, if I told you?”
“Of course not,” Sandora’s tone was indifferent and cold, “You will still be executed.”
Despite expecting such an outcome, Valimas was still surprised by the blunt and straightforward admission from the “Divine Envoy” before him. He was taken aback for a moment, then let out a harsh and unpleasant laugh, “Haha… then why should I agree to your demands!?”
Sandora had now completely reverted to the cold and decisive demeanor befitting a Xyrin King. She was nothing like her usual scatterbrained self, staring with an emotionless gaze at Valimas until he was forced to avert his eyes under the sheer force of her stare, then said, “Your reward will be a swift death. Unless, of course, you prefer these days as a test subject?”
That’s quite a tyrannical ultimatum… Sandora’s playful cuteness only came out with us, and clearly, this unfortunate demon was not so blessed.
Such unreasonable terms left Valimas, the old demon, incredulous, unable to imagine anything more shameless than that. At this moment, his understanding of the shamelessness of these beings claiming to be gods deepened…
Seeing the changes in his expression, I took the opportunity to press, “Whether you believe it or not, the humiliation and pain you are experiencing now is just the beginning. You cannot even imagine the technicians’ zeal for research. In their hands, becoming an experimental subject would mean never-ending torment. You must know how those Curse Sect wizards researched and created abominations like the Dead Souls monsters, don’t you? Actually, even the maddest Curse Sect Members are no better than minor apprentices compared to the Xyrin Technicians you saw today…”
Qianqian’s voice came through the Spiritual Connection, “Do you speak of your own subordinates that way?”
“It’s to set the mood…”
“I really don’t know who the real demon is,” Valimas, having seemingly accepted his doomed fate, was totally careless about his choice of words, “You ‘gods’ are even more shameless and insatiable than the greediest and most deceitful Great Demons!”
“It’s quite peculiar being morally lectured by a demon,” I said with a sigh, then flashed a brilliant smile, “Alright, I can offer you a chance at immortality, just tell us everything we want to know, and I will give you a chance to live. How would you choose then?”
After the stimulus of Sandora’s harsh terms, I thought this tempting option might persuade Valimas to cooperate.
But I misjudged the stubbornness of the old demon. Valimas scoffed disdainfully and then hoarsely said, “Hmph, I would never believe any promises from you lowly gods. Just kill me!”
I nodded, “Oh, alright.”
In an instant, the old demon’s expression froze, then he started shouting in panic, “Wait! Wait! Aren’t you going to try to persuade me?”
I shrugged, “I don’t have the time.”
“Well, I mean, you could try, really, why don’t you persuade me one more time?”
I firmly replied, “Pandora, finish him.”
Valimas was almost in tears, “I was just kidding before! You actually took it seriously?”
I knew it; how could this guy, who could turn tail and run on the battlefield, face death with equanimity now? There are few demons who possess integrity.
Looking at Valimas, who now lacked any semblance of a Demon Leader’s aura, I found it amusing, “Come clean now, huh? Too proud to die?”
Valimas twisted his mouth, trying to force out a mutated version of a smile, “I really was just joking before…”
With the demon finally acting honestly, I too flashed a satisfied smile. Of course, Pandora standing beside me seemed a bit discontented, probably disappointed that Valimas’s spinelessness had robbed her of the opportunity to vent and dampened the little fury addict’s spirits.
“First, I want to know who’s calling the shots in Dark City right now?”
Valimas hesitated for a moment, then said, “I don’t know where they come from, but they seem to be new allies of the Burning Legion… They are very powerful, and… possess very mystical powers. They brought many strong demons I’ve never seen before and made me obey their commands.”
“So,” I said, pushing Pandora, who was zoning out next to me, forward, “does this ring any bells?”
Valimas had been aware of this little girl from the start, but because he’d concentrated most of his attention on me and Sandora, coupled with Pandora’s unobtrusive Halo and Silence Attribute, he hadn’t noticed her, this unsuspicious little person (which, for Pandora, was a pretty terrible reason…) until now when I pushed her to the front, and Valimas finally focused on her.
“Lord 7535!” the old demon exclaimed in terror, “What are you doing here!? Wait, I can explain, you must listen to my explanation…”
“Boom!” A loud noise erupted as a blinding white beam grazed Valimas’s head and disappeared into the distance, with Pandora nonchalantly retracting the Charging Cannon in her hand before once again becoming as still as a piece of wood.
7535? Is that a name!?
Given Valimas’s reaction upon seeing Pandora, in an instant, I figured out who this 7535 was—undoubtedly, my bothersome little sister, Visca. The name, which didn’t sound at all like a name, 7535, was probably the identification she originally had—her number as Pandora’s replacement vessel.
“Looks like my headache-inducing little sister has left a sizable shadow in your psyche.”
I waved my hand in front of Valimas, who was dazed with fright from Pandora’s Charging Cannon blast, bringing him back to his senses, and then remarked thus.
“Sister…” Valimas repeated subconsciously, as if he hadn’t quite grasped what I meant, then quickly donned a horrified expression, “Sister!?”
“You’re not exactly unintuitive, so you must have noticed the similarities between our combat style and ‘theirs’, particularly…”
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I approached and tapped a certain alloy component on Valimas.
“This, ‘they’ have done this type of modification on you. You’re not an idiot, so you must have noticed the resemblance of this power to that of the Xyrin Angels, what associations have you made now?”
Valimas was certainly no fool; in fact, he had already begun to form a vague theory, which now, unequivocally, had turned into reality.
“You all…”
“Fellow tribesmen, oh,” my sister, who had remained silent until now, suddenly spoke. Despite her gentle smile, her tone was charged with an almost tangible menace, “Those folks currently controlling Dark City are what we refer to as Fallen Apostles. They are traitors among us, and I believe you now understand the role you have been cast in, right?”
“Pawn,” Sandora uttered indifferently, “a pawn the traitors used to disrupt their former kin, and now, a discarded piece…”
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