met free Chapter 210: Captives, Set Sail
Chapter 210: Captives, Set Sail
In Mondstadt, in the underground cell of the fifth city, nearly a thousand prisoners were held here. At this moment, Dicas was reading someone's strange book about 100 questions on interrogation. In the dim environment, the dim light of the lamp illuminated his face, scaring a prisoner tied to a bracket so much that he trembled and dared not make a sound.
The firelight flickered slowly, and Dicas's eyes were slightly cold, with his fiery red pupils staring at the captive as if he were looking at a dead person. In addition, the huge darkness of the shadow behind him illuminated by the firelight gave people an intuitive experience of the horror atmosphere.
"My friend, as long as you tell us the information honestly, we won't make things difficult for you."
The dull and terrifying atmosphere was interrupted by Dicas' voice, but there was no emotion in his tone, just like this cold dungeon, it pierced the hearts of the captives.
"There is nothing to say. You can kill me or chop me up, it's all up to you. I will never betray my lord the king."
"Very good. You are the most resolute among the nearly 1,000 prisoners. Unfortunately, your respected companion has already said everything he should say in order to reduce his sentence and save his life. I am communicating with you only to confirm whether what he said is true or not. Since you are unwilling to cooperate, don't blame me for torturing you."
Although the prisoner was very tough, he still watched with horror as Ducas took out more than ten needles, 20 nails, and very small clips from the box in front of the table.
"My friend, are you mentally prepared? You still have one chance to tell the truth. If it's too late, there will be no chance."
Dicas approached step by step. The faint firelight behind him illuminated his shadow, which was as huge as a demon. The needle flashing with cold light was as dazzling as a demon's weapon that could extract souls.
The captives endured the pressure of Ducas approaching step by step. The sound of leather shoes stepping on the cold stone slabs was like the ticking of the clock of death.
Less than a minute passed. The prisoner was very tough and brave. When the second needle was inserted into the gap between the nail and the skin, he finally told the information honestly.
The pain felt when the needle was pulled out constantly stimulated the prisoner's nerves. He had already despaired in his heart and was well aware of the betrayal of his companions and the pressure of punishment, so he had to give out the information.
Ducas ordered his men to drag the prisoner back to the cell. A thoughtful look flashed in his red pupils. He saw a person standing in front of the door outside the interrogation room out of the corner of his eye and turned his head to look.
No. 1 Ye Li walked into the cold and bloody interrogation room with a smile on his face. He glanced down and saw the table covered with sticky notes and completely broken nails. He couldn't help but sigh and said exaggeratedly:
"I didn't expect that the new leader of the Knights of Dawn could even do such an interrogation. Moreover, this method was obviously copied from the book I brought with me. However, the effect is indeed quite good. How much can we trust the amount of intelligence and confessions nowadays?"
"According to the 80 people interrogated today, 20% of the prisoners told the same news, and the other 80% told different information from the other %."
As Ducas spoke, he stood in front of the table and put away the interrogation tools. Then he continued with a serious expression:
"The confessions of these captives are different, but they have one thing in common, which is that they occupied the few remaining resistance areas in Mondstadt, allowing the king and those greedy nobles to continue to maintain their ruling position in a closed environment. Those bandits in knightly clothing are essentially the scum they supported, and they will be used to regain the nobles' reputation for justice when they are no longer useful."
"You are really two-faced. No matter how glorious you nobles were in the past, you will eventually become corrupt. You should intensify the education of your offspring and don't follow in the footsteps of those nobles."
"As Legenfind, it is our duty to protect the civilians and safeguard the city-state. Even if the family is reduced to one person, we will bring dawn and light to the people in the shadows."
Looking at Dicas's determined gaze, No. 1 Ye Li saw the shadow of a future red-haired righteous man in his eyes, and couldn't help but laugh:
"Okay, don't be so serious. The intelligence now is very clear. Except for our fifth city, the sixth and third cities are on the same side with us. In a few days, I will send members of the maid group to these two places to hand over to the maid group members there. At that time, some of our information will be sent to their leaders. Whether they can cooperate depends on whether they have the courage."
"To overthrow the lonely king of the tower is indeed a long and arduous goal."
Dicas sighed, but it was just a lament. The current form and style of the Lone King of the Tower are not as open and free as the Wind Elf Barbatos. Even if his original intention was good, people did not admit it. This is the fact.
No. 1 Ye Li chatted with Dicas for a while, then turned and walked out of the interrogation room. While walking in the corridor of the prison, he passed by a prisoner and glanced at the prisoner out of the corner of his eye.
The prisoner had brown-black hair and sea-blue eyes with star marks on them, which formed a sharp contrast with his expressionless face. Especially the barely detectable tattoo on the back of his hand, which concealed only a trace of purple energy, but was clearly seen by No. 1 Ye Li.
"You two, take this prisoner to another interrogation room. I have questions I want to ask him personally."
The two knights holding the captives were a little confused at the moment, but when they saw that the person who stopped them was the Lord Ye Manor, whom even Captain Dicas respected, they did not hesitate and pulled the captives and followed No. 1 Ye Li to the interrogation room on the other side of the corridor.
Dicas, who was interrogating a new prisoner at the moment, received the news. He did not say much about No. 1 Ye Li's behavior of picking a prisoner for interrogation. After all, this guy's strength was there, and his character was recognized by everyone in the city. He was just a small prisoner, and No. 1 Ye Li would not do anything to him. Maybe the effect of the interrogation would be better than his own.
Ducas thought so in his mind, and then he inserted the needle between the prisoner's nails and fingers. The screams of pain and fear did not affect him at all.
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In Liyue, on the edge of the northern sea of Tianheng Mountain, ships that had been prepared long ago were lined up neatly in several square formations. The flags fluttering in the wind proved the strength of Liyue's military at sea.
At this moment, True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng, True Lord Xueyue Zhuyang, True Lord Lishui Dieshan and other immortals were already standing at the bows of their respective ships. The countless artillery and spears that the Qianyan Army had already set up were pointing directly at the devastated sea ahead that was blown up by fire and thunder elemental bombs.
At this moment, Ye Li teleported here via the teleportation talisman in the sky in front of all the ships. After a flash of pain in his eyes, he looked forward seriously. A golden and black spear appeared in his hand, and the aura of a top-level demon god burst out. He said in a mighty tone, like the surging waves:
"All-out attack! Drive them to the next target location, let's go!!!"