In the dim dungeon, the firelight reflected the hanging figure on the wall, like a forked tree.
There was no struggle, no screaming or begging for mercy, only when the whip crossed with it, the shadow would sway twice in an inertial manner, and at the same time, a low humming sounded.
But the humming would soon be overshadowed by the next blow of the whip.
"Snapped!"
"Snapped!"
The shaking of the figure and the flickering firelight overlapped, and the dull whipping sound seemed to be the only sound in this silent dungeon.
It wasn't until after more than ten whips that Count Lorenzo said, "Enough, stop the meeting!"
"Yes." The executioner quickly backed away.
The back of the woman hanging on the torture rack was already scarlet, and the criss-crossing whip marks were old and new. Obviously, it was not the first time she had been tortured. Judging from the tips of her nose and arms, which were sweating a little, the pain was not useless, but the other party used willpower to press all the voices into her heart.
"Why, aren't you going to tell the whereabouts of the holy scripture?" He walked up to the woman, grabbed her chin, and forcibly lifted her face up—it was a rare beautiful face among the Judgment Army, even if it was imprisoned in He was tortured in prison, but it didn't make him lose much. In other words, in the flickering light of the fire, her sweat-covered skin and equally volatile eyes added a strange color to it. "The church is over, Farina, how long do you want to fight against me? Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about those captured companions, right?"
Lorenzo thought bitterly about these damned bereaved dogs, the wolf heart is so big, and it has to get on with the Grand Duke Island, isn't it clear that his attitude to execute the envoys is not clear enough? Holding a team of God's Punishment Warriors, as long as you don't provoke Greycastle, where can you find a place to live happily, and you want to murder him? If he hadn't been careful at the beginning, he would have asked for a few more people from His Majesty Mayne, I'm afraid his head would have been hung on the city wall by now.
Thinking of this, his missing left ear throbbed again.
During the melee between the two sides of the God's Punishment Army that day, the sword that almost cut off his neck was cut by Farina. Fortunately, she was nearly exhausted at the time, and her sword stance was interrupted by her subordinates, and in the end only half of his ear was cut off.
It would be fine if he suffered only a little trauma. What made Lorenzo even more angry was that among the twenty or so God's Punishment Warriors he had managed to save, only two or three people could still move, and the rest were not reimbursed in the deathmatch. , that is, it lacks arms and legs, and it is almost impossible to use it for combat.
This is his capital for occupying the Grand Duke Island!
The group of wolf-hearted nobles didn't ask him to settle accounts in the autumn, not because he changed his face and transformed from a bishop to a noble, but because his strength was limited, he did not dare to act rashly before the gods punished the warriors. If the news leaks, I am afraid that his position as an earl will be difficult to secure.
Lorenzo can't wait to slash the opponent with a thousand swords to vent his hatred.
But he couldn't do it.
- Before knowing the whereabouts of the holy scriptures.
"I don't know if the church is finished, but you must be finished... Count Lorenzo, no, I should call you a traitor." After a while, Farina said in a low voice, "Forget about you. It's my fault for having God's Punishment Warriors, but you don't have a few left to use, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't be so eager to ask where the tome is. You want to know the secret of the Pope's inheritance - the manufacture of God's Punishment Army way to preserve your poor position—"
"Snapped!"
A crisp slap interrupted her sarcasm.
"Since you know what I want, it's better to tell the truth!" Lorenzo gritted his teeth and said, "I'll ask again, where is the scripture?"
A trace of blood dripped from the corner of Farina's mouth, "I don't know..."
"That's a pity," the Count looked at the executioner. "Cut off a leg for me. Anyone will do. I want this bitch's companion..."
"Stop acting," Farina said in a sarcastic tone despite being extremely weak, "remember the finger you sent last time? The blood has coagulated and discolored, and you still want to use it to threaten me? It seems that the bishop's Life is so easy that you forget the difference between the living and the dead - it was cut from the corpse, right? You killed them long ago, traitor!"
Lorenzo's face darkened.
"And I'm not even the acting Pope, how can I possibly have contact with the Holy Scripture? Lord Tucker Thor may know, but he has never mentioned this to me, so no one in this world will know how to cultivate gods. Sentenced to the army."
"You're lying!" he said with a livid face, "Tucker Thor asked you to come to Wolfheart, isn't it to rebuild the church in revenge for Hermes? If there is no Holy Code, why would the church fight against Greycastle? ?"
"Heh..." Farina actually laughed out loud, "With the God's Punishment Army, there is no way to fight against Greycastle. The acting Pope just wants to save everyone's life and let the rest of the people live the rest of their lives in peace."
"Ridiculous! Do you think I would believe it?" the earl growled, "Why come to attack the Grand Duke Island since it is for the rest of his life? It is not for the hoarding of coins, food, armor and weapons here! Handed it over to you, but you say he just wants you to live well? This is ridiculous!"
"There's nothing you can do if you don't believe it, it's the truth," Farina said disapprovingly, "I want to tell you one more thing - if you don't kill those envoys at first, but refuse to say goodbye, we will It’s not that Dagong Island is absolutely necessary. But you made the worst choice, you must know that what I hate most is a traitor with two sides!”
"you… "
"You have betrayed the trust of His Majesty O'Brien, and you don't deserve to enjoy the rest of your life that Lord Tucker Thor sacrificed himself for." She said decisively, "It's a pity that I didn't kill you with my own hands, but the wolf-hearted Sooner or later the nobles will discover your bravado - even if you take off the cloak of the Holy City, you will never be their kind! You are just a traitor, and the end is not far away!"
Lorenzo took a deep breath and tried his best to calm down the anger in his heart, "You are so irritating me, you want me to kill you, so as not to leak the news of the Holy Code? Don't worry, I'm not that easy to be fooled. There are also a lot of torture tools - used to torture witches. I wonder how much better your performance can be compared to those fallen ones?"
He glanced at the other side's bare feet in the air, "I think it's better to start with the toenails... When you pull them off piece by piece, I hope you can stick to your previous answer."
…
After returning to the castle hall, the earl couldn't bear his anger any longer, and swept the tea set on the table to the ground!
Damn, damn, damn Farina!
Although he showed full confidence, God knows how long she can hold on, who was born in the Judgment Army. These iron cans usually don't get in, and it's probably not that easy to pry her mouth open.
Dagong Island can't suddenly close the air route and ban trade, that will only arouse the suspicion of all parties, and if the status quo is maintained, those merchants are the best eyes of the nobles. He desperately needs the force that can fill the gap in the God's Punishment Army, before everything is too bad to be irreversible!
But the key clue is in the hands of someone who is eager to get rid of him quickly.
It's utterly hateful!
Just then, one of his housekeepers came in, "My lord, I heard some interesting news recently—"
"Don't listen, I'm not in the mood!" interrupted Lorenzo roughly.
The housekeeper looked at the shards of utensils on the ground and said patiently, "It may be able to help you in the troubles you are currently encountering."
"What?" He raised his head sharply, "Can you tell me?"
Since he proclaimed himself an earl and took the Grand Duke Island as his territory, his followers and congregations have also become members of the "family". The housekeeper named Hagrid is one of his cronies. He does have a few ideas, "Dawn border seems to be very restless recently, it seems that he is planning to go deep into the cage again."
"What does that have to do with us?" Lorenzo frowned. "No matter which lord occupies the Cage Mountain, the Grand Duke Island will not get any benefit."
"What's interesting is not the matter itself, but the leader of the event..." Hagrid paused, "Sir, I heard that the person who wants to enter the cage over there is the King of Greycastle."