Volume 1: Raging Waves City Chapter 152 Joint Action
Caesar felt like he was tied to a cold iron chair.
He was wearing a hood on his head, and everything in front of him was dark. The linen cloth inside the hood stuck to his cheeks, sticky and greasy, and the smell of rotten blood kept drilling into his nose.
It feels very familiar, but in the past, people sitting in this position were criminals that I had caught.
What is this place? Who caught me?
Caesar felt a sharp pain coming from the place where he was stabbed by the dagger, and someone was holding the dagger and pushing it hard. He could clearly feel the tip of the dagger piercing his internal organs layer by layer, very slowly... The pain rushed straight to his brain along his spine, like being bitten by countless ants on the wound, waves of pain that made it impossible for him to faint.
After an unknown amount of time, the man finally relaxed a little.
The interrogation then began.
"Where is the Fairy Clear Sky?"
"I don't know!" Caesar blurted out without any consideration.
The pain started again.
This time, Caesar found that after experiencing a long period of pain, this kind of punishment did not seem so unbearable.
"Where is the Fairy Clear Sky?"
"I have no idea!"
Xi Ze still gave the same answer, he would not betray Qingkong. Even if he knew where she was, he would not tell these people.
The pressure in my abdomen came again, but someone stopped me.
"He's bleeding too much. He'll die...If he dies, there's nothing we can ask him."
Caesar felt the dagger being pulled out and someone used magic to stop his bleeding.
Then he heard a conversation between two people.
"Do you have any idea how to get him to talk?"
"No, and the Apostle ordered me to capture him. If you kill him, the Apostle will kill both of us."
"Why didn't you say anything just now! I almost...almost killed him."
"You didn't even ask, but you tortured me right away. I tried to dissuade you in time."
"You... tell me, what do you want?"
"I heard you have a wailing blood bead."
"Hey, don't be too greedy..."
While the two were bargaining, someone else outside shouted, "Master Apostle!"
The person who asked for the Wailing Blood Pearl smiled and said, "You better think about it carefully."
"Here you go...sooner or later you will be punished for your greed."
"That's for the future... Lord Harriman, this man is Caesar, the chief of the Central City Police Department."
"Take off his hood."
"Yes, sir."
The hood was violently removed, and the blood loss made Xi Ze's mind distracted, but he still saw clearly the environment he was in.
This is a basement, with many strange patterns painted on the walls, and some human-shaped shadows. Caesar's knowledge allows him to see that those human-shaped shadows are not painted, but the projection of the souls of real living people after blood sacrifice.
"Abyss Temple!"
Caesar looked at the man standing in front of him. He was wearing a proper suit. If you didn't look at his face, he looked like a distinguished celebrity.
There were several other people standing in the room. They were wearing some kind of ritual robes and exaggeratedly tall pointed hats.
Apostle of the Abyss Harriman looked at Caesar with his glowing red eyes, emitting an aura that could inspire fear in people's hearts.
"You guessed correctly . We belong to the Abyss Temple. I invited Director Caesar to come here because I want to ask you a question."
Caesar felt like he was being stared at by a bottomless abyss, and all kinds of negative emotions surged up. Fear and terror were infinitely magnified by some kind of power, and this tearing of the soul was a hundred or a thousand times more painful than the stab just now.
Caesar clenched his fists and used all his strength to resist this mental shock.
"I know... I know what you want to ask? I won't betray Miss Qingkong... Kill me!"
“Hmm?” Caesar’s ability to resist was beyond Harriman’s imagination. Not everyone could remain rational when being stared at by the abyss: “Your little power is just like an ant in front of me. The fact that you are still alive is a gift from me to you.
Tell me what I want to know, and I'll give you a decent death.
Otherwise... I will throw your soul into the abyss, where it will be tormented by fear and pain forever."
"Then give it a try!" Caesar mustered up all his courage and stared at Harriman. His spirit was like a candle in a hurricane, which could be extinguished at any time.
"I'll give you one last chance. To tell you the truth, you are not our only choice. We can still find Qingkong without you."
"I won't tell you a word!"
Caesar's tough response angered Harriman, and when he was about to use some more means to make Caesar surrender, someone entered the room.
"Lord Harriman, the Duke's envoy has sent a message."
"What did he say?"
Harriman's tone was full of arrogance and contempt for the envoy, and he didn't seem to be afraid that these secrets would be heard by Caesar.
In his eyes, Caesar's ultimate fate was to be a sacrifice.
"The meeting between Viscount Iscolan and the elf Qingkong was postponed because Caesar was kidnapped. Now Qingkong is looking for him all over the city...
The envoy was very angry and asked you to go see him. "
"What qualifications does he have for me to meet him!" Harriman said angrily, "A barbarian who just arrived in Fury City is already telling me what to do. If it weren't for Lord Celtic's sake, I would have thrown him into the abyss long ago."
"My lord, the envoy's servants are still waiting for your reply."
"Tell Erguya that he has no right to interfere in what we do in the Abyss Temple!"
"Yes, sir."
After his subordinates left, Harriman looked at Caesar again with a smile on his face.
"I didn't expect that a weak person like you could be valued so much by the elf Qingkong. I wonder if in her eyes, you are worth a book of disaster?"
When Xi Ze heard that Qingkong was looking for him all over the city, his blood instantly boiled and his fear of the abyss was swept away.
"Miss Qingkong's love for the world never focuses on strength. She will find you and let you prisoners who can only hide in the hole like mice see what is good like sunshine.
Even the darkest abyss will be illuminated by the light, and you will all be purified..."
Caesar cursed with great enthusiasm.
Harriman wanted to slap him to death, but he knew that Caesar was asking for death by cursing like that.
Harriman laughed angrily: "Cesare, you will soon find out...Here, death is a luxury!"
…
Number 102 Organ Street is a small U-shaped building. Its owner is Councillor Ibul, and it is one of the many properties invested by this well-known wealthy man in Nutao City.
In the morning, residents of Organ Street noticed that there were more sheriffs on the road. They appeared from different directions, stopped vehicles and pedestrians, and drove them into the shops and houses facing the street.
The sheriffs then quickly set up roadblocks and erected a blockade around the building at 102 Organ Street.
Just when the surrounding residents didn't know what these sheriffs were doing, an event that they would never forget began.
In the cleared streets, dense space waves rippled, and a large number of magicians wearing Oulu Academy wizard robes instantly appeared around the small building. These magicians held long-handled magic wands, stood three meters apart facing the small building, and stuck their magic wands into the ground together.
The chanting began, and magic barriers unfolded one after another. These magic barriers combined into a protective shield, covering the entire building.
The space turbulence caused by space teleportation has not stopped.
Inside the protective shield, Abyss leopards came out holding arm shields and short spears. They did not stop at all, and their excellent jumping ability allowed them to take a step of five or six meters. An Abyss leopard smashed the windows one by one and rushed in.
A fierce battle ensued. Some Abyss leopards were thrown out as soon as they entered the window ; more were thrown out of the window by the impact of the battle.
The explosion sent broken bricks and stones flying outwards.
The transmission continues, and Oulu Battle Mage appears.
Different from the teachers and staff of Oulu Academy who were temporarily hired to set up the magic barrier, the Oulu battle mages had their own unique clothing. The clothing was similar to military uniforms, straight and slim, which could show the nobility of the battle mages without affecting their movements during battle.
After the Oulu battle mages arrived, they immediately divided into groups and used levitation to enter the battlefield through the passage opened by the Abyss Leopard.
At this time a convoy arrived at the scene.
In the front were three fighting motorcycles, in the middle were several cars flying the Imperial flag and the Secret Service flag, and behind them were a dozen trucks loaded with war machinery.
We have arrived at the Cape District Secret Intelligence Bureau.
The imperial spies got off the cars and assembled, then dispersed to occupy the surrounding high points and important roads, completely blocking Organ Street.
After the agents completed the situation, Luke got out of the car and looked at the building in front of him that was being "violently demolished".
From time to time, various beams of light and explosions appeared, showing that the battle inside was very fierce.
"Inspector..." Shelley and Pisco came to Luke and said, "Our people have taken control of this place. Do you want me to lead some people in to provide some support to Oulu Battle Mage?"
This time, in order to eliminate the group of Abyss Mages lurking in Raging Waves City, Oulu College used all their might to fight a rabbit. They wanted to end the battle as quickly as possible with the least loss and the least impact.
Luke lit a cigarette for himself and said to his subordinates, "Olu Battle Mages hate Abyss Mages very much. If our people go in, there may be accidental injuries. If some Abyss Mages take advantage of the opportunity to escape, this encirclement and suppression will not be perfect.
We will stay outside and wait for the Oulu Battle Mage to finish his work, then we can go in and wipe out the remaining enemies."
Shelley and Pisco were a little unwilling to not be able to go in and fight, but they had to admit that the inspector was right. In such a short time, a building that looked quite solid was demolished and became shaky. If the imperial spies who were not strong enough entered... they would probably be killed before they could see anyone.
"Yes, Inspector. We promise to watch carefully and not let a Abyss Mage escape."
"Well, get to work."
Luke sent Shelley and Pisco away and got into the car. It started to rain outside.
Qingkong is already inside the building.
Also captured an Abyss Mage.
With the knife against the neck of the Abyss Mage, forcing him into a corner, Qingkong said to an Abyss leopard beside him: "Leave this to me, you go somewhere else."
The Abyss leopard stepped back and then leapt out of the room.
At this time, the Abyss Mage thought Qingkong was distracted and was about to launch a sneak attack, but the wall instantly froze and his hands and feet were firmly frozen to the wall.
Qingkong turned around and asked the Abyss Mage: "Where is the person you captured?"
The blade had already cut through the skin, and blood was flowing down the neck. But the Abyss Mage answered without fear of death: "Mages who serve the Abyss will not be threatened by any secular forces. I will not answer any of your questions."
"Do you think you are tough? Others may not be able to do anything to you, but I know how to deal with you stupid guys. The power of the secular world cannot threaten you, but the power of the abyss can."
After Qingkong stretched out her hand, the Book of Disaster appeared in her hand.
Seeing the Book of Disaster, the Abyss Mage's eyes lit up. He wanted to snatch it, but his body could not move.
"Hand over the Holy Scripture! The Apostle can forgive your sins and grant you the power of the abyss."
Qingkong chuckled and said, "I want to gain the power of the abyss. Do I need the apostle's reward? Do you want to see the abyss..."
"think!"
"Just as long as you don't regret it!"
The Book of Disaster floated up from Qingkong's hand, and the knife in her hand exerted force, and the wound on the neck of the Abyss Mage expanded. The artery was cut, but blood did not spurt out of the wound.
Bright red blood flew out from the wound, and the Book of Disasters opened automatically, with the pages turning. The blood was attracted to the Book of Disasters, decomposing into strands of blood-colored light that penetrated into the turning pages.
The whole room immediately gave off a weird atmosphere. Although everything was in its original place, it felt like there was no spatial orientation. There was no up, down, left, right, front, or back, and no sense of one's own existence.
It was as if the whole person had fallen into a void where nothing existed. Even though he was under the light, he felt like he was in eternal darkness.
Fall, fall, fall...
Falling in the silent darkness, my heartbeat is the only sound in my ears.
But this heartbeat did not come from my chest.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Abyss Mage wanted to shout, but he opened his mouth but no sound came out. His eyes were hollow, his pupils were dilated, and his facial muscles were stiff and ferocious. His body struggled hard, as if something that made him extremely afraid was approaching.
Qingkong whispered in his ear: "Do you feel the abyss? This is the real abyss, not something that the apostle's abyss energy can create.
Surrender to the abyss, give up all resistance and struggle, and let fear swallow you up. You will merge with the abyss, you will become a part of the abyss, and you will become a more powerful being than the apostles of the abyss. "
The Abyss Mage's struggles slowed down, and he lost too much blood to do any strenuous exercise for a long time.
It also made his mind no longer clear.
Qingkong continued to induce: "You are only one step away from becoming the abyss... I can push you again, but you have to answer my question first."
"What's the problem?" the Abyss Mage said blankly.
"Where is Priestley Caesar? You arrested him last night."
"He's in the cellar in the northeast corner."
