In the dim dungeon, the light from the fire cast a shadow on the wall, which looked like a branch of a tree.
There was no struggle, no cry of pain or begging for mercy. Only when the whips intertwined with the shadow would the shadow shake and let out a low hum.
But this hum would soon be covered by the next lash of the whip.
"Crack!"
"Crack!"
The shadow and the flickering light overlapped, and the dull sound of the whip seemed to be the only sound in the silent dungeon.
After more than ten lashes, Earl Lorenzo finally said, "Enough, stop!"
"Yes." The executioner hurriedly stepped back.
The back of the woman hanging on the scaffold was scarlet, and the crisscrossed whip marks were old and new. Obviously, this was not the first time she had been tortured. From the fine beads of sweat that appeared on her nose and arms, this type of pain wasn't completely useless. It was just that the other party used her willpower to suppress all of the cries into the depths of her heart.
"What? You still don't want to tell me where the Holy Book is?" He walked up to the woman, clasped her chin, and forced her face up. She had a beautiful face, which was rare in the Judgement Army. Even though she had been imprisoned and tortured, it did not make her look any less beautiful. In other words, under the flickering light of the fire, her sweaty skin and flickering eyes added a touch of strangeness to it. "The church is finished. Farina, how long do you want to go against me? Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your companions who were captured. "
"These damn stray dogs," Lorenzo thought bitterly. "The Kingdom of Wolfheart is so big, but why do they have to go against Archduke Island? Wasn't it clear enough that I executed those messengers? With a team of Scourge, as long as they did not provoke Graycastle, they could live a free and unfettered life anywhere they wanted. How dare they try to murder me? " If he hadn't been careful and asked for a few more people from His Highness Mayne, his head would have been hung on the city wall by now.
Thinking of this, his missing left ear began to hurt again.
That day when the God's Punishment Army of the two sides was fighting, the sword that almost cut off his neck was cut by Farina. Fortunately, she was almost exhausted at that time and her sword was interrupted by her subordinates. In the end, she only managed to cut off half of his ear.
It would have been fine if they had only suffered minor injuries, but what made Lorenzo even angrier was that out of the twenty or so Scourge that he had managed to save, only two or three of them were still able to move. The rest had either been killed in battle or were missing limbs. It was almost impossible for them to fight again.
This was his capital to occupy Archduke Island!
The nobles in the Kingdom of Wolfheart did not seek revenge on him, not because he had changed his identity from a bishop to a noble, but because of his limited strength, they did not dare to act rashly in front of Scourge. If this news were to be leaked, it would be difficult for him to sit on his seat as an Earl.
Lorenzo wanted nothing more than to hack him into a thousand pieces to vent his anger.
But he couldn't do that.
Before knowing the whereabouts of the Holy Scripture.
"I don't know whether the church is finished or not, but I'm sure you're finished … Earl Lorenzo, no, I should call you a traitor." After a long while, Farina said in a low voice, "It's my fault that you didn't have enough Scourge. But you don't have many left, do you? Otherwise, you wouldn't be so eager to ask where the Holy Scripture is. You want to know the secret of the Pope's inheritance — the method to create the God's Punishment Army to protect your poor position — "
"Slap!"
A crisp slap interrupted her sarcasm.
"Since you know what I want, you'd better tell me honestly!" Lorenzo said, gnashing his teeth. "I'll ask you again, where is the Holy Scripture?"
A trace of blood trickled from the corner of Farina's mouth. "I don't know …"
"That's a pity." The Earl looked at the executioner. "Cut off a leg for me. I don't care who it is. I want this bitch's companion to …"
"Stop acting." Although Farina was very weak, her tone was full of sarcasm. "Do you remember the finger you sent me last time? My blood was frozen and changed color. Do you still want to threaten me with it? It seems that the life of the bishop is so comfortable that you've forgotten the difference between a living person and a dead person. It was cut off from a corpse, right? You've killed them long ago, traitor! "
Lorenzo's face darkened.
"And I'm not even the acting pope. How could I know the Holy Scripture? Maybe His Excellency Tucker Thor knows, but he never mentioned it to me. So no one in this world knows how to train the God's Punishment Army anymore. "
"You're lying!" Lorenzo said with a livid face. "Didn't Tucker Thor ask you to come to the Kingdom of Wolfheart to rebuild the church and avenge Hermes? Without the Holy Scripture, how could the church fight against Graycastle? "
"Ha …" Farina laughed out loud. "Even with the God's Punishment Army, we can't fight against Graycastle. His Excellency the acting pope just wanted to save everyone's lives and let the rest of the people live in peace."
"Ridiculous! Do you think I'll believe you? "The earl growled." If you want to live in peace, why did you attack Archduke Island? It's all for the money, food, armor, and weapons here! Tucker gave you Scourge, but you said he just wanted you to live well? That's ridiculous! "
"You can't do anything if you don't believe me. It's the truth," Farina said indifferently. "I also want to tell you one thing. If you didn't kill those messengers at the beginning, but refused them nicely, we would still have to go to Archduke Island. But you just had to make the worst choice. You should know that what I hate the most are two-faced traitors! "
"You …"
"You betrayed His Holiness O 'Brien's trust, and you don't deserve the rest of your life that His Holiness Tucker Thor sacrificed himself for," she said firmly. "It's a pity that I couldn't kill you with my own hands, but sooner or later, the nobles in the Kingdom of Wolfheart will find out that you're bluffing. Even if you take off the coat of the Holy City, you'll never become one of them! You're just a traitor, and your doomsday is not far away! "
Lorenzo took a deep breath and tried to calm his anger. "You're provoking me because you want me to kill you to prevent the news of the Holy Scripture from leaking, right? Don't worry, I won't be fooled so easily. You know, not only are the resources accumulated during the raid in the Kingdom of Wolfheart stored here, but also a lot of instruments of torture — used to interrogate witches. I wonder how much better you are compared to those fallen witches. "
He glanced at Farina's bare feet in the air. "I think I'll start with your toenails … When I pull them off piece by piece, I hope you can still insist on your previous answer."
…
After returning to the castle hall, the earl could no longer hold back his anger. He swept the tea set on the table to the ground!
Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn Farrina!
Although Lorenzo appeared to be very confident, he did not know how long Farina, who came from the Judgement Army, could last. These tin cans were usually impervious to everything, so it would not be easy to pry her mouth open.
The Archduke Island could not suddenly close the sea routes and ban trade, which would only arouse the suspicion of other forces. If they maintained the status quo, those merchants would be the nobles' best informants. Lorenzo urgently needed a force that could fill the gap in the God's Punishment Army before everything went too far!
However, the key clue was in the hands of a person who could not wait to get rid of him.
How hateful!
Just then, one of his stewards came in and said, "Sir, I've heard an interesting piece of news recently —"
"No, I'm not in the mood!" Lorenzo interrupted rudely.
The steward glanced at the broken utensils on the ground and said patiently, "It may be helpful to your current trouble."
"What?" Lorenzo looked up abruptly. "Tell me about it."
Since he became the earl and took the Archduke Island as his territory, his followers and followers had also become members of the "family". This steward named Hagrid was one of his trusted followers and had once served as the executive priest. He did have some ideas. "The border of the Kingdom of Dawn seems to be restless recently. It seems that they're planning to march into the depths of the Cage Mountain again."
"What does that have to do with us?" Lorenzo frowned. "No matter which lord occupies the Cage Mountain, the Archduke Island will not benefit from it."
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