193 103. The One Called the Saint Part One

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I didn’t know any exquisite and detailed torture methods like the people from the Order of the Crimson Cross usually resorted to.

To bolster our terror-inducing atmosphere, I deliberately quoted a line from a thriller movie. Baron Lava flinched nastily and stared at me with trembling protruding eyes.

We were inside a completely closed-off space where only the pit of holy water was emitting enough light to illuminate the darkness away.

“There’s only one way for you to spare yourself from the suffering. And that is to answer my questions truthfully.”

While saying that, I perused the list of names recovered from Baron Lava’s possession. It contained most of the people in the Imperial Family.

His flesh burned away and he began screeching out a bizarre scream. Ashes and acrid smoke quickly filled up the space.

The skeletons grabbed the chains and pulled him back up.

Baron Lava was hoisted back up in the air and his burning flesh quickly regenerated. That unique-to-Vampires regenerative ability sure was something else, alright.

What I initially planned for was one of those water torture thingies, but somehow, it ended up as painful as an acid torture for the Vampire.

While suffering from asphyxiation and the pain of his flesh burning away, Baron Lava repeatedly screamed for mercy, begging me to spare his life.

“Do you know about Rose Darina?”

“I, I don’t…”

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I snapped my fingers again.

I addressed them, “I know where Rose Darina could be.”

More correctly, the helper who was providing her with a safe haven.

The first person whose complexion noticeably perked up from my declaration was First Prince Barus. He obviously wanted to avoid the Theocratic Empire’s intervention in his kingdom’s affairs no matter what.

“D-does that mean that this incident being unrelated to the kingdom has finally been revealed?”

With my authority as the Seventh Imperial Prince, I could definitely withdraw the Heavenly Army dispatched to this kingdom. That’s what Barus was hoping for.

Too bad for him – I shook my head resolutely. The actual truth was the exact opposite to his hopes.

I replied. “Sorry, but it’s deeply related to your people.”

To be more specific, Barus wasn’t related to Rose Darina’s case. However, the kingdom of Lome was. And by quite a lot, too.

Barus looked stunned by my reply.

“The one protecting Rose is none other than…” I glared straight at him. “…the dragon slayer, Raiden.”

The First Prince of Lome shut his mouth and didn’t say anything for a little while. His complexion grew paler than a sheet of paper.

If what I said was true, then it would practically be the same as the Lome Kingdom sheltering Rose Darina. This revelation could even be used as a pretext for a full-scale invasion.

I was busy recalling what Baron Lava had told me earlier.

-Rose Darina, she was our informant. Not only did she give us information regarding the Theocratic Empire, she even helped us to get in touch with the blood-creations.

Rose’s role was to act as the connecting bridge between the Vampires and the nobles who wished to become Vampires themselves to enjoy an everlasting life.

Unfortunately, Baron Lava also didn’t know all the details.

That was solely down to the fact that even though he was a Progenitor Vampire, he had lived most of his life inside a dark cave somewhere, and this would be his first time being involved in a mission after receiving his peerage.

Baron Lava confessed to some other things as well.

-Also, the command of this mission has been taken up by a marquis.

‘Marquis’. It wasn’t a noble rank found among human societies but a ‘peerage’ system the Vampires used to denote one’s station among the pecking order.

-Raiden Behemoth. He is the Vampire Marquis in charge of this mission.

I slowly swept my head back while recalling the rest of Lava’s words.