Closed space. It looks like it's only ten square meters at most, and it's too small to be a warehouse.

The completely sealed space does not see the light of day, and the dim candlelight is the only source of light in this space.

With no natural light, Roland had no way of knowing how long he had been unconscious after being drained by the Matrix Stone.

In addition to the candles that were about to burn out on the candlestick, there were also four candles that had just been lit not long ago, and they were nailed directly to the table by a line of bad taste.

Just by looking at the remaining length of the candle, Roland could tell that the four candles were lit together.

On the other side of the long table, there were four people looking at Roland.

Staring intently at the row of candles placed in front of him, the five fingers of his right hand dancing on the candles like plucking the strings, Elukado, whose eyes were full of apologies and worries, staring at him closely, and two very serious sword wizards sitting at either end of the table, wearing the red robes characteristic of the Waste Bureau.

Roland raised an eyebrow.

"Yo, what are you playing cards for?"

“…… Ha, you guy is calm. ”

"That's, how good my mentality is. I'm going to be the Pope's man. ”

"Lord Roland, don't make such jokes—"

"Okay, Elukado, I understand, I understand."

Although he doesn't know exactly what kind of predicament he is in, Roland says he is not very square.

Seeing these two red-robed wizards with their bodies stiff, their eyes half-open and half-closed, and their pupils blank and dilated, Roland knew what had happened before.

That is clearly the characteristic of the validity of the origin of Esther's "lie".

Once the immunity is passed, it can tamper with other people's five senses at will, and even transplant or erase the terrifying ability of memories.

Only by perceiving more than twenty points can you use your sixth sense to find anomalies in Esther's lies. This is also the reason why Roland has always been wary of Esther.

There was so much movement when he fought with Elukado before. Esther must have been watching from a short distance away.

But it was about a bad taste that Esther didn't take Roland away after he was the first to spot him in a coma. Instead, he took Elukado away and changed her clothes. Then he crouched to the side and watched quietly, perhaps with pleasure, as Roland was taken as trophies by the late Waste Bureau clerks and thrown into the torture chamber to extract a confession.

No, it's not accurate to say that it was captured. In terms of the danger of this job, it is no different from picking up a corpse in a bar.

But to Roland's relief, the two wizards had just tied themselves up and had no time to wake them up, Esther brought the awakened Elukado over and restrained the two of them and threw them aside.

"Well, even if you didn't make it. I wouldn't be afraid of these two fools either. ”

Roland said unashamedly.

In fact, when he just woke up and saw the blood-stained torture instrument hanging on the wall, Roland almost laughed out loud.

I saw various models of peeling knives, various types of scalpels, leather whips with barbs, and hideous machetes and decapitation swords hanging on the wall with fresh blood, and the blood on them was still dripping.

But Roland could smell it with a little sniff. There was no eerie feeling of perennial torture in this room, nor the heavy smell of blood soaked in the wooden structure like wax.

No one has been tortured, but it is still covered with blood - what can it be if it is not just made?

Taking a step back, under normal circumstances, how can this kind of delicate torture instrument, which is three times more expensive than the torture equipment on the market, be hung up without wiping it after it is used up?

And. Torture instruments of this type are basically not threatening when faced with veterans.

What Roland said before was not bragging, he meant it.

What about jaw crushers? What about finger breakers? What about steel needles? What about pliers?

If you hang a whip, at least put out the special perception potion and the wine.

And machetes and decapitation swords...... When did you need such a big guy in the science of interrogation?

Even if it is a death penalty. In Bansa, which is famous for torture, new and interesting gadgets have long been used.

They would hang the chains of the double rings on their entrails after their daily disembowelments, salting and ravage. He was then tied to the prisoner's shackles and shouted to roll the shackles out like a bowling ball.

If the prisoner is not able to keep up with his shackles in time. The internal organs will be pulled out of the body; And even if he keeps up with the shackles, under the tumbling of the chains that link his internal organs. There will also be unspeakable pain to be tasted.

There is much more to this brutal torture. The queen of Bansar was notoriously fond of watching executions. After Roland had seen that level of punishment, it was no longer appropriate to do anything about skinning.

Anyway, Roland can heal his injuries instantly, and he can turn off the pain at any time. They probably panted and busily on Roland for a long time, and then Roland didn't feel it at all, and a single prayer could heal all of his injuries.

In the absence of suffering and death, the vast majority of punishments have lost their meaning to Roland.

"Don't mention those, Esther...... Let me know first, how far has the project progressed? ”

"It can end at any time. And you've made a big fuss, and I'd suggest closing the net as soon as possible. ”

Seeing that Roland began to talk about business, Esther also pushed his eyes, and his expression became much more serious: "However, if it ends a week early, you can only get 30% of the original plan at most." ”

"That's a lot. My own calculations are half in ten. ”

"That's the proceeds of an immediate escape," Esther's expression became much more serious once the topic of the professional field was discussed, "We can drag on for a while, just get in and out - and make a lot of money." ”

"But the risk is much higher."

"It doesn't matter...... Isn't your purpose to be discovered, anyway? ”

A gentle smile appeared on Esther's face.

But the smile almost turned red in Roland's eyes. Bare. Naked taunts.

But after thinking for a moment, Roland nodded: "You're right. Just do as you say. ”

"Don't worry, for Elukado's sake, I'll do my best for you."

"Huh. You don't have to remind me. ”

Roland pulled a mocking look on his face: "I understand what you mean." Everyone is a smart person, just click on it...... How ugly it is to tear your face. ”

"Makes sense. But then again, our clever Roland, when are you going to get out of here? ”

Esther stood up with a good moment, looked down at Roland who was chained to the cross, and smiled widely.

But as he expected, Roland shook his head.

"--I'm not going to get out of here yet."

"Oh?"

"Avoiding the eyes and ears of the gods is one reason...... Another reason is that the collapse of the White Pagoda was much earlier than expected. At the beginning of the upheaval, a mere crook who cheated money did not deserve a public death sentence with much fanfare. ”

Roland said in a deep voice, "Orlando has to have a new crime to carry people's hatred. I think it's a good offense to turn a quarter of the White Tower's labs to ashes. Or do you think the crime of opening the White Tower's barrier from the inside sounds more imposing? ”

“…… You're really good at playing. ”

"Each other, each other."

Roland raised his head, leaned against the cross behind him, and looked up at Esther, his eyes deep.

"Remember, Esther - immediately after transferring the money, came here to exchange 'Orlando' status with me. I have to take care of something. ”

"Why don't you go now?"

"Huh...... I don't have the confidence to stay out of the Waste Bureau's surveillance. But if it's Esther, you'll be fine, right? So, now you get out of here with Elukado and those two idiots, and by the way, a smarter guy comes here to take care of me...... I mean the kind of person who dies and no one suspects it - you know what I mean. ”

"Ah, of course."

Esther gave Roland a fixed look, raised an eyebrow, and waved his hand to extinguish all the candles. Then he opened the sealed door with the silent Elukado and the two dazed-looking wizards.

In the split second before the candle went out, Roland's pupils contracted slightly.

He seemed to see, in the moment when the candle flame faded...... Something seemed wrong with the shape of the candlestick dragging out of the wall. (To be continued.) )

PS: In the future, you don't have to wait after midnight...... That means that the dot mother has collapsed again, and our full attendance has no QAQ