Chapter 30: The Darkness of the Imperial Capital
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"It's .................."
(What the hell is this...... )
Artoria's eyes widened in disbelief, staring blankly at everything in the warehouse, her mouth slightly open and she couldn't come back to her senses for a long time.
She knew what the torture instruments of the Ten Great Tortures of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were, but compared to the unheard-of and brutal torture instruments placed here, the torture instruments of the Ten Great Tortures of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were like child's play!
The corpse of Artoria who was tortured to death was not unseen by her. In the monster hordes of Diablo 2, it is common to see the corpses of human adventurers who have been dismembered and eaten, and boiled in their nests. But compared to the wreckage of the twisted faces here, the naked bodies that were either made into specimens and stored in glass bottles, or disemboweled and dismantled, arms and legs, hung in chains and scarred, the man-eating monsters and demons tainted by the breath of hell were as pure as angels.
Fear, pain, sorrow, hatred, despair...... The small warehouse is filled with all the dark side of human nature......
"Do you see it all...... This is the darkness of the imperial capital hidden in the shadows! What their family, especially the eldest lady, is best at tricking unidentified countrymen from other places into coming here with sweet words......" Leonay leaned against the cold door of the warehouse with her hands on her full chest. The beast-like eyes looked at the blonde girl in silver armor in front of him, and then said lightly:
"These poor outsiders were drugged by them in a daze, and then suffered all kinds of inhuman torture and died. This precious human life is used to satisfy their family's perverted psychological needs! Their family, including Miss Arya, whom you want to protect, are all the goods along the way. ”
"Nope! It's not what they say it is! Leah, you have to trust me! "Alia Dead Duck is holding on hard, she is still young and she doesn't want to die yet! She still has a lot of good life to live! At this time, she tried to hold on to Artoria, the last straw.
"I had no idea there was such a place in my house! Leah, you have to trust me. I'm the one who brought you back from the cold corners to the warmth and comfort of your home! Have you forgotten that my family gave you free food and drink, and that they were going to help you get a job in the army?!! Do you believe in these notorious killers? Or believe me? ”
"Enough is enough!!" A roar suddenly erupted from Artoria's throat, startling Arya, who was chattering wildly and exculpating herself.
"Miss Arya, do I look like an idiot?" Artoria laughed to herself, she really seemed to be an idiot since she came to the imperial capital...... First, he was cheated out of all the money by the beast-eared royal sister at the door of the warehouse, and then he was stupidly brought back here by Alya, who looked like a good person.
"What about humans...... Artoria muttered to herself, "Actually, sometimes it's nothing stupid. But, after being stupid, this animal will become smarter, and she won't be stupid again, you know! Miss Alia who lied?!! ”
Green eyes looked at the purgatory-like scenes in the warehouse, Arya was the young master of the mansion, the only daughter of the rich. There's no way she's going to know everything here! Artoria was completely disheartened by the girl who was talking nonsense with her eyes open.
"Alya, I just want to ask now, did you do all this yourself? Or did you condone what the guards did? ”
"Nope! I didn't do it! It's all done by the guards! Arya hurriedly told a lie that even she couldn't believe.
"Ahem, ahem... She... She's in... Ahem, ahem... Sprinkle... Lie! In the corner of the warehouse, the voice of a weak-sounding teenager came out.
Following the source of the sound, he saw a pale young man covered in red spots, trapped in a solid cage made of fine iron. At this time, he stood reluctantly with his legs on the iron railing, his blood-red eyes looking at Arya with hatred, and he looked eager to eat her flesh alive.
"That's her...... She was the one who tricked me and Sayo back here from the outside......"
"Wait, you said Shayu?" Artoria remembered the name engraved on the back of one of the idols and asked, "What's your name?" Where is Sayo now? ”
"I... My name is Iyeas. Shayo... Sayo, she's dead, woo woo! In front of the main entrance of the warehouse over there, the black-haired girl who was hanging was Sayu. Iyeas fell to his knees weakly, two lines of shocking tears flowing from his blood-red eyes.
(Iyeas?) Sayo? Then the boy I cheated should be called Tazmi...... )
Artoria raised her head, followed the direction pointed out by Iyeas, and among the many corpses that had died miserably, she saw the corpse of a miserable girl who was naked and tortured, and the right leg of the corpse was cut off by a saw.
From the face full of scratches (cuts), it can be seen that the girl was not bad before her death, and she was a rare beauty.
"That woman! The woman!! Tortured Sayo so miserably!! But Sha You is very strong, even when she was humiliated by those guards, and when she was tortured with various torture instruments, she never opened her mouth to beg those guys for mercy once......"
A weakened Iyeas intermittently recounted the atrocities that Arya had inflicted on Sayo.
"Hahaha!" Perhaps knowing that she had no hope of being alive anymore, Arya laughed maniacally. The pretty little face that looks okay is very scary. "You're just a bunch of useless rednecks! You're pigs! Brutes like you, I can do whatever I want! Especially the black-haired woman, who is obviously a beast but has such flowing and smooth long hair, it is so arrogant! ”
"And I was still worried about my unkempt hair, and I had to use a lot of hairspray every day to take care of my hair before I could go out. So what's wrong with me teaching her a good lesson? She should also thank me, I pity her for letting those guards force her, so that she can experience what it is like to be a woman before she dies! And not even once! Ahahahaha ”
"A family of perverted sadists in the guise of good people! Red pupils, you can do it! Leona glanced at Arya, who had fallen into complete madness, in disgust.
When Akatomi pulled out the village rain in the scabbard, he was interrupted by Artoria.
"Wait a minute!"
"Do you still want to protect her?" Red Hitomi frowned, looking at Artoria who interrupted her movements with displeasure.
"Nope! I owe a guy a favor, so ...... I'll take care of her! ”
Artoria swung Caliburn expressionlessly, and aimed a sword directly at Arya's waist. A large amount of warm blood splattered out, and the body that broke into two and fell to the ground let out a terrible howl.
However, everyone present ignored Arya's last howl before she died.
(Without the slightest hesitation?) It's really decisive execution...... Leonay looked at Artoria, who turned around and walked towards Iaias, and quietly made up her mind that she wanted the girl to join the night raid.
……
"It's the late stage of Lupora's disease, this boy is hopeless, give up." The red pupil faintly looked at Iyeas, who was rescued from the iron prison by Artoria, and shook his head regretfully.
"Wow......" Iyeas, who was lying on the ground, spat out a mouthful of blood and smiled sadly: "It doesn't matter. I was content to know that the woman's family was dead. It's just a pity that I don't know how Tazmi is now, and everyone in the village...... Sayo and I haven't been able to help them yet......"
Iyeas's eyes gradually lost focus, and his right hand, full of red spots, was raised towards the ceiling above his head, as if trying to hold something in the last moments of his life.
Artoria reached out half-crouched and took Iyeas's outstretched hand. Although separated by a layer of hand armor, Iyeas could still feel the warmth transmitted from behind the hand armor.
"Thank you for helping me and Sayo get revenge......"
"My mentor, Priest Thunder's Fury, once warned me not to give up, even at the end of my life! As long as you don't give up, maybe in the next moment, a miracle will happen! Artoria's other hand was on Iyeas's chest, and she whispered an ancient otherworldly spell that Red Pupil and the others couldn't understand.
"The Light - Be with You!!"
Suddenly, the light was shining. An endless stream of defilement-dispelling radiance passed from Artoria's palms into Iyeas's body.
"How could it be ?!!!!" X4
Crimson, Leona, Mayne, and Brand watched in amazement as the light pouring from the thin iron glove into Iaias's body. The mottled red spots on Iyeas's red body seemed to be expelled by the brilliance, and they quickly dissipated little by little......
After a few moments, seeing that Iaias's breathing gradually stabilized after the unconscious, Artoria endured the dizziness in her body, reached into her arms with one hand, took out a small bottle filled with blue liquid, and drank it all in one gulp.
"Go back." Red Hitomi walked to the door and greeted Leona and the others.
"Wait a minute!" Leona ran into the warehouse, picked up the vertiginous Artoria sideways, and held her in her arms.
"Huh? Oops? Artoria's head popped up with incomprehensible question marks. What do you want? Put me down!!! ”
"You can see how many of us are attacking at night! You don't think we're going to let you go like this, do you? Leona grinned, half joking, half threatening.
"Well, that's right!" Red Pupil nodded cutely, "Kill her right here." ”
(It can't be true, but they're all killers...... Artoria's forehead broke out in a few drops of cold sweat.
"Hey, hey, red pupils. Don't say such horrible things with a serious face! Leonay's skillful knife knocked Artoria unconscious in her arms, retrieved Artoria's weapon and shield, and Brand carried Iaias from her sleep.
"Leonay, what do you want to do?" Red Hitomi asked, looking at the blonde girl in Leona's arms.
"Isn't there always a shortage of manpower in our base, and she's good. And it's also a replies, which is super in line with our requirements! Leonay tightened the blonde girl in her arms, and jumped into the air with the silk thread that Lubbo had controlled.
At night, a group of guards who had evaded the patrol of the imperial capital went out of the city smoothly......