In the dimly lit dungeon, the firelight reflected the hanging figures on the walls like a forked tree.

There was no struggle, no cries or begs for mercy, only when the whip staggered with it, the black shadow shook twice by inertia, and at the same time a low snort sounded.

But the snort was soon drowned out by the next whiplash.

"Smack!"

"Smack!"

The swaying of figures and the flickering light of the fire overlapped, and the dull sound of whipping seemed to be the only sound in the silent dungeon.

It wasn't until more than ten lashes later that Count Lorenzo spoke, "That's enough, stop!"

"Yes. The executioner hurriedly retreated.

The back of the woman hanging from the torture rack was already scarlet, and the criss-crossing whip marks were both new and old, and it was obviously not the first time she had been tortured. Judging from the tip of her nose and her arms, which were sweating a little, such pain was not useless, but the other party used willpower to suppress all the cries into her heart.

"Why, aren't you going to tell the whereabouts of the Holy Scriptures?" he walked up to the woman, reached out and clasped her chin, and forcibly lifted her face—a rare beauty among the Inquisitors, even if they were tortured in prison, they did not tarnish her much. In other words, in the flickering firelight, her sweaty skin and equally flickering eyes added a touch of color to it. "The church is finished, Farina, how long will you want to oppose me?

This group of damned bereaved dogs, Lorenzo thought with hatred in his heart, the wolf's heart is obviously so big, he has to get along with the Grand Duke Island, isn't his attitude of executing those envoys clear enough? With a group of divine punishment warriors in hand, as long as he doesn't provoke the Gray Castle, where can he find a place to live a free life, and he actually wants to murder him? If it weren't for the fact that he had kept an eye on the first place, and asked for a few more people from His Majesty Mayne, I am afraid that his head would have been hung on the city wall by now.

Thinking of this, his missing left ear ached again.

When the two Divine Punishment armies were fighting that day, the sword that almost cut his neck was cut by Farina. Fortunately, she was close to exhaustion, and her sword momentum was interfered with by her men, and she finally cut off only half of his ear.

If he only suffered a little external injury, what made Lorenzo even more angry was that the twenty or so divine punishment warriors he had managed to save were still two or three people who could still move, and the rest were either reimbursed in a death match, or they lacked arms and legs, and it was almost impossible to use them to fight again.

This is the capital he occupies on Dagong Island!

The wolf-hearted nobles didn't settle accounts with him, not because he changed his appearance and changed from a bishop to a nobleman, but because of his limited strength, he didn't dare to act rashly before the divine punishment of the warriors. If this news leaks, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to sit firmly in the position of earl.

Lorenzo was eager to slash the other party with a thousand knives to vent his hatred.

But he couldn't.

- Before the whereabouts of the Holy Book were known.

"I don't know if the church is finished, but you are definitely finished...... No, Count Lorenzo, I should have called you a traitor. After a long while, Falina whispered, "It's my fault that you don't have enough Divine Punishment Warriors, but you don't have a few left, right?" You want to know the secret of the papal lineage, the method of making the Divine Punishment Army, to maintain your poor position-"

"Smack!"

A crisp slap interrupted her sarcasm.

"Since you know what I want, tell me honestly!" Lorenzo gritted his teeth, "I'll ask again, where is the holy text?"

A trail of blood trickled from the corner of Farina's mouth, "I don't know......"

"That's a pity," the count said, looking at the executioner, "cut off a leg for me, anyone, and I'll make this slut's companion ......."

"Don't act," said Farina, though weak, with sarcasm in her tone, "remember the finger you sent me last time? The blood is clotted and discolored, and you still want to threaten me with it? It seems that the bishop's life is so easy that you have forgotten the difference between the living and the dead—they were cut off from corpses, right? You killed them long ago, traitor!"

Lorenzo's face sank.

"And I'm not even the acting pope, so how could I have come into contact with the Holy Scriptures?Mistress Tucker Thor may have known, but he never mentioned it to me, so no one in this world will ever know how to raise a punishable army. ”

"You're lying!" he said with a grim face, "didn't Tucker Thor ask you to come to Wolfheart, to rebuild the Church and avenge Hermes, and if there is no Holy Canon, why should the Church fight against the Grey Keep?"

"Heh......" Falina laughed out loud, "There is no way to fight against the Grey Keep with the Divine Punishment Army, the Acting Pope just wants to save everyone's lives and let the rest of the people live in peace." ”

"Ridiculous! Do you think I'll believe it?" roared the Earl, "why attack Grand Duke Island when it's for the rest of your life? It's ridiculous that Tucker has handed over all the Divine Punishment Warriors to you, and you say he just wants you to live well!"

"You can't help it if you don't believe it, it's the way it is," Farina said disapprerovingly, "I want to tell you one more thing—if you didn't kill those messengers at first, but instead refused with good words, we wouldn't have to be on Grand Duke Island." But you made the worst choice, you must know that what I hate the most is a two-faced traitor!"

"You ......"

"You have betrayed the trust of Oberline, and you do not deserve to enjoy the rest of your life that Mistress Tucker Thor sacrificed himself for. "It's a shame that I didn't kill you with my own hands, but sooner or later the wolf-hearted nobles will find out about your bluff - even if you take off the cloak of the Holy City, you will never be one of their kind!

Lorenzo took a deep breath and tried his best to calm the anger in his heart, "You provoked me so much because you wanted me to kill you so as not to leak the news of the Holy Scriptures, don't you?" You must know that not only are there the materials accumulated during the sweep of the wolf's heart, but also a large pile of torture instruments - used to torture witches. I wonder how much better you can do than those degenerates?"

He glanced at the other party's dangling bare feet, "I think it starts with the toenails...... When you pull them off piece by piece, hopefully you'll be able to stick to your previous answer. ”

......

After returning to the castle hall, the Count could no longer hold back his anger and swept the tea set on the table to the ground!

Damn, shit, damn Farina!

Although he was full of confidence, God knows how long she can hold out as long as she is from the Inquisitor, these iron cans usually do not enter oil and salt, and it may not be so easy to pry her mouth open.

The Grand Duke Island cannot suddenly close its shipping routes and ban trade, which will only arouse the suspicion of all forces, and if the status quo is maintained, those merchants are the best eyeliner for the nobles. He desperately needed the force to fill the gap in the Divine Punishment Army, before it was too bad to be undone!

And the key clue is in the hands of a man who wants to get rid of him as soon as possible.

It's hateful!

Just then, one of his butlers walked in, "My lord, I recently heard interesting news-"

"No, I'm not in the mood!" Lorenzo interrupted rudely.

The butler looked at the fragments of the vessel on the ground and said patiently, "It may be able to help you in your current troubles." ”

"What?" he jerked his head up, "Tell me?"

Since he proclaimed himself an earl and took Grand Duke Island as his territory, the followers and followers of him have also become members of the "family", and this butler named Hagrid is one of his cronies, who once served as a council priest, and does have a few ideas, "The Dawn border seems to be uneasy lately, as if it is planning to go deeper into the cage mountain again." ”

"What does that have to do with us?" Lorenzo frowned, "No matter which side of the lord occupies Cage Mountain, Grand Duke Island will not gain any benefit. ”

"It's not the incident itself, it's the person who led the incident......," Hagrid paused, "My lord, I've heard that it's the King of the Grey Keep who wants to enter Cage Mountain. ”