Chapter 36 The Betrayer(1/2)
With Jacqueline's mediation, the tension between the two sides barely eased, and the battle did not break out.
Jacqueline proved that Donald did cooperate with the craftsmen. They just arrived in Corta a few days ago and saved the priest on the road, which helped Donald and others to clear away a lot of suspicions.
Of course, there are also Donald's concerns about Julia's presence and worry about the reasons for hurting her. There are also the apostles of the Crafts and Forging Cults who know that they are defeated. If you want to find a way out, who wants to die if you can live?
After all, Corta is not Demingham, and the temple of the Crafts and Forging Sect is not here. There is no guardian of the dominant powerhouses. If the three awakening levels really make a fuss, Corta's current situation is really unbearable.
"I just want to get my things back. Everything else is easy to say. I can share with you the contents of the inscriptions that were left outside to ensure the safety of the things... I have only one condition. I want to participate in your actions. You must also share information with me. Don't rush to refuse. The three of us are all awakening. We just smashed a blood clan castle near Beiruye. You can verify that our combat power can definitely help you do a lot of things."
The failure of the battle does not mean that Donald can cooperate with these big guys and look directly at Jacqueline. Judging from her previous performance, she still has a certain say here.
"Wait a minute, we need to discuss it."
Although Jacqueline wanted to agree at once, this was Corta, and most of the information was controlled by the apostles of the Crafts and Forging Sects beside her, so she couldn't speak directly.
Several people gathered in the utility room on the first floor of the workshop to discuss.
"I object, I can't believe these strange disciples, Knight Jacqueline. You should also understand how serious the situation is. Our sect's reputation in Corta all depends on the truth of this matter. The content drawn on this drawing is obviously the batch of guns we have been pursuing recently, and these books... Someone mentioned to me that there were people who had betrayed their faith in the sect. I still have some doubts. It seems that it is true now!"
Holding the drawings in his hand, he knew that his emotions were a little sensitive recently and his reaction to any external emergencies was even excessive, but this was largely because he was under too much pressure.
"According to their words, they had cleared the Vampire Castle in the mountains near Beiruye a few weeks ago. If this was true, then it would be impossible for them to commit a crime in Corta after a few days. Captain, I apply to go back now to check the actions of those people just now."
Jacqueline wanted to speak, and an apostle next to her said directly that his opinion was contrary to his captain.
"Francis, you..."
The captain looked at the young man he called Francis with a strange expression. The act of refuting opinions was fine, but if this person remembered correctly, he used to be more harsh than himself. Now he has taken the initiative to consider letting them participate in the action.
"I think it is feasible. Just as the gentleman said just now, if these three people can become our helpers, their combat power will undoubtedly provide us with a lot of assistance. Captain Luther, aren't you also saying that the situation is serious now? Do you want to watch Corta's problem continue to spread? I can be responsible for communicating these people... In fact, what they gave to the craftsman is an unfinished space ring, which I saw with my own eyes, so they are so nervous and irritable. Can you understand?"
Jacqueline finally chose to tell the story of the space ring, which undoubtedly increased the credibility of Donald and others. If they were ill-intentioned, there was no need to use the space ring as bait, right?
"Well...well, I agree to cooperate for the time being, Francis, go back and verify what they said, use the communication array within the sect, and be fast."
The space ring is still large enough. Captain Luther said after a brief thought,
"If they do any abnormal behavior, I will immediately stop the action. Although it is necessary to use extraordinary methods in extraordinary times, it does not mean that we have to abandon principles and make compromises."
"Then I'll leave first."
After receiving the approval, Francis left the utility room directly. After going out, he glanced at Donald and the others gathered next to him, and his pace continued to speed up.
When I arrived at the door, I found a girl holding a long sword waiting for him outside.
"You are so anxious, where do you want to go?"
Donald's voice sounded behind him, Anthony beside him looked up and down the man, turned his head and told Donald the result with his eyes.
"I want the Islamic sect to verify what the Islamic sect said just now. This is to confirm your identities. What does your priest mean?"
Looking at the girl in front of her, Francis dodged his eyes and gritted his teeth and continued.
"Verify our identity...is a good excuse to leave, but before that, I have a question to ask you, where did you go yesterday morning?"
Donald narrowed his eyes and approached him.
"What do you strange disciples want to do? This is Corta, not the lawless place where you once lived!"
The voice was deliberately amplified. As expected, the few people who were discussing in the utility room immediately pushed the door and walked out, looking at them in confusion.
"Captain Luther, I want to verify their identity, but they stopped me. I suspect that the matter of destroying the Vampire Castle was fabricated and deceived us by what these people just said!
As soon as Francis said this, Luther, who was already hostile to Donald and his group, immediately frowned. Compared to these outsiders, he naturally believed in his team members more.
"You are really good at biting back, but can you answer my previous question first, where are you today? Why do you appear among the people who sneaked into the workshop in the image recorded by the reconnaissance eye?"
That's right, Anthony just saw clearly that late last night or early morning, a team sneaked in from the back door of the workshop. One of them looked at least eighty-point similar to the person who was eager to leave now.
If Anthony was a little confused before, but now seeing this person being prepared to leave early, it would be said that he would definitely win.
"I don't understand what you are talking about."
Naturally, it is impossible to admit it at this time.
"Okay, you don't understand, so I'll explain it to you. I came to craftsmen three days ago to create objects. Because it is very important to me, so before leaving, I arranged a secondary inscription in four directions around the house that can record all the images of everything that happened around me within a certain period of time - the reconnaissance eye. Are you very upset and regretted that I didn't expect to check the situation around the workshop at that time?"
Donald said without any haste. Rather than explaining to Francis, it is better to let the people next to him understand.
So everyone's eyes turned to Frances.
"I was sleeping at home early yesterday morning. What you said was recorded by the reconnaissance eye... Just by opening your mouth, isn't it just what you want to say?"
He could only hope that their inscriptions were one-time and could not be viewed repeatedly after reading them.
"Yes, you, since you said you had recorded the image, can you take it out directly?"
"Of course there is no problem. The reconnaissance eye is at the back door of the workshop. You can call out the contents inside at any time. This gentleman, go and take a look with us. If you admit your mistake, I will not only apologize in front of you, but also give you 100 pounds of compensation!"
Donald glanced at Anthony and nodded in a slight magnitude. Anthony immediately retracted his steps that were about to take and turned his body to the position of Francis.
"Captain Luther, are you just watching these foreign disciples slander me?"
Francis looked at Luther, but the latter avoided his eyes. Luther did not think that Donald and others would make up meaningless lies to deceive him at this time. His personality is indeed a bit radical, but that doesn't mean he is a fool.
"Francis, it's just a confrontation. As long as you prove your innocence, we will let that gentleman fulfill his promise...what are you worried about?"
Captain Luther was not convenient to question his players, but Jacqueline didn't have so many restrictions and asked directly.
"This is simply unreasonable. I, Francis, can swear to the King of Blacksmiths, that I absolutely have no... earth wave!"
He raised his hand as if he was proclaiming his loyalty to his faith, but the next second he suddenly slapped his palm towards the ground, and the ground around him suddenly raised, like a wave suddenly pushing towards the surroundings.
When will you not leave now?
However, Francis could not help but underestimate Donald, who had been prepared. Lilo didn't care about these earth waves at all. She didn't even pull out the long sword. She trembled the soil layers back with a burst of momentum.
Bigby attacks the palm!
Donald did not give any chance. The Bigby's strong attack palm used by energy-shaping talent was no longer just a simple forward push, but rushed directly into the earth waves and grabbed Francis who wanted to take the opportunity to escape.
Anthony, who had already run halfway, stopped at the same time.
"Why, I still want to run away in front of so many people?"
Throwing the person directly on the ground in the middle of the workshop, everyone immediately surrounded him.
"Francis, why do you do this?"
Luther looked at his team members in disbelief. Francis's escape just now was enough to prove that what Donald said before was true. He participated in the murder!
There was no response. Francis, who knew he could no longer escape, just sat on the ground and did not look at the people around him.
"Haha, it seems like a tough guy. How many of you, the treasures that are related to me... don't mind me interrogating him?"
Donald swept around the people in front of him without any objection. From the moment Francis betrayed, there was no longer any companions here. He nodded with satisfaction and turned his head to look at Lilo.
A dead spirit of the dead can soften all the hard bones. Obviously, Francis is not a person who is ready to die.
"It was the robbers who instructed me to do this. They said that as long as I took them here, I would give me a considerable reward..."
"Lie! He didn't tell the truth!"
Stephanie directly interrupted Francis's speech, and with Francis' current state, she could not resist her talent investigation.
“It seems that the lesson is not enough…”
Donald stopped holding back, his mental power controlled Francis' hands, floating in front of him, and then said,
"I'll give you 10 seconds to answer my questions."
“1!”
The nails on the thumb of the right hand were forced out of the flesh on the fingertips by mental power.
Donald has never liked this kind of torture method, but today he really doesn't have the patience to reason with Mr. Francis.
"Ah~ I really don't know, I..."
“2!”
This time it was the index finger of the right hand.
"Wait, you wait a little longer, I will..."
“3!”
The middle finger of the right hand.
Ten fingers connected to the heart, and this was the third piece of nail. Francis was curled up in pain on the ground, but his hands were still raised in the air.
Donald stood in front of him, just lowering his eyes, the coldness in his eyes was clearly visible.
“4!”
Right ring finger.
"I said...I said!"
“5…When will you finish speaking, when will I stop.”
At this point, the fingertips of his right hand were covered in blood. When the people next to him listened to Francis' wailing, Julia turned around under Stephanie's care.
"Francis, who betrays his faith, should be punished by the most severe punishment in the world, and you should know very clearly this one of the teachings."
To be continued...