Knight 'n Gale

Chapter 18

"Go to hell!" Hill scoffed as he glowered towards Alexander as his pride wouldn't allow him to follow the Prince just like that.

Indifferent to Hill's impudence, the Crown Prince then took his sweet time by sitting on a soft chair prepared by an elven servant, even pouring himself a warm cup of tea which god knows where he got it from (probably from the ever so ready butler of his).

"Ah!" After a moment of silence, Alexander suddenly exclaimed. "I forgot to mention."

Startled, Hill suddenly glanced up at the Prince.

"Just so you know, I can extract information through you since I have some methods of torture in mind." He innocently uttered the words as if he's recalling something trivial. "There's quite a lot, actually."

"I can tie you up the tree and pour a sack of nether ants on you."

"Or maybe I could give you small, deep wounds before splashing you with apple cider? Wait, isn't that wasteful? Maybe salt will do? But salt is valuable as well..."

"I can also pull your teeth and finger nails. Maybe take your eyeballs out?"

"No, that was quite messy. I might as well shock you with a little bit of lightning, yes?

"Or how about I let some wolf bees have a fiest on you? Don't worry, I'll let some priest heal you from time to time so you won't die."

As they heard those words, black lines formed on everyone's forehead.

Nether Ants? Those ants were as big as a finger and could suck it's victim's blood dry while its feet causes deep wounds and immense pain wherever it touches.

Wolf bees? It was worse than the nether ants! They could eat not only the flesh but also the bones of humans and animals!

Not to mention the other methods, all of these were cruel and causes insurmountable pain without killing the other party.

"The heck? This Prince doesn't really mean that, did he?" Cedar gulped.

Then again, he realized that this Prince might just do as he said. He's someone who does what he wish and nobody would be able to stop him.

On the other hand, cold sweat formed at Hill's back as he couldn't help but imagine every single method of torture that was coming out from Alexander's mouth.

The other mages and magicians who were captured with Hill were also shivering from terror as they listened. Who knew that this Prince wasn't only a dandy, but also possesses a strange interest? This Prince definitely has some loose screws in his head!

Alexander continued going through on how he would torture Hill just to get a confession. He even gave a vivid and detailed description on some of it that a few lower ranked magicians started to speak.

"Your Highness! Please spare me!"

"I am only following orders! Please, I beg you! Save me!"

"Your Highness! I didn't know who his master was, but I saw some officials visit our tower regularly!

"I saw him talking with Earl Saliwant!"

"Duke Darham was also visiting the tower quite often these days!"

"I heard that it wasn't only the northern tower!"

One after another, they pleaded and revealed the names of nobles that were most probably involved.

Hill then glared at them as he still refuses to talk.

Alexander watched them with an indifferent look but his being still exuded an authoritative aura of a true monarch.

"So? Will you keep your mouth shut and then die, or will you divulge everything you know and live?"

"You will never get the answer from me." Hill looked straight at Alecander's eyes. "I'd rather die by my own hands than to let you have your way!"

As he shouted out, he laughed out loud in a frenzied manner.

"Shit!" Yrhan suddenly cursed as his mind jolted, realizing something.

But before he could even say a word, a dark shadow went past his shoulders, straight to Hill's position.

As Hill was about to swallow something that was inside his mouth in all these time, a hand suddenly held his mouth open and two of its fingers dug deep inside his mouth, gauging something from within.

A few moments later, a small crimson orb was retrieved from Hill.

"You sure are clever in preparing a poison in case you get caught." A purple-cladded man with a seaweed like hair held the orb in his hand with a disgusted expression.

He then turned to the Prince. "Your Highness, I expect you to reward me handsomely for doing this... ew... dirty work."

Alexander chuckled as he nodded. "Alright."

However, right at this point, Gale couldn't help but to gawk at the person in front.

"Holy... Johnny Depp?!"

(...aaaaand after centuries, I had managed to update. whew! Now that JD has finally appeared, I can sleep at peace. lol. Thanks for reading! Will update on Thursday!)