Blood of Mercury

closed space. It seems that there are at most ten square meters, and it is too small to be a warehouse.

There is no daylight in a completely sealed space, and dim candlelight is the only light source in this space.

Because there was no natural light, Roland had no way of knowing how long he had been in a coma after being depleted by Keystone.

In addition to the candles on the candlestick that were about to burn out, there were also four candles that had just been lit for a while, and were placed open by a nasty line, so they were directly nailed to the table.

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

Across the long table, a total of four people looked at Roland.

Staring intently at the row of candles in front of him, Esther, whose five fingers on his right hand swayed on the candles like plucking strings, was staring at Ai Lu, whose eyes were full of apology and worry. Cardo, and two very serious wizards sitting at opposite ends of the table, wearing red robes unique to the Waste Bureau.

Roland raised his eyebrows.

"Hey, where are you playing cards?"

"...Ha, you guys are calm."

"That's how good my mentality is. I'm the man who wants to be the Pope."

"Lord Roland, don't make such a joke—"

"Okay, Elucado, I understand I understand."

Although it is not clear what kind of predicament he is in, Roland said that he is not very polite.

Seeing these two red-robed wizards with their bodies stiffened, their eyes half-open and half-closed, and their pupils dull and enlarged, Roland knew exactly what happened before.

That's obviously the feature of Esther's "lie" origin in effect.

Once you pass the save, you can tamper with other people's five senses at will, and you can even transplant or erase the terrible ability of memory.

Only when the perception exceeds 20 points, can the sixth sense be used to detect abnormalities in Esther's lies. This is why Roland has always been vigilant against Esther.

When he and Elucado were fighting so loudly, Esther must have been watching from not far away.

But probably because of some kind of bad taste, Esther didn't take him away after he first discovered Roland who was in a coma. Silently—perhaps happily watching Roland was captured as a trophy by the late-arriving clerk of the Waste Bureau, and thrown into the torture room to prepare a confession by torture.

No, it is not accurate to say that it was captured alive. In terms of the risk of this job. It's almost like picking up dead bodies in a bar.

But to Roland's relief, when the two wizards had just tied themselves up and hadn't had time to wake them up, Esther brought the sober Elucado over to control them both. . tossed aside.

"Let's say, even if you didn't come here, I wouldn't be afraid of these two idiots."

Roland said boldly.

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

I saw various types of skinning knives and various types of scalpels. The barbed whip, the hideous machete and the beheading sword hung on the wall with fresh blood, and the blood was still dripping.

But Roland could smell it a little. There was no gloomy feeling of perennial torture in this room at all, and there was no thick **** smell like wax plaster soaked into the wooden structure.

No one has been tortured, but it is still full of blood - what else could it be if it wasn't just made?

To take a step back, under normal circumstances, how can such exquisite torture instruments that are three times more expensive than those on the market hang up without wiping them after they are used up?

Moreover, such a type of torture device is basically not threatening when facing veterans.

What Roland said before was not bragging, he was serious.

What about the jaw crusher? What about the finger clipper? What about the needles? What about pliers?

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

And the machete and the decapitation sword... When do you need such a big guy in the knowledge of interrogation?

Even the death penalty. In Banza, who is famous for torture, he has also used new and interesting things for a long time.

After their routine caesarean section, salted and ravaged, they would attach double-ring chains to their guts, then tie them to the prisoners' shackles, shouting that they would roll out like bowling balls.

If the prisoner can't keep up with his shackles in time, his internal organs will be pulled out of the body; and even if he keeps up with the shackles, he will experience unspeakable great pain under the rolling of the chains connecting his internal organs.

There is much more to this cruel torture. The Queen of Bansa is notoriously fond of watching executions. After Roland had seen that level of punishment, the mere skinning had done nothing wrong.

Anyway, Roland can instantly heal his injuries, and he can turn off the pain at any time. They were probably panting on Roland for a long time. Then Roland felt that he didn't say anything, and a single prayer could heal all his injuries.

In the absence of pain and death, most of the punishments have lost their meaning to Roland.

"Don't mention that, Esther...Tell me first. How far is the plan now?"

"It can end at any time. And you've made a lot of noise, I suggest closing the net as soon as possible."

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

"It's already a lot. My own calculation results are 150%."

"That's the profit of taking the money and fleeing immediately." Once the topic of the professional field was talked about, Esther's expression became much more serious, "We can drag it on for a while, but we can't get in - it can earn money again. A lot."

"But that raises the risk a lot."

"It doesn't matter... Anyway, isn't your purpose to be discovered?"

A gentle smile appeared on Esther's face.

But this smile almost turned into a naked mockery in Roland's eyes.

But after thinking for a while, Roland nodded: "You are right. Just do as you say."

"Don't worry, for Elucado's sake, I will do my best for you."

"Ha. You don't have to remind me."

A sarcastic look appeared on Roland's face: "I understand what you mean. We are all smart people, just click on it and stop... It's ugly to tear your face off."

"It makes sense. But then again, our wise Roland, when are you going to get out of here?"

Esther stood up calmly, looked down at Roland who was chained to the cross, and showed a broad smile.

But as he expected, Roland shook his head.

"—I don't plan to go out from here for the time being."

"Oh?"

"Avoiding the eyes and ears of the gods is one reason... Another reason is that the White Tower collapsed much earlier than expected. At the beginning of the turmoil, a mere liar who swindled money was not worthy of the public execution of capital punishment with great fanfare. "

Roland said in a deep voice: "Orlando has to have a new crime to carry people's hatred. I think the crime of turning a quarter of the laboratory of the White Tower into ashes is good. Or do you think that opening the White Tower from the inside is a good crime. The charge of enchantment sounds more majestic?"

"...you really know how to play."

"Each each other."

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

"Remember, Esther - come here immediately after transferring the money and exchange 'Orlando' status with me~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I have to deal with something."

"Why don't you go now?"

"Heh... I don't have the confidence to avoid the waste bureau's surveillance all the time. But if it's Esther, it's fine, right? So, now you get out of here with Elucado and those two idiots, by the way. Someone smarter here to take care of me...I mean the kind of guy who's dead and no one suspects—you know what I mean."

"Ah, of course."

Esther gave Roland a determined look, raised his eyebrows, and waved to extinguish all the candles. Then he opened the sealed door with Elucado who said nothing and the two dull-looking wizards and went out.

Just before the candle went out, Roland's pupils shrank slightly.

He seemed to see that at the moment when the candlelight disappeared... the shape of the candlestick dragged out of the wall seemed to be a little wrong. (To be continued.)

PS: In the future, everyone will not have to wait after midnight... That means that the mother has collapsed again and our full attendance has lost QAQ.