After Tia hurried off to the Law Enforcement Bureau, Truth quietly activated her high-level Eleventh Rank Sin-Concealment skill, “Mirror of Illusions,” covering the entire cathedral.
Unless the Goddess of Life descended in person, She would not detect any abnormalities here.
The Mirror of Illusions could deceive the Goddess of Life’s detection, making Her believe nothing was happening here and everything was perfectly normal.
At most, She could only locate Truth’s position through the Saint’s Bracelet, but since Truth was staying put in the cathedral, there wasn’t much need for peeping anyway.
Truth also applied this skill to the interior of the Mist Core.
‘Right, while Vieno hasn’t left the Mist yet, I’ll just have her go capture that Sixth Rank Blasphemer.’
Truth connected her thoughts to the Mist, locating Vieno at a secluded pond in the western part of the Mist, still tending to her wounds.
After all, a Second Rank Priest like Truth couldn’t heal wounds inflicted by an Eleventh Rank Blood Demon version of herself.
That backstab with her claw had directly shattered Vieno’s wing.
Combined with the Blood Demon’s various passive effects like “Bleeding” and “Infection,” Vieno had used a bunch of high-rank potions just to barely stabilize her health bar… and that was with Truth holding back slightly…
“Hiss… The Hermit’s strike nearly took half my life. I probably won’t be able to fly for over a month.” Vieno tried to clean the bloodstains from her clothes by the pond’s edge.
Suddenly, a thought transmitted itself into Vieno’s mind without warning. It was the Voice of Truth:
“Predecessor Vieno, there’s a Sixth Rank Blasphemer causing trouble in Deya City. My people can’t handle it. Please do me a small favor and capture that Sixth Rank Blasphemer.”
……
Approximately half an hour later, under the lead of Chief Koster of the Law Enforcement Bureau and Tia, over a dozen Enforcers escorted three Blasphemers to the rear of the Church of the Goddess of Life.
“Holy Maiden, please.” After tying the three Blasphemers to chairs, Koster addressed Truth:
“Do you need our assistance? These three are stubborn, refusing to yield to either soft or hard methods. Without a professional interrogator to handle them, they probably won’t tell us anything anytime soon.”
“It’s fine. I just want to ask a few simple questions. All of you, please step outside and wait for a moment.”
Truth waved her hand, signaling everyone, including Tia, to leave temporarily, leaving only herself and the three Blasphemers in the room.
“Hmm…”
Under the hostile stares of the three Blasphemers, Truth stroked her chin and circled them once, asking with confusion:
“How dare you cause trouble at such a low rank?”
“Hmph! If a little brat whose feathers haven’t even grown in can become a Saintess!” one of the Blasphemers, a Third Rank with a gloomy face, retorted mockingly.
So this is what the legendary Saintess looks like? He thought she’d be more holy, but she’s just a kid!
Maybe he could think of a way to capture her and take her back to Wangsheng City. That would be a huge accomplishment!
In response, Truth slowly walked up to stand in front of this Third Rank Blasphemer. She looked at him expressionlessly and asked softly:
“Then, do you think I’m cute?”
“Why ask that suddenly? Cute… you certainly are, wait, no!” The Third Rank Blasphemer seemed to realize something and gritted his teeth, replying fiercely:
“You, a lackey of the gods, are utterly disgusting!”
Phew, I almost fell for a honey trap!
The Third Rank Blasphemer took a deep breath. Everyone knew the Saintess was gentle and kind, so her interrogation method was definitely that psychological sympathy tactic.
Using lines like “You must be very tired today” or “You must have suffered a lot during this time,” paired with that harmless little face, to gradually gain his trust and extract information.
Heh, good thing I’ve received professional training. I reacted in time and didn’t fall for it!
“I won’t tell you anything!”
The Third Rank Blasphemer replied triumphantly. His two companions beside him also looked at Truth with mocking expressions.
After all, the Saintess couldn’t do anything to them. Plus, this was the Church of the Goddess of Life.
Wasn’t your Goddess of Life famous for loving all people? Go ahead, try to kill us here if you dare!
“Ara… You’re the first person since I came to this world to call me disgusting.” Truth slowly raised her right hand and began gently stroking the Third Rank Blasphemer’s face:
“What should I do? I don’t really like that answer. I’m clearly so cute…”
Truth’s hand, which was lightly stroking the Blasphemer’s face, began to move upward. Her thumb gradually approached the eyelashes of his left eye:
“But why in your eyes am I… disgusting? Perhaps there’s something wrong with your eyes. I can help you fix them a little…”
“Wait, what are you trying to do?!”
Looking at Truth’s utterly expressionless face, the Third Rank Blasphemer felt a great sense of foreboding.
He had a feeling this Ninth Saintess’s next actions would be… far beyond their imagination.
Thump!
Without hesitation, Truth’s right thumb steadily, forcefully, plunged into the Third Rank Blasphemer’s left eye. His entire body shuddered first, followed by intense pain radiating from his left eye throughout his whole being:
“AAAAAAAHHHH!!!”
The Third Rank Blasphemer’s agonized screams continuously echoed in the back of the cathedral.
However, under the effect of Truth’s Mirror of Illusions, the Enforcers outside heard nothing.
Only the other two Blasphemers beside him were instantly terrified, their faces turning pale.
The two watched as the Ninth Saintess, renowned for her gentleness and kindness, used her hand to brutally pierce through their companion’s left eyeball.
Blood continuously dripped from the mangled eye socket onto the floor, while his whole body trembled so violently the chair beneath him nearly shook apart:
“No, no, no! AAAAHHH!!!”
After this continued for nearly ten seconds, Truth took a step back and released the Third Rank Blasphemer.
Her right palm was covered in blood, yet her expression remained calm, as if she had just done something utterly ordinary.
The Third Rank Blasphemer was in so much pain he was nearly unconscious. Even breathing was extremely difficult now.
Is she really a Saintess?! The Third Rank Blasphemer never imagined that falling into the hands of the Ninth Saintess would subject him to torture more terrifying than that of an interrogator.
And this was only the beginning…
“Next is the other eye.” Truth used the cutest voice to utter words that nearly made the three present wet themselves in fear.
“W-wait! Hold on!” The Third Rank Blasphemer forced himself to endure the pain, asking tremulously:
“What do you want? What exactly do you want to do?!”
If it’s an interrogation, you have to ask questions first, right? You’re not asking anything, just starting with torture right away. What’s the point?!
“I don’t want to do anything. I just simply want to play with you all. Weren’t you going to wait until the interrogator arrived before cooperating? Well, today I have a whole day to spend with you.”
Truth extended her left hand and began stroking the Third Rank Blasphemer’s right cheek.
Immediately, the Mist Healing Art began emanating from her palm, starting to heal his injury:
“As long as you don’t die, everything’s fine. And don’t forget, I’m a Priest. No matter how we play from now on, I’ll keep you alive.”
“You… you… demon!”
The Third Rank Blasphemer desperately wanted to break free from Truth’s healing spell, but it was useless. He didn’t know what Truth would do to him next.
He only knew that from now until the interrogator arrived in Deya City, he would experience hellish torment…
“You hypocritical, utterly evil lackey of the gods! Just you wait! On the way here, I left clues. Soon my Captain will find this place. Let me tell you, he alone is enough to slaughter the entire Deya City!
When that time comes, everything you’ve done to me, I will repay a hundredfold!”
Fear to the extreme turns into rage. This saying was demonstrated perfectly in the Third Rank Blasphemer.
Captain? Truth pondered for a moment. That should be the Sixth Rank Blasphemer Tia mentioned.
It seemed the scale of these Blasphemers was similar to the group she killed last time hiding in the giant rock—a captain with some decent strength leading his underlings to cause trouble…
“Hey, you! Who are you? Halt, don’t come any closer!”
“Um, I’m looking for the Holy Maiden.”
“The Holy Maiden is currently unavailable. You should go back… Wait, who are you dragging? Is that a dead person?!”
“Prepare for battle!”…
At that moment, a commotion from outside caught the attention of Truth and the Blasphemers. The latter were stunned for a moment, then began laughing excitedly:
“Hahaha! Our Captain has come to save us!”
“Ninth Saintess, you’re finished! The Demon Hunters have been lured away. No one can save you now!”
The Blasphemer with one eye gouged out also sneered coldly:
“I heard every Saintess has a personal Ninth Rank Dark Guard. But according to our intelligence, your Dark Guard shouldn’t be by your side right now, should she?”
“Oh?” After catching the scent of the newcomer outside, Truth was intrigued by the Third Rank Blasphemer’s words.
Not simple. These people actually know who my Dark Guard is and that she’s not by my side. They have some skills…
But only ‘some.’ The next second, Truth connected her thoughts to Tia outside:
“Tia, let that person in. I called her here.”
Soon after, accompanied by the mockery of the three Blasphemers, the cathedral’s back door creaked open with a squeak. A slender figure wearing a hood walked in, bending slightly.
At first glance, they seemed very ordinary. However, this person was dragging a corpse behind them!
The corpse’s skin was extremely pale, and the shock of its final moment was still frozen on its face.
Even more horrifying was the fist-sized hole in the corpse’s chest, penetrating straight through from front to back!
“I’m truly very sorry, Holy Maiden!” Vieno pointed at the corpse behind her, speaking somewhat apologetically:
“Xiao Cai was chasing this guy and didn’t hold back her strength. She accidentally pierced through his chest and killed him on impact…”