“Speak. Who sent you here?”
Liyakade pressed one hand on Lei Ke Si’s shoulder from behind, then stepped onto his knee, forcing his half-kneeling body into a full kneel on the ground.
Of course, Liyakade didn’t use too much force with that step.
If she had, Lei Ke Si’s leg would probably have been completely crippled.
Although Liyakade could vaguely guess from the aura that these were sent by Vidar, she still wanted a definite answer to avoid wronging an innocent person.
Lei Ke Si was terrified by Liyakade.
The continuous pain made him soberly realize that this was not a dream.
They had all misjudged Liyakade’s strength.
She was not the flower vase they imagined, but just as Field said, someone who could stand on equal footing with her, possessing the same status and comparable strength.
“Speak quickly!”
Seeing that Lei Ke Si remained silent, Liyakade increased the force in her hand, causing him to cry out in pain again.
“I’ll talk! I’ll talk! It’s… it’s Lord Walter who sent us…”
“Walter?”
Liyakade raised an eyebrow and lessened the force in her hand.
When Lei Ke Si said Walter, Liyakade thought it was actually possible.
After all, they had just clashed with Walter, not only thoroughly slapping his face but also putting him in an awkward position.
It was natural for Walter to hold a grudge against them, and it made logical sense.
Furthermore, Walter was a noble, and a face-loving one at that.
It was common to retaliate for such matters.
As a noble, it was normal for Walter to have some Dark Guards hidden in the caravan.
If Liyakade couldn’t distinguish between humans by their aura, she might have actually believed Lei Ke Si’s words.
“Oh? Betraying your master so easily? You really are an ungrateful wretch.”
Liyakade mocked Lei Ke Si as she released her hand from his shoulder.
“Th-thank you, my lady, for sparing my life…”
Feeling Liyakade let go, Lei Ke Si thought she believed him and decided to let him go, so he quickly kept kneeling and flatteringly thanked her.
But the next second, Lei Ke Si felt a surge in his stomach.
Liyakade stepped forward and kicked him in the stomach.
Lei Ke Si couldn’t speak for a moment and fell to the ground in pain, convulsing.
“You said Walter sent you. Fine then. Quickly tell me the purpose of Walter sending you here!”
Liyakade lightly crouched down, innocently squatting in front of the fallen Lei Ke Si, a naive smile on her face.
But that smile made Lei Ke Si feel as cold as an ice cellar.
Even if Liyakade couldn’t distinguish humans by their aura, she wouldn’t just believe and let him go.
What Dark Guard trained by a noble would betray their master the moment they were caught?
One must know that those trained as Dark Guards could not be cowards who fear death.
Even if the strength gap was huge, most Dark Guards would rather die than surrender, enduring torture without revealing their master’s information.
How could they be as flattering as Lei Ke Si was now to Liyakade?
Liyakade guessed that Lei Ke Si’s current behavior was probably to buy time.
She could sense that some of the Dark Guards she had knocked down but lightly injured had begun to slowly conceal themselves and move to hidden spots.
Liyakade didn’t know what these Dark Guards planned or had up their sleeves, but she didn’t mind playing along with them.
“My lady…”
Lei Ke Si took a long time to recover on the ground before slowly speaking to explain to Liyakade.
“You previously made Lord Walter look so bad in front of everyone. Lord Walter was really angry. After hearing about your departure, he thought about sending someone to teach you a lesson. But I never expected… Ah—”
A sharp pain shot from Lei Ke Si’s arm.
Liyakade grabbed his wrist and twisted it 180 degrees.
Lei Ke Si felt the knife in his hand fall out.
“Oh? Just a lesson?”
Liyakade released Lei Ke Si’s wrist.
Freed, Lei Ke Si lay on the ground gasping heavily.
Liyakade picked up the knife that Lei Ke Si had dropped.
A scarlet arc of light flickered in her eyes as she coldly glared at him.
“Just a lesson, and you need a knife? What kind of lesson are you talking about? Don’t tell me it’s a physical lesson? Hmm!?”
“Eek—”
Liyakade’s tone suddenly became intense as she finished speaking, and without stopping, she slapped Lei Ke Si across the face, causing his ears to ring.
Liyakade didn’t use too much force.
She was afraid that if she slapped him with full strength, she might kill him.
Liyakade speculated that these Dark Guards were probably hidden in the caravan, pretending to be ordinary travelers.
If she killed them here, it would be hard to explain the sudden disappearance of passengers from the caravan.
These people were not like the bandits in the dungeon who had tried to assault her.
They were not wanted criminals but subordinates of a noble.
If possible, Liyakade would definitely want to throw them into prison rather than dirty her own hands.
Alice and Field certainly wouldn’t want her to become bloodthirsty.
Before exposing her Demon Bloodline or confirming that the other party had murderous intent, it was better not to kill or maim, but to use legal means to punish them.
The buzzing ringing echoed in Lei Ke Si’s ears.
He muttered to himself, confused.
He couldn’t understand how a woman who looked so frail, like she hadn’t even fully developed, could have such strength.
Setting aside Liyakade’s magic power and level, even her physical fitness was beyond ordinary people.
‘He silently urged the others to act quickly. He couldn’t take it anymore. This woman named Liyakade, he didn’t know if she had a sadistic streak or something. He had already surrendered, yet she kept beating and kicking him. Every time he spoke, he got hit again. If this continued, he really wouldn’t be able to bear it.’
“My lady… I don’t know, I really don’t know anything! I just followed orders. Lord Walter didn’t tell me what he was going to do! My lady, please be magnanimous and spare me!”
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