𝔬𝓥𝑳𝒩𝐞xt.𝗰𝓞𝐦

Rune, Melia, and Nux walked towards another cell, inside this cell was Aragorn bound by the chains just like Felix.

The moment Aragorn’s eyes fell on Rune, they brightened up, he didn’t even see notice Nux and Melia standing beside her and,

“Rune! My Love of my Life! I was wrong! I was a fool to trust Felix’s words! I thought you actual-“

“Let’s skip this, shall we? We are tight on time.” Nux stepped forward and spoke.

“Who are you? How dare a servant speak up when your Master still hasn’t said a word!?” Aragorn shouted.

“He is not a servant.”

Rune was quick to clarify.

“You really don’t know how to curry favors, do you?”

Nux spoke with a smile on his face, his eyes, however, were not smiling.

“W-W-Who are you…?”

Aragorn realized that something was wrong. He finally noticed that rather than Rune, this Great Sage Cultivator was standing in the middle and Rune and the Vampire stood on the sides. No ‘servant’ is treated like this…

“Nux, let’s not waste time on him.”

Melia spoke.

“Mhm.” Nux nodded as he stepped back.

Melia then glanced at Rune and,

“It will be painful.”

“I need answers,” Rune replied without a single change in her expression.

“R-Rune, I-I was wrong! F-Felix fooled me! Give me a chance! Just give me o-one chance!” Aragorn tried to convince Rune. Rune, however, just continued to look at him with an expressionless look on her face.

She was hurt, in front of him was a man she loved for more than 2000 years, there were many mixed feelings in her heart, however, none of that could be seen on her face or could affect her mentality.

Rune was an emotionally strong woman, sometimes, so strong that it is horrifying.

*Step*

Melia then stepped forward. She glanced at Aragorn, then, she opened the box.

The 10 cm-long Mystic Parasite moved out, Melia pointed at Aragorn was bound by the chain, the Parasite moved.

Aragorn, who didn’t know what the Parasite was could only frown in confusion.

“I do not know how long it lasts,

I do not know how painful the whole process is.

I just know that it is not a good experience.

I do not have a way to stop the process midway.

The Parasite is a slow beast, you have a minute before it reaches you, before that happens, I suggest you answer my question,

Why did you approach Rune? Who ordered you to do it?”

“W-What are you talking about? I-I didn’t ‘approach’ Rune because someone ordered me to do it! Our love is pure! R-Rune! Why aren’t you saying anything!? I know I am wrong but you know my love for you is real! Help me!”

Aragorn appealed to Rune.

Rune stayed silent. Just watching everything in silence. Honestly, seeing the love of her life in that state was torture for her as well, however, this was the torture she had to go through.

Seeing that Rune wasn’t saying anything, Aragorn decided to turn towards this Vampire!

“I wasn’t sent by anyone! Felix approached me and threatened me to help him or else he would kill me! He was also the one who gave me all those letters that I presented in the Hall! I was scared! I had no choice! However, my love for Rune is real!”

“…”

But just like Rune, Melia didn’t reply. She just emotionally glanced at the Parasite which was currently crawling onto Aragorn’s body.

Frustrated, angered, scared, and disgusted, Aragorn glared at Melia and,

“Why aren’t you believing my words!? What’s the point of interrogating me then!? I am telling the truth! Get this thing away from me!”

“The answer you gave was not something we wanted to hear.”

“You only stop it if I say what you want to hear! What kind of interrogation is that!?”

“Well, you wouldn’t have the chance to lie once the process is done, if your words are true, then we will naturally trust you,

Once the ‘process’ is completed, that is.”

Melia spoke, her expression so expressionless that it was terrifying.

The Parasite that had already crawled up to Aragorn’s face moved into his body through his nose. He tried to shake his head as much as he could, trying his best to make it fall, however, the Parasite’s grip was strong.

In the end, it moved into his body, and then,

“AaaaAAagggGGGhhHhhHHh!!!”

Aragorn shouted in agony.

This was the Mystic Parasite, an 11 Star Beast, once it moves into a person’s body, the said person feels a pain so horrifying that it was as if his whole body is being chewed away by countless ants from inside, his muscles, his bones, his blood vessels, the person would feel that every single one of his body part is being eaten away, the pain would continue to stack up and soon, it would be so agonizing to the point where it would take away the person’s will to resist and even the people with strongest of wills would give in.

This was a way high noble Vampires tortured and interrogated the enemies they captured. A ruthless method that many feared.

A person who goes through this pain is never the same.

And Aragorn, who was going through the same pain, wouldn’t be an exception.

A minute passed, then another minute, then another,

Aragorn continued to scream in agony,

“I WILL TELL YOU! I WILL TELL YOU THE TRUTH! STOP THIS!”

He screamed in agony, finally unable to take the pain anymore, however, just as Melia said, she had no way to stop.

The ‘process’ cannot be stopped.

10 minutes later, Aragorn finally stopped screaming.

The ‘Process’ was completed.

“Haaahh… haah… haah…”

With all his body weight on the chains bounding him, Aragorn continued to kneel on the ground, barely conscious and breathing heavily.

“To think it would actually work…”

Nux raised his eyebrow in surprise.

The Mystic Parasite…

It devoured half of Aragorn’s Cultivation…

A man who was once a Semi Saint…

Was now merely an Initial Great Sage…

Yes, the ‘Process’ was to devour Aragorn’s very foundation, weakening his entire body and making it so that he could never cultivate again.

Not only that,

“Aragorn Grimal, are you willing to be my slave?”