Chapter 228: Torture

Chapter 228 Torture
The barbed leather whip fiercely smacked the tortured man’s back.

The clothes on his back were already tattered and torn, and from the torn places, it could be seen that the inside was already a bloody mess.

The cotton wool of the clothes had already mixed with the upturned flesh, indistinguishable from each other as gushing blood had already dyed the entire back a horrifying red color.

Nonetheless, the person carrying out the punishment still didn’t stop, as if this person kneeling on the ground had some kind of deep hatred with him.

“Rubbish! Rubbish! Is this how you repay the Kent family for lifting you up?”

Maltz Kent’s son – Ja’es Kent – was at that moment viciously beating an officer with a leather whip, and as he did so, he broke into curses, venting his anger.

The officer, who was on his knees, only groaned in pain when he couldn’t hold back any longer, but didn’t say a single word to beg for mercy, because he knew that would only invite more terrible consequences.

“You can’t even look at one person in the district, how did your eyes grow? How did your brain grow?”

Jaaius kept on cursing, and the strength of his hand in flinging the whip did not weaken at all.

“Alright, he’ll really die if we keep beating him.”

A low voice came from behind him, and Jaaius stopped his hand and turned around, realizing that Earl Kent was actually standing behind him.

This father of his own, is really getting more and more godly, the experience in the military has made Jaaius very sensitive to this kind of situation where people suddenly appear behind him, he asked himself to be alert enough, but just now, he unexpectedly did not perceive any ringing, when on earth did his father come, how did he stand behind him.

“Father, I’m teaching this trash a lesson. Hmph, when I was leading the army in the south, this kind of waste would have been …… long ago.”

“Enough!”

Earl Kent interrupted his son with an outstretched hand as he surrendered his gaze to the dying officer, who slumped to the ground as soon as Jaes stopped holding his hand, unable to hold on any longer.

“I ask you, were you truly ignorant of Henry Ferdinand’s escape?”

The officer gasped a few times and braced himself to straighten his upper body, his legs still on his knees.

“My lord …… Lord Kent, I really do not know ah.”

He replied with a breathless voice.

“Before going to bed I also went to the dungeon to patrol once, there is nothing abnormal, Viscount Henry has already laid down to sleep. As a result …… result the next day the person is gone, the watchman also said ……”

“Well.”

Earl Kent waved his hand, these sayings have been said by the other party in the previous interrogation, he did not want to hear it a second time.

Henry `Ferdinand ran away, ran away unnoticed, the people on duty that day did not perceive anything unusual.

The lock of Henry`s cell had been changed by the jailer, and the only key was with him. There was no sign that the lock had been tampered with, and it seemed only probable that the jailer had let Henry escape.

But this beaten and bloodied cell head in front of him was someone he had installed, ah, this person’s experience was clear to himself, and the chances of him having anything to do with Henry were slim to none.

Earl Kent suddenly came up with a horrible idea: Henry Ferdinand would not have escaped with the help of some mysterious power, right? Or is Henry himself a mage?
Since the contact with Barnett, know the existence of magic, secret society, Maltz Kent encountered any bad explanation of things will be towards the mysterious power.

Earl Kent turned around and asked, “Little friend Andy, do you decide whether this man is telling the truth or not?” It was then that Jaaius noticed that his father was followed by the young boy named Andy, who, like Barnett before him, was also from that mysterious organization, and who had now been told many things by his father.

The body of the young mage standing behind Maltz was trembling slightly, he was shocked by Jaaius’s execution methods just now.

Hearing the earl ask him, Andy panicked and tilted his face up, saying somewhat nervously, “I’m not too familiar with this aspect of lie detection, but …… but I don’t think he should be telling lies.”

“I know …….”

Earl Kent turned to his own son, “Ja Ace, these people you just watch and deal with it.”

A hint of sternness flashed in the Earl’s son’s eyes, “Yes, Lord Father.”

“These people?”

Andy looked around in some confusion, but the sight he saw made him recoil.

Only to see that in a cell next door, there were a bunch of people lying on the ground, however, they had long since lost their human shape, some of them were covered in blood and flesh just like the officer who had just been tortured, others had their limbs twisted into bizarre shapes, and some simply had no arms and legs left.

These were the jailers guarding the dungeon, despite the fact that they were already ravaged, there was no sound of moaning, perhaps they no longer had a single ounce of strength, perhaps they were mentally and painfully numb, only the slight rise and fall of their chests could tell that their flesh was not yet dead.

“Vomit!”

The young mage couldn’t hold back and spat out a mouthful.

Seeing his reaction, Earl Kent frowned. Truly, how could the Secret Law Society – or Mr. Barnett – have sent such a good boy to assist him.

After these days together, he had gotten to know this little mage’s character, other than being well versed in mystical magic, he was a completely ordinary child. At first he thought that the other party was deliberately showing a childish temperament to disguise his identity, how could someone who became a mage be so childish, only to realize later that he had misjudged.

Earl Kent vaguely felt that he was being underestimated, did the Secret Law Society not value him at all, did they not value the Northwest Bay? Sending such a small child, when he was a babysitter?
The only thing he was happy about was that Andy was relatively well-behaved and still listened to him. If he really came to a stubborn child, he really did not know what to do, after all, the other party is a mage, is a member of the Secret Law Society.

“Little friend Andy, your mental capacity is too poor, we are the ones who are going to do great things, it won’t do to be scared by this kind of scene.”

He patted the little mage’s shoulder.

“But …… why are you treating them like this? Wasn’t it just a prisoner that got away? And they weren’t neglecting their duties, the prisoner got away in a way we didn’t know about either.”

Andy looked at the Earl of Kent, a look of awe in his eyes, the man in front of him was so scary, how could a normal person do such atrocious things, was it right or wrong for him to come and assist him.

“No!” The kindness the Earl had just put on suddenly disappeared, Andy was taken aback.

Only to hear the Earl say viciously, “I only value results! When they were responsible for guarding the dungeon, they had to ensure that the prisoner would not run away. But now that the prisoner has run away, any explanation, any reason is pale, they must be punished. The current state of affairs proves that they are useless in their positions, and useless people only continue to waste food.”

The Count finished speaking and headed outside.

“Hmph!” Along with Ja’esh’s soft laugh, a cold wind blew, causing the young mage to shiver.

(End of chapter)