ushernet Chapter 218 - 218: When Death Becomes a Mercy (1)
Chapter 218 - 218: When Death Becomes a Mercy (1)
The light at the end of the tunnel... had finally gone out.
Leaving behind only darkness, and an unbearable emptiness within Frey Starlight's broken body.
The temple was thrown into complete chaos after the recent catastrophe, while efforts were made to cover up the incident as much as possible after the entire capital witnessed the enormous aura pillar that shattered the very sky itself.
As if the uproar from the Victoriad and its shocking finale hadn't been enough...
Ivar Valerion, dressed in his formal suit, moved with a contingent of soldiers toward a deep point within the temple.
After passing through many guards, Ivar began descending a long staircase leading to the underground floors.
Deeper and deeper he went, down into the temple's hidden layers beneath the earth.
Finally, he reached the lowest and deepest point.
There, in a massive underground hall, dozens of personnel were scattered about, busy operating all kinds of arcane machinery.
With a grim face, Ivar Valerion pushed through the crowd and approached a woman in her thirties sitting at the forefront.
"Report," he said curtly.
The woman stood and answered promptly:
"No change in his condition. He hasn't resisted at all... but he shows no willingness to cooperate either. It's like he's nothing more than a lifeless corpse. No matter what we do, he shows no reaction whatsoever."
"You're telling me... that all of you couldn't extract information from a seventeen-year-old boy?"
Ivar's voice sharpened with anger.
"You don't understand, sir. That boy ... his body is something I've never seen before," she replied, grimacing.
"What about magic? Did you attempt a memory