Chapter 1503: 1503
Chapter 1503: Baiting and Killing the Heretic God (Part 2)
Electric snakes, thunder hawks, lightning ravens, and thunder dragons . Out of those magic beasts, only thunder dragons truly existed . That was to say that in the crystal wall system Saleen was in, thunder dragons were the only lightning type living beings .
Every other lightning type creature was conjured by mages using magic .
Saleen had created an electric snake the size of a finger, which wriggled its way to the youth’s nostril . When the electric snake moved, the youth felt as if their insides were about to rupture from fear .
“No need to worry, you won’t die from it . I can control it, after all,” Saleen said, comforting the youth with a low voice . It was only then that the youth began to stop looking down on Saleen .
The youth had initially thought that Saleen was only a lackey . From the looks of things at the moment, no one would have been able to stop what Saleen was doing . No one even seemed concerned that the youth would end up dead or having something unfortunate happen to them .
“I’ll tell you . The Heretic God’s wea…” The electric snake wiggled inside before the youth could finish speaking, leaving only the snake’s tail dangling out of their nostril .
“I’m sorry, it’s time for punishment now . When the punishment is over, you’ll have the right to talk again . ” Saleen took control of the electric snake as it wiggled inside the youth’s nose . The snake continued to wriggle, and finally, it completely disappeared inside the youth’s body with a pop .
The youth opened their mouth, wanting to shout, but quickly found that Saleen had control of them . They were unable to make any noises because Saleen wouldn’t allow them to speak .
Saleen didn’t do so just because he wanted to torture the youth . He was actually doing research, looking into the youth’s body structure and what parts would have been lethal when attacked . Or at least, which parts could cause the bodies of his enemies to become paralyzed .
The electric snake wriggled its way from the youth’s head to their toes . The youth was even incapable of sweating, as water was being forcibly evaporated and then reabsorbed . The seal on the outside didn’t even allow the youth to vent their pain . That one electric snake was the manifestation of torture in itself .
The electric snake eventually dissipated without climbing out of the youth’s body .
“You shall die a horrible death, mage!” the youth said as viciously as they were able to .
Saleen smirked and continued, saying, “I’ll let you in on another secret for free . I’m not afraid of curses . You saw it yourself . I was using lightning skills . Not even curses from the Heretic God would have worked on me . Alright then, let us continue . So, what is your name?”
“Figo,” the youth answered . They were no longer in the mood to play games .
Saleen conjured yet another electric snake in his hand, which shot through the air and landed on Figo’s mouth .
“This is the punishment for cursing me . Of course, yet another part of my training . ” Saleen controlled the electric snake and made it wiggle into Figo’s mouth . The grandmaster and the others looked on, feeling a disgusted, tingling sensation deep down . It was as if the snake had climbed into their bodies as well .
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Saleen turned out to be more trouble than they had imagined him to be .
Figo cursed Saleen repeatedly on the inside, but they no longer dared to voice any curses . The pain caused by the electric snake moving throughout Figo’s body was very difficult to put into words . It was as if someone was stimulating the nerves all along their body over and over with a sharp razor .
Saleen had gained even better control of the electric snake by the time it disappeared .
He smiled and spoke to Figo, saying, “Alright, let me ask you again . What are you doing here on Myers Mainland?”
“Lord Heretic God told me to look into the case of the oracle’s disappearance!” Figo replied .
“Wrong answer . ” Two more electric snakes appeared in Saleen’s hand . One snake went left while the other went right; both of them wriggling into Figo’s ears . Figo continued to convulse, not out of fear, but because the electrical currents caused them to lose control of their body .
Both snakes stayed inside for quite a long time, and by the time the punishment ended, Figo thought that they were dead .
“Alright, Figo . Another question . Why do you keep lying?” Saleen asked .
“If I were to tell the truth, the Heretic God would kill me before you could!” Figo answered .
Four tiny electric snakes appeared on Saleen’s hand that time . He didn’t have any hopes that those snakes would become thick and strong . He was simply learning how to control them . The hardest thing to learn about lightning magic was control . Power was actually not that important . He had the Lightning Moon at his disposal . If he were to cast electric snakes using the Lightning Moon, those snakes would have appeared in lengths well over 100 meters .
“I’m telling the truth!” Figo no longer had an attitude after seeing that Saleen had conjured four of the snakes . Figo became rather pathetic and tried to reason with Saleen instead .
Saleen smirked and asked, “You’re telling the truth?”
“Absolutely!” Figo said .
“But you just told me that if you told the truth, the Heretic God would kill you . Well, you’re not dead, so I take it that you’re lying . ” The four snakes shot forward and wriggled their ways into Figo’s body again .
The general and the others around him were completely baffled . The way Saleen asked his questions made it so that no answer would have been correct .
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Saleen indeed had no interest in getting truthful answers . All he cared about was getting to test his lightning magic out on Figo .
The profession of a mage was indeed an evil one . Once a mage became set in their path, nothing would have changed their will .
The grandmaster, on the other hand, came to have a better opinion of Saleen . Such was the way of the mage, unfettered by the opinions of others around them . Figo had shown a hard, unyielding attitude when they were being hauled around by the goddess, yet it took only several torture attempts to soften Figo considerably .
Saleen, however, knew that Figo wasn’t actually softened to the point of yielding altogether . He still had some work to do .
The goddess patiently worked on the magic array, which she did by solidifying the elements and working them directly into the ground, making the array very resilient . The large magic array was made up of many small magic arrays, with every single one of the small arrays requiring a heroic spirit to stand on and operate them .
The heroic spirits were being ordered around by the goddess as they took their spots . Only the general and the grandmaster didn’t get assigned a location .
It went without saying that both Saleen and Figo weren’t required to participate .
When Myers was done laying down the magic array, Figo appeared terrified stiff from all of Saleen’s torture . While Figo’s mind was resilient, Saleen’s skill was one specialized in breaking the nervous system of its targets, causing hallucinations of all sorts to take place .
It was already considered a miracle that Figo had remained sane .
“What did you get out of that fellow, Saleen?” she asked after she was done laying down the magic array .
“Figo was an oracle of the Heretic God when they came here to Myers Mainland but didn’t carry out any of the Heretic God’s orders, searching for a lost weapon of the Heretic God on this plane instead . This fool was attempting to replace the Heretic God!” Saleen said .
Even the general was laughing by then . Only Figo still remained silent . Figo didn’t have a chance to say much during the interrogation process, so they were baffled at how Saleen had come to know their secret .
Saleen didn’t say anything, and no one bothered asking any further . He had only found Figo’s secret due to the power of the Eternal Control Shard .
Once a person’s soul was trapped by an Eternal Control Shard, it was only a matter of time before said person’s secrets were all revealed . Saleen hadn’t once stopped torturing Figo throughout the hour, giving them no chance to defend any of their secrets .
Even if they had actually attempted to defend their secrets, their level was the same as Saleen’s . Figo’s power was sealed, and their body had been repeatedly shocked by the electric snakes until it had collapsed altogether . It was only a matter of time before Figo’s soul succumbed to the shard’s power .
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From the perspective of the goddess and the others, Figo was an utter fool for harboring such thoughts, so Saleen’s opinion of Figo was rather apt .
Replacing the Heretic God meant that the oracle needed to be at least at the level of the Heretic God before they even had a shot at it . Acquiring the strongest weapon that belonged to the Heretic God would have only resulted in the god taking back its weapon and returning to the peak of its powers .
“Alright . Come here, Figo . ” The goddess waved at Figo . She used a prophecy spell—the proper type, not the knockoff version . The goddess was of insufficient level, but Figo nonetheless walked towards the goddess without hesitation, and then to a wooden cage at the center of the magic array .
The wooden cage was a very dark red color, making it look as if it had been soaked in blood .
Figo stepped into the cage and shut the door . The goddess then sealed the door altogether .
Saleen looked at the cage and felt impressed . The blood-red cage was far sturdier than his own lightning cage . He was unable to think of anything that would have been able to break out from it .
“O’ Heretic God, in the name of Myers, I hereby offer my sacrifice and summon thee . ”
The goddess chanted the words in an absent-minded fashion . Gashes appeared all over Figo’s body, and blood spurted everywhere, staining the magic array beneath the cage .
The blood of a level 14 oracle was supposedly more than enough to summon the Heretic God .
Saleen watched carefully and learned from what he saw . He saw Figo’s body being torn apart and then mended automatically . Figo’s blood carried a black aura with it, which was a power that belonged to the Heretic God .
Only blood sprayed out while the black aura simply returned to Figo’s body .
Saleen’s repeated torture had caused the black aura in Figo’s body to become severely diminished . Regardless of how quick the healing process was, it was unable to stop the pain .
Holy prose appeared one after another on Figo’s body, both the goddess’s and the Heretic God’s . Both sets of holy prose fought for dominance on Figo’s body . Figo suddenly opened their mouth, and their voice changed .
“Are you challenging me, Myers? You, a god who has just resurrected?” the voice of the Heretic God called from Figo’s body .
“This isn’t a challenge; it’s a warning . Send any oracle over again, and I shall illustrate that ugly mug of yours in detail in the codex of the Nature Faith,” the goddess replied .
“You said it, Myers . You really think I wouldn’t dare to show, then?” The Heretic God’s voice was calm, but it was actually very much enraged .
It was deemed unforgivable for a god to insult another god in their codex .
“You dare? You’re but a false god who doesn’t even dare to put your name forward . You’re a disgrace among gods . ” The goddess provoked the Heretic God with the harshest of words .
“In that case, I shall…”
The injuries on Figo’s body suddenly healed as the Heretic God was in the middle of speaking through Figo’s mouth . The entire blood-red cage was shrouded by a black mist .
The goddess then shouted, “Now!”
The magic array was activated immediately . Saleen backed away and saw that the blood-red cage flew into the air . Countless beams of magic were fired from the magic array, forming into a new magic array in the air, trapping the cage at the center .
“What are you waiting for, general?” the goddess shouted coldly . However, she was unwilling to attack using the Lightning Moon .
“Grandmaster!” The general refused to act . He wanted the grandmaster to test the Heretic God’s level first .
He was a heroic spirit, and the Heretic God was also a being that had perished before and been resurrected . The general wouldn’t fight any battles that he wasn’t certain he would win .
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