Green Monster Epic

“He won’t tell the truth if you ask him like that.”

Just as Allen was interrogating the spying orc, a voice suddenly came from outside the cave he was searching for, causing Allen to frown and rush out with his greatsword.

The figure at the cave entrance flew backward before Allen could reach him, and at the same time, he gestured with his hand, and a pure white glow suddenly appeared, illuminating the person's face.

“It’s me, your teammate, I have no malice.”

This was the first time Allen had clearly seen the face of the mysterious spellcaster in the team. A pale face was somewhat eerie under the glow, but its features were comparable to those of an elf. At this moment, he stretched out his hands to both sides in a harmless gesture, while introducing himself to Allen: “Richard Nika, a mage from the Ice Country.”

“Yo, is it so lively?”

Another voice came from his ear, but the owner of the voice never showed his face, constantly changing his position while speaking, making the voice sound sometimes left, sometimes right, sometimes up, sometimes down.

“Swish! ! ”

However, as an arrow suddenly shot out and stuck into a recessed stone wall 20 meters to the right of the cave where Allen and the others were, the owner of this pretentious voice was forced out by the arrow.

“I said, Albion, why are you jumping around in the middle of the night instead of sleeping? If you want to mess with my partner, be careful I’ll shoot your head off with an arrow! ! ”

As the crisp and melodious voice came, a fragrant wind wrapped around a slender figure standing beside Allen, frowning with a delicate nose, looking at the other two people unkindly.

Albion was the lone elf Allen had seen before. At that time, he wielded a dagger in a flashy manner, keeping strangers away. His current movements and methods all proved that Allen's previous judgment of him was correct. He was an outstanding shadow talent.

The two loners that Allen had noticed before appeared in front of him, obviously not by chance. Although Allen didn't understand their intentions, he didn't give them any friendly feelings, and stared at them with cold, guarded eyes.

“What do you want?”

Allen didn't like beating around the bush and asked directly.

“I just couldn’t sleep, so I came out for a walk. Would you believe me if I said it was just a coincidence that I met you?”

The elf Albion shrugged and replied casually.

“I wanted to see if this guy you caught could be interrogated for anything.”

The human mage Richard was very straightforward and didn't hide his intentions.

“We are teammates now, doing the same task, you shouldn’t mind sharing your information, right?”

“You’re so shameless! ! ”

Allen hadn't spoken yet, but Kaya, who was beside him, couldn't listen anymore, and immediately rolled her eyes and retorted: “This person was caught by us, you didn’t contribute, why should we share information with you! ! ”

Allen frowned. It seemed that this human woman in front of him hadn't contributed either.

“……”

“How about we exchange resources? Let’s first listen to what this orc knows, and then according to the value of the information given by the orc, I will tell you some more detailed information about the Owl Eagles. For example, which evil god Krel, the Owl Eagle, believes in, and the occupations and levels of the three leaders under the Owl Eagle.”

Richard was silent for a moment, and then suddenly said the exchange conditions. Even Albion, who was originally scattered, couldn't help but restrain his emotions and became serious after hearing this.

“……How do you know such detailed information? How do we know if it’s fake?”

Allen still didn't speak. Kaya still took the lead in taking the right to speak, looking at the other party with a questioning expression.

“Whether it’s fake or not, everything will be clear when you meet Krel and fight a battle. If my information is false by then, my share of the reward will be all yours, how about it?”

Richard replied seriously and calmly, his eyes full of sincerity, which made Kaya a little tempted, then she turned her head to Albion and asked: “What about you? Are you leaving now? Or are you going to take out something else to exchange?”

“Hehe, I think you are all rookies when it comes to interrogating people. I still have some tricks in this regard. Why not leave the interrogation of this orc to me? By then, I will definitely be able to get everything he knows out! ! ”

At this time, Albion also became interested in joining. Compared to Richard, the mage, Albion knew that he didn't have many chips in his hand, but he also tentatively mentioned it.

“What do you think?”

At this time, Kaya remembered that Allen existed, and quietly asked him his attitude in his ear.

“I think it’s okay.”

This prisoner was originally an unexpected gain. If he could use this to exchange for some useful information, it would naturally be the best. As for whether it would allow these two competitors to obtain more detailed information, he didn't care. In the end, it would be up to strength to speak, and killing people and seizing goods would depend on how hard his skills were.

In this regard, Allen had great confidence.

“Okay! ! ”

After Kaya got Allen's statement, she smiled back at Richard and the two of them, and then said: “Let’s cooperate together, shall we?”

“……”

“……”

Richard and the two were silent, looking at Kaya's flower-like smiling face, speechless for a long time.

“Look at our current professional distribution, a melee, a ranged, a spellcaster, and Albion, the assassin, a perfect match! ! ”

Kaya persuaded them earnestly. After saying this, Allen and the three of them looked at each other, and it seemed that this was really the case! !

“But I can’t trust you, Miss Kaya! ! ”

Albion rarely showed a smile, staring at Kaya meaningfully.

“Hey, the things you heard are all what those guys deserved. My former teammates just thought that I was such a weak woman and easy to bully, so they wanted to take advantage of me, so I gave them a little lesson! ! ”

“But you are different. You have never looked at me with that kind of lustful* me* expression, so how could I use tricks on you, right?”

“What does lustful* me* mean?”

Allen suddenly interjected and asked.

“……”

“……”

The three people looked at Allen like an idiot, speechless for a long time, but in the end, Kaya took the initiative to explain to Allen, and Allen suddenly understood.

“If we form a team, maybe we really have a chance to kill the hungry python Krel, as long as we find an opportunity for him to be alone.”

Hearing Kaya's confident look, Richard and Albion's hearts, which had just been shaken, suddenly cooled down, and they shook their heads and refused.

“Don’t rush to refuse! Are you so unconfident?”

“Krel is also a level 15 high-level combatant. My intelligence source said that he has already touched the road to legend, and he is only short of finding the path that belongs to him from the myriad paths of the heart.”

Although Richard had the pride of a mage, he would never be so arrogant as to think that he could deal with someone who was about to embark on the road to legend, even if there were three seemingly good teammates around him.

“That’s right! ! ”

Albion took out the dagger from his waist and played with it again. The dagger suddenly disappeared when it was thrown high.

“You have to believe in yourselves, and more importantly, believe in us, your teammates! Do you know why I chose to team up with Allen? It's because I saw Allen fight Alba. With a casual strike, he could knock back the strong and sturdy Alba. In terms of strength, he's definitely not below that so-called 'Hungry Python'.”

“With him holding the front, the three of us can cooperate and have a real chance to kill that guy, the Eagle Owl Klieg!!”

To persuade the other two, Kaya directly betrayed Allen, making Allen feel a little uncomfortable. However, thinking about the reason for accepting this mission, he naturally hoped to earn more gold coins, which was the real deal. With that thought, Allen suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and calmly watched Kaya continue to persuade the two.

“Alba, the city guard leader?”

Albion was slightly stunned, and then his gaze towards Allen became more enthusiastic, with a hint of excited fighting spirit.

Richard, like Allen, obviously didn't know much about this Alba, and was now waiting in confusion for Kaya to tell him who this Alba actually was.

“Richard, you don't know Alba, the city guard leader? He's the ogre who inspected qualifications in front of the city guard mansion yesterday. Ah, he's a Level 14 strongman. His strength is famous in our city. Many Level 15 high-level combat professionals can't compare to him in this aspect. This brother can knock Alba back in a fight, which is enough to show that in terms of strength, he already has the ability to compete with Level 15 combat professionals.”

Before Kaya could speak, Albion took the initiative to explain to Richard.

“Oh, so that's how it is. Okay, I'll cooperate with you.”

After receiving the explanation, Richard no longer hesitated and immediately decided to cooperate with Allen and the others.

“Since you've joined, then I can't give up this opportunity either!”

The dagger that had disappeared returned to Albion's hand, twirling out a sword flower as he gave his reply.

“That's right!!”

Kaya clapped her hands happily, and then unceremoniously began to direct: “Now, Albion will go interrogate the guy in the cave to see if he can spit out anything useful.”

“Okay, but let me state first that my methods are a bit cruel. You'd better wait outside.”

Albion suddenly became excited. Whether it was Allen's illusion or not, he noticed that this seemingly clear and handsome elf revealed a hint of gloom and cruelty in his eyes.

“Can I watch from the side?”

While the other two hesitated, Allen jumped out and asked calmly.

“Oh? Are you sure?”

Albion tilted his head and glanced at Allen to confirm.

“Yes.”

Interrogations were rare in the Green Plains. Most of the time, captives were simply beheaded on the spot. Therefore, Allen wanted to see how Albion interrogated captives to obtain information. This was knowledge he had never encountered before.

“What about you?”

Albion turned his head and looked at Kaya and the other two playfully.

“Forget it, I'll just help you keep watch outside.”

Kaya shook her head and said with disgust, while Richard on the side simply closed his eyes.

The half-orc Besim had been concentrating on listening to the movements outside, while also not forgetting to save himself. However, the ropes binding his limbs were both tight and secure. He struggled for a long time but couldn't break free until Albion and Allen came back in.

To create an effect, Albion also lit a torch to make the cave look less dark, and then smiled grimly at Besim: “I really hope you can last a little longer.”

The first thing in the interrogation surprised Allen. Albion directly stuffed Besim's mouth, then took out his dagger and a thorny branch that could be found everywhere in the wilderness, using the dagger to shave off the 5-6 cm sharp thorns from the branch. After casually trimming the thorns to make them sharper, Albion slowly pulled Besim's hands in front of him. As he pulled the arms, he used a clever force, and Besim's earthy yellow face suddenly turned crimson. He made 'woo woo~' sounds, unable to shout freely, as the weeds and straw ropes stuffed in his mouth choked his oral cavity.

“Do you know what the most sensitive part of a person's body is, but doesn't cause fatal damage?”

Having just casually dislocated the half-orc's arms, which now hung limply in front of his chest, Albion's movements were still slow and steady. Coupled with the gloomy environment and light in the cave, just these gloomy words could make the timid tremble and faint.

Picking up a sharp thorn, Albion raised one of the half-orc's hands. Even the slightest movement brought severe pain to Besim's dislocated arms, preventing him from stopping his groans. However, after seeing the other party's next action, Besim was completely dumbfounded, wanting to cry but having no tears. He saw that long, sharp thorn slowly pierce through Besim's pinky fingernail, all the way to the end of the pinky joint.

“Woo woo!! Ungh ungh ungh!!”

Besim's eyes began to turn red, and the severe pain almost made him faint, but because of the pain, he regained consciousness, and had to release his emotions and relieve the pain through constant struggles and wails.

“The feeling on the fingers of this humanoid creature is the most sensitive. Therefore, many times after a finger is hit hard, the brain will directly shield the pain from the fingertip in order to relieve the pain, which is what people often say is finger numbness.”

While speaking, Albion stuck the remaining 9 sharp thorns into Besim's ten fingers one by one, and forced the other party to look directly at the completion of this scene with his own eyes. Several times, Besim directly rolled his eyes back and drooped his head, fainting, but in less than two breaths, he would regain consciousness due to the indescribable pain. In a burst of wailing, his entire face turned from red to blue, then from blue to purple, like a magic trick, which was quite magical.

Until this time, Albion, still wearing a faint smile and moving steadily, finally looked up at Besim's eyes, which were entangled with despair, pleading, and other emotions, and asked: "How is it, can you answer my questions truthfully?"

Besim nodded his head like he was pounding garlic, flying up, fearing that Albion would have other actions.

“Well, very good.”

“Are you from the Eagle Owl? Do you know where the Eagle Owl's lair is?”

“Huh? You're not answering me? It seems I still have to use more torture!!”

“Woo woo!! Woo woo woo woo!!”

“Ah, I'm sorry, I forgot that your mouth is still stuffed! Alas, since I said I was going to use torture, let's try this method again first!!”

“Woo woo woo!!!!!”

Albion seemed to just be enjoying the pleasure of torture, not intending to interrogate Besim at all. Allen just watched from the side, his face expressionless.

After playing with Besim for almost a magic hour, seeing that Besim's eyes were gradually losing focus and his spirit was gradually collapsing, Albion finally untied the straw rope that was blocking Besim's mouth and pulled out the grass leaves stuffed inside. These grass leaves and roots had been almost chewed up in Besim's mouth, leaving only some fibers connecting them.

“Okay, okay, as long as you answer our questions obediently, we'll spare your life.”

Returning to the main topic, Albiance continued to speak with lingering interest, but the next question was indeed what Allen and the others were truly concerned about: "Are you one of the Owl Hawks?"

"No…"

Besim's eyes were unfocused, and he answered quickly in a painful tone, fearing that the interrogator would find another excuse to torture him if he was not satisfied.

"Then do you have any connection with the Owl Hawk Band? What kind of connection?"

"I was once summoned by the Owl Hawk Band and did a few jobs robbing merchant caravans. Also, I know several people in the Owl Hawk team."

"Then do you know where the Owl Hawks' lair is located?"

"Only their official members know the exact location. I only know the general area where they operate, which is around the Cape Peak on the east side of Thunder Mountain…"

"Why did you come to Cock's Comb Rock? Who sent you?"

"…"

The subsequent interrogation went very smoothly. Besim, the beastman, spilled everything he knew, speaking quickly without thinking, fearing that the other party would suspect him of fabricating it and then torture him.

"Well, that's right!!"

Albiance raised Besim's right hand, which was full of spikes, smiling with satisfaction. But suddenly, the movement in his hand changed, and a spike that he had inserted was abruptly pulled out. Besim's entire face twisted, and he was about to cry out in pain, but when he saw Albiance's interested, sinister, and terrifying face, he forcibly swallowed it back, fearing that it would provoke Albiance's displeasure.

"Oops, sorry, you see, my hand just doesn't listen, acting on its own…"

"Swish!!"

"Pfft!!"

A flash of sword light passed, and Besim's twisted head fell to the ground with a thud, startling Albiance. He turned his head and was about to glare at the owner of the sword shadow with his violent eyes, but after a few seconds of eye contact with the cold eyes of the sword shadow's owner, Albiance suddenly restrained the violent aura on his body, only smiling somewhat sinisterly and saying: "You've made me break my promise. I said I would spare his life."

"I don't like showing mercy to enemies."

Allen could eat human flesh raw without changing his expression, but he didn't like this kind of endless torture of opponents due to psychological perversion. After helping the prisoner end his life, he left the cave expressionlessly.

Although Kaiya and the others outside the cave did not enter, they knew exactly what happened inside. Allen didn't need to repeat the interrogation, and they waited for Albiance's return with obscure glances at each other.

"Krel, the Owl Hawk, was originally a Holy Warrior under the God of Light, but later, he was bewitched by the Abyss Lord of the Underdark, betrayed his previous faith, and turned to the camp of demons."

"According to the information I have collected, Krel is very likely to have joined Graz'zt, the Dark Prince. Therefore, we need to be careful when fighting, as he may cast spells such as Fear, Detect Thoughts, and Evil Aura."

"Krel has three major leaders under his command: one is the snake woman Belinda Larl, a level 15 high-level Sword Dancer; one is the gnoll Michel Redi, a level 15 Berserker; and the other leader, I only know that he is a level 15 Shadow Adept, but I don't know what race or advancement he belongs to."

"…"

After Albiance arrived, Richard, as agreed, told the information he knew. Allen and the others listened with great interest and were moved. Then, Kaiya and Albiance also did not hold back and supplemented some details about the Owl Hawk Band. After some communication, everyone had a deeper understanding of the 'Hungry Serpent' located around Cape Peak, and they had stronger confidence in this cooperation.

"Let's go. We've been out for so long, we might be discovered by others."

Kaiya suddenly stood up and said to the companions beside her, but when her eyes swept towards Albiance, they flickered a little. It seemed that Albiance's perverted behavior before still made Kaiya, a woman, feel a little uncomfortable.

"Okay, then let's take care of each other when we act tomorrow. Let's see how the city guard commander arranges it."

Albiance also nodded. He never cared about other people's opinions. Anyway, everyone's cooperation now is only temporary. After this cooperation is over, everyone will probably not have another chance to cooperate, after all, people like Albiance still like to act alone.

"Remember to call me next time you find any movement. We are, after all, cooperative partners!"

On the way back, Kaiya leaned close to Allen again and whispered.

"If I hadn't arrived in time, you might have suffered a loss in front of them!!"

"Didn't you notice?"

Allen replied calmly, not worried about his previous situation at all.

"Hmph, that's because I have good ears!!"

Kaiya said, raising her head proudly.

Seeing that they had reached the temporary base, Kaiya, Richard, and the others exchanged glances and then dispersed, using their own methods to quietly sneak into the camp, as if nothing had happened. Allen continued to take a detour, walked out of the bushes where he had disappeared before, and then returned to his place expressionlessly. His companion Jacob only looked up at Allen with a puzzled look, and then did not ask Allen why he had been gone for so long, continuing to half-close his eyes and guard against the surrounding movements.

Nothing happened overnight. Although Allen didn't get much rest, it didn't have much impact on him, who was physically strong. But later, when Nathan repeatedly gave him instructions, Allen only raised his head and glanced at the other party a few times, and then ignored him, sitting aside and slowly meditating, circulating his rage in his blood.

Seeing that Allen didn't listen, a flash of gloom flashed in Nathan's eyes, who seemed bold and magnanimous. But when he saw the ogre supervisor looking at him, he laughed and let Allen go, ordering others to do things.

"We got the news that the Owl Hawk Band's lair is in the Cape Peak area, so today our main search area is Cape Peak. I have an insect druid under my command, and I believe we will gain something by then, so please be prepared to fight at any time."

"…"

Allen and the others finished gathering the information, but they didn't expect it to lose its value after only one night. Miller, the commander of Mansa City Guard, began to arrange today's mission early in the morning. Nathan and the others were also happy to get more accurate information about the Owl Hawk Band, and they had a little more confidence on their faces. As for Richard on the other side, he felt a sense of frustration in his heart. If he had known that their city guard had more accurate information, he might not have needed to exchange information with Allen and the others last night.

But then Richard thought that their temporary cooperation might not be a bad thing. Some information was very important for the next task. Telling them to prepare more could also help them complete the task better. Thinking this way, Richard's heart calmed down, and his eyes swept towards Allen and the other three not far away, just in time to meet their gazes.