Darkness, hunger, pain...

In the dazzling sunlight, Abel woke up drowsily, and then felt a pain in his right cheek.

I don’t know if it was intentional revenge, but Owen’s last punch was so heavy that his entire right face was swollen.

But Abel no longer had the mind to think about this, because he soon discovered that his hands were bound by a strange pair of shackles. What frightened him even more was that the magic power in his body was also suppressed.

"These are shackles made of magic-repelling stone. They can suppress the wizard's ability to cast spells." A voice soon sounded in the house.

Abel immediately turned his head and looked over. The strange, devil-like figure was standing not far away. In addition, there was the middle-aged man who shamelessly disguised himself as a cripple to deceive him, and a half-grown boy.

It's over... Abel's face turned pale. He couldn't figure out that he had been caught. His mind couldn't help but recall those horrible punishments.

He had heard that every wizard captured by the Vatican would face extremely cruel torture, and no matter whether he revealed any information or not, the final result would be being sent to the stake and burned to charcoal.

Thinking of this, Abel gritted his teeth, placed his hands freely on his legs, and pressed lightly with his index and middle fingers as if he was looking for something.

"Don't look for it. In case you can't bear it, I've already got the things out for you." Lin En stretched out his right hand, and an ironwood stick the length of a finger appeared in his palm, with fine runes on it.

This thing was hidden very secretly, fastened inside the interlayer of the robe. It should be used for suicide or to die together with the enemy under special circumstances.

Seeing his last resort appear in Lin En's hands, Ebel's face suddenly turned pale, and he leaned against the white wall behind him as if he had lost his bones.

"Don't worry, we don't mean any harm." Lin En said slowly.

"Don't waste your time, I won't tell you anything!" Abel interrupted with a sneer.

Abel's bad attitude made Lin En speechless, but he also knew that he had just beaten him up and the other party was probably still angry. After thinking about it, he spoke. "In fact, we are from Greenriel, the land of wizards!"

Greenrill? Abel paused for a moment. He had certainly heard of this legendary wizard holy land.

It is rumored that it is a paradise for wizards. There is no influence of the Church and no witch hunters. Everyone can study witchcraft freely and expound their own magical theories.

Abel has always scoffed at this rumor. He doesn't think such a place exists.

The real wizard holy land will only be created by the great Master Anthony himself, a real kingdom belonging to wizards!

"Since you said you came from the land of wizards, where is the evidence?" Abel sneered. "Everyone in the Kingdom of Hadratha knows that William is a supporter of the Grand Prince and a lackey of the Church. Aren't you working for William just to beg for forgiveness from the Church, hoping that the cardinal will be kind enough to spare your lives?"

"I can tell you that this is absolutely impossible. The day you lose your usefulness, you will be tied to the stake and burned to death..." Abel said mockingly.

Lin En explained calmly, and was a little surprised at the same time. Judging from Abel's attitude, it seemed that he didn't know much about the wizarding land.

You know, William has been in the Kingdom of Hadratha for more than ten years, but he has never had any contact with local wizards. Could it be that when Helram asked the other party to work for him, he did something bad, causing William to always hold a grudge against the wizard?

Lin En suddenly realized that although Helram had left him some inheritance, there were more pitfalls! "Of course I can give you evidence, but you need to tell me which school you come from and who is the leader..." Lin En continued. "In addition, I have also done some research on electromagnetism. Maybe we can exchange relevant experiences if we have the chance."

"So you wanted to spy on the secret of thunder magic..." Abel immediately became alert, as if he had guessed Lin's thoughts.

Thunder magic was discovered by Master Anthony at the risk of his life and after enduring hundreds of lightning strikes. It is the treasure of the entire school! Abel would never allow such an important secret to be revealed. He immediately put on an expression of dying rather than surrendering, so as not to be tricked. He remained silent no matter how Lin En asked.

Seeing that Abel was refusing to cooperate, Owen rolled up his sleeves and was about to hit him a few times to wake him up, but was stopped by Lin En.

"Since you have doubts about us, why not stay here for a while? I believe you will change your mind soon." Lynn did not give a long explanation, but generously gave Abel some time to think slowly.

The opponent's wizard is of a high level, also a three-ring wizard. Lin En does not have the ability to use psychic magic to break through Abel's mental defense and obtain the opponent's memory.

Torture didn't seem like a good idea either, and he didn't want to push a group of potential allies to the opposite side.

Especially now that William's attitude is uncertain, these wizards who have been rooted in the Kingdom of Hadrata for a long time are even more worthy of being won over.

It is not difficult to kill William, but the difficult part is how to handle the subsequent affairs and avoid attracting the attention of the Holy See...

Lynn gave a few instructions, asking Owen to "take care" of Abel, and then left with Laud. A few minutes later, he asked the servants to bring some food and put it on the table.

After tracking Lord for several days and having just experienced a tough battle, Abel was already tired and hungry. The white bread, sausages, steak and grilled fish on the table were like the devil's temptation, constantly attracting his attention.

Abel swallowed, but soon realized that there must be some kind of hallucinogenic substance in it, tempting him to eat it and make him reveal some important information.

"Aren't you going to eat?" Owen asked curiously.

Abel, who had long seen through everything, shook his head firmly, indicating that he would never touch it! Owen ignored Abel and picked up a piece of delicious steak and took a big bite. He quickly cleared all the food on the table without leaving any for Abel.

Could it be that there was really nothing wrong with the food? Seeing Owen eating happily, Abel couldn't help swallowing his saliva, caught in a game between reason and hunger...

(End of this chapter)