Chapter 57
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Chapter 57: You Can Never Escape Hillenbrand Town!
Isabella still wore anti-magic restraints and the thin dress provided by Lolth.
Standing at the north side of the town, her dress and hair were damp, with small cuts from twigs and pebbles.
The only thing that looked clean on her was the magic bag hanging from her waist, imbued with many magic spells.
Of course, the reason Isabella looked so messy wasn’t because of her appearance.
It was her cold and proud face that now couldn’t hide her despair and confusion.
The sharp ice-blue eyes that once sparkled had completely lost their edge and brightness.
In the past few hours, she had tried many times to escape the southern forests.
But…returned empty-handed.
Every time about to leave the southern mountains and forests, always lose consciousness, then return to the entrance.
Every fruitless return would make her soul ache slightly.
But only like this, she couldn’t reach Isabella.
She didn’t want to admit that there was something wrong with her soul.
There must be something strange in the southern mountains and forests!
That succubus is very good at Space Magic Array, maybe she predicted that she would escape from the southern mountains and forests, setting up a magic array there!
Although unable to explain why she would lose consciousness, Isabella could only choose to believe this explanation.
So, she gritted her teeth and continued to try.
She chose to go to a different place.
Since the weirdness in the southern mountains, why not try the water route?
So she jumped into the Larech River.
As a Grand Knight, she was naturally good at swimming. The Schwarzwald family’s area in the snowy mountains had many rivers. Because of the steep terrain, the rivers were often fast-flowing with many waterfalls and hidden currents. In some places, even the fish would get slammed onto rocks by the rapids and die.
Being the eldest daughter of the Schwarzwald family, she started getting bigger and began practicing swimming in those types of waters to build her strength and reflexes.
But…
The water route still wasn’t passable.
When she came to her senses, she found herself back on the riverbank.
No matter which direction she swam or dived to the river bottom, it was all the same!
After that, she tried moving west across the riverbank, east through the mountains and forests, and north across the plains.
No matter how many times, the outcome was always the same.
Losing consciousness, then returning to the starting point.
As the Grand Knight, she was already exhausted from each attempt.
Her clearly traumatized soul was also reminding her that something was indeed taking effect within her soul.
She looked at the town under the night sky, at the black spire in the northeast corner of the town, the succubus’s playful and composed appearance seemed to reappear before her eyes.
Then there was the Moon Elf Princess Tina, her mocking words echoing in her ears.
"Your soul has long been as corrupted as mine~"
"I’ve told you before, it’s you yourself who walked back…"
The "fact" that Isabella didn’t want to admit was now right in front of her.
This couldn’t be a spatial array. No caster could set up so many, flawless spatial arrays with such secrecy that could activate automatically. It would take the collaboration of several Sages and Great Sages from the Tower in the Clouds of Cloud City to achieve this.
Even if she wasn’t a caster, Isabella was very aware of this.
To achieve such an effect, it would probably require the cooperation of several Sages and Great Sages from the Tower in the Clouds of Cloud City.
If the interrogator of the Demon Army has such high strength and magical skills, the Holy Alliance couldn’t have blocked the Demon Army for two years.
Because she could easily teleport a group of Demon Army soldiers behind the defense line!
Therefore, after ruling out the possibility of comforting herself, Isabella sadly realized something.
That she might only be able to walk back by herself…
Just like the elf said, the idea of resistance and self-consciousness was probably intentionally retained by the succubus out of some evil pleasure.
It’s really… so evil!
Isabella felt a chill colder than her winter experiences on the snowy mountains back home.
Unknowingly, the soul that had been tampered with from the beginning was doomed to never escape…
Her schemes, plans, resistance, and efforts must have been very amusing in her eyes, right?
Despite being a Legend Level Knight, her futile efforts seemed meaningless as she was manipulated by her.
Is this what a real succubus is like…?
No wonder, in any kind of book, whenever the Abyssal Demon is mentioned, succubus is always considered the most terrifying and troublesome existence.
"Can’t escape…" she sighed.
Dejectedly, Isabella realized that returning to the torture tower seemed to be her only option now.
However, Isabella was still different from Tina.
Even though she gave up the thought of running away, she did not give up resisting or giving in to despair.
"Even if my self-awareness has been deliberately retained, what does it matter…"
"I just can’t escape, but I will never surrender!"
"That succubus will not make me fall willingly!"
"It’s impossible to make me truly submit, you can only manipulate my soul and body with magic, turning me into a mindless puppet!"
Isabella thought about this and clenched her fist.
By now, the sky was getting light, and this long night was coming to an end.
She knew that her attempt to escape had surely been discovered.
This behavior, which is like challenging authority, combined with her determination to never give in, would definitely lead the succubus to use various cruel punishment methods to torture her and break her will.
But even so, she would not succumb or beg for mercy.
Perhaps, she could provoke the succubus enough to make her kill her voluntarily!
Thinking of a scenario where, at death’s door, she spat at the succubus and the succubus, enraged, accidentally killed her, Isabella became even more determined.
"Defending honor with death, not a bad idea…"
"In that case, I’ve at least defended the honor of being a knight to the bare minimum!"
"Father, you will understand me, won’t you?"
Thinking this, she walked towards the direction of the torture tower.
Afterwards, at the steps leading to the torture tower’s entrance, she placed the magic bag by her side and sat on the bottom step.
Isabella knew that no matter what happens next, suffering and hardship are inevitable.
The only regret is that she couldn’t help the innocent people in Hillenbrand Town…
As a knight, she felt somewhat guilty for not being able to save the people about to suffer.
And so, Isabella sat quietly, watching the sky grow brighter, welcoming the upcoming sunrise…
The door of the Interrogation Department opened.