Volume 5 Chapter 60
by Need_More_SleepVolume 5 + Chapter 60: A Simple Game
“No matter what, we will never betray the White Night cult!”
“You can force us to surrender, but if you think we’ll reveal White Night cult intelligence or tell you the location of our bases, dream on!!”
Elly looked at the two White Night cultists who had been tightly bound hand and foot, feeling utterly helpless.
She truly wanted to walk up and smash each of their skulls with a couple of solid punches.
But nearly all the remaining cultists were already dead. The few who survived had been finished off by the enraged villagers. Only these two had been deliberately left alive as sources of information.
No matter how Elly questioned them, they refused to speak. She had no way forward.
“Your Highness, these are the two cultists I mentioned. They simply won’t talk,” Elly said, pointing at them.
“Minor issue.”
Xia Yi had already thought of a solution. There was no need for torture or drugs. She could make them not only surrender voluntarily, but beg to provide White Night cult intelligence.
“No matter what methods you use, we will not… submit!”
“Lord Azure Fox watches from above! Our steadfast faith will be witnessed. Even in death, we are worthy of entering the paradise of the afterlife!”
“That’s right!”
The two cultists echoed each other fervently.
“Take them away. Detain them separately.”
With a simple order from Xia Yi, the two cultists were escorted from the village square and locked in two different houses.
…
“Damn you! Even if you lock us up, ”
One cultist shouted from inside the room. Before he could finish, the door opened.
Xia Yi entered with Elly.
“What do you want? It’s useless. I told you, I won’t provide a single piece of information. I won’t betray the White Night cult,” the cultist declared resolutely. “I’ve already drunk holy water…”
“I’m not going to do anything to you,” Xia Yi said as she took a seat. “I simply want to play a game with you.”
“…A game?”
“Yes. A very simple game. It’s called Life or Death.”
“What do you mean?”
“From now on, you and your companion are detained in separate houses. You cannot meet or communicate,” Xia Yi explained calmly. “Once the game officially begins, whichever of you first provides the dragon clan with White Night cult intelligence will be allowed to live. The other person will be executed.”
“…What?!”
The cultist’s body trembled.
It truly was a game as simple as it sounded, life or death. Provide information, and you live. The one in the other room dies.
“Here’s a friendly tip,” Xia Yi added lightly. “If neither of you gives us any intelligence, if your faith is pure and your trust in one another absolute, then neither of you will die. But if the other side secretly provides us with information first… then, biu~”
She made a cute little gesture with her hand and smiled sweetly.
Yet that silver dragon’s smile appeared more terrifying than a demon to the cultist.
“Once I step out of this room, the game begins. I wish you a pleasant time~”
Xia Yi left the room with a cheerful expression, leaving Elly behind as the game’s silent ‘NPC.’
The cultist stood frozen, drenched in sweat, clutching his face as his mind raced.
I want to trust my fellow believers.
We are both followers of the Azure Fox God.
But… will he betray me just to survive?
Even if I trust him, what if he sells me out? What then?
The cultist’s thoughts spiraled. His nerves stretched taut like a drawn bowstring. He stared at Elly as his breathing grew erratic.
“Has there been any news from the other side?”
“Is he… still holding out?”
“I haven’t been betrayed, right?”
He kept questioning Elly.
But as the designated ‘NPC,’ Elly had been instructed not to say anything unnecessary. She repeated only one line:
“Do you wish to end the game?”
“I…”
“Do you wish to end the game?”
“…!”
Her monotonous repetition was more unbearable than any brutal torture.
He rushed to the edge of the house, pressing his ear against the wall, desperate to hear something.
Thud.
A faint noise came from the other side.
Then, what sounded like hushed voices in low conversation.
Had the other man chosen to end the game? To abandon him and live alone?
In that instant, the cultist’s heart leapt into his throat. He pounded on the wall and screamed, “Don’t say anything! Don’t say anything!! I didn’t betray you! Let’s both survive!”
But the murmur continued. He was on the verge of collapse.
“Do you wish to end the game?” Elly asked again.
His eyes widened. Like a man resigned to ruin, he slumped to the ground.
“I’ll talk! I’ll talk! I want to end the game!”
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…
“Your Highness, this is the intelligence he provided.”
Elly handed over the information.
“Mm… it matches.”
Xia Yi compared the two reports. The details were largely consistent, with no discrepancies.
Moreover, the information was impressively thorough. Not only did both provide the locations of nearby White Night cult bases, they even revealed the elders’ personalities, preferences, and embarrassing secrets from their past. They had practically competed with each other in spilling everything.
“Alright. Make preparations. We’re heading to the White Night cult’s stronghold,” Xia Yi said.
“Your Highness, what about those two cultists?”
“Release them. We promised the dragon clan would spare their lives,” Xia Yi replied with a sly smile. “As for whether they can escape from the villagers afterward, that depends on their own abilities.”
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…
“East wind.”
“Six bamboo.”
“Red dragon.”
“Self-draw, Thirteen Orphans!”
Inside the White Night cult’s stronghold, several elders were playing mahjong. The most senior elder had just won and was jubilant.
“Tch, what ridiculous luck!”
“Unbelievable.”
“I’m going to lose everything at this rate.”
The other three elders sighed in frustration.
The winning elder beamed. “Oh, come now. Haven’t you all made a tidy profit recently? Sending your subordinates to towns and villages under the pretext of purging heretics, what a lucrative enterprise.”
“Heh, not bad.”
“I have to admit, it’s been rather comfortable.”
“As long as the Bishop’s purge of heretics continues, we’ll earn even more. This is just the beginning.”
The elders laughed knowingly. They all understood just how profitable this ‘business’ was.
“Come on, let’s continue!”
They were about to resume their game when a thunderous crash erupted. A massive hole exploded through the wall.
A silver-haired, silver-eyed dragon girl stepped through, leading a group of dragons.
“Good evening,” Xia Yi greeted them politely.
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