Chapter 701 Crossing the Border (Part 2)

The mages on the other side also completed the spellcasting arrangement. Many glass bottles were placed on the pier, and they were filled with pure souls.

What a big deal, Jayne thought.

He knew that it was not easy to refine souls. When conquering the World Island, the mages only used them at the most critical moment. Unexpectedly, they took out nearly a hundred bottles this time.

God knows where these souls were collected from.

Following the Duke's order, the soldiers began to rotate the winch on the box with force.

The side walls of the iron box gradually closed, squeezing the prisoner's living space bit by bit.

Jayne was a little surprised. Did this lord want to crush the prisoner to death? Although there was nothing wrong with this method of execution, it could serve as a warning to others if it was implemented in the square of the imperial capital, but it felt a bit redundant to execute him in the frozen sea of ​​​​ice and snow.

"Sir, are you going to..."

He just opened his mouth and was interrupted by Aurora.

"This is not meaningless torture, but the key to causing soul tremors." The latter said calmly, "Have you heard of a demon called Yuangui?"

Jayne shook his head honestly.

Speaking of cannon types and ship handling skills, he could talk for a whole afternoon, but his understanding of demons basically remained at the impression of strange and difficult enemies.

There are not many opportunities to encounter demons at sea.

"This is the naming of the East. They subdivide demons into six categories, and then name them according to their characteristics under the major categories. In this regard, they do better than us." Aurora continued, "Yuangui is such a demon. It usually likes to curl up in a narrow space and pull people who approach carelessly into it. No matter how big the target is, it will not damage their hiding place, so the only ones who change are those unlucky people who are caught."

The fleet commander suddenly shuddered.

This chill did not come from the snowflakes and floating ice in the permafrost sea, but from the iron boxes placed on the dock.

For the prisoners, isn't the shrinking space equivalent to the cage of Yuangui?

"It seems you have discovered it." Aurora smiled, "The Abyss Ghost can be guided out artificially. The East has used similar torture instruments to create magical instruments that hide the Abyss Ghost. But our research needs to go further, and you will see it next."

At this time, a wailing sound rang out.

The closed box walls pressed the prisoner tightly in the center, and the first to feel pain were the arms and chest lungs. The severe pain caused by the inward contraction of the ribs made them unable to help but wail, but soon the sound faded away - it was not that death came so quickly, but the front and back iron plates pressed against their chests and backs, making it impossible for them to complete the inhalation and exhalation process smoothly, so they naturally could not scream.

But the pain also disappeared.

From the prisoners' hideous faces and red cheeks, it can be seen that the torture they endured has far exceeded the severe cold of the permafrost sea.

The purple soul in the bottle also began to tremble, as if it was pulled by something.

The Duke wants to create a deep ghost?

Jane Van Ritter, who realized this, took a breath of cold air.

Although the Church of the Moon Goddess does not have as strong hostility towards demons as the Church of the Sun God, it has repeatedly expressed in public that eradicating demons is the church's duty. After all, everyone knows that demons are irreconcilable with living beings and are minions sent by hell to the human world. Eradicating demons is to win the hearts of the people.

And His Majesty Talus behind the Duke is also the main person in charge of the church, almost on an equal footing with the Pope. Everything Aurora did can be regarded as having obtained the consent and support of His Majesty. Doesn't this mean that the church's top leaders are creating demons themselves?

And... why did the Duke mention the knowledge of demons in the East? He was under the impression that Natatin had not established diplomatic relations with the Corner of the World. How did this news reach the ears of the Imperial Mage?

However, as a professional soldier, he was loyal to His Majesty and would never easily inquire about issues that were not his responsibility.

The squeezing time was quite long.

As if to increase the pain of the tortured, the soldiers rotated the capstan more slowly in the second half. Occasionally, there were one or two crackling sounds of bones breaking, and the rest of the time there was only a dying gasp.

Blood seeped out from the cracks of the box, staining the overlapping vines on the dock red.

"My Lord, please give them a quick death!" Elder Koslin couldn't help crying.

Aurora sighed, "I wanted to share the honor of going to the new world with you, but it seems that you are not blessed." She nodded her chin to the guards, "Take this Lord away. Remember, don't let her touch any branches of the tree boat."

"Yes!"

Soon several soldiers rushed forward, lifted up the begging elf elder, and dragged him out of the dock area.

Two quarters of an hour later, the execution was nearing its end.

After the ribs were broken, the body's resistance strength dropped sharply, and the internal organs were ruptured one by one. Many people's mouths had been squeezed out of blood and flesh, and even the last gasp became weaker and weaker.

At this moment, the soul in the bottle suddenly jumped out of the bottle mouth!

A layer of purple mist filled the sky above the pier.

In an instant, Jayne felt that his heart seemed to be tightly grasped by something, and his gastric juice churned up! He couldn't help but take two steps back and covered his mouth with an ugly look.

The other soldiers' reactions were even stronger than his, some even fell to the ground and vomited directly.

These elite soldiers have experienced many battles, and it is impossible for them to lose their composure because of the miserable condition of a group of prisoners.

It was more direct malice, as if someone was staring at them from somewhere!

The mages had already set up mental protection spells. They advanced instead of retreating and chanted spells in unison.

"Your Excellency, the Abyss Ghost you are talking about... ahem... how exactly are you going to help us pass through the high black wall?" Jayne couldn't help but ask. The evil demon has not yet taken shape, and its hostility towards the living is so obvious. Once it appears in its full form, will it still be at the mercy of the mage?

"It's very simple," Aurora said calmly, "If the container is too small, it will squeeze people to death, but if the container is large enough, it will be different. The essence of the Yuan ghost is the power of chaos, which can break the barriers in the common sense and make it a An unobstructed passage. Just like humans cannot get into a narrow gap by their own strength, but the Yuan ghost can pull us into it.”

She paused at this point, "And this invisible black wall is the new shelter of the Abyss Ghost!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a force field spell of the plasticity system appeared out of thin air, forming a hexagonal "huge honeycomb" on the outer edge of the border.

At this moment, the winch turned to the bottom.

All the victims breathed their last.

The purple mist seemed to come alive, swarming into the "container" constructed by the force field, and a dark door suddenly appeared in front of everyone!