All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 96

96. Before the Whip – 2

It’s not wrong, but why does it feel so unsettling?

While Bilbröst and Osnen groaned, Ian finished treating the cadets of the Imperial Academy.

“Ugh…”

The temple’s healing neutralizes poison using divine power.

However, Ian removed the poison with internal energy and acupuncture.

It was as good as forcibly pulling it out, so everyone was groaning and complaining of pain.

“Ian, is this really okay?”

“It varies from person to person, but they should be fine by dawn tomorrow.”

“I heard that there are shamans in the South who heal like this. I never thought I’d see it in the North.”

When Bilbröst spoke, Aranse and Wildy looked at him with curiosity, as if hearing it for the first time.

Of course, Ian’s acupuncture was on a completely different level from that.

In any case, they were healed, and although it was a bit painful, it would be gone by tomorrow.

Only then did Aranse feel relieved.

“Anyway, it’s a relief that they’re completely healed.”

He frowned and lightly flicked the heads of Bakbare and Widia.

He didn’t say it, but he was incredibly surprised and worried.

While they groaned briefly, Bilbröst approached Mei.

“Mei, are you awake?”

“Ugh… yes… Instructor…”

“What happened?”

“Well…”

“Ask about the circumstances later. She probably doesn’t have the strength to answer yet.”

At Ian’s restraint, Bilbröst sighed.

It was a shame, but there was no helping it.

As he stepped back, Osnen let out a deep sigh.

“Thanks to you, I lived.”

“What do you mean? I’m doing it for a price.”

I had been planning to make Songhwa liquid [a medicinal concoction] for a while, but I had been putting it off because finding the ingredients was a hassle.

Now that he made it so easily, Ian had nothing to lose.

Osnen gave a bitter smile at his answer.

“But No Face is even using demons…”

“When did you hear that?”

“I heard it from Blanche, who was observing the interrogation as I came in. Well, that’s not important…”

He clenched his fist and muttered.

“If demons are involved, I don’t think we can just leave them alone.”

“What? Were you just letting them go until now? Why didn’t you get rid of those guys in advance?”

“There were circumstances. But if it’s this bad, I can’t just stand by.”

Osnen turned and went up from the basement.

As he walked away, Bilbröst slightly bowed his head to Ian.

“Thanks to you, the cadets’ lives were saved. I express my gratitude.”

“If you want to express your gratitude, come with heavy hands [bring a generous gift].”

Bilbröst chuckled.

Without any particular answer, he also went up, and Wildy looked down at Widia and Bakbare.

“Ugh, you troublemakers. Instead of studying, why do you go out for company dinners and cause this mess? Company dinners are forbidden from now on. Forbidden.”

Aranse, who liked company dinners, didn’t say anything to her criticism.

After finishing their treatment, Ian went up, and Willis approached him.

“Saint. Were the other Saints treated well?”

“Yes. Thank you for your concern.”

As he smiled, Willis lightly bowed his head.

“We are about to start the interrogation again. Will you go?”

“Of course.”

Ian gladly accepted his offer.

Following Willis back, preparations for the interrogation were already underway.

“Let’s start right away.”

Why they came here.

And whose request they received.

They had figured that out.

But the next part was the problem.

“Why have you demons come to this land!”

“Kahaha!! You fools!! This world is ours!! We should have it! Why did we come?! Have you gone mad from receiving the blessings of the sun and moon?!”

“May the Sun shine upon you!!”

Divine power was unleashed, scorching Beriswell’s body.

Even as he screamed in pain, his taunts did not stop.

“Kahaaaack!! Aaaagh!! Khahaha! Uahaha!! This little bit of pain! It’s nothing compared to the fires of hell!”

“Where is your base!”

“Kyahaha!! Haaack! Ugh!! Kha… Do more! More! Pull out my intestines and break my horns!”

How many demon contractors are there in the world.

How demons came to this world.

And what the demons’ purpose is.

Beriswell wept tears of blood from the divine power, screaming in pain, but only laughed and mocked.

The priests conducting the interrogation were gradually becoming exhausted by his intense resistance.

“He’s holding up quite well.”

Willis wiped away sweat and said in a tired tone.

At that moment, Hestian, who had been singing hymns, collapsed.

It was because she had used too much divine power in succession.

“Sister Hestian!”

“Huk… huk… I’m fine. I…”

As the nuns surrounded her, Beriswell chuckled.

“You moronic Hestian. Hestian, who can only sing. I know what sins you have committed. How pitiful.”

Hestian, who was panting, glared, and Beriswell rolled his large eyes.

“Kheuheu. Oh. Poor, pitiful Hestian. Do you know what your father was like?”

“The, the Sun will. Protect me and my family…!”

Hestian’s kind eyes wavered.

Seeing that, Beriswell laughed even more gleefully.

“No matter how much you try to hide your father’s flaws, we know everything in the world… Ack!!”

Ian strode forward and stabbed Beriswell’s large eyes with his fingers.

“Sister. Are you okay?”

Hestian, who had been suffering from the demonic energy emanating from Beriswell, nodded with difficulty.

Ian, who supported her, covered in sweat and panting, looked around at the priests.

Everyone was exhausted, and it seemed pointless to continue here.

“I’ll take over from here.”

He had gotten everything he needed, so he had to move.

As Ian spoke, Aut tried to stop him with a tired expression.

“But Saint.”

“From now on, scenes that are difficult for minors and the elderly to watch will be shown. So, please clear the surroundings.”

“Ah. Yes. I understand.”

Willis and Aut sent away those who were in pain among the tired nuns and priests.

Only a few priests, holy knights, and one or two nuns remained.

Looking around at them, Ian turned his eyes to Beriswell.

Beriswell hesitated as his eyes met Ian’s.

The taunts and criticisms that he had been spouting off until just now did not come out properly.

He was just looking around, only saying things that wouldn’t offend him.

“…Hey. Hey, you. You bad guy.”

“It’ll hurt if you say useless things.”

“What, what can you do? I survived facing the Seven Deadly Sins! The pain you humans give is…”

As Ian raised his finger, the energy of exorcism was contained in that finger.

As Beriswell was surprised to see that, Ian stabbed him in the forehead.

“Aaaagh!! Keuaaaagh!!”

A strong pain that could not be compared to the divine power of the priests earlier came.

That was because Shaolin was specialized in defeating monsters and demons.

Since it was a technique from such a place, there was no way that a demon from another world could easily withstand it.

Moreover, there were no major problems with the laws for using power in this world’s worldview.

Therefore, Beriswell could only scream in pain as the power of exorcism spread from his head.

Ian slowly pulled out his finger, looking at Beriswell, who was still alive even though a hole had been pierced in his forehead.

“Answer honestly to the questions I ask from now on.”

“Huk… huk… You… what are you?”

What was in front of him was just a human.

But.

He felt a fear greater than when he faced the Seven Deadly Sins.

While he was confused, Ian looked at Beriswell as if he didn’t like something and kicked him in the shin.

-Crack!

Beriswell’s leg was broken by the kick containing the power of exorcism.

As he screamed and fell, Ian grabbed his horn.

“Where are you being presumptuous? Talk standing up.”

“Ugh… ugh… u…”

More than the pain of hellfire.

More than the pain created by the great demons called the Seven Deadly Sins.

What Ian was doing was more painful.

Beriswell looked at Ian with a nervous face and stood up awkwardly.

“Let’s begin.”

“Uh. Um. Uh…”

He had only stabbed him with his finger and kicked him once.

But even so, Beriswell was completely intimidated.

Willis, who had been gaping at that, barely cleared his throat and asked.

“How many of you are there in this land?”

“Kheuheu… Heu… There’s no way you guys would know. How many of us are here? Haha! That is…”

Beriswell, who had been hit in the head by Ian’s fist and flattened like a frog, felt wronged.

“I, I was going to say it! I was going to say it!!”

“Use honorifics. Before I pull out that tongue too.”

“…I, I will.”

Only then did Ian get up from his seat and say to Priest Willis.

“Please sit here comfortably and ask.”

Willis and Aut were sweating cold.

“Y, you are amazing as expected.”

“It’s nothing. We’re just taking advantage of the fact that the Sun and Moon Orders have weakened.”

As he watched with his arms crossed, Beriswell watched Ian’s reaction and answered the priests’ questions.

“There are about a hundred contractors that I can contact right now. Even if you include the ones that can’t be contacted, it’s about two hundred? If you include the ones who went to the Tower of the Forgotten City, it’s over three hundred.”

“The Tower of the Forgotten City? Why did they go there?”

When Ian asked, Beriswell shook his head.

“I don’t know that well… Before coming out of hell, the ones who received orders from the Seven Deadly Sins, the seven lords who rule hell, went there.”

“How were the demons able to come out?”

“Because the Gate of Hell has already opened.”

At that answer, the faces of all the priests, including Willis and Aut, turned blue.

“But why three hundred? According to the scriptures, nine hundred and ninety-nine demons are supposed to come out when the Gate of Hell opens…”

Aut looked at Willis.

He nodded slightly, as if the Moon Order had similar content.

“The Seven Deadly Sins said it wasn’t time yet. Only vanguard units like us have come out.”

“When did the Gate of Hell open?”

“I don’t know that well… But the Gate of Hell is opening from time to time…”

“From time to time?”

“It opens about four times a year based on this place. Our demons come here through the gaps that connect dimensions. However, it’s not easy to manifest…”

They can only properly exert their power in this land through a contract.

That is why demons desperately try to find contractors and make contracts.

Besides that, there were also demons who used chimeras, like what Blue Moon did.

As Beriswell explained, Willis sighed and continued to ask.

The interrogation continued after the sun went down.

Beriswell resisted several times, but every time Ian stepped in, the interrogation never stopped.

After questioning for several hours, the priests sighed and ended the interrogation.

As Beriswell was locked in a sacred cage, Willis and Aut approached Ian with exhausted faces.

“Thank you. Saint.”

“This is the first time I’ve ever interrogated a demon so comfortably. All of this is thanks to you, Saint.”

But the information they obtained was too shocking.

The Gate of Hell had already opened.