“Where are you… Come out, don’t hide! Tect!”
But there was no voice in response.
“Captain! Please use that technique from earlier again!”
However, Elfatokles hesitated.
She couldn’t bring herself to use such a dangerous technique on her own sister…
As a result of her hesitation, she stopped with force.
“Stop it, Mercy! Come to your senses!”
“Die! Die! Die!”
She called out to Mercy many times, but she never returned to her senses.
Seeing Elfatokles’s state, the Knights Order gave up on relying on the Flame Emperor.
“It can’t be helped. I hate laying hands on the citizens, but if we continue like this, we’ll be in danger. Beat them up enough not to kill them!”
With those words from the vice-captain, the Knights Order began to break the bones in the legs and arms of the brainwashed people.
After tens of minutes, they had broken every bone in their bodies, and they didn’t seem to feel good after being forced to listen to the sound of human bones breaking for so long.
“Haa, haa… Where the hell is that Tect?”
“I’m definitely going to make him suffer…”
The Knights Order, thinking they had finished one task for the time being, sat down.
They didn’t miss that gap. Despite having broken bones, the brainwashed people attacked the Knights Order.
“Now’s the chance! Beat these guys up and brainwash them too!”
“What the hell? Don’t screw with me! Why are these guys moving even though their bones are broken!”
“They won’t give up even with broken bones… Does that mean we have to kill them…”
However, even though they were brainwashed, they couldn’t bring themselves to kill the citizens with their own hands.
Seeing their comrades being immobilized one after another, the scene fell into chaos.
“Cap…tain, quickly use that technique from earlier…”
However, Elfatokles couldn’t move. She was doing her best to restrain Mercy.
Someone approached the knights who had been immobilized.
“Good work. Now, shall we begin?”
It was Tect. He was starting to brainwash the knights.
Since it was completed just by touching them, they were being brainwashed at a terrifying rate.
“Are you all alright!?”
“Ugh… Captain too… brainwash…”
“You! How dare you do this to my subordinates!”
Saying that, Elfatokles released the hand that had been restraining Mercy.
“Give the Eternal Death Fire.”
The flames released from her hand drew a beautiful flower-like shape and attacked Tect.
There was a human figure burned by these flames.
“Vice-Captain! Why would you…”
That’s right, the vice-captain who had protected Tect had been burned by Elfatokles.
“Those guys are my puppets now. So if something happens that concerns my life, they’ll protect me with their lives. One died, but there are still plenty of replacements.”
“Oh… what have I done…”
Elfatokles had killed a subordinate who had followed her for many years with her own hands.
The mental shock was considerable.
“Alright, now’s the time! Do it!”
“!”
At that moment, Mercy stabbed Elfatokles in the chest with a knife while she was off guard.
“Guh.”
Thanks to her high recovery ability, she would return to normal after a while, though not as much as Kaine, but this state was bad in front of the Four Heavenly Kings.
As expected, Tect approached Elfatokles and began brainwashing her.
Normally, Elfatokles was not the type to be manipulated by Tect, but she had killed the vice-captain and was distraught after being stabbed by Mercy, so she was weakened both mentally and physically.
Elfatokles had been manipulated.
“Kukuku! Serves you right! You’ve been doing whatever you wanted until now!”
Tect beat up the manipulated Elfatokles.
However, Elfatokles just continued to be beaten without changing her expression.
Eventually, her clothes were torn and she was forced to take a pose of submission.
“Even that Flame Emperor is nothing to me!”
She was brainwashed and not even allowed to shed tears, and was subjected to the utmost humiliation.
“Come to think of it, you also said a lot about me!”
Saying that, Tect trampled on Kuder’s corpse.
“What Four Heavenly Kings! Weakest! You’re the weakest! I’m the strongest!”
After tearing the corpse to shreds, he smiled as if the appetizer was over.
“Next is Kaine… It’s your turn.”
Tect began to laugh gleefully.
Elena was taught by Elfatokles, so her fighting style is similar to Elfatokles.
She can also use some of the same techniques.