Orrick

After thirty minutes of torture, Komgoblin eventually gave in as he let the cat out of the bag.

When Gellis was done extracting information, he silently finished off Komgoblin who was staring blankly at the vacant area.

*𝑆𝑙𝑎𝑠ℎ*

Just like that Komgoblin died without resisting when he saw the long-saber of Gellis was about to cut his neck, instead of grief. A flash of delight gleamed to his yellowish eyes.

Then his head rolled down to the ground whilst his lifeless body fell as its blue's blood staining the soil from the ground.

"..." Seeing the last expression of the Goblin. Gellis felt bad after taste from his mouth; because it was his first time witnessing such emotion from the monster.

"So, what should we do now?" The one who said it was the blue-colored mage from their party. It was Theeste.

Hearing her voice, Gellis responded. "What else should we do? Of course, we need to check the place to know if this Goblin is saying the truth." Moving his gaze to his party member one by one. Only then did Gellis nod in satisfaction when nobody voiced out their complaint.

"It's settled then." Saying that, Gellis led the way to the ruined Goblin settlement.

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Inside the Spiral Dome.

Kyros, who managed to locate the prisoners, halted his movement when he saw the two patrols inside the hallway to his designated target.

With his mana manipulation, Kyros silently created two glittering purplish lighting arrows and aimed it to the two low-grade demons.

He knew the basic arrow shaft won't be enough to pierce through the hide of these two demons; that was why Kyros decided to use his art to eliminate the two with an agile and noiseless move.

*𝑇𝑢𝑑 * 𝑇𝑢𝑑*

Kyros easily killed the two patrols. Only clearing the obstacle, he started to move forward.

Within several breaths of time. Kyros eventually arrived at the five-meter high, metal ornamental gate.

Slowly, Kyros scanned the surrounding area, knowing that there wasn't any guard to the nearby place; he pushed that door with a creaking sound.

Entering inside the prisoner's chamber, Kyros' saw several races that were put inside the iron cage whilst both the prisoner's hands and legs were tied by an iron chain. However, when he was about to dash forward to rescue them. He suddenly felt something was off.

Staring at the soulless eyes of each prisoner. Kyros noticed that there was something off to the essence of life from their bodies. "[Eye of Genesis.]" Kyros murmured the keyword. Then he started to examine the nearby prisoner.

As his, both eyes flashed with a purplish golden hue. Kyros scanned the body of the nearby beast-kin race.

Using his extraordinary senses, Kyros swept the figure of the man who has silver wolf's ears and tail. With that, he saw the irregularity movement of the man's life essence.

Kyros frowned upon seeing the abnormal flow of the beast-kin life essence. Then he tried to dig deeper as he scanned every nook and cranny of the man's vein.

Suddenly, Kyros felt an unusual imprint at the man's abdomen. Staring in disbelief. Kyros did the same thing to the other prisoners. To his surprise, every prisoner has the same predicament.

"... Those lowly demons! To go in such a length, even drawing oneself life essence as an energy to maintain their camouflage array..." Kyros' body trembled in fury. "Huu~"

After stabilizing his mind. Kyros went forward and ripped the gate of the nearby cage with his brute strength.

*𝐶𝑟𝑎𝑎𝑐𝑘!*

With a crispy sound of a metallic object being forcefully ripped apart. The man darted his colorless eyes to Kyros. However, the man's expression didn't change, as if he already gave in from despair.

Noticing the man was staring at him, Kyros didn't mind his behavior as he shredded the iron chain that's binding the man's figure.

After that, Kyros did the same thing to the other captives. A while later, when he thoroughly freed all the captives. Kyros gathered them in the center of the chamber.

Staring at the thirty plus captives who were wearing a hopeless expression, Kyros said. "Please bear with the discomfort, I will now begin to remove the demonic markings from all of you."

With that said, Kyros released his irresistible Mana pool, with a runic formation suddenly carved into the floor out of nowhere. While it glittered with a warm and soothing feeling.

Still, it was only for the beginning, as intense pain ran through all over their bodies. Eventually, someone could no longer tolerate the pain, as the person wailed in distress.

"Aa... Aaah!"

Soon enough, one after another, a scream of agony resounded inside the chamber.

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In the middle of the spiral dome. There was a man who was sitting on the polished dark crystalline throne. The hall was made of black marble and wide enough to fit the three standard sizes of a human residence.

Suddenly, a pitched-black object flew at the man's direction.

Seeing the upcoming object. The person on the throne moved its right hand in a grabbing motion, as the black-object landed to its palm.

"Mm, what a useless Goblin. The reason why I bestow him my blade is to aid me in silencing those pests above the ground." The man said. "But who could have thought, after lending my power, he still lost."

"Return." The person muttered as if following its command. The Demonic Blade turned into a fine-black powder, blending to the man's skin.

While leisurely observing the dimensional portal to be constructed, he suddenly felt a weird sensation around his guts.

"... What? How could this happen?" The person was alarmed as he yelled at his nearby subordinate.

"You! What is going on to the prisoners? How come I couldn't feel my markings from them?" The man on the throne said with bloodshot eyes.

"... Lo—lord Orrick, this hu—humble servant of yours doesn't know..." The low-grade demon quavered in fright.

"Then! What are you waiting for! Go and check the prisoner's chamber!" But, after saying those words, Orrick thought for a moment before adding. "No... Lead the way, I want to see what happened with my own eyes."

"Ye—yes! Lord Orrick!" The low-grade demon replied nervously as the demon led the way to the Prisoner's Chamber.

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After removing the markings for the thirty-plus captives. Kyros' exhaled slightly. Even for him, removing the demonic mark while protecting the body of his target was a taxing task.

"Huuu~ I guess they would be fine now." After he said that Kyros darted his gaze at the entrance of the room.

"[Eye of Genesis.]" Kyros activated his innate skill. "Just like I thought, the demon would come after I erased his marking."

He muttered while examining the upcoming demon in the far off distance. The demon was no other than Orrick, who is a high-grade demon.

"A high-ogre, huh?" Kyros queried in confusion. "No... He is a deficient high-ogre. As his horn didn't fully bloom."

"Well, even if he is a full high-ogre it wouldn't change the result." He said. "If you want to stop this old man, you have to send at least a Great Demon General."

While saying that. For the first time, Kyros summoned his long-bow. The unusual thing about this long-bow wasn't because of its appearance. But rather the purplish runic symbol that imbued to the bow.

Not waiting for his opponent to come. Kyros took advantage of the fact that his enemy was in a state of confusion to release a decisive blow.

Using his mana manipulation Kyros created a three purple lighting bolt as an arrow.

However, upon placing the three lighting bolts to his bow. A sudden phenomenon occurred.

The three glittering lighting bolts merge as one along with a golden spiral runic symbol circulated around it.

Once Kyros thought that he already managed to gather enough firepower. He activated one of his advanced skills. "[Arrow Bolt.]" After saying the keyword. The arrow that was gathering a momentum suddenly gleamed with glaring ornate light.