"Of course, you can choose not to answer," Leon continued.
"We can just get the answer from the other mbers of your labor group. However, if everyone stubbornly refuses to talk, I suppose we would be forced to use torture thods. And trust when I say my torture thods will make you wish you were dead. None of us want that, do we?"
"So, will you talk? Or will you not?" Leon calmly asked.
The male laborer nad rvin didn't intend to talk at first, but he was conflicted at the sa ti.
After all, Deacon Artemise did ntion not that they should not ntion anything about the Church of the Sun God to the non-believers. They would most likely fail to convert the non-believers to the religion and even land themselves in trouble.
However, rvin hadn't spoken a single word about the Sun God Church, but he was already in trouble!
Furthermore, there's even the risk of being tortured!
Three days of preaching by Deacon Artemise was far from enough for rvin to develop a strong sense of loyalty to the Sun God Church.
Thus, after hearing Leon's torture threat, rvin quickly spilled everything he knew.
Soti later, Leon wore a grave expression after he finished listening to rvin's talk on the Sun God Church.
It was a much more serious problem than he thought.
This wasn't just a normal religion that was recently born from the despair brought by the Cataclysm. No, Leon suspected it was an evil religion that had existed much longer.
Furthermore, this evil religion is being masked as sothing good!
"Fortunately, you chose to cooperate," Leon said to rvin with a bit of relief.
It showed that the newly-converted people could still be saved from Deacon Artemise's brainwashing.
"Am I still getting tortured, Your Imperial Highness?" rvin asked nervously.
"Of course not. Since you chose to cooperate, there is no need for torture. Once I confirm your information with the others, you may even escape any form of punishnt and be rewarded instead," Leon replied.
"Nevertheless, I must say that you are quite lucky. This Deacon Artemise was brainwashing you all into becoming demon worshippers—No, it should be called devil worshippers. The so-called Sun God is no god but a devil and especially powerful one with authority over the Wrath Law."
"This is sothing you will hear more about later," Leon stated.
Since he learned the details of Deacon Artemise's preaching thods, he understood which course of action he should take to stop her from spreading the religion.
Nevertheless, rvin was stunned after hearing from the imperial prince.
"Does that an I cannot use the Sun G—er, the devil sun's power anymore, Your Imperial Highness?" rvin wondered.
Regardless of the truth, this was what rvin really wanted to know.
rvin was just learning how to use this power to fix his appearance. He didn't know what to feel if the imperial prince was to deny him and many others of this ability.
After all, their present appearances were truly hideous to look at.
"Of course not. I don't discriminate when it cos to cultivation thods," Leon said with a shake of his head.
"However, you need to understand that the Wrath Law is a dangerous power. It's what causes people and beasts alike to lose their minds. If you lose your mind due to this power and beco a threat to everyone around you, we will have to execute you."
"I understand."
…
Soti later, Leon t up with Faelyn, Rainshine, Snowscar, and their accompanying assistants before comparing the answers they recorded from the hired laborers.
"The answers are all the sa. It seems like no one lied," Leon confird after perusing the papers.
It was impossible for the hired laborers to co up with a coordinated lie when they were interrogated separately.
As such, the zero discrepancies in their answers could only prove that they all spoke the truth.
Shortly after, Leon glanced up and asked, "Was there any problems on your ends?"
"No, it went smooth for ," Faelyn answered.
"Sa for , my Lord. Everything proceeded without a problem," Snowscar replied shortly after in its deep and manly voice while standing on two feet like a human and proudly patting its chest with its paw.
"Sohow, I seriously doubt that," Leon smiled wryly before casting a glance at Rainshine. "You two are brothers and sisters, yet why do you have such a shocking difference when it cos to your voices?"
"Even if you ask that, my Lord, I don't know how to answer …" Rainshine scratched her head with bafflent.
"What should we do with the hired laborers we interrogated, Your Highness?" an official asked shortly after.
"Since they cooperated, give them the survey compensation reward and release them. Then, bring in the next group of confird believers to survey and interrogate. Of course, you'll be doing this on your own. I'll be returning to New Capital to report to my father," Leon stated.
"Understood, Your Highness," the officials complied.
After Leon finished issuing his instructions to the rest of the officials in the North Reclamation, he swiftly returned to New Capital with Faelyn and the two Winter Cats.
…
Inside Heinrich's study room, he imdiately noticed Leon and the others stepping outside the Dark Passage the mont it appeared.
"Back so soon? Have you already learned about the religion, Son?" Heinrich asked with surprise.
"Yes, Father," Leon nodded solemnly before adding, "And it's a much more serious problem than we anticipated.
"The religion is called the Sun God Church. Furthermore, the people spreading the religion aren't normal priests but most likely devil worshippers. However, that isn't the most pressing issue we should be concerned about right now."
"It isn't?" Heinrich raised an eyebrow.
"It's not. These devil worshippers have learned how to use the power of wrath. Do you understand what that implies, Father?" Leon asked.
However, Leon didn't wait for an answer.
"If they devised a cultivation thod based on the Wrath Law. Then, the abundant Wrathful Demon Energy in the world will beco their most desired energy source for cultivation," Leon continued.
"Wrathful Demon Energy…? But then that would an… Oh, no!" Heinrich imdiately realized where the problem was.
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