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No matter how powerful it was, there were many ways to counter it.

To be honest, I thought he would avoid my point-blank explosion.

I couldn’t hide my surprise at seeing him fall victim so helplessly.

‘Could he have been weak?’

For someone supposedly weak, the armor he was wearing was quite good, and since there were no additional troops besides him.

It seemed that the Heaven God Cult had concluded that this one person alone could handle me.

I looked down at this, wondering if it was arrogance or if something had gone strangely awry.

‘Perhaps he was the type to become stronger with the Seed of Negation?’

That might be it.

Usually, the Seeds of Negation are either used alone or located in places where they are produced.

Since this place didn’t fit either condition, it was highly likely that it was brought from outside to be used.

‘… Which means he became stronger with the Seed of Negation.’

As I was looking down at this, wondering how exactly he had become stronger.

Luna makes a proud expression as if telling me to trust only her.

She jumps down from my arms and tells me.

[You can ask after reviving them!]

A method I never thought of.

I was taken aback by this method and recalled the knowledge I had.

“Won’t they lose their intelligence if turned into zombies?”

[Usually, yes… but the magic book I saw said it’s possible!]

Hearing that, I think I did well to show her, and I pat Luna’s head. Luna gets excited and starts perking up her ears.

“Then let’s revive them.”

[Okay!]

I wonder how much intelligence they’ll have, feeling somewhat expectant as I lean against the wall.

Luna injects mana into the lump of flesh that was the holy knight, forcibly raising it.

“……”

Actually, saying “raising” might not be accurate.

Since the holy knight’s body has already turned into a lump of flesh, I’m not sure if the concept of “rising” even applies.

As I watch the flesh writhing and gathering in one place, wondering if this is right.

The lump of flesh gathers in one spot, then seems to give up and just stops, starting to twitch.

[It’s alive!]

I wonder what the criteria for “alive” is.

Not sure where it all went wrong, I ask a question.

“Are you the one who brought the seed of corruption here?”

Of course, in the state of being a lump of meat, it couldn’t answer.

Luna nodded and answered on its behalf.

[It says that’s right!]

After hearing that, I asked ‘why they brought it’ this time.

To that question, Luna raised her face and told me.

[It says it brought it to eat and become stronger!]

Hearing that, I wanted to hear a more detailed explanation, so I gestured for her to say more.

Luna looked at the lump of meat and continued speaking.

[It says that although you die when you eat it, you become temporarily incredibly strong! So it came believing in that.]

Hearing that, I could roughly picture the situation in my head.

‘I guess the reason they sent this one alone was to confirm how strong it would become when fed the seed of corruption.’

It seems they sent this one to calculate the exact combat power, but.

The problem was that all of the Heaven God Cult’s plans were ruined because this one died before even eating it.

I chuckled at that conclusion while looking at it, then turned my gaze away.

‘Then what’s left now is… that Inspector Chief guy, I suppose.’

I grabbed the sleeping Inspector Chief by the scruff of his neck and said.

“Then let’s head back to the main house.”

At those words, Luna nodded and meowed.

* * *

After tying up the Inspector Chief in the torture room in the basement of the main house, I folded my arms.

I needed to extract ‘information’ from this guy.

I couldn’t quite grasp how to extract it.

‘Since they were bound to the Heaven God Cult, they probably put all kinds of locks on it.’

In reality, it would be difficult to just ask outright, as they would die immediately if they spoke about it.

So it would be good to use a trick… while I was wondering what method to use.

‘Come to think of it, after killing the holy knight, didn’t he answer well when Luna asked?’

I could realize one fact.

The moment I realized this fact, I decided to just kill the head of the Inspection Department and extract the information if he didn’t cooperate.

For now, I decided to wake him up and have a conversation.

“… Cough, cough.”

When I told Luna to wake up the head of the Inspection Department.

Luna removed the black cloud that had entered the body of the head of the Inspection Department, woke him up, and continued speaking.

[He’s awake!]

I gently patted her head to show she did well, then looked at the head of the Inspection Department.

The head of the Inspection Department, perhaps not expecting that I would kidnap him, shouted at me with an expression mixed with anger.

“Do you know what you’ve done, you bastard? Even if you’re the youngest of the Lercier Family, do you think the central government will condone this? You fucking bastard… fearless of the world, relying only on your family name…”

While he was speaking, I swung the mace I had brought and smashed his thigh.

“Aaaaargh!”

A scream echoed.

Hearing such a sound, I decided to give him one last chance, considering this a fateful encounter, and said.

“If you don’t answer the questions I ask, I will kill you immediately. So answer well.”

It would be easier to kill him, but the simple reason for keeping him alive and making him answer is this.

Unlike others, when it comes to someone like the head of the Inspection Department, the aftermath becomes quite troublesome.

‘Moreover, if we keep him alive, we can continuously extract information.’

However, the problem is, as mentioned earlier, since he’s been contractually prevented from speaking about the information… we can’t properly extract it.

So while I was pondering how to solve this,

Luna, who had been staring at this intently, suddenly seemed to have a good idea and tapped me with her cat paw.

[Master, Master! I have a good method!]

“A good method?”

[Yes! If you cover the contract with another contract, you might be able to solve what you want!]

Cover the contract with another contract?

With those words, I felt my mind clear up, and I couldn’t hide my smile.

‘… Come to think of it, that’s right. If we put a higher-level contract over the one placed by the Heaven God Cult, we might be able to make him talk.’

For example, the curse currently placed by the Heaven God Cult is ‘If you speak information that could harm the Heaven God Cult, you die.’

So I could insert the opposite, like ‘If you don’t tell me information that could harm the Heaven God Cult, you die, and if you do tell me, you don’t die.’

I thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea to try causing a contract conflict.

‘Since there are no results yet, I’m not sure how it will turn out.’

I was planning to kill him anyway if things went wrong.

Thinking it wouldn’t be bad to test it whether he lives or dies, I decided to proceed with this.

*

The contract wasn’t too difficult to create.

With the information from the magic book Luna had read before and my modified formula added, I was able to create a higher-level contract formula without much difficulty.

I forcibly made a contract with the half-dead head of the Inspection Department and then spoke.

“Now, let’s talk about the information regarding the Heaven God Cult.”

“I… I won’t… say anything.”

Although I made him enter into a contract, it was somewhat incomprehensible that he still didn’t want to share information.

If I put myself in his shoes, I could understand his refusal to some extent, as he would surely die if he failed.

So, I decided to give him a choice by striking his remaining leg with a mace.

“Decide whether you want to die with your entire body shattered, or speak and then die.”

A scream echoed through the room.

Certainly, befitting the leader of the Inspection Department, he seemed to have no intention of divulging any information.

So, I had no choice but to drive the mace into the back of his hand this time.

“Aaagh! Kuaaaaaah!”

The screams gradually grew louder.

As I started to think my ears were hurting, I was about to smash his other hand, since the head of the Inspection Department still wasn’t talking.

“Do you… do you think I’ll talk?”

The head of the Inspection Department opened his mouth to declare that he wouldn’t speak.

I couldn’t understand why he was so determined to keep his mouth shut, but I decided to move on to the next method if that’s how he wanted to play it.

“Come in.”

At those words, the torture room manager brought in various potions and people who could use healing magic, bowing his head.

“Young master, I’ve brought everything you asked for.”

I nodded at those words and examined the items they had brought.

About 200 recovery potions.

I shoved one of them into the mouth of the Inspection Chief while watching, then raised the mace again to shatter his leg or hand.

The screams that initially echoed loudly soon subsided, and only a hoarse voice resonated through the torture chamber.

It seems his voice has given out, and even if he tries to scream, no sound comes out.

I silently continued this process, watching him until he would speak.

“… I-I’ll talk… P-please stop.”

Finally, I was able to extract a declaration of surrender.

I nodded my head, signaling him to speak.

With a trembling, muffled voice, he spoke to me.

“T-The Heaven God Cult is d-dreaming of reviving the D-Demon God.”

This wasn’t particularly new information as I already knew it.

The important thing here is that despite saying this, the Inspection Chief didn’t die.

Realizing this fact, I smiled, understanding that I could now extract information from the Heaven God Cult members while keeping them alive.