Chapter 62: Forced Confession

  Yesterday's condition was really bad, I squeezed two chapters but couldn't squeeze them out. Don't worry, everyone, the words I owed yesterday will be made up in today's two chapters.

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  Greian was truly angry this time and led all the mages of the guild out at dawn on the second day.

  A terrifying force emerged from the Emerald Tower, causing Gallos City to tremble. The leaders of various factions frantically sought information, fearing that Grian's flames would spread to their own heads. Inside the City Lord's mansion, there was a sense of tension, with everyone thinking that Grian had already discovered what happened at the banquet and was now leading people to take revenge. Meanwhile, Isaac sought refuge from Old Green while putting Bathel in a carriage, sending him back to the royal capital of Orlana on the same day.

  It wasn't until around noon that all parties suddenly realized they had been alarmed for nothing.

  Gillian was like taking a stroll, circling around Galois City and then quietly bringing people back, this is simply blatant teasing. The heads of more than a dozen forces were furious, cursing loudly one after another. This old rascal Gillian really has nothing better to do, even taking a walk brings out so many people, are you daring to be even more arrogant?

  Of course, no one dares to say this in front of Ge Rui An. When they see the fat and lazy god going out, everyone hides quickly, who still has the guts to provoke him?

  So no one noticed that among the group of mages he brought out, an unfamiliar face had appeared at some point...

  "Now you can say it, who made you do this?" In the underground chamber of the Magic Guild, Grian's chubby face turned iron blue.

  The person he interrogated was a middle-aged man in his forties, whose eyes were already swollen, but among the magicians present, those with good memories mostly still recognized who this middle-aged man was.

  I remember when Lin Li first came to the Magic Guild, Gere had to open up the highest privileges of the guild for him, which caused a wave of opposition within the guild. The most vehement opposition came from several mages who even threatened to quit the guild in order to coerce Gere.

  Who would have thought that in the end, Gruian's temper flared up and he directly kicked them out of the guild.

  And right in front of him was a middle-aged man who was one of the mages that had been expelled from the guild, whose name seemed to be Luke or something.

  "I don't know what you're talking about..."

  "Don't you know?" Grian's face turned gloomy, his eyes seemed to be spitting fire: "Then I'm sure you don't know about the Shadow Nest either, nor do you know the location of those 125 Wizard Eyes. As for the route through the sentry post, it's definitely not something you sold to the Shadow Nest, right?"

  "Gregory, I'm no longer a member of the Magic Guild, what right do you have to imprison me?"

  "Who the hell cares if you're a member of the Magic Association or not?" Grian's face was ferocious, his roar echoing in the basement for a long time: "I'm out for revenge now - do you understand what that means? You go out and shout right now, say that the Magic Association has imprisoned you, see if anyone dares to speak up for you. What rights does it have? Does my old self need any rights?"

  "I'm telling you, don't think that playing dead will get you through this. Are you still waiting for the people from Shadow Nest to come and rescue you? Don't be ridiculous! You're just a tool, a one-time-use tool! Once used, you'll have no more value, do you think they'll come to rescue something with no more use?"

  "You can't frame me...Gillian...you don't have any evidence..."

  "Do you want evidence?" Gideon thought for a moment, and had to admit: "Alright, I really can't produce any evidence, but it doesn't matter, this is about revenge, and revenge doesn't need evidence..."

  "...Lin stood by and listened, cold sweat dripping down: "Is this how you interrogate people?..."

  "No way, who made this kid not willing to speak?" Grian replied with a straight face: "Not willing to speak is nothing, anyway this thing can only be done by them, except for them, who in the guild would dare to do such a thing?"

  What Greg said sounds a bit rude, but it's actually true.

  Now the Magic Guild has unified Galos City, even the Lord of the city has to take the initiative to visit and build relationships. The magicians in the guild are treated with the utmost respect wherever they go, even if they enter the Golden Rose, buying magic equipment is at least 30% off.

  Since the auction, good things have been happening one after another.

  First, there were 100 sets of magical equipment provided by the Mannis family, which was worth around 20,000 to 30,000 gold coins. Greian generously gave them all away to the mages within the guild, and anyone who reached the rank of Magic Knight could apply for a set.

  And soon after, there were over a hundred more bottles of sobering medicine.

  On the day the message was announced, a group of elderly wizards were so excited that they burst into tears. They couldn't remember how many years it had been since they last smelled the scent of awakening potion. Holding a bottle of awakening potion on their way back, they felt as if they were living in heaven.

  To say it without exaggeration, as long as Lin is in the Magic Guild, there isn't a single magician who dares to leave.

  What can the Shadow Nest offer them? Nothing but money and equipment, things that the Magic Guild doesn't lack. The Demon Slaying Valley generates hundreds of millions of gold coins in revenue each year, with equipment being issued by the hundred sets, and various potions flowing out endlessly. In such great happiness, who would be willing to leave?

  It's probably only those few mages who were expelled from the guild that would stoop to selling out the Devil's Guild secrets.

  Of course, strictly speaking, this can't be considered a betrayal. After being driven away by Guilrain, they had already cut ties with the Magic Guild and sold their secrets to Shadow's Nest, so at most it could only be considered revenge against the Magic Guild.

  But Grian didn't care about any of that, whether it was betrayal or revenge, as long as it harmed the interests of the Magic Guild. Harming the interests of the Magic Guild was equivalent to harming his own interests, and if his interests were harmed, then destruction would be necessary - this was Grian's theory...

  "Never mind, I'll take care of this..." Lin Li was all too familiar with Ge Lan's temperament. He was afraid that if the unlucky devilish mage didn't say the right words, he would provoke the old man into sending a fireball over, and then everything would be lost.

  "Gregory was taken aback: 'You're still trying to force a confession?'"

  "I won't," Lin Li shook his head, rummaged through his pocket and pulled out a glass bottle: "But it will."

  “……”

  "I'll go get some medicine, you stay still for now." Before leaving the basement, Lin Li reminded Ge Rui'an of two things.

  "Alright, this time I'll listen to you." Ge Rui An watched Lin Li leave, and then gloated at the misfortunate demon mage: "Idiot, I gave you a chance just now, but you didn't know how to grasp it well. Now look what's happened, you've provoked that little brat out. Don't be fooled by his gentle appearance, he's more ruthless than me when he takes action. He'll force him to take matters into his own hands, and who knows what kind of twisted potion he'll come up with? Maybe it's the kind that makes your whole body itch and fester, and you won't die until after a year of suffering..."

  Listening to Grian's terrifying description, the middle-aged magician couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine, yet he persisted.

  There was one thing that even Grian couldn't have guessed, the defensive layout of the Demon Slaying Valley. He didn't sell it to Shadow's Nest, but to someone else. That person had once promised him not to worry about the Magic Guild's revenge, because before long, he would uproot the entire Magic Guild.

  Still unwilling to speak? Forget it, even if you want to talk now, I don't want to listen anymore. Anyway, once that kid's prescription is ready, you'll definitely confess everything, including your wet dreams from a few years ago.

  Lynette was busy in the pharmacy, but had no idea how Grian intimidated that unfortunate mage.

  He is now carefully calculating the dosage of the medicine, since mastering the formula for the fear potion, this is still his first time truly preparing it, and he can't help but be more cautious in operation.

  Everyone has some negative emotions hidden deep within, and the effect of the fear potion is to thoroughly trigger these negative emotions and infinitely amplify them. Among the three materials, both Dreamweaver Grass and Devil's Tears have similar effects, and after mixing, this effect will be greatly enhanced. In order to avoid excessive fear leading to mental collapse, a certain amount of Calming Flower was added to calm the mind.

  The juice of the nightmare grass was boiling in the crucible, and Lin Li held a calming flower in his hand, carefully tearing it petal by petal. This was a crucial process, as too much calming flower would severely reduce the effectiveness of the fear potion, while too little would fail to achieve the desired calming effect. So every time Lin Li tore off a petal, he would gently shake the crucible and wait for the calming flower to fully dissolve into the potion before judging whether the amount was sufficient by its color.

  After all, this is just the first match, unlike the orthodox medicine that can be judged based on experience.

  When the seventh petal of Ning Shen Hua was added, the liquid of Meng Sang Cao in the crucible began to become turbid. Lin Li knew that the amount of Ning Shen Hua was enough, so he took out another drop of Mo Jun's tear from his pocket.

  Devil's Tear is a black fruit, about the size of a thumb, with a bitter and astringent taste. If eaten directly, it will produce all kinds of terrifying hallucinations. Unless a sedative is taken, one will be trapped in this hallucination forever, until finally being tormented to complete collapse.

  Lin Li took out the silver dagger from the Endless Storm Ring again, lightly cutting open the surface of the Devil's Tear. When he saw a drop of liquid about to spill out, he quickly tossed it into the crucible.

  A wisp of mist rose, and the potion infused with Devil's Tears liqueur suddenly filled the medicine room with an intoxicating aroma. It was a rather unique flavor, like a vintage fine wine, so thick it seemed to solidify in mid-air, full of a fatal allure.

  Lin Liqiang resisted the temptation of the fragrance and poured the small half-burned medicinal liquid into a glass bottle that had been prepared long ago, then tightly plugged the mouth of the bottle.