Their world doesn't need gods.

Chapter 259 [Netherworld] Sadistic Insect Interrogation

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—Sierra & Kelly—

At the headquarters of a large Chamber of Commerce in the imperial capital, Sera, a key member of [Netherworld], is handling the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce in the office as usual as the acting president of the Chamber of Commerce.

The reason why he is the acting president is because the business nominally belongs to Alfred personally.

As Alfred's subordinate, Sera acts on his behalf to manage many large chambers of commerce under Alfred's name in the imperial capital, including this chamber of commerce.

Sera was extremely happy and proud to be able to serve Alfred and become his agent. Today, she also worked with great enthusiasm, with infinite admiration and respect for Alfred.

Until another member of [Netherworld], Kelly, knocked on the door and entered the office.

Kelly is Sera's exclusive bodyguard, and also a monitor arranged by Vivian, the leader of the Underworld, to prevent Sera from doing anything too extreme and affecting Alfred's image.

Like Sera and Vivian, she is one of the few people in the Netherworld who acts in public, so she must be more careful with her words and actions.

Sera is very happy to have Kelly by her side all the time.

But Kelly turned out to be her own spy, which made her feel a little lonely.

Sera felt that Vivian should trust her more.

"Kelly, are you ready?"

Sera put the crystal pen back into the ink bottle and looked up at Kelly who had entered the room.

"Well, the spirit possession ritual has been completed, and the followers of the Annu Cult will soon wake up. Sera, you will be able to interrogate them soon."

Kelly closed the door of the room, used detection magic to confirm that there were no spies near the room, and reported to Sera.

"I see. I will definitely try my best to make them confess everything they know. I will also make them regret going against Master Al even if they die."

Sera said, rising from her seat immediately.

She gently held her blushing cheeks with her hands, looking very intoxicated.

Seeing Sera like this, Kelly could only sigh helplessly.

Sera is a sadistic pervert, and Kelly has already gotten over this matter.

Back to the point, Kelly thought carefully about her companions in the Netherworld. Aside from the leader, Vivian, who was considered normal, the other girls all had some serious personality problems.

On this level, Kelly also admires and respects Alfred immensely.

It's a pity that he is willing to keep [Youming] and others by his side, and he is also able to control this assassination organization.

Kelly watched Sera holding her cheeks with both hands, twisting her body like a worm, muttering something like "Mr. Al is tall, Mr. Al is short". She also began to feel a little impatient.

Although Kelly could understand why Sera liked and admired Alfred, it was really disgusting that she was doing this now. Kelly sincerely hoped that Sera would not do this again in the future.

Especially, don't show such an ugly behavior in front of Alfred, as it will affect the entire image of [Underworld].

Apparently Sera is usually quite serious and reliable...

"Sera, stop being so twisted and distorted, let's get going~!"

"I know~Kelly, you are so serious, don't worry~"

Sera complained in a spoiled tone, walked over to Kelly and gently took Kelly's arm.

Because Sera is relatively young among the members of [Netherworld], she is not only cute, but also very sensible and likable when she is not sick. So she is considered the group's favorite in [Netherworld].

The sisters all love Sierra as their younger sister, and Kelly is no exception.

She couldn't do anything about the cute Sera.

Like good friends, the two walked through the corridor of the Chamber of Commerce and came to the vault in the basement of the Chamber of Commerce. On the way, they greeted many Chamber of Commerce staff, and some female staff even teased Sera and Kelly.

They seemed to mistakenly believe that Sierra and Kelly were going to rest at the dessert shop down the street next.

In a sense, it's not wrong that the two of them are going to taste 'dessert' next.

Arriving at the underground vault, Sera opened the door that only members of the Netherworld could open, and walked through rows of safes filled with coins and gold, or storing important documents.

The two came to an inconspicuous safe in the corner.

This safe is two meters high and has many drawers of 11 or 12 inches in size, just like a document cabinet. Each drawer has an independent safety lock to protect the important documents inside.

But Sierra and Kelly are not here to get documents.

The two opened specific safe drawers in a certain order, and then the mechanism was activated. The secret door in the wall beside them opened, revealing a dark and wide underground passage.

This underground passage was dug by Alfred using magic when he first formed the Netherworld, together with Vivian, who was the first to join the organization. It leads to all parts of the imperial capital.

This underground passage is also an important route for members of the [Underworld] to move quickly and secretly in the imperial capital. In addition to parking magic-powered sidecar motorcycles at each entrance, they also send special personnel to patrol and carry out regular maintenance.

Kelly got in the driver's seat and handed the helmet to Sera.

After putting it on, Sera sat in the detachable sidecar of the motorcycle.

Kelly turned on the headlights of the motorcycle and drove into the depths of the dark passage with the engine vibrating slightly.

About half an hour later, the two arrived at their destination.

A vineyard belonging to Duke Alfred's family located near the imperial capital, in a dungeon hidden deep underground.

The two of them simply said hello to their fellow [Netherworld] guarding here, and went straight into the depths of the dungeon.

There were no prisoners in the deepest room of the dungeon, but instead four specially made dolls.

Although Orwell and others from the Annu Cult had been killed in Illya Arya, Wendy used a special barrier magic to seal the souls of the four people for the purpose of their subsequent interrogation.

Sera signaled to her fellow magicians to begin the spirit possession ritual, attaching the souls of the four people to these specially made puppets for preliminary interrogation.

Accompanied by the mysterious blue light, the four specially made dolls began to move slightly.

The puppet's arms and legs have been removed in advance.

These four followers of the Annu cult are now in a state of human pigs, and they are somewhat confused about the situation after just waking up.

"It's my first time meeting you all. My name is Sera, and I'm very happy to be able to talk to you all."

Sera took the information Kelly handed over and glanced at it.

Then, she smiled sweetly and said to the four dolls in front of her.

"You, you are..."

The first person to speak was Orwell, who had been hiding in the academy under a disguised identity. Then another believer named Dean gradually understood the situation and glared at Sera with hatred.

"Excuse me, I should have introduced myself first. My name is Sera, and I'm sure you haven't heard of my name. But if I say that I'm a subordinate of Lord Al, a member of the Netherworld, I think you will understand."

“[Netherworld]…”

Dean, who came from the southern part of the empire, was confused.

It seems that the reputation of [Netherworld] has not yet spread to the southern part of the empire. Sera decided to report this matter to Vivian.

But the other two people beside Dean, Gina and Marco, who had sneaked into Illya and Alia disguised as students, were in the imperial capital. When they heard the word [Netherworld], they immediately trembled in fear.

"Ah~ It seems these two have heard of us. Then the next thing is easy. Tell me all the information you know, and I can promise to give you a quick death."

Noticing Gina and Marco's reactions, Sera said disdainfully.

"Although, you are all dead already."

"You silly girl, do you think we are afraid of you? As long as Lord Antonio is here, he will definitely find a way to revive us even if we die! When the time comes, I will teach you guys a lesson. I will also strip off your clothes bit by bit and tear them apart, and then feed them all to the monsters!"

Orwell, who was cared for and loved by Antonio, shouted arrogantly to Sera and Kelly outside the room.

"If you can really do it, I'm looking forward to it~"

"What……"

Looking at Sera's smile, Orwell shouted in surprise.

"Because the scum god you believe in is actually Lord Al's enemy. If he is willing to revive you and reveal his true colors, Lord Al will surely be very happy, right?"

Sera explained, her eyes turning cold.

"I've heard that the followers of the Annu Cult are all crazy people with problems in their brains. So, from the beginning, I didn't think that you would answer my questions honestly."

"What are you going to do?"

Orwell seemed to have a premonition that something extremely bad was going to happen next, and nervously questioned Sera.

"What do I do? I can't do anything but..."

Sera took out a small bottle from a small box next to her. It was filled with ants. The ants were surrounding the queen ant, as if they could find a place to settle down at any time.

"I will just put these ants who love sweets into the cages where you are imprisoned."

Sera gently cupped her cheeks with her hands and panted slightly in excitement.

Seeing Sera's appearance, Kelly beside her helplessly covered her cheeks with her hands.

She tapped Sera's head gently, restoring Sera to normal like she was repairing an old TV.

"Why, why would you do this?!"

"Because the puppets you are possessing now are made of sugar from their internal organs to their brains. You will feel the despair of being unable to do anything as these ants gnaw at your internal organs bit by bit."

Sera smiled sweetly again and began to look forward to how the four idiots in front of her would scream.

The four of them were forced to possess their souls in these dolls using spirit possession magic.

Although they could feel the itchiness and pain of the ants gnawing at their sugar-made internal organs bit by bit, they would not be freed from the possessed state just because their internal organs were completely eaten.

As long as the human-shaped shell that serves as the puppet's main body is not damaged, they will never be able to escape.

If they still don't give in, Sera and Kelly have prepared many, many sets of candied organs and brains as replacements.

At the same time, they also prepared the oven and the oil pan. If the insect bites didn't work, then let these four dead guys experience the joy of being fried in the oil pan. It was like real hell.

Unfortunately, the frying pan that Sera and Kelly prepared was never used.

After being eaten by ants for less than three hours, the four members of the Annu cult collapsed one after another.

They cried and begged Sera to let them go quickly.

(The so-called loyalty to the gods is only this far~)

Sera sneered in her heart and began to interrogate the four people in order.

Surprisingly, Orwell and Dean, who have higher status in the Annu Cult, know less information than the remaining Gina and Marco.

Orwell has been hiding in the Illya Alia Academy and has hardly any contact with any members of the Annu Cult.

Dean was pulled from the sect in the southern part of the empire by Alfred's grandfather, Tongs.

He was unfamiliar with the imperial capital and did not know the information here.

As for the southern sect of the empire, Sera only heard about a somewhat disturbing "Black Saint".

"That's all... notify Sister Vivian and have everyone prepare for the attack."

Sera finally confirmed the information she had collected and handed the document to Kelly beside her.

Gina used to be Marina's confidant and messenger, and knew almost all the strongholds of the Annu Cult near the imperial capital.

At the same time, she often served as a liaison for the nobles and knew most of the imperial nobles who had close ties with the Annu Cult.

The next step is to let the people from the [Underworld] Executive Department carry out a long-awaited major cleanup of the imperial capital.

"I understand...but what about the 'Black Saint'?"

Kelly asked Sierra.

"There is no solution for now. Our intelligence network in the south is not perfect. I don't think we can get the intelligence of the Archbishop-level Annu believers by relying on those half-baked spies."

Sera held her cheek with her hand, feeling very troubled.

"That's right..."

"I will report this matter to Lord Al first, and then Lord Al will decide our next plan."

"That's right."