Reincarnated With The Van Helsing System

Chapter 411 Partial Truths From The Past (Part 3)

Daimon saw the Skelefiend woman who he captured, be in a really miserable state, due to the creativity of the queen to interrogate.

Skelefiends had two different evolution paths, they could develop flesh and get a human-like appearance, which is the path Shirel chose, or go for the mummified corpse appearance like Horrorclaw.

Their appearance in fact shows the path they have chosen to get stronger, those who become human-like are mages, while those who become full body skeletons are knights, in other words, Horrorclaw became an Emperor rank through the knight's path, the first one Daimon knows off having done it like that.

Maybe the mage path is easier for Neptune's natives, but so far, all the other Stellar ranks he has met are mages, a subject he has taken note and decided to talk with Vincent later, for now he saw those yellow crystal chains restraining Shirel and then turned to see the queen.

'She actually used a lot of light element mana crystals to create chains, just to make that Skelefiend woman uncomfortable, maybe she couldn't get the answer she wanted', he thought.

Annete isn't the type to enjoy other's suffering, unlike Horals who has a few screws loose, she doesn't like torture, but she isn't afraid of resort to it.

And so, she made those chains to slowly wear Shirel's resistance away, she didn't resort to anything more than that, probably because if Horrorclaw got to feel that she was in too much pain… he might declare an all-out war out of anger.

So, she was given a preferential treatment of sort, but that might change right now, if her answers don't convince Annete.

"Hi miss Shirel, I happen to have some questions for you, this mask you see here, is there anyone you know wearing a similar one, but with a pyramidal shape?", asked the queen.

Shirel whose mage powers were sealed and her body was contaminated with light mana, making her feel miserable, gritted her teeth, she saw the responsible of all this, sitting there quietly, naturally she was glaring at Daimon.

Despite the rebellious expression she put for a moment, she still answered, in part because she could see a pair of fierce eyes glaring at her, from within the masked silver haired youth, which made her remember the horrors she experienced when she was trapped into that miniature black castle, which up to this date caused her to have nightmares.

"It's not a pyramid, but there is someone with a white mask among Horrorclaw's "subordinates", it's a female knight called Willa, she wears a mask with a rectangular shape, according to my deal with you Mermen queen, I'm not lying in exchange of not being tortured, but I don't have too much information regarding Horrorclaw's matters", she said.

Annete who was using her Analyze Resonance as the vertical yellow line in the middle of her forehead suggested, nodded, she was telling the truth, so that guy mentioned by Carlos didn't belong to the Bone Sea, so that made things easier, the next destination not only for Daimon, but for her too, was the Elemental Sea.

Daimon didn't miss the resentful voice of Shirel when she talked about Horroclaw, and the deal she mentioned having done with the queen, which made him remember it's been sometime since they sent a message to the Bone Sea, for a negotiation to change Shirel's liberty for promise of no aggression from that old mummy, and they have gotten no answer yet.

"Miss Annete, have you gotten any notice regarding the negotiation with that old corpse?", he asked.

Annete bitterly smiled, as she answered.

"I got it today, I was going to tell you after we finished here, but I guess since the involved are present, there is no harm in letting her hear, they said we can keep her and harm her if we want, we'll be attacked by them anyway".

Daimon dangerously smirked, the Skelefiends were playing to be brave now, back then when Shirel was captured, Horroclaw retired with the tail between his legs, demanding that she wasn't harmed at all.

Shirel gritted her teeth, she then turned to see the queen before saying.

"I told you, my father is in seclusion, so Horrorclaw isn't showing the same amount of respect for me than normal, he is temporarily the only Maximum Stellar ranked at our continent, so he is doing whatever the fuck he wants, like banging some that Willa bitch, because we haven't officially married yet, humph".

Shirel's family is the reason as to why Horrorclaw could become the leader of the Skelefiends, her father is the strongest Skelefiend mage, while Horrorclaw is the strongest Skelefiend knight, the two factions had been at war for countless years, and they only stopped due to a political marriage.

But before anything was official, Shirel's father suffered some backslash, precisely when the statue of Snakele, the deity of the Skalia continent where the Skelefiends lived, exploded which supposedly was a historical treasure, just like the Trident of Promise, of the Mermen Sea.

So that old man was in seclusion to cure his wounds and all the power fell in Horroclaw's hands, he still showed respect to Shirel, but he no longer treated her as the apple of his eyes, and instead returned to be "free", since Shirel kept him on a short leash, even if they haven't officially married yet.

"Mm, we could send him a couple of fingers, maybe that will make him realize I'm being serious", mumbled Daimon, making Shirel's body shiver, the woman who put her into that castle of nightmares, was the silver haired masked youth's subordinate, so she believed he could come with even worse tortures than her.

"W-Wait, you just want the Skelefiends to not attack you right, Horrorclaw won't accept it, he is aiming to become the sole leader of Skalia, but my father is different, he built schools and hospitals following the teachings of Snakele, those who chose the mage path once reaching the peak of the Mortal realms, no longer need to consume the flesh of living beings, I'm sure you can negotiate with him", she said in a hurry.

Daimon stopped to think for a moment, the origin of the conflict between the seas is so old that at this point no one knows what happened back then, one of the things that has kept the quarrels ongoing, before the scheming guy entered the scene, was the fact that Skelefiends required flesh of the living to evolve, but that could be solved by them hunting magic beasts.

So, what Shirel said has some merit, a Maximum Stellar ranked less as an enemy is a big help, so if Horrorclaw isn't willing to cooperate, Shirel's father sounds like the perfect option to replace him, not because of his beliefs, but because Daimon knows and is in possession of his weakness.

Horrorclaw wasn't so obedient towards Shirel out of love after all, he did it because her father doted on her so much, that he might go at war with Horroclaw over some trivial matters, as long as Shirel ask him to.

"We'll talk about that later, Horals, return her to her cell but remove the light mana crystal chains, just replace her by normal chains", ordered Daimon.

"Yes, young master".

Annete didn't object at Daimon's decision, if Shirel was going to become their chip of bargain, she had to look good and healthy, she instead added.

"Take this trash with you too, just throw him into one of the closed cells".

Horals didn't ask for Daimon's confirmation and he just slightly bowed his head, as he grabbed Carlos by his neck, while he dragged the chair in which Shirel was being restrained, to drag her away.

"Understood, young miss!".

Now that the "outsiders" in other words, Carlos and Shirel were gone, it was time for the main star of the night to be interrogated, in other words the creature which tried to make Black Wave submit.

The guys from Black Wave were allowed to stay, because they were the targets, Pablo already knows about the creatures, and his mother mentioned something interesting, regarding the black mist used by the creatures.

In any case, Olivia and the others will also become Daimon's subordinates or they will die, so there was no harm in letting them see what was targeting them, in fact it was helpful for the purpose of bringing them under his wing in an easier way.

Daimon stood up, this time Horals wasn't apt for the interrogation, the thing the creatures feared the most was light, and probably the thing in his pants.

Naturally he was referring to the black Sea Emblem, the thing swallowed that black sphere which ultimately killed the previous creature which was impersonating the subordinate of the Blackfin Duke.

"Senior Aurora, cast an enclosed space made out of light mana please, I'll need your help with the next interrogation", said Daimon.

The creature was knocked down unconscious up to this moment for safety reasons, even if this prison was completely isolated from the outside, there was no reason to not put another layer of security just in case.

Aurora did as she was told and she created a cube made out of light mana to isolate the ones who will participating in the interrogatory from the others, she then woke up the creature which was just a limbless trunk right now.

In fact, it was less than that, it was just an upper body, but that didn't seem to worry the creature, it instead looked at its surroundings trying to find anything that gave its current ubication away, but it could only see light yellow mana walls no matter where it looked at.

"You won't get away with this, once my Lord makes tis move, then you'll experience a living hell… ahhh!".

The creature didn't expect to feel any pain, but his face was burning right now, and it wasn't a normal pain, but a deep and horrible one.

Daimon snapped his fingers and the white flames which were engulfing the face of the creature returned to his body.

"You probably have done this quite a few times, so to put it in simply words, answer my questions or be prepared to experience a living hell, right now", coldly said Daimon.

The creature which was coughing, as its face released an anormal smoke, result of it being burned by Demon Light.

Still the creature didn't let the pain break its spirit, instead it looked at Aurora before saying.

"Even if you capture me with your light mana, you won't get a thing for me, no matter what you do, I'll just return to my Lord's side to get a new life hahaha!".

Aurora was about to use a spell to make the creature bleed, but Daimon stopped her from doing so, he put his hand in his pocket and then took out his black Sea Emblem, and then showed it to the creature.

"If you are referring to that black sphere that comes out of your body to escape, then let me tell you a little secret… your previous friend tried to do that and was caught and devoured by my Sea Emblem, tell me have you heard anything about that guy with tons of eyes on its face, after its disappearance", said Daimon with a smirk.

The creature actually showed some reaction, no one knew about that way of escaping, exclusive to them, that's why they didn't care about their physical bodies, since the only important thing couldn't be damaged, unless there was a strong light affinity mage involved.

Daimon saw the creature being successfully shocked by the knowledge he gained thanks to the previous confrontation and his eyes glowed behind his mask.

These things acted as if they weren't afraid of death, whatever they were, but that is only a superficial thing, since they have a way to survive, so it was time to see how loyal were these creatures to the scheming guy.