Chapter 997 - Prisoner Rena
Chapter 997 Prisoner Rena
Blackmountain City.
It was a majestic city built against a mountain.
All the buildings inside the city were built with local blacksteel stones, which were pitch-black and harder than steel. Black city walls, black buildings, black castle. The entirety of Blackmountain City was as harsh and tough as the people were.
The natives living near Blackmountain City were all diligent and honest people who had adapted to become exceedingly brave and ferocious in this harsh environment. They typically tilled the fields, barely harvesting enough food to fill their stomachs. When the farming season was over, they would form groups and go to the mountain to hunt. The prey they killed became the main source of meat for the mountain people.
It was this unusual life of both farming and hunting that forged the sturdy bodies and incredible will of the mountain people. Every person that walked out of this mountain was an excellent warrior. As such, they were also the most welcome group of individuals in the imperial army.
Perhaps, when it was constructed, the architects of Blackmountain City had never meant for it to be a beautiful mountain city with scenic views. Perhaps they only wanted to make it the most hardened and impenetrable fortress in the world. Consequently, the buildings within the town had none of the softness or extravagance of other cities. They were all castles, forts, and watchtowers that could be used for military purposes.
Rena’s ‘room’ was located on the highest level of a stone tower at the back of the main castle.
“Stay here quietly and repent your sins. Your meal for today has been cancelled. Act up again, and you won’t have anything to eat for tomorrow, either!”
The young holy knights chosen by the Holy Light Chapel to watch over Rena were all ones who held extreme hatred towards the witch. They had either been persecuted by the witches in the past or had lost a family member to their actions. Only such knights could ignore Witch Rena’s seduction abilities and loyally accomplish their tasks.
The wounds inflicted on Rena meant nothing to her. These injuries would heal in a single night. It was what the holy knights were most concerned about, but also what they were most envious of!
After punishing Rena viciously, the young holy knight led the three guards back into the tower.
It couldn’t be helped. The hall at the top of the tower was simply too cold. Even the Iron Knights could not endure the severity of the mountain winds. As such, the holy knights and guards on watch were typically stationed inside the watchtower. They would only come up and punish Rena when she created trouble.
As for escaping– after having most of her magical power neutralized, Rena was no more than a witch with a slightly stronger Physique. She had no means of removing the spiked cuffs and mask made of special alloy metal. There was no chance for her to escape.
When the hall returned to silence, and only the harsh winds could be heard, the strange cluster of wind elementium arrived outside the room. It almost appeared as if it wanted to enter through the window.
“Don’t come in!” Rena barely propped herself up from the ground and communicated through mental messages, “A holy light array has been hidden beneath the floorboards of the hall. Any cluster of elementium power will sound the alarms.”
The shapeless cluster of ‘wind’ seemed to have understood Rena’s warnings. It stopped in the air outside the window.
“Who are you? Tess, or Italil?” Rena asked with a dejected expression.
She had also heard somewhat about what had happened to her witch sisters.
After all, the holy knights would unavoidably reveal some degree of information about the witch remnants when trying to interrogate her for their secrets. Naturally, she knew that the holy knights had brought her here to Blackmountain City to capture the last two powerful Third Grade witches.
“Hehehe. Lady Rena, it has been a while!”
What Rena never expected was for the mental message from the wind spirit to be a male’s voice. That familiar voice and tone caused Rena to be overjoyed.