Starting With an SSS-Rank Swordsmanship Talent-Chapter 267: Curse-Type Ability?

Alaric frowned upon hearing his words.

Veronica was a country located south of Astania. It was once ruled by a tyrannical sovereign, but after long years of civil war, a woman emerged like a comet to bring down this corrupt ruler. She was a Mythical Knight, a powerful warrioress who destroyed the army of the former ruler with her own hands. After taking control of the country, she used all sorts of methods to quell the unrest and she later proclaimed herself as Queen of Veronica.

It had been half a century since she became the queen of the country, but stories of her exploits have never been forgotten.

Her name was Yskaela Veronica.

Veronica? What is he talking about?

Alaric raised his hand and signaled Butch to stand back. Liam's words had intrigued him since this didn't happen in his past life.

"Tell me. I will consider sparing your life if the information you hold is as valuable as you make it sound."

Liam's heart was about to leap out of his chest and Alaric's gave him some room to breathe.

He took a deep breath to calm his nerves. He then gathered his thoughts before he replied. "You must promise me first that you will spare my life. I guarantee that the information I have will be useful to you."

He nervously stared at Alaric. The latter's response would determine his fate, but Alaric didn't show any strong reaction. His expression was calm and there were no ripples in his eyes.

With an indifferent look, Alaric replied. "You have five minutes to speak."

Liam's face fell. He gritted his teeth and shouted. "A-Alaric, I know you hate me, but you will regret it if you don't hear this information!"

Alaric remained unmoved. He looked away from him and turned his head to Butch.

"Make him spit out the truth." He commanded.

Butch grinned at his words. "Yes, my lord!"

Liam was terrified when he saw the masked warrior approaching him with a menacing smile. "Stop! Don't come closer! Stop!"

Butch ignored him and grabbed him by the neck as he muttered.

"Liam, who would have thought that you are this pathetic? I pity the people who had sacrificed their lives for a worthless scum like you!"

Ptuui!

He spat a mouthful of saliva on Liam's face.

Liam grabbed his arm and kicked him, but it felt like he was kicking an iron board!

Butch let go of him when he was on the verge of losing consciousness.

Cough! Cough!

Liam coughed heavily and gasped for breath. He felt like he had stepped into death's door and it made him terrified. "P-Please spare me, s-sir!"

Butch didn't stop there. "Tell me what you know and I will make it less painful for you." He whispered in a demon-like voice.

Liam shivered. He knew his life would be over once they got the information from his mouth, so he stubbornly refused to tell them.

"Good! I thought you would spill out everything after that little bit of punishment. We are not yet done, Liam!" Butch's voice drifted into his ears like a demon's whisper.

In the next moment, Butch let him experience all sorts of torture methods, each one being more cruel than the other.

The spectators grimaced as they watched the whole scene.

Liam's screams echoed for the next half an hour until his voice turned into hoarse gasps and weak whimpers.

"K-Kill me…I will t-tell you everything I-I know. J-Just k-kill me." Liam uttered with blood, tears, and snot covering his whole face.

Hearing this, Butch tapped his shoulders and smiled. "You should have said this from the start. There was no need for you to suffer like this."

Liam almost fainted when he heard the mockery in his voice, but he pretended not to notice it. He just wanted to end this suffering.

"There is a high-ranking person from Veronica hiding here in the North. I don't know his exact identity, but I am sure that he is at least a Transcendent Knight!"

"He approached me recently and invited me to join their faction, but…kkkhkk!!" Before he could finish his words, Liam's head suddenly bulged as if air was being pumped into him.

He grabbed his head and looked like he was in severe pain.

"What's going on?!" Alaric jumped on top of the platform and rushed to his side to take a closer look at his condition.

"Wait! Alaric! You guys get away from him!" Lucas' urgent shout drifted into their ears.

Hearing this, Alaric and the others quickly reacted. They jumped off the platform and retreated into a safe distance.

At this moment, Liam's head exploded with a 'bang'!

Blood and brain matter splattered all over the platform!

Everyone was alarmed by the unexpected situation. They had never seen such methods before and it made them feel uneasy.

"What the hell happened?" Alaric muttered in disbelief.

Lucas didn't respond and rushed to the platform to inspect Liam's corpse, his face looking grave.

This aura…

He felt a trace of unusual aura from Liam's corpse and it was something he had never seen before.

This looks like a curse-type integrated trait…

When he made this discovery, he scanned the whole estate with his mana, but he didn't discover anything out of the ordinary.

Only a 3-Ringed Beast Soul Master could do something like this. To think that there is actually someone that dangerous hiding in the North. Just what is their intention?

"Father, did you discover something?" Asked Alaric who had appeared by his side.

Lucas frowned as he nodded. "I'm not sure just yet, but I think that this ability is a curse-type integrated monster trait and they should be a 3-Ringed Beast Soul Master!"

Alaric furrowed his eyebrows. His assumptions weren't that far off from Lucas' guess. "Could it be done by the person that Liam has mentioned earlier?"

"That seems to be the case. They only killed Liam when he was about to disclose their faction so it must be related to them." Lucas nodded in agreement.