As the three Knights headed out of their hotel, I quietly opened the window and slipped out, silently walking along the roof as I followed after them. The streetlights are pretty dim, and there aren’t any open stores, so it’s pretty dark out since it’s a cloudy night.

It wasn’t like this last night, all the closed stores, I mean...everyone must have gone home early thanks to the Knights being here. And that works out perfectly in my favor. The streets aren’t completely deserted, there are still a few people out and about.

Hm, strange...the Knights aren’t being assholes to the people they’re passing by. Ah, I see now...they must have snuck out without the knowledge of their righteous Commander, and they’re trying to keep a low profile.

But I highly doubt they’re gonna be so well-behaved for the entire night...after all, if they’ve got through the trouble of sneaking out this late at night, it has to be for a reason that they don’t want Aries finding out about.

I’ll keep following them until they get to a deserted area and then jump them...I already have a good idea on how to go about ambushing them. So long as I catch them off-guard, it should be pretty easy.

I should be careful and remain vigilant though...if even one of them has a detection Skill, they could already be onto me. Hm? Something about their movements just changed.

One of them said something to the others after nudging them, don’t tell me they’re onto me? They’ve slowed down their movements and are walking more deliberately, as if fixated on a target.

Wait, their gazes are focused on something up ahead. I shifted my gaze in that direction, letting out a quiet, bemused sigh of disbelief...there was a young, attractive woman there, walking alone.

Seriously? That’s why they snuck out? Yeah, no doubt about it, they’re definitely following her. They’re looking around to make sure that the coast is clear as they slowly picked up their pace and closed the gap between themselves and the woman, after ensuring that there was no one else around.

Back in the Guild, while most of the Knights didn’t look very happy to be following Aries since she isn’t a total scumbag, there were a couple that were looking at her with respect and admiration.

I mean, even if one of those Knights had been among these three, I wouldn’t have hesitated to kill them, but it might have left a bad taste in my mouth since they possibly have some good in them. That said, all three of these pieces of shit are definitely scum, so I can kill them with a perfectly clear conscience.

Ah, looks like the woman has noticed that she’s being followed...her footsteps have gotten a bit panicked and she’s walking faster. And the Knights have further picked up their pace in response.

Wow, they’re so horny that they’re doing a seriously half-assed job of remaining inconspicuous. Well, to be fair, there’s no one else around right now, not that they know of, anyway. Still though...what a bunch of assholes.

They’re just a couple of meters behind her now...looks like she’s about to turn and walk on the other side of the road. But right as she began to turn, she walked past a dark alley, and one of the Knights shot forward, grabbed her arm with his right hand and covered her mouth with his left hand, before whispering something into her ear.

I don’t have Super Hearing active right now, but it’s not hard to imagine the gist of what he just said. Probably some kind of threat to keep her from screaming. As he dragged her into the alley and the other two followed after him, I quietly moved across the rooftops until I was atop one of the buildings by the alley.

I peered down, to see them pin her against the wall and reach for her clothes. One of them grabbed the fabric around her chest and gave it a violent tug, ripping it off and exposing her bra, before tearing that off too and revealing her boobs.

They’re now surrounding her...ugh, one of them just took his dick out, gross. I don’t want to see that. Heh, but then again...that’s a pretty small one, even mine’s bigger, and this body is still not even thirteen years old yet!

Alright, time to make my move...hm, they’re all pretty close to that woman, it’ll be tough to get them without hurting, or killing, her in the process. Yeah, I’d prefer not to kill an innocent person...like, if there’s no other choice, then I might go for it, but if I can avoid it...

Hm, this is a bit more risky, but fuck it...I activated Distance Casting and extended it down before activating a Dark Attribute Spell and bursting out a cloud of black mist from about five meters behind them, before firing out a rock bullet at the ground to get their attention.

They jumped in alarm and spun around, all three of them bringing out their Soul Weapons, staring at the black mist cloud warily.

"Who’s there!? Show yourself, coward!" One of them hissed in a loud whisper.

"Do you have any idea who you’re fucking with!? We’ll kill you!" Another of them snapped in a sharp whisper.

Ugh, his dick is still out, so gross. I then shuffled across before leaping down off the rooftop, using wind to slow down my fall and then landing in front of the trembling woman and behind the three Knights.

"What the-...!?" One of them began to exclaim as I landed with a thud, starting to turn around in alarm.

"Too slow," I smirked, as I opened up the portal to my Pocket Dimension around myself and them, letting it swallow us up before they could react.

As my surroundings turned black, I stared down at the three Knights with a slight chuckle.

"Gah-...m-my....my legs!" One of them cried in agony.

As I shut my portal, I made sure to do so immediately after their top halves were in, cutting off their legs in the process. I then swiftly brought out my whip and swung it across with rapid, consecutive flicks of my wrist, severing their arms.

"Y-you, you little shit, what have you done!?" Yelled one of them in excruciation, as blood gushed out of his arms.

There, now they’re no threat to me whatsoever. Oh, wait, I only need to question the one who was involved in the attack on my village, the other two are kinda useless to me.

"I have no use for the two of you, so just die," I stated icily, as swung my whip across and decapitated the two I wasn’t interested in, killing them.

"Wh-what the hell...that whip, there’s no way...! Y-you were in the Guild, how the fuck did you-...!?" Stuttered the bastard who attacked my village in terror.

"I’m the one asking the questions here. Heh, I’ve always wanted to say that...now, then, I’m gonna stop the bleeding, can’t have you dying on me before I get all the information I need. Now, you’re gonna answer every last one of my questions, or I’m gonna put you through hell like you’ve never experienced before, got that?" I stated icily, as I healed him, closing up the stumps where his limbs used to be and stopping the bleeding.

"D-damn you...! We...we should’ve killed you back then while we still had the chance, you fucking aberration with tainted Royal blood! It...it made so much sense when we found out that you were a Heretic when you escaped...," He growled spitefully.

"Oh? So, then, you know exactly who I am, don’t you? That makes things a lot easier...I’ll get straight to the point, I want to know the names of all the Knights who were there that day. And I also want to know how my father is, what kind of state he’s in. You’re gonna tell me everything I want to know, one way or another," I remarked, as I used the dagger end of my whip to wrench out one of his eyes, eliciting an agonized scream of pain from him.

"M-my eye, my eye! It...it hurts...!" He cried as blood poured down his face, writhing in agony.

"I was tortured for almost three full years nonstop, so I know exactly what hurts the most, and what feels the most terrifying and despairing. And let me tell you something, of all the things that were done to me, my fingernails being torn off, my body skinned, my teeth being ripped out, my broken bones, the thing I feared the most...was losing my dick.

They always left that part of me alone, probably because they intended to use me as a combat slave with the extra function of humiliating their enemies by having me rape them or whatever. But I have no reason to avoid damaging any part of you," I smirked in amusement.

"Y-you damned Heretic...!"

"You’re right, I’m a Heretic...and as I just displayed, I’ve got some pretty advanced healing Magic. I can undo any damage I inflict that could prevent you from talking. I could rip out your tongue and grow it back over and over until you talk, I could fuck up your brain and then repair it, I could tear open your throat and put it back to normal with ease.

However, I don’t need you to have your eyes...a blind person can still talk. What else don’t you need...your nose, your ears, your teeth, your skin, your dick...they can all go, I can keep whittling down your body indefinitely.

There’s also brainwashing and illusion Spells with the Dark Attribute, but as embarrassing as it is to admit, I’m not very good with those. After all, those are hard to practice without a subject to work on.

Oh, wait, then this is perfect...you’ll make for an ideal guinea pig for me to work on those Spells, here’s hoping I don’t completely destroy your mind beyond rep-...," I laughed sadistically, doing my best to make him as terrified as possible.

"N-no, please...! Please, don’t, I-I’ll...I’ll talk, okay? I’ll tell y-you everything!" He stammered in desperation, terror in his remaining eye.

"Huh? No way, where’s the fun in that? What, did you really think that begging would make me show you mercy? Tell me...how many Commoners have begged you for mercy? I bet you just laughed when they did, didn’t you? So, with that in mind...why the FUCK would I pass up an opportunity to give one of you pieces of shit a taste of your medicine?" I scoffed in response.

"P-please, no..."

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