Chapter 326 - 274: Village Defense Battle (10)
Chapter 326: Chapter 274: Village Defense Battle (10)
Han’Er had already heard Gao Di’s howls from outside.
The sounds weren’t fake.
And after personally seeing the state Gao Di was in when he was dragged out, he was completely filled with terror.
When Gu Qing dragged him into the room, he lost control of his bowels.
The whole room stank.
And the interrogation hadn’t even started...
Zhao Chi had no choice but to move the interrogation to the woods.
Han’Er could no longer even speak in complete sentences.
After all, Han’Er and his ilk were bandits; they knew full well the fate that awaited them in enemy hands.
They also knew that if they didn’t cooperate, they would die a miserable death.
Before Zhao Chi even questioned him, he had already taken out all the Supplies from his System Space.
"General Zhao Chi, Hero Zhao Chi, all my items are here. Take them all, just don’t torture me! I can’t take it."
Zhao Chi frowned.
Although Han’Er was cooperative, he was a bandit by trade and couldn’t be trusted.
Besides, he had a lot of blood on his hands; Zhao Chi felt no guilt in dealing with his kind.
’If I don’t apply some pressure, he might get some funny ideas.’
’All in all, it’s better to ramp things up a bit.’
"Gu Qing, since he’s being so cooperative, go ahead and give him one needle. We’ll see how he behaves after that."
Hearing this, Tang Ruan went forward and pinned Han’Er down.
Han’Er immediately started wailing.
Gu Qing sighed. "What a pathetic creature. I haven’t even inserted the needle, why are you already screaming?"
Heedless, Han’Er just thrashed his head and screamed wildly.
Gu Qing, displeased, stabbed down hard.
SHINK!
When the long needle went in, Han’Er actually stopped howling.
Just like Gao Di, his eyes bulged until they nearly popped out, and his mouth hung wide open.
He was only taking air in, not letting it out.
After a few seconds, a scream like a pig being slaughtered finally erupted.
After waiting a bit longer for him to quiet down, Zhao Chi began to bluff.
"Han’Er, this pile of yours seems a little small. Gao Di told me you had plenty of good stuff."
Han’Er wailed, "Don’t listen to Gao Di’s lies! He’s trying to set me up! I really have nothing left. My System Space is completely empty, really!"
He sounded very genuine, and his tears seemed real.
It was truly difficult to tell the difference.
Gu Qing suddenly spoke up. "Sir, isn’t the capacity of a System Space only one cubic meter? We could get one cubic meter of water and make him store it. If he can fit it all, that proves his System Space is empty. If he can’t, then there’s still something inside."
Zhao Chi’s eyes lit up.
"Right! Gu Qing, what a great idea! You’re the clever one."
Beaming at the praise, Gu Qing’s eyes curved into crescents.
"Hee hee, I’ll go get things ready, then. We’ll test him right away."
"Good. Test Gao Di and those three Beastman Heroes along with him."
As it turned out, all of them had truly emptied their System Spaces.
It seemed they were more cooperative than imagined.
’That’s good.’
Finally, all that was left was the questioning.
Han’Er was a Town Lord, so he knew a bit more than Gao Di.
Facing Zhao Chi’s questions, he spoke nonstop, one sentence after another, terrified that if he spoke too slowly, Zhao Chi would be displeased.
"As far as I know, at least several dozen rebel forces are acting in concert this time.
"It’s not just River Valley Town. All the counties, including Ice River County, Nanchuan County, Xijiang County, and others, are all staging their uprisings at the same time.
"And this time, it’s not just us; many of our allies from the Alien Race are also taking action.
"From the looks of it, the rebellion has been very successful. The nobles in the nearby counties have all been driven out.
"Some were killed, some were wounded, and the rest fled. We even killed several nobles in the county seat and the town.
"We also plundered the wealthy families in the county and town.
"But I’m just a small fry, I didn’t get much of a share at all.
"The share I did get was barely enough for me to recover my strength. It was very little.
"And I barely had time to enjoy what was left before it all ended up in your hands.
"Can you let me go?"
Zhao Chi asked, "Why is the Alien Race working with you? Who contacted whom first?"
Han’Er shook his head. "I really don’t know about that. These things are decided by the higher-ups. How could I possibly know?"
Zhao Chi snorted. "Are you questioning me?"
Han’Er said nervously, "No, absolutely not! I don’t know the real reason, but we all guessed that the Alien Race has been coveting the nobles’ wealth for a long time. They’ve wanted to make a move on the nobles for ages, and joining us was like a pincer attack from within and without. It’s a win-win."
"What do the Alien Race get out of it?"
"What else could they get? Even though it was a joint operation, the Alien Race took basically all the nobles’ resources and territories. We only got the Supplies from the commoner families. But how can the Supplies of commoners even compare to what the nobles have?"
"How many did the Alien Race send?"
"I really don’t know, but it must have been a lot. After all, even the nobles were no match for them. The Alien Race must have mobilized on a massive scale."
Zhao Chi nodded. "Then what about the quota of Magical Beasts from the outside world? Why haven’t any invaded yet?"
Han’Er’s face was a mask of misery. "I don’t know about that either! I really, truly don’t know! I might be a Town Lord, but I’m no different from a Village Lord. I’m just a grunt at the bottom! The boss wouldn’t even give me the time of day."
Zhao Chi believed him on that.
He asked about a few more details, filling in the gaps in his knowledge about the rebel army.
Then he had him tied up and thrown to the side.
Within the rebel army, there were several factions.
They can be roughly divided into three categories.
The first category: bandit forces.
There were very many bandit forces.
Some were lone wolves, some were small factions made up of a few people, and there were also groups made up of many people.