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What should one do after capturing an unknown enemy?
Interrogate them to get information, obviously.
Miraculously, Evangeline managed to track down the zenoen and capture them.
“But how did she even catch them?” Abel muttered with suspicion, unable to believe they had actually succeeded in capturing two zenoen.
“Does that really matter?”
“Of course it does. There’s no guarantee this isn’t just a trap. What if we take them back to the territory and something terrible happens?”
He had a point.
“R-Really?” Evangeline didn't want to admit the plan’s faults.
“Think about it carefully, Sis. If these bastards can unleash monsters on Heins in large numbers, then what happened here could happen back home too. Remember that baker who used to hand out bread to you, or that little kid who used to sell flowers? They could all end up like the soldiers here.”
She had witnessed the massacre firsthand, so his words hit hard. Even with all her power, the memory of that scene was still so shocking that her hands trembled.
“Sis, now is when you need to take a step back. I’ll take care of the rest.”
She stayed silent, head bowed, then her eyes abruptly widened. “No, I know a place? A place where no matter what these bastards do, it won’t affect Tionis. A place no one can enter or leave without my permission.”
She opened her eyes again, more determined. “Rinne, can you make them confess?”
“Rinne evaluates her interrogation skills highly.” Rinne set the crowbar down on the floor, then pulled out several bizarre tools and placed them beside it.
Choosing among them, she ended up grabbing a large cauldron.
“Rinne reports that she learned this strategy from Master Davey. Rinne evaluates the oil cauldron very highly.”
It seemed like Rinne had made good use of what she saw when Davey grilled divine beasts.
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Why were these creatures weaker than the demons they knew; why was Evangeline able to detect them; and what exactly were they trying to do?
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