198 Weak And Helpless (1/2)

Although they couldn't see each other in the world where light has been disintegrated into nothingness, Ivan and Nyoka could still sense each other presence with their extraordinary sixth sense. Honestly, both of them couldn't help but had to admit that staying in a place like this where they could do nothing and only stare at the endless darkness can be quite torturous. To make it worse, they couldn't move their body at all. It was at this point that Ivan started to regret underestimating the masked guy, Shiro. If he had gone all out from the very beginning, he wouldn't have caught up into the trap.

With his entire body immobilized by an invisible force, he couldn't even fight back if he wanted to.

”As expected of a priest, huh? You only panic for a moment due to the unpredictable situation you have come across but calmed down soon after. Amazing.”

While the two were pondering deeply on how to escape the world of shadow, they were suddenly jolted from their thought by a voice that sounded as if he was whispering near their ears, which caused them to flinch for a moment due to shock. However, upon spreading their sense to their surrounding in an agitated manner, they were surprised once again that no other presence was pick up other than themselves.

”It's useless. You won't catch me with just that. In this world, I am everywhere yet nowhere. I could be touching you on the shoulder right now but at the same, staring at you from the distance. That is if you can see in this pitched black world of mine, however.”

'It's not my world though. I just brought them here normally with my shadow manipulation skill, that's all. As for the reason why their body couldn't follow the command of their brain, that's simple. It was the work of a unique item I received a while back after wasting a lot of gold on the hell known as gacha, [Invisible Shackles]. And though I spoke so profoundly like a certain wise sage, I don't have any powerful abilities like that at all. It was all illusion, made by the formation.' Some of these abilities could only work within the said formation. If she goes further from the heart of the formation, which is her home, the abilities also grow weaker as a result.

This wouldn't have worked if she was too far from her house, however. Also, it wasn't easy to trick someone who got a sharp sense like these two. If she had made a tiny mistake at that time, she would definitely die there and then. Even so, that is if she didn't use all of her trump cards, of course. After all, she could easily teleport herself into the Trial Tower once the situation becomes tricky for her.

”Now then, I wonder what should I do with you two?”

Sheila knew that they were here to kidnap the students and turn them into experimental rats for the Mad Scientist. She didn't know what sort of experiment requires so many humans' lives, however, one thing she's sure of is that it is definitely not a good one.

Although she believes that Rodrick won't lie to her when he was in such a pathetic state, she still wants to acquire more information, especially from these two. Since they are the priest of the said church, they should have plenty of useful information for her without a doubt.

Even so, looking at Ivan with a serene expression on his face, Sheila judged that it might take longer than Rodrick before he gave in. It didn't take Rodrick a half an hour before he gave in as he couldn't handle her torture anymore.

Nevertheless, she was still unsure whether he is speaking of the truth or not, and so, she decided to go on until he literally, broke apart mentally(his physical body has long been broken apart by her countless tortures). At the end of it, she realized she was wasting time since the information remained the same, but she won't admit that. At least, she learned something from it, such as which torturing method works efficiently.

'Hmm? What's this?' Nyoka appeared calm at first glance, but if she looks closer, Sheila can tell the woman is starting to feel uncomfortable even though the latter tries to hide it. Well, she's a woman after all. Even Sheila personally doesn't want to stay long in the shadow world unless necessary. As for the reason? it is obviously due to the surrounding is literally nothing but pitch black. If you're in space, at the very least, there's a sun, here's however, there is no such thing as light.

Sheila bet that even a person with the strongest will would eventually give in to the invisible pressure. If not for the fact that human needs nutrients to live, she might have left them to their own device.

”Oho? What's this? Are you perhaps, scared?”

With a wicked smile on her face, Sheila whispered her words directly next to Nyoka's ears. Though the latter couldn't move because of the shackles on all of her limbs, Sheila could clearly see her flinching for a moment, which goes to show how surprised she is at her little prank. Though she appeared to be calm on the outside, that isn't the same internally, however.

As for Ivan, he didn't react much since he wasn't her target to begin with. And though he was curious why his partner's emotion suddenly escalated so much, he couldn't do anything in the current situation other than making use of his sharp hearing yet, he couldn't hear anything which causes a frown to appear on his otherwise serene expression.