Chapter 410 - 382: Grudge of Ten Lifetimes
Where Holy Light shrouds, darkness also lies.
In a small border town of Laine, an emaciated beastman in tattered clothes was bound within the dungeon.
Normally, the Laine people do not permit harsh interrogations, but this was an orc, and in the Laine Empire, orcs were not considered human; all the laws were established on the premise of human supremacy.
Furthermore, Laine had fought numerous battles with the orcs, making this orc’s sudden appearance in the desert highly suspicious.
Even though he was skin and bones, nearly a mummified corpse under the sun by the time he was found, he was still sent into the depths of the dungeon.
It was essential to find out where this orc came from and what he intended to do in the desert.
If valuable intelligence could be wrung from him, it would be a significant achievement.
The newly-subdued Laine people in the desert all had an urgent desire to distinguish themselves.
Most of the population in these cities that had just joined Laine were locals of the desert. In accordance with Laine’s traditions, they should have been subject to intensified education to assimilate them into Laine society posthaste.
But recent problems in Laine were aplenty, and the Supreme Decree responsible for the indoctrination of the masses had just changed hands.