The Time Investigators and Suspicions part VIII

The Grimold Demons don't usually deal with mortal affairs.

To assassinate a mortal was giving face to the the women, or to be more precise, to the powerful beings behind them.

Those women have powerful backings. Base on the clothes and mask they wear that was unique to the Hua Tian Island's cultivators. The Hua Tian Island is made up of women cultivators! Who among them have deep grudge with Aya?

Minds full of questions, they continue to watch what the Time Recapture was replaying for them in real-life-like play with clear audio-visual. It really feels like they were there, just watching them plot but couldn't do anything to stop it from happening nor apprehend them.

After a time, when they thought it was over, the scene before them changed. From the transaction, they felt their bodies were being transported to a dark room with the restraining formations of darkness and evil qi, and occasional flickering Dim Shadow Eyes.

Dim Shadow Eyes is a type of lighting herb used for different kinds of interrogations and torture. It can penetrate the mind and influence the will of any beings. Low Grade to Middle Grade ones are easy to refine but higher than Middle Grade would require an Earth Rank beings and above to do it. But despite the difficulties, it was the main stay in this kind of environment because of its effects and efficiency.

Seeing the Dim Shadow Eyes, they try to revolve their qi into shields but soon found out that they lost control of their qi much to their horror!

They're well aware that what they are seeing was the past event but to find that they even lost control of their own qi made them feel weak and defenseless. That's when full realizations dawned the Di elders. Whatever they're going to witness would certainly be something dreadful!

Clearly, this room is often used for interrogations and torture. The array formations were exquisitely done, and fully powered by the darkness and evil qi surrounding the dark room.

Plus, the torture devices that were hanged on the wall or floating around the dark room are being illuminated by the Dim Shadow Eyes and are emitting a bloody aura, making one feel danger all around.

Eerie shrieks and haunting laughter that pierced through their body, making ones body hair stand on its ends. The noises they're hearing came from all around them. And the temperature in the room is extremely cold; cold like the winter wind, brushing and breathing through every pores of their body.

But what bothers them most is the smell of fresh and dyed blood on the floor and on some devices. If they're not wrong, then, they must have already started torturing the Eldest Miss.

"Where is she?" The Second Internal Elder asked worriedly.

"Second Elder Di Xuan this array formations doesn't only aid in interrogations and torture. It seems they added illusions and manifestations of spell on it. This isn't simple. It can obscure our search despite using Time Recapture." Another Elder from the Internal affairs who specializes on formations said.

After that, they tried hard to ignore everything else inside the room to look for Aya. But despite the room being small, it wasn't easy to look for her because of the array formations that were set up professionally. Hindering not just their sight but all of their senses as well.

Time after time they were tested. But eventually they found her chained with thick iron barbs and poisonous thorns lying in a pool of blood at a corner. Her face was extremely pale and bruised; a tale-tell of what she had to endure. She was barely breathing, while her body were covered by wounds and burn.

But despite all the horrendous wounds, she didn't moan in pain nor plead for help.

It wasn't because she doesn't want to, but because she knew they were never going to let her go. Unless… Thinking up to this point they can't help the shudder it cause in their hearts.

For a normal human, a mortal with no inkling of cultivation, Aya had to endure the pain that even a cultivator with great abilities would find it hard to endure. These thick iron barbs and poisonous thorns aren't ordinary either. They could tell that they were specially refined to torture the girl to the point that she would rather die but can not do so.

Their heart aches for her but they're also helpless in this situation. Even though Time Recapture can make them witness everything that they can possibly see, hear and feel, but they can't do a thing to help even when they wanted to. Actually after seeing her in this condition many of the elders moved and tried to release her, but they weren't able to touch her.

Up close, they can see her raven black hair was in a mess probably from being tugged and pulled by force repeatedly. It was covering half of Aya's face, while there there were blood almost all over her.

But what filled them with horror was her once beautiful hands and feet riddled not just by wounds or burn, her nails were even missing! It was possibly been pulled out while she was still conscious.

"This…" One of the elders can't look anymore. Seeing their Eldest Miss in this condition… is too much!

Not just one elder, but many turned their face away, but there's a burning hatred in their eyes. Whoever did this to the Eldest Miss they'll be sure to make them pay.

It was then that Aya slowly move her body and her beautiful eyes squinted before fully opening.

"Who's there? Dad?" A weak, soft yet beautiful voice can be heard in the silent dark room, while everyone was beyond shock. They looked at Aya then to each other, and finally looked at Di Tian Yu.

'What's going on? Can the Eldest Miss sense us?'

Disbelief was written all over their faces. As they were using Time Recapture this situation should not happen. It was so unreal and impossible.

But... It was in this moment when they were trying to make sense of things when Aya once again spoke weakly.

"Dad? Elders?"

Elders: ...

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