Chapter 84: Callous Inquisitress

Iliana's face shone with fear, causing the inquisitress' lips to curl into a smile. Turned upside down with his blood flowing to his head, Konrad observed the scene in silence.

The chains suppressed his cultivation but didn't affect his bloodline abilities. Therefore, the situation didn't impact his plans. As long as Iliana played along, the church would soon feed his purse and growing army.

However, he could feel her rising hesitation threatening to foil the plan.

"What is the meaning of this? Just because you can't get us to surrender the quota, you want to torture my close ones to force me to concede?!"

She roared, but her indignation didn't even cause a ripple in the inquisitress' face.

"Indeed."

The straightforward answer took Iliana aback.

"Don't look at me like that. At this point, do you really think there is a need for us to put up an act? Let me clearly tell you that you only have two roads ahead of you.