Chapter 14: Kill all who despise me_2
"Don't understand, Ulu?" Kelsay sighed softly, "I told you to kneel."
As he spoke, his hand on Ulu's shoulder suddenly exerted force.
The immense strength of the Knight Master directly overwhelmed Ulu completely.
Ulu struggled to get up but found himself pinned down by that power, just like... twenty years ago.
At that moment, Ulu suddenly realized something.
He had thought he was no longer the helpless little boy from twenty years ago.
He had grown up and earned a rank, wearing the priest's robe that symbolized status, and those ignorant people had to respectfully address him as "Lord Priest."
He felt that everything had changed, that the past humiliations and nightmares had long since left him.
But now, the powerful pressure on his shoulder told him otherwise.
Nothing had changed.
He was still that creature that could only kneel... a dog.
The piercing humiliation hit him full on, causing Ulu to tremble all over, but he dared not resist, kneeling there as if stunned.
"Good, that's the feeling, you were just like this twenty years ago," Kelsay observed Ulu's reaction with satisfaction, then moved his hand to the back of Ulu's head, "Come on, let me reminisce properly, remember the you from back then."
Ulu, like a soulless puppet, was manipulated by Kelsay, drawing closer to him bit by bit.
But just then, a knight's voice came from outside the room, "Knight Master! We've found the black market trader named Yong Suo."
Immediately, Kelsay ceased his actions, a flicker of annoyance passing across his eyes at being interrupted, but he quickly concealed it.
"Damn it, just at this time," Kelsay pushed Ulu aside and strode out, "Keep him under control, I'll be right there!"
From beginning to end, he did not look at Ulu again, as if Ulu was nothing more than an unnecessary toy.
Kelsay had left, and Bai Wei let out a slight sigh of relief.
Although this had nothing to do with him, Bai Wei did not want his transmigration journey to turn into some weird episode, which would be disgusting.
He had already been thinking about how to stop it.
Luckily, the guy had left.
After Kelsay left, Ulu lay there on the ground, motionless.
Bai Wei did not speak, just watched.
After what felt like an eternity, there was a gradual return of color in Ulu's eyes, and then he spoke softly, "Lord Visas, are you still there?"
Bai Wei hummed in response.
"Please, listen to my plea."
"To help you kill Kelsay?"
"No, not just Kelsay," Ulu's body began to shake again, as if caught in the grip of extreme fear, but those murky eyes shone with anger and madness, "Everyone, everyone... I want to kill all those who looked down on me!"
Watching Ulu, who had descended into madness, Bai Wei smirked.
"No problem."
As long as you can pay the price.
Kelsay stepped out of the church and immediately saw the black market merchant being subdued by two Knights.
Two other Knights were rummaging through his merchandise, pulling one forbidden item after another from his dark bag. The contents of this bag were mostly banned goods, such as Happy Powder that could make a person lose their mind, forbidden by all four Orthodox Churches, and Soul Devouring Worms that could devour the brain.
But these were not the targets of the Knights. Under Kelsay's gaze, the Knights checked through the entire bag's contents, but in the end, they shook their heads at Kelsay.
"Report, Knight Master, we didn't find it."
Before Kelsay could speak, the black market merchant started shouting, "Hey, hey, hey, there's no need, really no need, right? Although I sold a few things that might not be entirely legal, is it necessary to deploy so many people to catch me? Are you mistaken about the person? Or do you want my stuff? I can give you all my merchandise, I understand your rules, there's totally no need to make such a fuss."
Kelsay was already irritated because his plans hadn't gone well, and now, watching the black market merchant's "sly defense," his already thin patience instantly wore out. He stepped directly in front of the merchant and kicked him in the abdomen.
The black market merchant immediately couldn't speak and coughed up a large amount of blood.
"Listen, I don't have the time to beat around the bush with a filthy maggot like you. You screwed up my plans, and that pisses me off, so if you want to live..." Kelsay bent down, grabbed the merchant's face, "don't play tricks with me. Tell me, where did you sell that item?"
"Uh uh... cough cough... What item?" the black market merchant said, "I don't understand."
"You don't understand, huh? Okay, then I'll tell you, but I'll only ask once." Kelsay unsheathed his sword and stabbed it into the ground, "You only have one chance to answer, and if you say you don't know, I'll chop off your head, got it?"
At this point, the black market merchant finally understood the seriousness of the matter and nodded repeatedly.
"Good, look at my mouth." Kelsay enunciated each word, "What I'm looking for, is a box you sold a while ago."
"A box, a box?"
"Yes, to be precise." Kelsay narrowed his eyes, "It's what's inside the box... a finger."
"A finger?" The merchant's eyes gradually widened.
At this moment, he finally understood why the Knights of Rhein were after him.
If it was just the box being asked about, he genuinely wouldn't know which box it could be—after all, most merchandise came in boxes.
But if it was a finger... in this world, there could be only one possibility.
Memories surged up, making the black market merchant's face turn even paler, "No, no way, that, that was... the real deal?!"
Kelsay wasn't surprised by the merchant's reaction and said with a cold smirk, "It seems you've been incredibly lucky, but you lack the necessary Eye Power to match it. However, since you've guessed what it is, just tell me straight up, who did you sell it to? It'd be best if you tell the truth because, after all, if you don't, we have a thousand ways to make you talk."
The black market merchant opened his mouth as if he wanted to tell Kelsay.
Kelsay waited.
But after several seconds, the merchant didn't speak, just stuck in the motion of wanting to say something, his entire face freezing up.
Kelsay thought of something, his face dramatically changing as he rushed forward to open the man's clothes and found his body covered in writhing marks—like countless bugs crawling—but upon closer inspection, they weren't bugs but black Spells.
And these Spells were killing him.
"Damn it! Esoteric Buddhism! Esoteric Buddhism is cursing him!" Kelsay cursed out loud, "The information about that finger has been leaked, they don't want us to know the finger's whereabouts... Bastard, look at me! Tell me who you sold the finger to, I can still save you!"
In reality, it was already beyond saving; the countdown to death had begun the moment the curse took effect.
But Kelsay said it anyway.
And the black market merchant did as Kelsay expected; hearing his words, he clutched at Kelsay's hands like grasping at the last straw and stuttered, "Save, save me..."
"Tell me, who did you sell it to!"
"Sell, sold it to..." the black market merchant strained to lift his head, pointing toward the church behind Kelsay, "The Priest..."
The words seemed to drain the last of the black market merchant's Life Force. After he finished speaking, his head tilted, and he passed away completely.
Kelsay narrowed his eyes, pushed the merchant's corpse aside, and then slowly turned around to look back at the church.