Exorcist's Self-Cultivation-Chapter 618 - Earlier times

Chapter 618: Earlier times Chapter 618: Earlier times Gazing at those people in tattered clothes, looking at the dilapidated buildings around, and the shackles on their feet.

Du Wei suddenly realized.

This was Five Keys Town.

He was about to interact with those people when he found they all scattered like rats, terrified as if they had truly seen devils.

Very awkward.

Du Wei frowned, “My appearance here is a bit bizarre, and it’s normal for them to be afraid of me, but why are they acting so abnormally?”

He wasn’t a devil.

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Moreover, even if people’s skin colors were different, most people would be wary and resistant upon seeing a stranger, not flee at first reaction.

The behavior of the residents of Five Keys Town was as if they had seen something terrible, or something that instilled fear in them.

Very strange.

“Could it be that I did something in the past that made them so afraid?”

Du Wei was baffled.

After thinking for a while, he walked towards the interior of Five Keys Town.

The muddy earth road was underfoot, and he could smell the salty tang of the sea breeze. According to the information provided by the church, Five Keys Town was indeed by the sea.

The buildings within the town were in a state of disrepair.

They were basically cobbled together from stones and wooden stakes.

To call it a town was a misnomer; it was more like a prison.

All the people were prisoners confined within.

Du Wei continued inside, and along the way, there were no passers-by at all; the earlier people seemed to have all hidden away.

But just then.

Du Wei saw a building constructed of black stone, somewhat resembling a church, but shorter, as if half of it was built underground.

At the entrance of the building, there was also a team of armored guards standing watch with swords at the ready.

Upon seeing Du Wei, they all knelt on one knee, “Welcome back, Lord Duwei.”

Lord Duwei?

Something wasn’t right…

Du Wei thought to himself, “Although I used my real name in the past, only Minette knew about it. The others only knew of my ducal title. Why would these guards know?”

Suddenly, an idea crossed his mind.

So, he deliberately asked, “How have things been recently, any emergencies?”

The guard respectfully said, “The passage beneath the prison has been completed, and the door you brought before has also been placed at the very end. We’re just waiting for Count Carlos to create a new door for you, and then you can seal off the entire Five Keys Town.”

“As for emergencies, there doesn’t seem to be anything special, but two strangers have entered Five Keys Town. However, Count Carlos has already subdued them.”

Upon hearing this.

Du Wei’s eyebrows raised, “Two strangers?”

The guard answered, “Yes, one with bandages wrapped around his head, seemingly of African descent, says his name is Puton. There is also a blonde young man carrying a backpack, called Ryan Hamel.”

Du Wei asked further, “Where are they now?”

“Locked up in the prison, Count Carlos is torturing them.”

The guards candidly answered Du Wei’s questions.

And this, in turn, made Du Wei realize something.

He may have come to Five Keys Town, but it seemed not to be the Victorian Era; the time span was even more ancient, in the period of Count Carlos.

At least, it was five or six hundred years before.

Du Wei’s brows were tightly furrowed as he was about to step into the prison, but he thought of something else and turned to tell the guards, “Do not call me by my name when you see me.”

The guards were puzzled but still replied, “Yes, my lord!”

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Inside the prison.

It was grim and horrifying.

From time to time, prisoners were wailing.

In the central area of the prison, there was an open space where many torture devices were laid out.

A middle-aged man with blonde hair, dressed in a red coat and wielding a whip, was fiercely lashing two people tied to solitary frames.

Both were drenched in blood.

Their clothes were torn apart by the whip.

It could be said they were in a very sorry state indeed.

It was indeed Ryan Hamel and Puton who had intended to use Du Wei.

“Count Carlos, please stop hitting us, we really aren’t spies sent here, we’re just passing through…”

“If you keep hitting us, the old man beside me is really going to be beaten to death by you.”

Puton and Ryan Hamel both cried out in pain.

Puton was whipped until his eyes rolled back, each lash causing him immense pain.

But the cries of pain from Ryan Hamel weren’t genuine.

His Evil Spirit Transformation Ability was “Wishful Thinking.”

All the pain and injuries were transferred to Puton to bear.

He himself was completely unharmed.

However, Ryan Hamel’s ability, despite being a bug, did have its limitations; with his current level of Evil Spirit Transformation, he couldn’t deal a fatal blow to Count Carlos before him.

He could only lie low and wait for an opportunity.

After all, someone else was taking the damage.

At that moment.

Count Carlos sneered coldly at the two men and disdainfully said, “Don’t think I don’t know that those damn things have been keeping an eye on my master and me. You showing up in Five Keys Town at such a time, whether you’re spies or not, I will still kill you.”

“Just two hunters, many more hunters have died by my hand than you two have ever seen.”

“If you don’t start confessing, I’ll show you what real torture is.”

Ryan Hamel, with a pained expression, said, “Lord Count, although I may appear to be a hunter on the surface, in reality, I’m just an artist passing by, you’ve really misunderstood.”

No sooner had he spoken.

A lash of the whip struck Ryan Hamel heavily.

He screamed in feigned agony.

“Ow, ow, ow… Please, have mercy on me.”

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Count Carlos said sarcastically, “An artist? You dare to call yourself an artist in front of me? You are defiling art.”

With that.

Count Carlos turned his head to look at Puton.

The malice in his eyes was not hidden at all.

If he were an artist, he would likely belong to some sort of savage school.

Puton was nearly scared out of his mind, “Count… Lord Count, I confess, I’ve told everything, I actually am a subordinate of the leader of the Vanity Sect, my master’s name is Alfaria. I came to Five Keys Town because my master forced me, he knew of your plans and wanted to thwart them.”

“He also instructed me to gather information on you and your master, to kill you both.”

Both had entered Hell’s Gate for the first time.

They thought they had come to a strange place, not realizing they had arrived in the past.

In their eyes, this bizarre and powerful Count Carlos was simply a madman, incredibly obstinate, insisting they were undercover agents.

After being beaten for so long, Puton could only resign to his fate.

The so-called yielding under duress was probably like this.

However, after hearing Puton’s words, Count Carlos’s face suddenly darkened, and he lashed furiously across Puton’s chest.

“The leader of the Vanity Sect?”

“He knew of our plans? To disrupt them? To take action against us?”

“My master wants to kill him and me both?”

“You’re asking to die, aren’t you!”

Puton screamed in agony; ordinarily, the pain from the whip would be instantaneous, but all of the pain and injuries of Ryan Hamel were transferred to him.

Unaware, Puton was enduring double the suffering.

“I’m wrong! Ah! Stop hitting me, I’m wrong!”