Chapter 764: In Two Days...
Varahan Empire Capital City, Narkn!
In the Department of Internal Security, the howls of an old man resounded from one of the prison cells.
"Tell me! Are you the culprit?" Yamahara bellowed in anger as he kicked the face of an old man, absorbing a trail of blood from the latter at every contact, "Tell me!"
"Are you the one responsible for divulging the secrets of alcohol brewing?"
"I...am not!" The old man gasped as blood tricked down his mouth. His ribs had cracked from the kicks and his skin was pale from blood extraction, "I've already informed everything I know to the Inspectors. I even collaborated with them on numerous occasions to track the locations of large underground facilities."
"What's the guarantee that it's all not a ploy from you?" Yamahara roared and reeled in another kick on the old man's face, grunting as he analysed the information within the blood he absorbed, 'There's indeed nothing in him. I've looked into his past six years and nothing turned up.'
He kicked the old man once again, 'Dammit! If only he were more healthy, I could have extracted more blood.'
His every kick and shout served as a trigger to rile up the old man's Prana, through which the relevant information from the mind space was carried into the blood. Yamahara could absorb information from the Prana stored in the blood. However, the quantity of information present in the blood was minimal.
Hence, he had to use a series of techniques to trigger the relevant information before absorbing it through the blood. It was the easiest to use it on Pranic Beasts, thanks to their large, robust bodies that could handle a large volume of blood being absorbed.
But the old man was not only a Free Human but was too fragile, limiting the amount of blood Yamahara could absorb without resulting in the old man's death.
"Your Highness, please quell your anger." The Chief Inspector, Stampark rushed into the cell in a hurry, "Sir Kvirala has cooperated with us on countless occasions in the past few years. He's the prime reason we've been able to limit alcohol activity."
"Tch!" Yamahara clicked his tongue and walked away, "Find a solution to the issue. Otherwise, consider your position void."
"Yes, Your Highness!" Stampark saluted as he stood still, watching Yamahara exit the Department of Internal Security. Only then did he relax and pat the old man, Kvirala on the shoulder, "I'm sorry about that."
"I'm not blaming you," Kvirala chuckled helplessly and tried to get up when his face convulsed from pain, prompting him to remain on the floor, "I am indeed to be blamed since one of the brewers working for me escaped and popularised alcoholism."
"If I had known he was such an individual, I wouldn't have taught him in the first place." Kvirala gasped as he uttered, "So, I have no right to blame anyone, especially you, Chief. You've helped me a lot over the years."
"I too am a patron of your establishment," Stampark sighed and took out a Low-Grade Elixir that he unhesitantly poured into Kvirala's mouth, "Please drink this and heal from your wounds."
"That's expensive..." Kvirala stopped speaking as the Low-Grade Elixir poured down his throat, uttering once he had swallowed it all, "You didn't have to go to such extents. I would have healed in a few hours on my own."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
"Oh, I didn't pay for it out of my pocket. His Highness, Yamahara did." Stampark let out a soft sigh, "He's an innately kind individual. That's why he paid for your treatment. It's just the situation has worsened to the extent he has to be rough on everyone."
"Did something happen?" Kvirala expressed his worry, "I've been locked here for the past two months. So I have no idea what's happening out there anymore."
"It's a mess out there," Stampark shook his head and spoke, expressing mild anger, "Do you know Lord MunuBuntara?"
"Yes, I am a part of his District." Kvirala nodded.
"Right, you hail from the Noikatol Kingdom." Stampark nodded and continued speaking, "His coronation ceremony is in two days. So, he arrived at the Capital Railway Station in the morning, today. But right as he alighted, a group of drunkards threw filled alcohol bottles at him...."
His tone became one of anger, "One of them caught on fire and harmed him. Many onlookers managed to record the scene in their Information Slips, which has been procured by Media Houses. Hawkers are selling it everywhere as we speak. It's an embarrassment on all levels, since it undermines the Empire's internal security."
"Especially our department," He sighed, "The railway security has proved to be lacking as many of them are showing up to work while drunk. One of their officers even activated his Nature forcefully while in that state, which resulted in the explosion of one of his bodies. Thankfully, no one died, but it's still an embarrassment."
"But that's not all." He groaned, "Yesterday, we raided the headquarters of a terrorist organisation. They were the ones who had captured Lord WelhBuntara's son. We succeeded in eradicating them and rescued the son within a day of his capture. However, such incidents are increasing."
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