Xiao Han and Liu Lili were beyond furious when they heard what happened, and both of them looked at the captured men like they were corpses already, and the couple's eyes promised a slow and painful death to those who targeted their daughter.
On the other hand, they were beyond proud of Xiao Su and the other ladies for taking down over half of the enemies before Paul arrived, and words could not express how grateful they were that he not only arrived in time but also slaughtered the enemies protecting their daughter.
This one instance proved to them that she would be safe with Paul and her new sisters.
-So what do you intend to do with them?
Liu Lili asked Paul, while looking at the captured men,
-I want some answers from them; after that, they will die.
Paul answered, barely keeping his fury in check.
-Should I pry their mouths open?
Lili asked, taking out a set of long, thick needles, which were definitely not related to medicine.
-No need, Aunty, they will talk whether they want to or not.
Paul answered and materialized the red marks, which made everyone who had seen them before swallow heavily.
-I promise you, this will hurt.
Paul said and pushed the marks into the two men's bodies, making them scream in untold agony, which made even Lili shudder, despite her intention to torture them just a moment ago.
Paul didn't forget to cast a mute spell on the two of them, not wanting to hear their screams, despite it being music to his ears at the moment.
-This will take a while, so while they are being broken, you can tell me how you knew that the girls were in trouble.
Xiao Han asked Paul, as he had only skimmed the whole story when they arrived.
Paul told everyone about the ladies from the Gu family and how he accidentally found out that the bastards from the Divine Needle sect were already in the mortal realm.
-This is unforgivable. I'll send a message to his majesty immediately.
Now that we have the victim's testimony and these two morons.
His majesty can complain to the third realm and demand justice for everything.
-Let's wait with that until we get the information from these two.
Paul said, stopping Xiao Han, who wanted to send the message immediately.
-Right now, all we have are the testimonies of Su and the two girls from the Gu family, but we have zero evidence to back our claim up.
It seems that these bastards prefer to use others to do their dirty work and only show up once their prey is delivered.
I want to use this to capture at least one of them and force them to confess.
Paul presented his plan.
-Additionally, I don't care if the emperor of the third realm punishes them or not.
The moment I become strong enough, their sect will cease to exist.
He added with a grim smile.
Thanks to their previous injuries, and their mental state weakened by the pain, this time it only took the red mark an hour before it had broken the two men, captured by Paul.
-These slaves greet the master.
Both men said, bowing before Paul as soon as they were freed.
-Stand up, and answer all the questions without lying.
Paul ordered, and they did as instructed.
-Who are you, and why did you attack my women?
He asked.
-Answering to the master.
We are the outside disciples of the Divine Needle sect.
We were sent here by a core disciple, whom we had never seen before, but he had the token of authority from the sect and a letter written by the sect master himself, ordering us to capture Xiao Su and bring her back alive.
If we succeeded, then we would be promoted to the outer court disciples and welcomed into the sect.
One of the two men answered.
-Do you still have this letter?
Paul asked.
-Answering to the master, the letter was stored in our commander's spatial device.
Another man answered.
-Why didn't he destroy it?
Xiao Han asked, surprised at such carelessness.
-Because we heard what happened to a few other outside disciples and wanted to have some kind of proof of our claims once we fulfilled the mission.
The first man replied.
Immediately, Xiao Han sent his people to find the spatial devices of the dead and bring them back.
-Were you ordered to only target Xiao Su, or were there more targets?
Paul asked in the meantime.
-No, our only target was Xiao Su.
-Were you the only group in this city?
Xiao Han asked.
-No, there is another smaller and weaker group, and they also got an assignment, but I don't know what it was.
-Uncle, send some more men to the mansion, neighboring mine.
I think that the other group might be after the Gu family ladies.
Paul said immediately, and Xiao Han didn't hesitate for even a moment to send forty of his men to protect them.
In the end, they were also victims, and their testimony might be important once they get the proof, and the emperor demands justice for them.
-Where were you ordered to deliver Xiao Su?
Liu Lili asked, surprising everyone since till now she had been quiet.
-We were supposed to hand her over to the core disciple, five kilometers east of the town, at an old lumberjack village.
The man answered.
-Were you instructed to warn the disciple if the mission failed?
Paul asked, hoping that was not the case.
-Yes, we were.
-Did you?
-Yes, we did, as soon as we started running.
If that was the case, then the disciple was most likely gone by now, leaving the only hope in the form of the letter, which the men kept instead of destroying it.
They interrogated the two captives for a while longer, asking mainly about other outside disciples, and the way they were contacting between themselves or being recruited.
In the end, Xiao Han learned enough to find most, if not all, people from the divine needle sect in his province, and quite possibly in the whole realm.
With this, he intended to slaughter them all, and he was certain that his majesty would not mind getting rid of these pests.
Soon, Xiao Han's men came back with the spatial devices found on the dead assailants, and after asking the two men, who identified the one belonging to their leader, they found the letter.
It was an official order, signed and stamped by the Divine Needle Sect's sect master.
Additionally, it turned out that the leader was also involved in the previous abduction of Xiao Su and many other crimes.
The man had a habit of writing everything down and keeping the orders he had received just in case he needed them later.
Moreover, he wrote down the names of the outside disciples with whom he accomplished tasks.
Leaving a long list of names, involved in hundreds of crimes, most of which were never solved.
-This man was either a total moron, or he never expected to be caught or killed, before he went to the upper realms.
Xiao Han commented, seeing the list of tasks and a thick stack of orders, this man had received and kept, instead of destroying them like he was instructed to do.