A moment later.
Gauss's face revealed an unimpressed expression.
As it turned out, the Four-armed Giant Gargoyle's earlier toughness stemmed mostly from its immunity to physical pain, rather than any exceptional mental fortitude. After days of torture in the Spiritual Prison, its mental resistance could only be described as barely passable—and nothing more.
Gauss obtained the intel he wanted.
Just as he had guessed, this Four-armed Giant Gargoyle and the ordinary Gargoyles all originated from a massive underground space. It was just that, like many ruins, it had been buried deep underground prior to this. That was until recently, when the Borderland Lord of the Giant Tooth Highlands awakened, triggering a massive earthquake that rippled across the entire Borderland. Only then was this tomb space, which had slumbered for who knows how many years, finally brought back into the light of day.
"A tomb?"
