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All taxes must be paid 720Please respect copyright.PENANAWbRRQPFb9Q
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 720Please respect copyright.PENANAXOaQtHJzUk
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 720Please respect copyright.PENANAd6vsNAFqZo
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 720Please respect copyright.PENANAGRO3GOJPi0
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 720Please respect copyright.PENANAAqqqrFceSw
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 720Please respect copyright.PENANAInf9Znc4d6
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 720Please respect copyright.PENANA9JYFmsk6mQ
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 720Please respect copyright.PENANAEfzZrd7KJT
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Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 720Please respect copyright.PENANArGOHxBpw27
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 720Please respect copyright.PENANARYN5GWvdHK
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 720Please respect copyright.PENANAThda7AVsMi
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted720Please respect copyright.PENANAqoIolszQJP
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.720Please respect copyright.PENANAdUgk3Nw4qw
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David has been in jail 720Please respect copyright.PENANA74dc3zE5yP
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.720Please respect copyright.PENANAOmeZHQfxGv
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor720Please respect copyright.PENANAMZKXPpoxWs
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.720Please respect copyright.PENANA4C8IduU7dS
The cell was big enough 720Please respect copyright.PENANAFbGhb5wyuN
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 720Please respect copyright.PENANAZVDvkGQcEK
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 720Please respect copyright.PENANAhxyryAbiFK
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 720Please respect copyright.PENANAev3yad2veV
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.720Please respect copyright.PENANAOGADiOT3Rf
David didn't even 720Please respect copyright.PENANA82wZgRPhcm
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 720Please respect copyright.PENANADFh7zh6Z4q
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 720Please respect copyright.PENANAr5dAdkBLwV
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 720Please respect copyright.PENANA6KR9alCqk8
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 720Please respect copyright.PENANAXJWl2Y4cdn
Sadly event the best 720Please respect copyright.PENANABcRURk9rap
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall720Please respect copyright.PENANASbooUOGGLv
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that720Please respect copyright.PENANAuzLV8vwUwY
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 720Please respect copyright.PENANARG39Zy85IG
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 720Please respect copyright.PENANAnOIbvscEjW
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could720Please respect copyright.PENANA8laQILbqll
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 720Please respect copyright.PENANAoprHP9jxjJ
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob720Please respect copyright.PENANAZEzCoWPcUi
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 720Please respect copyright.PENANAPSIUvuad8U
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 720Please respect copyright.PENANARBwNjMWNU5
cell next door.720Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZBnR6IZKe
Another soldier came up 720Please respect copyright.PENANAQyFp2UYCLf
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 720Please respect copyright.PENANAf0qX2KGSzb
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 720Please respect copyright.PENANAmuYxVSKiYh
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 720Please respect copyright.PENANAlrCbYtyOVe
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 720Please respect copyright.PENANAx4o6clzj9b
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 720Please respect copyright.PENANAYsumX2ohSy
back.720Please respect copyright.PENANAmqTIIDfb5M
While David would've 720Please respect copyright.PENANA6Q8niby1px
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 720Please respect copyright.PENANAkPecf90Etk
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 720Please respect copyright.PENANAYou7NpP7Fa
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 720Please respect copyright.PENANA0agwj5oFT7
Jesters words came back to him. 720Please respect copyright.PENANAkuZEaJzun7
The walk itself didn't 720Please respect copyright.PENANAeP71zFQtDM
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 720Please respect copyright.PENANAp2KS8S8WAd
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 720Please respect copyright.PENANAYxVC7p2cqv
splatters all around the room.720Please respect copyright.PENANAyzfqFVU9dX
David was put into the 720Please respect copyright.PENANA39gXHUroFn
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 720Please respect copyright.PENANAb3P7tRgM3F
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 720Please respect copyright.PENANA4IQqTCRiwr
other chair, staring into David's soul.720Please respect copyright.PENANAQfNgVE0VCQ
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.720Please respect copyright.PENANAP4mv4nwWKf
"I'm David, the rebels 720Please respect copyright.PENANAXoz2cekPhs
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 720Please respect copyright.PENANA1xXBzfIHOR
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.720Please respect copyright.PENANAT4TrUKYTMk
"Where are you from?"720Please respect copyright.PENANARvEnFtpnld
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.720Please respect copyright.PENANAZwxazJw6ev
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"720Please respect copyright.PENANAlq1QlHUhYM
"Didn't you hear me? I'm a hostage they didn't share anything with me!" David was adding agitation to his voice. The man nodded720Please respect copyright.PENANATVqsq3IKf6
"Where did the rebels move?"720Please respect copyright.PENANAInHt9qRaHd
"Gods, we're not getting720Please respect copyright.PENANAaROM8Dezol
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want720Please respect copyright.PENANALyuq15YV2h
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."720Please respect copyright.PENANAbRfBp7yubu
"We know the rebellion 720Please respect copyright.PENANA5VBs8ikXNT
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 720Please respect copyright.PENANAD7ats45ntN
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."720Please respect copyright.PENANAFvsajgRsbE
"Well if you know all 720Please respect copyright.PENANAIWVsUcFrlY
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 720Please respect copyright.PENANA5KXAoKfc12
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 720Please respect copyright.PENANAuCS9pJWiLu
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 720Please respect copyright.PENANAXL6gORAxKS
on the imperial soldier.720Please respect copyright.PENANAb0feL70drh
"I wanted to make this 720Please respect copyright.PENANABgIoo5NTNL
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 720Please respect copyright.PENANAYvq6j9VJqk
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 720Please respect copyright.PENANAwat1OptnW9
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 720Please respect copyright.PENANAhoRyccaVWq
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 720Please respect copyright.PENANAGyWNb8NvPS
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 720Please respect copyright.PENANAlRy7BW7CCx
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.720Please respect copyright.PENANAq8wzG6ELdB
"Wait wait!" Fernand 720Please respect copyright.PENANAfQcm18AAU7
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 720Please respect copyright.PENANAb9C6Xi4isZ
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."720Please respect copyright.PENANA83qAcJ4LZK
Fernand was shaking his 720Please respect copyright.PENANAFJ8H7DpgTs
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't720Please respect copyright.PENANAxIDn3BCqLd
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 720Please respect copyright.PENANAcubyzXWRu8
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely720Please respect copyright.PENANA0kI7h8QEdQ
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 720Please respect copyright.PENANAGenrKCVE2v
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 720Please respect copyright.PENANADArQJYeicT
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"720Please respect copyright.PENANA7UMEbCBzc9
That made Ferdinand 720Please respect copyright.PENANAZfKx8nhQww
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 720Please respect copyright.PENANA8daqi2T5pX
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"720Please respect copyright.PENANA5wkWOTXX8E
Fernand wasn't denying 720Please respect copyright.PENANAgURJWrGO9H
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did720Please respect copyright.PENANAKjKSCYD6WG
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 720Please respect copyright.PENANAxtRHJSPWVj
get us do something." 720Please respect copyright.PENANAANLiF6OYM3
"Blasphemy, he 720Please respect copyright.PENANAlKZ8B8feuN
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 720Please respect copyright.PENANAHJha69DZru
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.720Please respect copyright.PENANAeavfD7cYoS
"Are you also going to tell you don't feel a tug when you're near me? Or what about the fact that we had the same dream" 720Please respect copyright.PENANAso8iq3ZDQr
"Demons tend to plan 720Please respect copyright.PENANA8t1ykgQ6OR
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 720Please respect copyright.PENANAt2yG8YZ8GI
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"720Please respect copyright.PENANAjiym5y6c3p
"To find something, he 720Please respect copyright.PENANAjNg5Ifkp4P
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to720Please respect copyright.PENANAJCI9HezjZU
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 720Please respect copyright.PENANAVycJQtvbhL
same for Fernand.720Please respect copyright.PENANAg50HZI95a1
Fernand was about to say720Please respect copyright.PENANAuSHjt17RhW
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 720Please respect copyright.PENANAMc1J17PbO4
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 720Please respect copyright.PENANAwcgOcmN0LR
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 720Please respect copyright.PENANAJSn8O76dcs
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."720Please respect copyright.PENANAe5VGus08Vn
David quickly rummaged 720Please respect copyright.PENANAH5xhbYcuxb
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back720Please respect copyright.PENANA3aKVR33xC2
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 720Please respect copyright.PENANAzOveG9ktBg
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 720Please respect copyright.PENANArcds9HKQv9
able to trap her."720Please respect copyright.PENANA1xyQ6MLrxg
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 720Please respect copyright.PENANAXo47g9B3VD
"I just know it's on the previous isle. But I'm sure I can find it!" David said pleadingly, most of the acting gone by now.720Please respect copyright.PENANAjXHvol5geB
"And how will you do 720Please respect copyright.PENANAz5sSXxFazy
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've720Please respect copyright.PENANA65p0JiuGSP
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 720Please respect copyright.PENANA08omHEOxLP
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 720Please respect copyright.PENANA5cBrCHoiVr
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."720Please respect copyright.PENANAoMCX9xSYon
"But I don't! I really 720Please respect copyright.PENANAlAYlB0lbeo
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 720Please respect copyright.PENANAbrLXJeiku9
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.720Please respect copyright.PENANAMVm5OGMQkV
"Ah captain Schumah, a 720Please respect copyright.PENANAhQjjfUrIN1
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 720Please respect copyright.PENANAGlmqJiUOin
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a720Please respect copyright.PENANANtLke7NE8g
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 720Please respect copyright.PENANApSueOOWzwN
black. 720Please respect copyright.PENANAnzv6yb4FZL
"Well, well. What do we 720Please respect copyright.PENANAalHAX8pvOK
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 720Please respect copyright.PENANA8OTFMt5ad0
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.720Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8y3dPUY3a
"Look, I swear to all 720Please respect copyright.PENANAzmV62jhrJZ
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 720Please respect copyright.PENANAmDguIP4Btu
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 720Please respect copyright.PENANAIzCp0l3qng
"We will find out if you720Please respect copyright.PENANAdPgoWSotfa
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He720Please respect copyright.PENANAZDYbSE9IF9
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by720Please respect copyright.PENANAZUupO6Fr6J
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."720Please respect copyright.PENANAKe1PyFGdOW
David struggled against 720Please respect copyright.PENANAcvgjL63p6x
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 720Please respect copyright.PENANA1zwneinwAI
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 720Please respect copyright.PENANAKUQ4G4B3rO
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch720Please respect copyright.PENANA3IkUwrOsYL
"Now how should we 720Please respect copyright.PENANAXW8ENKaMIF
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 720Please respect copyright.PENANAjrtaTcxoKI
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 720Please respect copyright.PENANA4b1PX5nxdl
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 720Please respect copyright.PENANAvWdbP7nTbi
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my720Please respect copyright.PENANAYQOYCVaNEc
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 720Please respect copyright.PENANArsyAFfMi3E
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 720Please respect copyright.PENANA3Yf5gPXCdx
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as720Please respect copyright.PENANASTAXHnG1Nt
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.720Please respect copyright.PENANAq23e2u6MPt
Before David could reply720Please respect copyright.PENANAlNkkKTz197
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 720Please respect copyright.PENANAXKq3xmKmhS
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 720Please respect copyright.PENANAwUI1KokBHO
and he screamed.720Please respect copyright.PENANATCiH1B1xhG
The torturer 720Please respect copyright.PENANAGkwy09xYnR
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 720Please respect copyright.PENANAYWRf2KaWxY
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 720Please respect copyright.PENANALAKB0jX6iW
this."720Please respect copyright.PENANAyRui60n09p
The torturer moved his 720Please respect copyright.PENANAzjkVfwEbLK
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 720Please respect copyright.PENANAUKAsI5mTHR
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 720Please respect copyright.PENANAr6BPgqJrgI
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 720Please respect copyright.PENANAhpzZ6namGg
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 720Please respect copyright.PENANAgLjvuYRL2v
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 720Please respect copyright.PENANApPz5QwDUJq
you agree?"720Please respect copyright.PENANAsSZnztmNcg
The torturer stopped his720Please respect copyright.PENANA7hwF9XLeBp
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 720Please respect copyright.PENANAmwGDhtMq8I
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 720Please respect copyright.PENANAibOBzg99xt
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance720Please respect copyright.PENANAzHI0266pN8
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 720Please respect copyright.PENANAx3six79HUt
go?" 720Please respect copyright.PENANAruGgK1UxDU
David was trying to 720Please respect copyright.PENANAoAPJCQqAr4
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was720Please respect copyright.PENANATRhXf4e6gq
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 720Please respect copyright.PENANATpc4nr79t3
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 720Please respect copyright.PENANA2xNQUeUrK3
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 720Please respect copyright.PENANA6aNIO6qrl3
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 720Please respect copyright.PENANAGVjnR7Gf5E
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 720Please respect copyright.PENANAAk208Mur22
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.720Please respect copyright.PENANABT9jwUgQ4S
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.720Please respect copyright.PENANAIV9yYPuQs3
Then suddenly David was 720Please respect copyright.PENANAydT2RQi6pN
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 720Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2b7YaHCME
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 720Please respect copyright.PENANAU6q1rZJuSD
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 720Please respect copyright.PENANABAtUC1DC2m
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 720Please respect copyright.PENANARIYHPZX9Xl
don't know."720Please respect copyright.PENANASIeFZ2pc6s
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."720Please respect copyright.PENANA8gFbviw2mU
"Now, while magic is 720Please respect copyright.PENANAIolp7Sa87S
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 720Please respect copyright.PENANA4xrWBumT8Y
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some720Please respect copyright.PENANAtBVVA04Dpp
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 720Please respect copyright.PENANAUNp0AMRB2p
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 720Please respect copyright.PENANAuWrA89gGCD
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 720Please respect copyright.PENANA2SZhy6newf
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain720Please respect copyright.PENANArV3IMspfHL
came and David screamed for someone to help720Please respect copyright.PENANAHIYs1UTpvh
~no one will come.~720Please respect copyright.PENANAWUpVevdOau
After pulling out all 720Please respect copyright.PENANAxT02bxGGP7
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was720Please respect copyright.PENANArKSn9DSfm8
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 720Please respect copyright.PENANAdjB7fiHvpA
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 720Please respect copyright.PENANAhRJyXgBVTN
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 720Please respect copyright.PENANAmkEna5rM36
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 720Please respect copyright.PENANAahjKfdOp3Y
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 720Please respect copyright.PENANA5xgzgNn8GJ
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 720Please respect copyright.PENANAkd9exni5aA
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 720Please respect copyright.PENANApwROzCaNHN
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 720Please respect copyright.PENANAkYm671WwFi
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone720Please respect copyright.PENANACJ49zoOz2N
would rescue him.720Please respect copyright.PENANAlQiTYyoRPd
~no one cares.~720Please respect copyright.PENANAlrTEb6cJ3m
Next few moments were a 720Please respect copyright.PENANAOoewugnnFT
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea720Please respect copyright.PENANAa8UtaG6CnI
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.720Please respect copyright.PENANALnH4Z4Li3F
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 720Please respect copyright.PENANA2jghv97yfR
companion in the darkness.
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720Please respect copyright.PENANAZYXzVqdpRd