Chapter 927: Being Interrogated (1/2)
It didn't take long for Mortis to calm down. Mortis was someone that liked to remain emotionless so that he could make the optimal, unbiased decisions possible. Because of that, all the rage and hatred vanished in less than an hour.
Gravis sighed and returned to Stella and Liam.
The three of them talked for a couple of hours more. By now, Liam was no longer as taciturn in front of Gravis as before. It seemed like he was slowly warming up to him.
SHING!
Then, someone new appeared in the cave.
Exar had left long ago, making this person the fourth human in the cave.
The three of them looked over.
The person was dressed entirely in black. They even wore a black hood and black mask to hide everything about themselves. The three of them couldn't even feel the aura of that person.
They could only guess that this person was probably a woman, based on her stature.
Stella and Liam became a bit nervous. Only assassins and thieves that wanted to stay hidden dressed like this since they didn't want to be discovered.
However, the two of them had also already heard from Gravis that an Elder from Underworld would come later to set up some Formation Arrays. This was probably that Elder, but they couldn't be sure.
”You're the Elder from Underworld?” Gravis asked with a polite smile.
The Elder turned her head to Gravis and looked at him.
”To think that I would be helping a beast in setting up a Formation Array,” she said coldly. ”The world is truly changing.”
”Exar should have informed you that I don't consider myself a beast,” Gravis said. He didn't take the comment lightly, but it was important to be diplomatic right now. As long as the Elder didn't go overboard, everything was fine.
”You even dare to speak the name of our Keeper this openly. If it hadn't been him that had sent me here, I would have killed you for disrespecting him,” she said.
Gravis' friendly expression slowly turned to a neutral one. He had given her two chances to remain polite, but she didn't follow. Well, then there was no reason for him to be polite either.
”My relationship with Exar doesn't concern you,” Gravis said. ”If he doesn't like how I address him, he can say that himself. I don't think that someone of his caliber needs someone else to speak up for him.”
The two of them shared a look for a couple of seconds.
”I may have overstepped my boundaries,” the Elder said, surprising the three of them.
”It's fine,” Gravis said, smiling politely again. The Elder had acknowledged her mistake, and something like that was worthy of respect. ”So, I've heard you wanted to ask me a couple of questions first?” Gravis asked.
The Elder looked around the cave some more. Then, she looked back at Gravis. ”The only reason why I'm even considering to help you is that you know the Law of Honesty. Without that Law, I can't be sure of your intentions.”
”I do know the Law of Honesty,” Gravis said. ”However, my Will-Aura is currently on the level of an Early Major Circulation Immortal Emperors. If you want to check my answer, you need to have a more powerful Will-Aura.”
The Elder huffed. ”Don't concern yourself with my power. It's more than enough to check if your answers are honest or not.”
Gravis nodded. He believed that the Elder was telling the truth. After all, this was probably one of the Vice-Sect Masters or maybe even the Sect Master of the Purist Sect. This person was probably at least a Mid Major Circulation Immortal Emperor.
”Then, go ahead. Ask your questions. I will use my Law of Honesty for every answer,” Gravis said.
The Elder looked at Gravis for a couple more seconds before she spoke.
”Do you consider yourself a beast or a human?” she asked.
”Human,” Gravis said with his Law of Honesty.
The Elder remained silent for a couple more seconds.
”On which side of the war are you on?” she asked.
”Neither,” Gravis answered. ”I don't care about the war. I don't care who wins or who loses. I only care about myself and the people close to me.”
”Do you consider yourself part of the human camp?”
”No.”
”Do you consider yourself part of the beast camp?”
”No.”
”Do you consider yourself part of the plant camp?”
”I don't really differentiate between beasts and plants. So, no.”