81 Questioning (2/2)
”What do you mean?” The Bandit Boss definitely does not like the menacing sound of the tone of what Gray just said.
”All of your comrades here,” Gray smirked sadistically as his face leaned closer to emphasize his point. ”My friends and I killed them all.”
The bandit boss's eyes widen with disbelief at this dark revelation that was revealed to him. Cue the word disbelief as he did not desire to give in to this elven scum as what he now depicts of Gray just yet.
”You're bluffing.” The boss replied with a disbelieving look.
”If I'm bluffing, then where are your allies to come to your aid?” Gray probed him with his arms crossed. He then approached the boss's paralyzed body and lifted him up by his shirt to show him the crystal corpses that are littered around the encampment. ”See? Is that what you call bluffing?”
Indeed, the bandit boss' reaction was expected as he stared in bafflement and terror at the bloody scenery that was presented right in his very eyes.
”Now that I've made my point clear,” Gray's tone shifted to being serious and shoved the bandit back down to the ground. ”I'm sure you're wondering why you're still alive, correct?”
A silent treatment was all Gray received as the boss seemed to have abandoned his fear in favor of giving him an intense expression of unadulterated rage that could kill someone with a mere look.
Naturally, the elf was unaffected due to his calm demeanor as he ignored the boss' look and proceeded with the questioning. ”Now, I'm going to be lenient here in your case. If you'll cooperate with me and answer my simple questions, then I'll let you off the hook and no one has to know of you escaping, what do you say?”
[+2 CHAOS]
SPEECH CHECK: 29
SPEECH REQUIREMENTS: 42
\u003cPERSUASION FAILED!!\u003e
'Tsk.' The elf thought in annoyance at seeing his first attempt of convincing the man a failure. He hoped that the boss was scared of being in a dreadful circumstance but the latter's reaction said so otherwise.
It appears that this Interrogation won't end quickly than what Gray anticipated.
During the past three months of his training, he also inquired Rarsu regarding how the Speech's rate of success exactly worked in the System.
One of the factors that are of utmost importance in persuading the person to agree with you is his personal disposition and feelings towards you. This means that you'll more likely succeed in persuading a friend rather than an enemy, and a lower success rate will surely transpire in an angry individual. This is also the reason why Gray opted not to tell the boss of his unwilling participation when he was enslaved to not risk the man of being aggravated even further. Although it seemed that such a factor proved to be irrelevant as the Persuasion is still unsuccessful regardless of the elf telling the bandit or not.
Of course, Intimidation might be an option, but the look of utmost opposition that Gray is currently receiving from the boss spoke large volumes of certain speech defeat.
Besides, the Bandit Boss that Gray attempted to persuade at this very moment was by no means both scared and unquestionably not a friend, meaning that his endeavors of Speech are guaranteed failure. As a matter of fact, the boss is currently blinded by his anger at the atrocity that Gray has done to his comrades.
”You've barged right in at my encampment unwelcome, murdered all of my comrades, and put me here in this humiliating position.” The bandit boss looked at Gray with pure defiance. ”I suppose that you expect me to give you such information easily just like that with the bottom of my heart? You underestimate us even more than I thought. You might as well do me a favor and kill me right now.”
'Well, technically, it was you who murdered your comrades.' Gray chuckled mentally at his remarks. Still, the elf saw little point in telling the man of his dark deeds when he was enslaved. He would just be extending some pointless conversations that would delay the bandit's inevitable punishment.
”Stubborn, huh.” Gray nodded, slightly impressed at the bandit's display of defiance amidst the humiliating position that the latter found himself in. ”But it does not matter. I'm sure you'll be convinced to change your mind at what I'm going to do next to you.”
Placing his right hand at the bandit's chest once more, Gray prepared another spell of his, something that's out of the norm of the spells that he grew accustomed to. As a matter of fact, this spell is not exactly Arcane in nature as it's one of the few safe spells that was personally taught by Rarsu himself to him and Selena.
'Good old Master.' Gray smirked as he thought of his lizardling mentor. 'I'm indeed forever grateful for him teaching this extraordinary spell, hehe.'
With that in mind, \u003cSoul Transfusion\u003e made itself known as Gray begun the Bandit Boss's hellish torture of the body, mind, and spirit.
[+9 CHAOS]