Chapter 998 Warlord (1/2)

Li Du kept his eyes on Good. What is this old lunatic going to do now?

Good smiled as he walked towards the boy. Picking up the diamond deliberately with

his thumb and index finger, Good said, ”Child, did you take this? Why did you steal my

property?”

The boy looked at him, trembling in fear and trepidation.

Now face to face with Good, he had lost all his courage to struggle for freedom. He

shook his head firmly and mumbled something in a language Li Du could not

understand.

Ever since Li Du arrived in Africa, he felt that language was the greatest barrier and

inconvenience. The local tribes spoke different tongues, none of which he could

understand.

Good ignored the boy's words, though it was unclear whether it was because he could

not comprehend the language. In any case, Good held on to the diamond, stood up and

said, ”Alright. In accordance with the law, I will sentence him to death by burning. And

since he likes diamonds, I will give this one to him.”

A guard held up his hand and a Toyota pickup drove over. A soldier brought down a set

of items that looked like instruments in a science lab. There was a pot, a gas tank, and

a blowtorch.

Seeing these things, the miners working at the river retreated and looked at the pot in

fear. A few of them trembled and fell down to their knees. As the boy cowered in

despair, the guard watching over him stepped on his stick-thin calf, pinning him to the

ground.

Li Du could not help but blurt out, ”Hey, Good commander, what are you trying to do?”

”Sentence the guilty, punish the guilty, maintain order and uphold justice,” Good smiled

as he turned to look at Li Du.　Despite his warm smile, he looked like a demon.

Two soldiers started to assemble the set of pot, gas tank, and a blowtorch. FFFTT! The

blowtorch threw out a reddish-white flame in the direction of the pot, heating it up.

Good threw the diamond into the pot as the temperature rose rapidly. The boy let out an

anguished scream. After that, he went silent and fell upon his knees, trembling

helplessly like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

Li Du questioned, ”What exactly are you trying to do? Why are you heating up the

diamond?”

”I will melt it, and then I will stick it in this boy's body. This diamond will belong to him

forever,” Good explained.

Li Du gasped. His nickname for Good could not be more apt. This old lunatic!

Diamonds could be melted. However, their melting point was high. To melt a diamond

with burning fire, the temperature would have to be close to 4000 degrees Celsius.

Melting diamonds was a more difficult task compared to melting metals and alloys,

which had a much lower melting point.

Good sounded like a naïve, ill-informed person when he said that he wanted to melt the

diamond. That would be impossible even if he had used a pot made from medium

carbon ferrochrome, which had a very high melting point. This was because most alloys

like that had a much lower melting point than diamonds.

Hence, this stone could not be a diamond if it was now beginning to melt. Good must

have found a random nice-looking synthetic stone to torture this boy.

Unlike the pygmies at Remonin's mine, the persecuted boy was really young. He looked

to be thirteen or fourteen years old, and his face was still childish.

Li Du stopped Good and said sincerely, ”Good commander, have mercy on this child.

Someone once said that even God would forgive a young boy. You are the God of this

territory, so let the boy go this time.”

Deep down, Li Du did not agree with what he had just said. He believed naughty

children should be punished even if they were young. However, this boy did not do

anything wrong. It was Good, the old lunatic, who was torturing him on purpose. The

stone was not a diamond. It was very likely that the boy did not even take it. It could