Liege's heart sank at the words, but his mind raced. "A starship... may I ask who you are?"
With a flick of his wrist, the man produced a Laser Pistol and raised it, firing a shot into Liege's left leg.
"If you dare make a sound, your whole family will die!"
He said it a little too late. Liege had already let out a loud scream. "Ah—"
Although he was a B-rank Awakened One, he only had the Water Attribute and wore no armor. A Laser Gun could easily break through his defenses.
However, upon hearing the threat, he gritted his teeth and forcibly cut off his scream.
In fact, he had already guessed where they came from. He had only cried out because the sudden shot had caught him off guard.
Now that they had issued such an explicit threat, how could he dare disobey? Clenching his teeth tightly, he endured the pain and asked, "What about my family?"
"Answering a question with a question." The man raised his hand and fired again, hitting his right leg. "Where's the starship?"
"Urgh..." Liege's body went limp, and he collapsed to the floor, rolling about in agony as muffled groans escaped his throat.
But he truly did not dare keep playing dumb. Enduring the pain, he spoke.
"If you are... hiss, if you are Digital Phantom, then your starship has been impounded by the authorities!"
"I won't shoot this time," the man said coldly. "Go on, say that again. Do you think someone will die?"
"Hiss—" Liege sucked in another sharp breath and began breathing rapidly. "Give me a moment..."
The pain was real, but he also needed to think about how to answer them.
After panting for nearly thirty or forty seconds, he finally spoke through the pain. "The starship