Not a Coward, but...

Despite their fellow inmate collapsing before their eyes, the other two did not seem alarmed.

The still conscious man and woman seemed to have long been accustomed to this scene, and simply withdrew their gaze and closed their eyes again.

Failed attempt to show off...

Luckily, no one noticed.

Cheng Shi coughed twice, then casually walked over to the middle- Grand Justicar and carefully examined the man with gray hair and a wrinkled face.

He was once one of the six highest judges in this Grand Inquisition. What crime did he commit to be imprisoned in such a place?

In the past Cheng Shi's probing was always very tactful, but today was different. This was a dungeon, and there was no one he needed to avoid, so he went straight to the point.

"I know you, but you don't know me, Lord Laquis. A stranger who doesn't belong to the Grand Inquisition has come before you. Aren't you curious?"

"..."

The elderly Laquis didn't open his eyes, and after moving his lips for a long time, he seemed to give up on speaking and continued to remain silent.

"Don't you want to know what happened in the Wailing Iron Prison today?"

"..."

"Oh, I see now. So you weren't wronged. You confessed, so you don't want to leave here at all. You want to atone to the Order, is that right?"

"..."

Laquis opened his eyes, weakly lifting his eyelids slightly. He glanced at Cheng Shi with his cloudy eyes, then looked down and remained silent, as if his spirit had been completely worn away.

Upon seeing this, Cheng Shi frowned.

What exactly happened to him? What crime could have turned a powerful and influential Grand Justicar into this, making him completely lose interest in the Change around him and even lose the will to live?

Cheng Shi couldn't understand it. The only thing he noticed was that the other party still had a slight reaction to the word "Order." Perhaps he... was still devout?

No, I need to change my approach. I can't get anything out of you through normal conversation.

Cheng Shi then rolled his eyes, raised an eyebrow slightly, and spoke again in a disdainful and mocking tone:

"It seems that our Grand Justicar has given up on upholding Justice."

It's truly pathetic that even those closest to the "Order" have lost their devotion. It seems this "Order"...

It seems this is the end of the road.

As soon as he finished speaking, Laquis slowly raised his head, and a response finally rang out from inside the stone cell.

But the one who responded was not him, but Lidyaala, the former Grand Investigator hanging to his left. Her voice was extremely weak, but the words she uttered were powerful and resonant.

"There is no longer any Order in this world."

"?"

Cheng Shi's gaze sharpened, and he turned to look at her.

Like Laquis Lidyaala looked haggard and exhausted, but she was much younger Laquis.

With his neat short hair, sharp features, and clenched teeth, even though he had been imprisoned here for an unknown period of time, this Grand Investigator still possessed a pair of sharp eyes as keen as a hawk despite his apparent exhaustion.

She stared intently at Cheng Shi, and in her weakest voice uttered the most resolute blasphemous words. "We... have long since lost our goal..."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Shi's eyes widened, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

They know there's a problem with Order!?

Could it be that they were imprisoned here because they discovered a problem with the "Order"?

So, who locked them up here?

Was it the "Iron Rule of Order" that falsely conveyed the decree, or did the Chief Judge determine the guilt?

If it's the former, then it means that at least the radiance of [Order] still exists within the Grand Inquisition; but if it's the latter...

Hiss--

These people in power knew there was something wrong with the Order, yet they still chose to follow it.

So what are they pursuing. "Order," power, or... desire?

[Filth and Decay] rose from the ground?

Cheng Shi was startled, but remained outwardly calm, nodding in agreement:

"It seems I was right; you did indeed know that something was wrong with Him."

Upon hearing Cheng Shi's words, the two who were hanging there trembled slightly. Laquis finally raised his head, a hint of Despair flashing in his cloudy eyes, and murmured:

"He... has begun to openly promote a new will?"

Has He... stopped considering the millions of followers within the Grand Inquisition?

Why did He choose to go down this path of depravity and never return?

Why should we allow this already Justice world to completely lose its Justice?

Why!"

The old man's tone grew louder and louder, his shouts becoming hoarse and desperate. His eyes were bloodshot, and he was almost going mad. His spittle sprayed all over Cheng Shi's head and face.

But as he vented all his anger and resentment, Laquis's condition quickly deteriorated. After he hoarsely shouted the last three words, he was like a lamp that had just finished its last burst of energy. His two cloudy eyes went dark, and he fainted.

Seeing the second insider collapse before his eyes, Cheng Shi silently wiped his face with his sleeve.

This old guy probably doesn't have any infectious diseases...

"..."

That's not the point. The point is that he gleaned a crucial piece of information from the other party's limited words: this Grand Justicar seemed unaware that [Order] had been replaced by [Iron Rule of Order]. In his mind, he believed that [Order] itself had fallen!

No wonder!

No wonder this Grand Justicar lost his will to live and all his spirit. This devout Believer in "Order" probably saw on his path forward that, at the very end, the radiant Divine Throne had collapsed at some unknown time!

It's like walking along and suddenly discovering a precipice beneath your feet. You're startled and realize that your path of Faith has already come to an end!

In Laquis's view, "Order" is no longer Order, so what is he, Believer walking on the path of "Order"?

This weary old man had never Despair because of the lack of Justice in the world, but this time, he was deeply Despair.

A glint flashed in Cheng Shi's eyes as he began to wonder what Change had led the other party to discover the flaw in the [Iron Rule of Order]. He also kept thinking about how he could extract more information from this information gap.

But to extract information, you need someone to provide it.

With only one conscious prisoner left, Cheng Shi dared not let anything else happen to her. So he quickly looked at Lidyaala, trying his best to avoid provoking her with his tone while still arousing her interest.

"Lidyaala, if you still want to make one last effort for the last remaining Fire Seed of [Order], then don't faint like that coward Laquis."

Lidyaala paused, then slowly shook her head:

"Laquis was never a coward; he was the one who discovered His abnormality and pointed it out in public."

"?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Shi was genuinely amused and exasperated.

Good heavens, it turns out this old man isn't a coward, but a brute!

A devout brute!

You deserve to be locked up here...