"What are you talking about?"
The Archbishop jolted in alarm at Li Wei's words.
"What other problems are there between us? Haven't we already returned these people to you?"
"I have some questions I want answered. I suggest you cooperate."
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"And if I refuse?"
"Then I'll still destroy everything here."
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Hostages were best used for all they were worth, right up until they died.
"You!"
Faced with such shameless words from Li Wei, the Archbishop trembled with rage. The knights likewise tightened their grips on their weapons and glared at him. Li Wei paid them no mind. He merely leaned on his cane and smiled at them, as though he had made the most ordinary request in the world.
"...What do you want to know?"
Once someone gave ground, they would do it a second time, then a third.
Having already ordered the prisoners released, the Archbishop clearly felt like giving up.
"About this place."
"I noticed there's a town here that looks like it was built by people from the surface. There are tracks and a train, too. What's all that about?"
"That's what you want to ask?"
Li Wei's question had certainly caught the Archbishop off guard. Judging by his voice, he had never expected Li Wei to ask something like that. Still, he gave a cold snort.
"Very well. Since you wish to know, I shall tell you what you despicable, shameless surface dwellers have done to us!"
Then, with all the fervor of a sermon, the Archbishop began recounting the surface dwellers' "sins" to Li Wei.
According to the Archbishop, it went like this: long, long ago, their ancestors had lived here for generations. Life had been difficult, and there were many terrifying creatures here, but they had managed to survive.
Then one day,