"Try another method?"
Diluc frowned slightly, looking puzzled.
But Ellin only smiled. "Come on, take me to see that Abyss Mage."
Soon, Diluc led Ellin to a small underground bunker outside Mondstadt City.
Ellin peered into the cell. There was indeed an Abyss Mage locked inside.
The Abyss Mage was covered in wounds and slumped in dejection. One look was enough to tell that it had suffered considerable torture.
That single glance was enough for Ellin to understand Diluc's concerns.
Abyss Mages did not fear death, but they did fear torture.
In the game, the information about His Highness the [Prince] had come from an Abyss Mage Kaeya captured during the Dragon Disaster and forced to talk.
In the game, Diluc had indeed used the [Hand of Searing Flame] to torture an Abyss Mage for information.
Lisa had also used lightning from her fingertips to torture an Abyss Mage and recover the library's missing books.
Clearly, although these Abyss Mages did not fear death, they certainly feared a fate worse than death.
People like Diluc and Kaeya, who frequently dealt with the Abyss, knew the habits of Abyss Mages well and could usually pry some information out of them, whether significant or trivial.
Yet this Abyss Mage, despite enduring so much torture, had stubbornly insisted that it knew nothing, even though it could have offered some minor information to spare itself the suffering.
Most importantly, this was the first time Diluc and the others had encountered an Abyss Mage with such backbone.
Put yourself in its leader's shoes. If you had a subordinate with that much backbone, you would certainly entrust it with important duties.
So there was indeed a strong chance that this Abyss Mage was a core member of the Abyss.
And if it really was a core