Boiling Beast Bloodline
Chapter 1122 - 297: Forced Confession_3

These Desert Dwarfs tied to the date palm trees had their nostrils violently twitching, their Adam’s apples bobbing up and down in futile swallows, eyes glued to the oak wine barrel. Their gazes were so intense, they could shame the hungriest of hyenas; if looks could devour, not a woodchip of that barrel would be left.

Upon hearing the Beamon say so, most of the Desert Dwarfs’ eyes began to waver.

"Listen, this isn’t about betraying military secrets, but rather, the secrets have already been exposed! What you need now is to trade for a dignified death, like a true warrior! If I were you, I would definitely become a ghost content with a full belly," continued Liu Shock in his agitation.

An inner struggle began to emerge in the eyes of the Desert Dwarfs.

"I almost forgot to tell you, I didn’t say this barrel of wine was for all of you..." Liu Shock smiled wickedly like a devil: "...I will only reward four of you with it. As for the others... heh heh... you know what I mean, right? Starting the countdown now—whoever grabs one of the first four places, becomes a ghost content with a full belly. The rest, just watch this barrel as you die of thirst!"

As it turned out, the either-or principle was very effective in pushing people beyond their moral limits when competition suddenly arose within a region; no one could withstand the test.

"I’ll tell!" at least a dozen Desert Dwarfs roared: "Give me the wine! I’ll tell!"

"Wow, so many people?" Liu Shock acted like a subpar actor, feigning intense surprise, pretentiously pondering, "In that case, I’ll ask a question—whoever answers it, gets to drink a large cup of wine. Remember, it’s about who answers first!"

"Are you ready?" Liu Shock sniffed, smilingly fixing his gaze on the bunch of Desert Dwarfs: "My first question is, I hear you’re from the Sandboat Unit, what exactly is the Sandboat Unit? What is your force structure? How are your tasks arranged? And what’s with that Giant Spiral Shell?"

"I’ll tell—I’ll tell—" A Desert Dwarf with a scar across his face howled with the speed of a wolf biting a tail: "Our Flying Camel Army’s Sandboat Unit specializes in underground sneak attacks, destroying the enemy’s supply lines! Our force consists of just four hundred people! This time we came to ambush you, in conjunction with Tallbruh Yabushan, whom you defeated near the Transverse Mountain Range; he was responsible for drawing your main forces’ attention, while we were in charge of the stealth assault on your supply base! The Giant Spiral Shell is an ancient shell that we Dwarfs discovered while mining underground. According to our handsome commandant, the Desert used to be an ocean long ago, and this kind of Giant Spiral Shell might have been a formidable Magical Beast from the sea in ancient times!"

"Reward with wine!" Liu Shock clapped his hands joyfully: "That’s a man for you!"

After drinking the cup of wine fed to him, the Dwarf licked his lips desperately, muttering like a madman, "So delicious... So delicious... Another cup please... I beg you... I’ll tell you anything..."

"Next question, how is the Giant Spiral Shell transformed into a Sandboat? Why can it travel underground? Who invented it? How does it operate?" Liu Shock continued to ask, "Also, how do you maintain correct orientation underground?"

Getting started is always the hardest part, but once the floodgates were open, they couldn’t be closed again. The scard-faced Desert Dwarf rushed to answer once more: "I’ll tell—I’ll tell—The Sandboat was invented by our handsome commandant! The Giant Spiral Shell, weathered by time, no longer contains any flesh inside, only an empty shell. Its ’Crystal Heart’ is embedded at the tip of the spiral; just by having an Imam channel a bit of mana into it, it can begin moving. The rotation of the tip propels it forward. Controlling direction is just a matter of the Imam tracing the route on that ’Crystal Heart’ with his finger! We Desert Dwarfs are like living underground maps, as long as we scout the orientation in advance, the Sandboat’s deviation from its target won’t exceed fifty yards. If we really need to, we can also bore to the surface for correction; however, the Sandboat moves with great difficulty in soil, only through sand can it maintain a traveling speed of fifty to sixty miles per day."

"Crystal Heart? That should refer to a Magic Crystal, right? Handsome commandant? That term is quite nauseating." Liu Shock maliciously said: "Your handsome commandant is certainly smart, but how did he come up with such a disgusting name?"

"You’ll know how impressive he is when you meet our handsome commandant," the inebriated Dwarf sneered, his Dwarf pride returning to his face.

"Little Dwarf, what’s there for you to be so proud of?" Liu Shock sneered: "No matter how impressive your handsome commandant is, he can’t save you now. What use is destroying this freshwater here? There’s a small oasis just a couple hundred miles away, and they also have water."

"Before we took action, Hashmi Yabushan had already led the Vulture Knights to poison the water sources in nearby oases." The Dwarf boasted of his achievements as if flaunting them: "I’d really like to see how your army of tens of thousands find water to drink!"

"You don’t need to worry about that; we definitely won’t die of thirst!" Liu Shock squinted, barely containing his anger, and continued to ask: "Now tell me about that Undead Mage who came with you today, when did that fellow join your army? He is one of us Beamon, did you know that?"