Johnny Depp???

Hill glared at the knight standing before him as he tried to resist the anti-magic ropes tied on his wrists and upper body.

However, as his hands were on his back and elves were surrounding him, not to mention that he could not use his magic, he couldn't do anything when he was forced to kneel.

"Hill, a mage of the northern tower, you are proven guilty of treason," Roki announced as he stared at the mage. "With the authority of Prince Alexander Yv given by His Imperial Majesty, The Yv Empire's unwavering sun, Kraveil Yv, you, and everyone who threatened the safety of our Crown Prince, are sentenced to be hanged in the capital."

"You..." Hill glared at the Prince's servant who was supposed to be injured. "You should have died back there! You... acting monkey!"

If it wasn't for his acting, the mage wouldn't have started their plans on wiping out the convoy. Not to mention that the Prince and Roki would be attacked by the undeads, who would've imagine that this huge guy could act?

Hearing this, Roki's brows twitched as he remembered his performance and felt embarrassed.

"Pfft!" stifled laughs were heard around and some elves couldn't retain their straight face as Roki's acting came into mind.

"You only have yourself to blame." Within the crowd, Yrhan stepped forward and glanced at Hill with cold eyes. "To think that you'd actually be fooled by his poor acting skills? I'm truly wondering whether you have eyes or not."

Roki winced at Yrhan's frank remark and the elves laughed aloud now that their leader had spoken their thoughts.

Cedar then patted the butler's shoulder with a fist. "You did well... But, you can improve your facial expressions and put more emotions in your voice."

"Isn't that the same as saying that he sucks?" someone pointed out.

As Cedar was intentionally sugar-coating it, he immediately threw a glare at the said person, only to be surprised.

"Y-Your Highness!" Cedar quickly bowed his head as he welcomed the Crown Prince.

Yrhan and the elves also gave their respects as Alexander walked towards the tied up mages and magicians.

"Oh... Hill! Long time no see. How have you been?" The prince greeted the mage with a cheerful tone and smiled as if they were old friends meeting in a banquet.

With this kind of greeting, Hill's rage intensified and his face turned beet-red. "Don't think that all of this was over... You... You won't be able to return, foolish prince!"

"Outrageous!"

"Insolent!"

Roki and Cedar bellowed out as both of them drew their swords and pointed it at the mage.

However, Alexander was unperturbed. With a wave of his hand, he signaled to his butler and knight to retract their weapons.

"Oho... scary." In contrast to what he had said, his face revealed a look of amusement. "It seems like you trusted your master too much. Do you really think that they'll waste their precious resources just to save someone as insignificant as you?"

Hill's complexion turned pale for he knew that the Prince's words had some truth in it.

He was only a commoner who happens to have some talent in magic and he wasn't the only one with such ability. In short, he was only an expendable chess piece that was not worth saving.

Looking at the Mage's dull face, Alexander's lips hooked up as if he could read his mind.

"Since I am a kind and magnanimous person, I can spare your life." after a moment, Alexander placed his hands on his back as he glanced down at Hill. "You just have to tell me the name of your master and everyone involved in the rebellion against the empire."

"Go to hell!" Hill scoffed as he glowered towards Alexander as his pride wouldn't allow him to follow the Prince just like that.

Indifferent to Hill's impudence, the Crown Prince then took his sweet time by sitting on a soft chair prepared by an elven servant, even pouring himself a warm cup of tea which god knows where he got it from (probably from the ever so ready butler of his).

"Ah!" After a moment of silence, Alexander suddenly exclaimed. "I forgot to mention."

Startled, Hill suddenly glanced up at the Prince.

"Just so you know, I can extract information through you since I have some methods of torture in mind." He innocently uttered the words as if he's recalling something trivial. "There's quite a lot, actually."

"I can tie you up the tree and pour a sack of nether ants on you."

"Or maybe I could give you small, deep wounds before splashing you with apple cider? Wait, isn't that wasteful? Maybe salt will do? But salt is valuable as well..."

"I can also pull your teeth and finger nails. Maybe take your eyeballs out?"

"No, that was quite messy. I might as well shock you with a little bit of lightning, yes?

"Or how about I let some wolf bees have a feast on you? Don't worry, I'll let some priests heal you from time to time so you won't die."

As they heard those words, black lines formed on everyone's forehead.

Nether Ants? Those ants were as big as a finger and could suck it's victim's blood dry while its feet causes deep wounds and immense pain wherever it touches.

Wolf bees? It was worse than the nether ants! They could eat not only the flesh but also the bones of humans and animals!

Not to mention the other methods, all of these were cruel and causes insurmountable pain without killing the other party.

'The heck? This Prince doesn't really mean that, did he?' Cedar gulped.

Then again, he realized that this Prince might just do as he said. He's someone who does what he wishes and nobody would be able to stop him.

On the other hand, cold sweat formed at Hill's back as he couldn't help but imagine every single method of torture that was coming out from Alexander's mouth.

The other mages and magicians who were captured with Hill were also shivering from terror as they listened. Who knew that this Prince wasn't only a dandy, but also possesses a strange interest? This Prince definitely has some loose screws in his head!

Alexander continued going through on how he would torture Hill just to get a confession. He even gave a vivid and detailed description on some of it that a few lower ranked magicians started to speak.

"Your Highness! Please spare me!"

"I am only following orders! Please, I beg you! Save me!"

"Your Highness! I didn't know who his master was, but I saw some officials visit our tower regularly!

"I saw him talking with Earl Saliwant!"

"Duke Darham was also visiting the tower quite often these days!"

"I heard that it wasn't only the northern tower!"

One after another, they pleaded and revealed the names of nobles that were most probably involved.

Hill then glared at them as he still refuses to talk.

Alexander watched them with an indifferent look but his being still exuded an authoritative aura of a true monarch.

"So? Will you keep your mouth shut and then die, or will you divulge everything you know and live?"

"You will never get the answer from me." Hill looked straight at Alexander's eyes. "I'd rather die by my own hands than to let you have your way!" As he shouted out, he laughed out loud in a frenzied manner.

"Shit!" Yrhan suddenly cursed as his mind jolted, realizing something.

But before he could even say a word, a dark shadow went past his shoulders, straight to Hill's position.

As Hill was about to swallow something that was inside his mouth in all these time, a hand suddenly held his mouth open and two of its fingers dug deep inside his mouth, gauging something from within.

A few moments later, a small crimson orb was retrieved from Hill.

"You sure are clever in preparing a poison in case you get caught." A purple-clad man with a seaweed-like hair held the orb in his hand with a disgusted expression.

He then turned to the Prince. "Your Highness, I expect you to reward me handsomely for doing this... ew... dirty work."

Alexander chuckled as he nodded. "Alright."

However, right at this point, Gale couldn't help but gawk at the person in front.

"Holy F... Johnny Depp?!"