Inhuman Warlock

"Is that so," Someone from the High Council smiled at the response of Lucifer. "My little friend, I suppose you are forgetting something really important."

"What?" Lucifer raised his head in confusion.

"We have a way to find out if you're telling the truth or not. There is not a single person in this entire place who doesn't know you're lying," the old man lazily stated. "So it would be wise if you answer honestly and tell us the entire truth."

Hearing the declaration, Lucifer was initially surprised as he glanced at everyone who was present here.

He had heard Joana mention that they had a mechanism to get the truth out of people, but he thought that was a bluff. If it was true, would these people really need to keep Xaen in an environment like Earth in worries that he might be telling the truth?

If they really had a mechanism where they could catch lies, they wouldn't need to create that atmosphere for Xaen at all. They wouldn't need to keep Xaen in the environment at all every so often.

Moreover, if that were really the case, they wouldn't find out the trust about where the stones were right away.

With that information at hand, Lucifer was sure that what Joana told him was a bluff. And even now, he was sure that they were bluffing. They just pretended to have a mechanism to catch lies to scare the other person into telling the truth.

Most of the people in the High Council were very smug, but in the gazes of some of their eyes, Lucifer could sense some uncertainty as if they were slightly confused by the words of Lucifer if they actually caught the wrong person. Just that much was enough for Lucifer to get a clear picture. These people! They were bluffing him!

"I know you have a mechanism to catch the truth; that's why I'm only telling the truth. I don't know why your mechanism can't catch it. Please see my truth. There must be something wrong with your mechanism. I really didn't kill Licorice and the other Baltics. I am sure of that!" Lucifer declared confidently.

Hearing his words, the people in the surroundings went silent for a moment. Even the old man who had bluffed Lucifer earlier seemed somewhat confused. Lucifer's expressions and the way he talked everything made it seem like he was telling the truth. Were they really wrong about him?

"You don't need to worry about our system. It's working perfectly. And it's showing us exactly what we need to see. You are still lying; however, it's fine. We will prove your lies in other ways too, so you can't blame our mechanism." The old man stated before he shifted the topic.

"So you claim you didn't kill the Baltics."

"Exactly." Lucifer nodded. "I didn't have the strength needed to kill them. If you want, you can test. If I had the strength to kill them, why would I be here in shackles instead of roaming freely?" Lucifer answered.

"Since you didn't kill Baltics and their King, that must mean the place where the Baltic King died; we shouldn't find your energy signature remnants? Is that correct? Since you supposedly weren't there?" Another Two-Star General asked.

So far, the queen was sitting completely silent, just observing Lucifer.

"That's my understanding. Since I wasn't there, it shouldn't match." Lucifer nodded.

"Sure. In that case, you shouldn't mind giving us your energy signatures? Use your abilities and let us collect a fresh energy sample. When it matches the one we collected on earth, it will prove your lies once more."

Lucifer raised his hand to reveal beautiful rings in his hands. "I am ready to use my abilities to prove my innocence. But due to these rings, I can't use any abilities. You'll have to remove this ring for me to be able to do anything."

The old man who was sitting nearest to the queen stood up. He snapped his fingers, making a shield appear around Lucifer, which trapped him completely. It was to make sure he couldn't hurt anyone in this room after his ability block was removed.

After making the shield arrive, he flew towards Lucifer and landed right before him. The shield didn't block him and allowed him to pass through as if it was nothing.

He reached out his hand to hold Lucifer's right hand and removed both the rings.

He dropped a small stone near Lucifer's feet before he left the energy prison.

After leaving the energy prison, he turned back to face him. "Go ahead. Use any of your abilities. Attack the barrier if you want. That would be even better."

"If you want me to do that, I wouldn't mind trying." Lucifer raised his trembling hand toward the barrier before him. He could feel the element of lightning getting restless inside his body.

A powerful element of lightning became even more intense as a small yet powerful bolt of lightning appeared before Lucifer. The lightning bolt shot towards the barrier straight ahead.

The lightning bolt might've been small, but Lucifer made sure to place quite a decent amount of his strength behind the attack. He wanted to test if his strength was anywhere close to what he needed to break a barrier that these people thought to be useful.

Unfortunately, the lightning bolt couldn't even hit the target before it was turned into pure energy, which was sucked into the crystal that the old man left on the ground.

"That's enough." The old man nodded in satisfaction before he stepped inside the barrier once again.

He picked up the stone and left while leaving the two rings inside the prison this time.

"Wear the rings again, and we can remove this energy prison."

Since Lucifer wasn't here to fight, he wore the rings. Moreover, he was also surprised at the crystal, which could suck his energy without him wanting to. This was certainly something he had no idea about. He didn't know what this crystal was, but he was very sure that it must be rare.

If it weren't rare, these people would've made this entire place with this crystal to make it more secure in case of attacks in the future.

Also, he didn't know what was the capacity of each Crystal, but he was sure there must be one. No crystal should've been able to store an infinite amount of energy. Lucifer was already trying to find a way to break this stone since he knew that there was a good chance he was going to be facing the Star Alliance soon.