My Cell Prison

Chapter 581: Chapter 581: Verification
 

[Black Crow Incident]

An invasion of evil that erupted in the Samay Civilian Area.

A large number of civilians were involved.

Due to the extremely serious black crow transformation, any civilians who grew black feathers on their body were invariably put to death.

However, a tiny handful managed to restrain the Crowman transformation and return to their normal state during their exposure to the invasion of evil due to their unique traits.

Captain Hugo snapped his fingers.

All the authorities in the audience received a [Black Crow Incident dossier] stamped with the marks of the Adventurer’s Guild, Knight Headquarters, and the Supreme Council.

In it, the name of Valen Nicholas was mentioned.

“Although Nicholas, at the tender age of four, resisted the erosion of the black crow pollution and his body shed its strength… and yet, he successfully passed the Fate Space in this weakened state and was admitted to the National Royal Academy of Knights.

During his knight training, he first showed ‘Crowman affinity’, being able to communicate normally with the neutral crowmen in the Gaine Forest.

In the ‘Old King Incident’ at that time, he played a critical role. If the crowmen hadn’t protected the convoy back then, the consequences are unimaginable.

More importantly,

About the ‘Immunity to Pollution’ trait, it has appeared in the Holy City before, not just in one case, and our captains and councilors should be quite clear about that.”

Of course.

Han Dong had absolutely no knowledge of the [Black Crow Incident] recounted by Captain Hugo.

The inference can be made that it was not a last-minute fabrication but had been considered by Mr. Black White long ago and the relevant documents had been falsified as early as the year Han Dong started academy.

It’s just that now they are being ‘borrowed’ by Captain Hugo.

Senior Knight Rolan was scrutinizing the intelligence in his hand, and found no issue.

“Hmm, please continue with the verification, Captain Hugo.”

“Alright… now that we’ve clarified the apparent issue of the Demonization phenomenon and demons’ breath,

Nicholas, attach your original arm back to yourself.

I am going to carry out the ‘Demon Verification’ that everyone is familiar with.

During the recent [Great Betrayer] event, all knight orders should have used the ‘magnet’ provided by our Symbolic Knight Order to verify the identities of remnants hidden in the Holy City.

This ‘magnet’ will respond strongly once it gets close to life outside the city.

Fortunately, we kept a few individuals from the last event to extract information.”

Capatain Hugo clapped his hands.

A tied-up remnant immediately rose from the underground area of the Colosseum… it seems to have been specially kept for verification ahead of the official competition.

“The magnet I am using is of a high purity … It will not only respond when getting close, but it will also force demons to show their true form through ‘homogenization’.”

Hugo took out a dirt-yellow magnet shaped like a goose egg.

The middle-aged man bound to the ground suddenly grimaced, as a knotted network of veins bulged under his skin…

Clattering!

All of the middle-aged man’s teeth fell to the ground.

Immediately, he spat out a large number of tentacles from his mouth, unable to resist such a high-purity magnet.

Even the ‘Manic Arm’ held in Captain Hugo’s hand had a strong reaction.

At that moment… Captain Hugo suddenly threw the magnet in his hand directly towards Han Dong.

Thunk!

Han Dong caught it steadily.

『Huh? This material is the same as the antique I saw in the Symbolic Knight Order during the preliminary round.

Though then, I was in Captain Hugo’s illusion world, and perhaps he conducted a ‘verification’ on me during that time.』

No reaction.

No discomfort at all.

“Nicholas, throw it towards him.” Captain Hugo pointed to the middle-aged man who had spat out the tentacles.

Han Dong immediately threw the magnet.

The moment the magnet collided with the man, his human camouflage completely disintegrated, revealing an indescribable…

Snap! Captain Hugo snapped his fingers.

The evil presence vanished, as if it had been pulled into another dimension, lost forever.

“With this, the proof that Nicholas himself is ‘not a demon’ is complete.

This magnet will be given to each team leader for verification… Lastly, please return this unstable object to me; a high-purity demon magnet poses a great danger to the human body.

Only after the Secret Language Knight Order completes its immediate tasks, can the demon magnet be widely circulated within the Holy City.

Now, I will provide the final proof… proof that Han Dong is a [human].

The council should have preserved the memory recordings that occurred in the ‘Sub-death Space’, I ask Councilor Metophis to present them to us using the latest image technology.”

The image technology referred here is not based on photoelectric signal analysis, but is realized through magic – [Memory Image Projection].

Councilor Metophis had been secretly watching everything that happened in the Sub-death Space.

As the memory recording was projected, all the knights, nobles, royal and church members who still held suspicions about Han Dong’s identity were taken aback.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

At this moment, Captain Hugo’s voice echoed throughout the venue.

“Nicholas, who was critically injured and even unable to walk the most basic distance.

Despite knowing that if he used his demon powers here, he might face judgment from the council and doubts from everyone in the city.

Forcefully driving his wounded body might trigger irreversible side effects.

He knew the level of the female corpse monster was far beyond him, and even risking his life might not ensure his survival.

Yet, when his teammates’ lives were threatened, his [humanity] found the answer instantaneously.

This kind of [chivalry] is exactly what we honor.

As to what it means to be human… I believe all those present here have their answer.”

Captain Hugo bowed slightly.

“[Appearance], [Demon], [Human].

Through these three points, I have completed the identity verification of Valen Nicholas.

If anyone here still has any doubts, please raise them.”

For a moment, the whole venue was silent.

Captain Hugo’s proof was flawless, and he even deeply verified Han Dong’s ‘humanity’.

Even the knight Rolan, who harbored deep hatred for demons, nodded subtly, highly praising Nicholas’ knightly conduct.

The proof has thus been completed.

Captain Hugo continued, “Moreover, I understand and agree with the council’s decision to secretly test candidates during the Knight Convention… as we humans are already on the brink of extinction.

We have formed the Supreme Council to minimize the threat within the Holy City through various resolutions.

However, I would ask Councilor Metophis to keep his word. This incident has caused considerable harm to Nicholas and Abarhein, who were unwillingly involved.”

The scene shifts.

The bald councilor came to the stage again.

With the same smile as before, he said, “I apologize on behalf of the council… this ‘thing’ shall serve as your compensation.”

The compensation given was not some object.

But something that has always been present in the garden.

The direction to which the bald councilor pointed was where a coffin lay in the center of the garden… The [female corpse] was the compensation.

The female corpse, completely unrelated to the [Golden Apple Trial], was used as a secret test subject towards Han Dong, and now as compensation, it was given to him.

Unluckily, the female corpse’s attributes were exactly the same as Han Dong’s left arm.

A coincidence?

No…

Just like the seemingly coincidental events experienced in the garden area before.

This was not a coincidence.

It was planned right from the beginning.

Perhaps, these were the results the [council] wanted from the beginning.

“Nicholas, the [Candidate Invitation] remains intact, I hope you will give it serious thought after the election… you’ve worked hard.”

At the same time, a medical councilor reached the Behemoth Knight Group, provided treatment to Abe with a superior medical secret art, and also provided him corresponding ‘compensation’. Captain Kaimon’s displeasure immediately lifted upon hearing about the ‘compensation’, he even broke out into laughter.

“Next, we will continue the Knight Election. Team leaders, please score the performances of the five knight candidates and give their final rankings.”