You call this a black hand?

What happened tonight was too sudden, because many young wizards at the banquet were holding back, and Mrs. Chelsea did not catch all the enemies.

However, there are still many who are entangled and imprisoned by her, or the "pets" she raises, and even swallowed into her belly.

Now these prisoners have naturally become "distinguished guests" received by the interrogators under the Madam's command.

Red-hot irons, tough leather whips, spiked coffins, and even bloody skinning...

These tortures originating from the secular world have reached countless levels of cruelty under the influence of some magical magic that sharpens the senses, makes the mind clearer, makes the pain more intense, and even overdraws life, making it difficult to die for a while.

However, no matter how the interrogators tortured these prisoners, no matter how the prisoners' shrill screams were filled with fear and pain, there were even some who begged and cried in terror.

None of them revealed any useful information.

In the dark underground prison illuminated by a brazier, Mrs. Chelsea sat quietly in the hall at the exit of the prison, listening to various screams coming one after another. Her expression was calm, and she would lower her head from time to time and take a sip of the hot ginger in her hand.

Tea--

Last time, she used this kind of tea to warm the palace and drive away the cold, and the effect was pretty good, so she asked the housekeeper in the manor to prepare a batch of it.

"Under extremely painful circumstances, there is a chance that these people's will can break through the secret spell cast on them, but the chance is very low and it will take a long time. You have to be prepared."

A young woman with a delicate face wearing a traditional linen dress was standing next to the lady and said in a respectful tone:

"But if you had access to Veritaserum, I think they would reveal everything they know."

The secret spell is a well-known secret spell in the wizarding world.

A wizard who has been cast with this spell can only discuss the secret with people who have also been cast with a secret spell and who know the same secret.

If outsiders want to know the secret, unless they overhear the relevant conversation or see the relevant clues, it will be impossible for the person holding the secret to consciously leak the information to outsiders.

But there is no way to break the spell.

There are two types of general cracking methods.

One is to put the subject in a state of extreme pain for a long time, so that their will can continue to consume the power of the spell, and finally have a chance of breaking through the shackles of the spell.

The other type is to use magic potions.

However, the related potions are very precious, and no one is willing to use them easily unless they have no choice.

Of course, Mrs. Chelsea is not shy about using this potion on her enemies.

In fact, she had refined a dose of truth serum not long ago because of the assassination.

However, due to success rate issues, she currently only has one dose in her inventory.

Those being tortured at the moment are basically insignificant minions, and it would be a waste to use it on them.

"Let's wait and see."

Mrs. Chelsea therefore responded calmly.

"If those who slipped through the net choose to take revenge on my students, they will naturally not be able to escape our ambush."

…

Mrs. Chelsea, who seemed to have only given Mellen a small snake to defend himself, had actually secretly sent people to guard Mellen on his way back to the Mixed-Blood Association.

So if the enemy will target Mellen on the road to retaliate, then of course the enemy will not be able to escape the trap set by Mrs. Chelsea.

The reason for doing this, of course, was that she also thought that if the enemy wanted to take revenge on Melen, tonight would be the best time.

Because after tonight, the Chelsea family, and even the other wizarding families under its command, will send a large number of manpower to blockade Graham City and even launch an in-depth search.

After all, accidents occurred one after another, proving that there are many gutter rats in this city.

If the door is not closed to investigate and clean up, it will really damage her status as the behind-the-scenes controller of the city.

"Do you think they will take revenge?"

The young woman whispered: "Since they can lay out poisonous schemes one after another, they shouldn't be the kind of people who can't keep their temper, right?"

"They didn't know Mellen was my student."

Saying this, Mrs. Chelsea chuckled.

"They will just think that he is a half-blood wizard who was lucky enough to be chosen by Kevin. In this case, although there will be risks in taking revenge, the risks are not too high."

"But by taking revenge on your students, apart from venting their emotions, what else can they gain?"

"This is not a matter of emotion."

The lady pointed to the other party and said: "If you lead a team to perform a mission in the enemy's territory, you need to worry about the morale of your subordinates. Otherwise, if you are not careful, an accident may occur within this team."

"Especially when we block the city next and they have no choice but to lurk completely, we must take a pacifying action."

The pretty woman was stunned when she heard this.

After the short conversation ended, the screams that came from deep in the dungeon became the only sound in the hall.

However, this did not affect the lady's calm drinking of tea and issuing some instructions through the Book of Secret Words from time to time.

She was actually waiting for news.

News here, or news from the ambush over there.

As long as there is information that can determine the location of the enemy, she will no longer hesitate and go to the enemy's location in person to hunt down, lest any accidents occur during the process and catch her off guard.

However, just when Mrs. Chelsea was thinking this, something happened that caught her off guard -

In the Book of Secret Words, line after line of information continued to appear on the page corresponding to her little apprentice.

This information was told to her silently, while her men were still determining whether the enemy was launching a revenge operation on the way.

This little guy, who was targeted for revenge by the enemy, had already ran to the enemy's lair unscrupulously and "wandered" around.

"I actually didn't expect it, but if I test the boots sent by Kevin on the way, I can meet those two guys."

"Then I followed them and heard their people running to ambush me."

"Then, I heard that they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to betray their organization, so I followed them to see if I could do something."

"After that, I was confused and emptied their treasure house..."

"But no one should have noticed that I did it. Those two idiots hadn't entered the door when I left. When they broke the door and went in, others who saw it later would only think that they had other accomplices who stole the things.

Transported away..."

Looking at the lines of text floating in front of her eyes on the page, Mrs. Chelsea fell silent.

In other words, I no longer know what to say.

Tonight's banquet seemed normal on the surface, but not long after her student arrived, a group of enemies emerged from the banquet. Not only did he save the lives of a large number of people, he also gained a lot of benefits himself.

Right now, just a few hours after the banquet, the enemy was running aggressively to take revenge on him. As a result, not only did they fail to capture anyone, but their lair was raided by the target of revenge...

As a result, I, the student, gained a lot of benefits...

If she hadn't known Mellen's character, Mrs. Chelsea would have even felt that her little apprentice came to her to brag.

Or talking in sleep!

There was a complex emotion surging in her heart, but on the surface, the lady simply replied, "I understand."

Then, she turned the page to the page corresponding to a certain subordinate. Just as she was about to ask him to change his action plan, a message came from the other side.

"It has been found that the enemy is ambushing Mealworm Street not far from the Half-Blood Association, madam, but they used illusion runes to disguise themselves, and the exact number of people cannot be determined yet."

If this news had been seen a minute ago, Mrs. Chelsea would definitely have taken action.

But now, she felt inexplicably absurd.

A team of elite wizards went to search for a group of fish that had slipped through the net. Their work attitude was serious, but the results were not as effective as those of her apprentice who just wandered around...

This is certainly because the enemy acted cautiously and used disguise, but compared to each other, it also seems too incompetent...

However, just when Mrs. Chelsea thought that what she had experienced today was complicated enough, Mellen sent her another large piece of news.

A piece of news that made her face change color.