Juan pulled himself together as he tried to figure out his current situation. While he did not feel anything strange from either the members of Order of the Blue Rose or Sina, he felt that there was something different about the man who stood in front of him. To be precise, he felt a familiar energy from the glass box in the man’s hands. He soon realized that whatever was inside that box was suppressing him.

“Ugh...” Juan groaned as the mana within his body thrashed around. Juan suppressed most of his mana in order to ensure that it did not consume any more of Talter’s blood. While Juan did not know what the item in the man’s possession was, he had a feeling that it was capable of controlling Talter’s mana, since his own mana wasn’t affected by it at all.

“You look like you’re in a lot of pain. This can’t be helped… after all, all that awaits a heretic who defies authority is suffering,” the pale man snickered.

Juan could only listen to him helplessly.

Sina stepped forward as she could not take it anymore. “Let’s not cross boundaries here, Sir Kato. Wasn’t your mission just to help me capture him?”

“Capture him? Ah, that’s correct. In fact, I was the one who did all...