Volume 2 Chapter 63 Release Of The Wind Dragon
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
The grove next to the colosseum, maintained by the government, offered little cover.
There were oak, cedar, and pine trees, planted at regular intervals and well-pruned.
The ground was soft with a layer of decomposed leaves that had accumulated over the winter, so soft that a firm step would sink one’s toes slightly into the earth.
The air was damp, and the commotion of the colosseum echoed faintly in the distance.
”Ayyad, Ghali!”
In front of Kian, a man with tanned skin dressed in commoner’s clothing was zigzagging through the trees, his hands gripping the trunks as he fled.
He turned his head briefly and released a surge of magic power.
”Go!”
The man was an Insect Master.
He seemed to have no formal training, but he still had a large swarm of venomous bees under his command.
The bees descended like a black mist, blocking Kian’s path.
”Kian! I’ll use my magic to──”
Serena, running alongside him, attempted to cast a spell, but she was too slow.
Compared to Christy, she was like night and day.
Kian decided he could do it faster and reached for his bishop staff, with its Magic-Draining Mirror attached.
(Do insects have souls? I’ve always wondered.)
He removed the leather cover from the mirror.
The mirror seemed to pulse with a heartbeat.
The red gem embedded in its frame glowed eerily.
The pristine silver surface reflected the approaching bees.
The buzzing, which had been so nauseating, suddenly ceased.
The bees couldn’t resist; they fell to the leaf-covered ground, their momentum carrying them downward.
It was as if someone had sprayed insecticide in the grove.
Their deaths were as sudden and unnatural as if they had been killed by an alchemist’s poison.
”What?” “My bees!”
(And he hasn’t learned his lesson from the last time he tried to control bees.)
’Don’t make him do something drastic. Not everyone can just switch to another method when their insects are sealed.’
(…He’s not the best specimen.)
’But he has a decent amount of magic power.’
(I guess I can’t be too picky.)
Kian thought to himself as he glanced into the woods, where the man had disappeared.
A Kitsune, summoned earlier, appears as a dark shadow, swiftly catching up.
So fast.
As expected of a Wraith.
And the location is a lush green forest, bathed in sunlight that filters through the trees, creating a mesmerizing play of light and shadow.
The shadows, so abundant here, enhance the abilities of the Night Wraiths.
(Block his path, Tengu)
”Ugh!?”
Before the Insect Master, a massive figure materializes out of thin air.
A ghostly monk, adorned in an orange kimono and purple robe, charges towards the fleeing man, reaching out.
The Insect Master tries to dodge, but his foot gets caught in the loamy ground, causing him to stumble.
He then falls, writhing in pain.
He turns back towards Kian and Serena, raising his right hand to summon more insects.
But before he can, Kitsune catches up and skewers his hand with a knife, eliciting a cry of agony.
Despite the pain, he struggles fiercely, trying to shake off Kitsune.
Kian, having caught up, nonchalantly swings his bishop staff, shattering the man’s right ankle.
”Aaahhh!”
”Stop screaming.”
”Gah…”
Kian kicks him in the gut, causing him to spit out blood.
Serena, catching up, looks up at Kian, breathing heavily.
”Are you going to kill him?”
”If he answers our questions honestly, I’ll spare him.”
”Go to hell, you bastard!”
The Insect Master twists in pain, still shouting.
Kian smashes his left ankle as well.
”Ah, aaahhhh!”
”Next, I’ll peel off your pinky nail. Then your ring finger. I’ll keep doing this until all your fingers are bare.”
”…! Azrael’s judgment… Ahhhhhh?!”
”Stop screaming.”
Kitsune and Tengu hold down the man as a knife is slipped under his pinky nail.
Kian does the same to his ring finger.
”Hiiiiee!”
”I said, stop screaming. Can’t you understand me?”
”Aaahhh! Stop, stop, pleeease!”
”Index finger.”
”I’ll talk, I’ll talk, please stop, aaahhhh?”
”Kian”
Serena places a hand on his shoulder.
”Since he said he’ll talk, there’s no need to torture him further.” Her eyes said so
But Kian’s perspective is different.
Sometimes, they need to show their enemies the extent of their madness.
They must teach them that if they don’t talk, their lives will be toyed with, and they’ll face a brutal death.
If Kian were this man, he’d keep searching for an escape even if both his eyes and ears were destroyed.
No one here can guarantee that this man has completely lost his will to fight.
Kian flashes a grin at the Insect Master, and without hesitation, he slashes his right eye with a knife.
”Aghhhhhhhhhh!”
”Sorry, my hand slipped.”
”Kian, stop, he’ll die!”
”Aaaaaahhhhhh, aaaaaahhhhhhhh!”
The man’s face contorts in sheer terror, and even as the Kitsune restrain him, he desperately writhes to escape from Kian.
”Choose who you want to be interrogated by, me or her.”
As Serena steps in between Kian and the man, protecting him, she asks concisely while casting a healing spell.
”Hiii, aaaaaahhhhhh!”
(This guy will talk soon. He’s nothing like the man I caught before.)
The other man had been brave until the end.
He even shouted at the remaining woman to run and save herself.
He thought the terrorists were fearless, but it seems not all members of the assassin group are as strong as him when it comes to pain and fear.
”If you answer my questions, I’ll treat you as a proper prisoner. But as you can see, I’m Wolfmen. Lies won’t work on me, so keep that in mind.”
”I’ll talk! I’ll tell you everything! I won’t lie, I swear! Please don’t hand me over to that man!”
”…”
Kian silently steps back and leans against the oak tree behind him.
Serena turns to face him.
With a nod from Kian, she turns back to the man and begins questioning him.
”Did you plant the blast bomb in the parking lot carriage?”
”Y-Yes! I did!”
”Why did you do it?”
”Because… that carriage… it belonged to Renaud de Châtillon!”
The man spins words in a desperate voice.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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