Chapter 167: Interrogation (2)
TL: Potato-tan
He spoke calmly, but the cold sweat running down Weizen’s cheeks and his trembling pupils showed that he was incredibly nervous.
The fire in the stone chamber was not very bright. The magic stones arranged at regular intervals and intervals on the floor of the stone chamber emitted a faint blue light, and the torches hanging on the walls of the stone chamber were burning brightly.
Lahart took a step forward and said,
“Tell me why you attacked our territory.”
His low voice was filled with suppressed anger. However, Lahart’s magic power seemed to be violently erupting as if refusing to be contained, and it was pressing down on Weizen.
“Huck. . .!”
Now that all of his magic power had been blocked, Weizen, who was no different from an ordinary civilian, had received Lahart’s anger-filled magic power. It was a pressure that would not have been strange if a person with an unstable mind had suffered a heart attack on the spot.
The torch flickered violently as if it was about to go out at any moment, and the wind blew. Everyone’s shadows danced wildly, drawing strange pictures on the walls, and their collars fluttered.
“I. . . well, let me correct one thing. I didn’t attack your territory.”
Even so, Weizen raised his head and did not lose the smile on his face. Lahart’s right hand immediately grabbed the hilt of the sword at his waist.
“This bastard. . .!”
“Restrain yourself, my lord. If you push him any further, he won’t be able to withstand it.”
At Simos’s persuasion, Lahart barely calmed his magic power and gasped for breath. Instead, Russell spoke.
“You didn’t attack the territory, but didn’t you play a role in escorting the mastermind of the attack? Tell me the name of the person who hired you.”
As the magic power that had been sweeping through the stone chamber subsided, Weizen, who had been breathing a little easier, opened his mouth.
“I don’t know why you’re asking me something you already know, but, well. I’ll tell you. The prince of the empire approached us. Escort a dark elf to Zahard’s territory, and as soon as his work is done, bring the dark elf back to the empire. Even if the dark elf dies, be sure to bring the incense burner. That was the content of the request I received.”
“So that’s it, then.”
When Russell looked at Lahart, he rubbed his forehead as if he had a headache.
“Why the prince, not the princess?”
“Unlike the other nobles who have been following the princess around, there was a noble who remained on the prince’s side until the end. That nobleman was Count Jayviden, and he proposed a deal with me, asking me to go here. I mean, whatever the Empire’s factions were aiming for, I’m all for it as long as they pay well.”
Russell said,
“You’re incredibly naive. In the current situation, where the Princess is practically guaranteed to be the next Emperor, wouldn’t you be worried that the Princess would target you for hostility or try to kill you if you took on the Emperor’s son’s assignment?”
“Is this the only country outside the empire? If I fail, I’ll just go to another country. There are plenty of people who don’t want to get their hands dirty. I’m just someone who cleans up a part of their minds. Of course, for a reasonable price.”
Weizen looked up at Russell with a sneer.
“Anyway, there are no eternal enemies on this floor. Just as there are no eternal allies. If this request is successful, the princess’s side may also approach me. Don’t you think so? I’m a mercenary. I move for a price.”
“I see.”
Russell chuckled and turned to Lahart.
“There seems to be no sign of him lying. We should assume it’s true.”
“Hmm. . .”
Lahart groaned and fell into thought. He was thinking about how to deal with Weizen.
“It would be good if we could interrogate that dark elf he mentioned.”
“Oh, I didn’t tell you. We caught that dark elf too. He’s currently trapped in Calia’s shadow. . . that is, in magic.”
“What?”
Lahart looked surprised at Russell’s words.
“No, when did you. . .”
“I caught him just before I caught this mercenary named Weizen. It’s also true that the empire is behind it, and I found out when I interrogated him first. However, in the process, his mind couldn’t withstand it, so he’s currently in a state of unconsciousness.”
It was the thing he heard from Calia earlier. During the process of directly infiltrating his mind with his Magic Eye, something went wrong, and his heart almost stopped and his blood circulation was cut off. He had to stop the interrogation and seal his consciousness.
“I’ll take care of the dark elf separately. So, I think you should rest for now.”
Simos agreed with Russell’s words.
“Young Master’s words are correct. You should rest, my lord. You haven’t eaten properly for 12 hours.”
“. . . . . .Alright.”
Lahart nodded reluctantly, and Russell raised his right hand and raised his magic power.
“Then I’ll put this mercenary to sleep again.”
“Hey, hey? Look, I told you everything honestly, so you should at least release me from this prison━Ugh!”
As another electric shock hit the back of his neck, Weizen’s head drooped. Simos looked at Russell as if he were absurd.
“I’ve seen a lot of people who can transform their magic power into electric shocks, but it’s the first time I’ve seen the way you use it, young master. Isn’t he dead?”
“As you can see.”
“How can he just lose consciousness even though he was struck by lightning? If you’re not careful, his nerves will be completely damaged. . .”
Simos, who had turned off the magic circle that restrained his magic power, looked at Weizen, who had collapsed, with an expression of disbelief.
As a wizard who handled mana and directly implemented the miracle of magic, he could see how absurdly Russell’s actions were.
Even if Weizen was restrained and his magic power was sealed, he had turned off his consciousness as if he had extinguished a candle without any abnormalities in his muscles and nervous system, and then awakened him again. It was a dangerous act that could have damaged his mind or killed his brain if done incorrectly.
Simos could also shoot lightning at people. However, if he did so, he would create a charred lump of coal with completely blackened skin. It was impossible to shoot it as thinly as Russell.
Of course, it was possible because Russell’s amazingly delicate magic sense and ability to operate it supported him. Simos knew very well that wrapping lightning around his hand was something that could not even be attempted without a good understanding of the properties of magic power and the properties of lightning.
However, the technique of adjusting the power so as not to destroy it by stabbing it into someone else’s body and not allowing them to return from a state of unconsciousness unless the caster was present was a technique that Simos had never seen before.
“Aren’t you going?”
“Ah, I apologize, Lord. It’s just that Young Master’s actions were so incredible.”
In the end, only after Lahart urged him did Simos stop examining Weizen and leave the chamber.
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“Damn it!”
The man in the black robe waved his hand. Then, following his gesture, a strong wind blew into the room, scattering the table to dust and collapsing one side of the wall while revealing the other side.
The antique and beautiful room collapsed in an instant with just one gesture of the man’s hand, raising dust. The candles on the candle holders on the walls of the room flickered as if they were about to go out in the wind, but they barely held on.
The shadows of objects danced and swayed in the small, bright light. The objects themselves remained still, but the shadows kept moving, as if the darkness in the room itself were moving.
There was not much in the beautiful room. A fluffy bed, a table, and a chair.
Compared to the beautiful wallpaper that adorned the ceiling and walls, the furniture was so sparse that it could be called shabby. The hood of the black robe was down, so the man’s face was fully exposed.
The man, who had been standing in place for a while, reached out his hand to one side. There, a young maid who had raised her hand to knock on the door was standing trembling.
With a swish, the young maid, who was holding a tray, was sucked into the man’s hand. The tray that fell from his hand and the covered dish on it rolled noisily on the floor.
“P, Please spare me. . .”
The maid looked up at the man, pleading, her voice choking. The man reflected in the maid’s eyes was like a monster.
When she was young, she had seen a mobile prison carrying a captured demon passing through the main street of her village. Inside the mobile prison, the demon, trapped behind iron bars, was completely bound by iron chains around its neck and limbs, barely breathing.
Even as the people of the village threw stones at the demon, the young girl couldn’t move. The demon’s gleaming red eyes glaring at the people were too frightening.
Now, before her, stood a monster that was not bound by any mobile prison or iron chains, gripping her neck.
The man, who had been catching his breath, looked down at the maid and opened his mouth.
“What is it?”
“I, I was told you didn’t have dinner. . .”
The man’s right hand twitched. He could have killed her instantly. But he was currently a guest in this castle.
The owner of the castle, whose room he had demolished, might forgive him for destroying the guest room, but he would not tolerate harming people. It was against etiquette to treat someone else’s belongings so carelessly.
And this lord hated things that went against etiquette.
“That’s enough. Take it away.”
“Yes, yes. . . . . .”
The man spread his left hand, and the maid was able to stand on the floor. Somehow, she managed to regain her strength in her legs and backed away, picking up the dish and tray before retreating. The door had been shattered, so she didn’t have to open or close it; she simply left the room and headed down the corridor.
━Why are you so agitated?
“. . . .”
It was not a loud voice, but a voice that directly resonated with magic power. When the man turned his head, there was a walking skeleton there.
A skeleton wearing a rusted bronze crown and armor, holding a staff in one hand and a black cloak in the other. It was a figure that would be frightening to see even in a dream, but this skeleton was the owner of Gunther-Gollis Castle.
The man’s hand reached out to the collapsed wall of the room and the rolling chair. Magic power began to flow from his hand, and time began to rewind.
The collapsed wall rose up again, sealing itself seamlessly and repairing the cracks. The table that had been reduced to dust also gathered its dust and raised its legs before becoming a round table again and standing tall on the floor.
The scattered debris also returned to their original places, and the room returned to its original state without any changes.
“It’s nothing.”
━It’s not nothing. The torrent of your violent emotions is still raging through this room.
A pale skeleton, without a hint of a smile, clicked its jaw as it entered the room, wielding its staff. But before the magic could manifest, the man’s hand gathered magic and tore through it.
Five sharp claw marks, like those of a beast swinging its claws, were carved into the void, creating ripples of waves, and the skeleton and the man confronted each other.
“. . . . . .You’re still trying to pry into other people’s secrets, skeleton.”
━How else can I look beyond death? Don’t you think so? I know very well that you are also trying to see a similar place to me.
“I will not become a lich.”
━If that’s all you came here to say, then leave.
In the end, the man who had been glaring at the skeleton backed down first. The skeleton, who had been watching the man, asked in a playful voice.
━So what is it? Is there a problem?
“. . . . . .Things in the north seem to be a little delayed.”
━There must have been an obstacle. Who is it?
“The black-haired swordsman I met last time.”
The man gritted his teeth and sparks flew from his mouth with a crackling sound.
━You mean the man with the impressive eyes? I’ve heard rumors of him before, and they’re quite colorful.
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