Chapter 432 – Chapter 432 Magic School Shutra (3-43)
It wasn’t easy to get information from the survivors.
The guys kept their mouths shut and exercised their right to remain silent.
However, the action itself seemed to be due to the lightning that struck me earlier.
“Hey… Who, who are you….”
“Sah, save me… We don’t know anything….”
As a result, the soldiers judged that these guys had been knocked out of their minds by lightning, and judged that further investigation was meaningless.
But I knew
‘Isn’t there any psychological damage?’
[There is not. It’s just acting as if there is a mental disorder.]
Temperament windows don’t lie.
Guys act while ‘pretending’ to be parents.
But surprisingly, there was one more person who saw through their acting.
Karin started whispering to me and asking for her opinion.
“What do you think?”
“It’s acting.”
Karin smiled dejectedly and continued the story.
“I will abide by your decision. If you don’t want to use your hands, I’ll have the soldiers do it.”
“I’ll do it.”
“… Yes.”
Starting from the battle earlier, Karin showed me that she asked me for my opinion, and she followed my opinion.
It can be judged that the reliability has increased by that much.
The soldiers completely tied the arms of the magicians and were preparing for the unexpected situation.
The fire attribute magic I used earlier must have been a threat to them, but the thunder attribute magic I used had engraved in their minds how scary real magic was.
I approached the two mages who were bewildered like a psychopath and asked again.
“Where are you guys hiding out?”
“Mo, I don’t know… Hey, where are you! You, who are you guys!”
“Ji, send me home….”
“….”
If he was struck by lightning, he wouldn’t be suspicious even if he acted out of his mind.
If the feeling of having been hit by magic is used, the soldiers will not doubt it.
But it doesn’t work for me.
After making sure they were tied up, I spoke in a low voice to the soldiers around me in a commanding tone.
“Everyone stay back.”
“Yes? Yes!”
Everyone started to withdraw from the wizard’s surroundings as if they were running away in a hurry.
The two guys who had been acting a while ago were also nervous and started to break out in a cold sweat.
What magic is optimized for torture?
I could confidently say that it was fire.
However, the weakness of torture by fire was that it was easily damaged externally.
It’s very useful for locking it in the basement and extracting information from it, but it’s not a very good choice when people’s eyes are on it like this.
‘Because fire attribute magic isn’t my main skill in the first place.’
I started asking while slowly drawing a small magic circle the size of my palm.
“Where are you guys hiding out?”
“Um, what are you talking about….”
It wasn’t the answer I was looking for.
I activated the completed magic circle and started flowing yellow current through the arm of the guy who answered.
Like iron ore….
Jigsaw Jigsaw!
“Khehehe!”
If he had been burned, he would have just screamed and struggled, but the wizard was electrocuted and started convulsing in a strange way.
Just looking at the way he convulsed, it looked like he was turning into a zombie.
And the other wizard, his colleague, saw him and started shaking his body.
I stopped the magic and looked closely at the guy who was electrocuted by the thunder attribute magic.
Hehe….”
He was curled up on the floor, convulsing, with tears, runny nose and drool.
As if his arm had been properly electrocuted, white smoke billowed out and gave off a musty smell.
I was deliberately silent and looked at the smoke rising from my arms and the fearful eyes of the guy next to me.
It was a kind of warning.
That you will be like that too….
Actually, I could have just used magic without warning like this, but….
‘Gosh… Tired. Blow fast, blow….’
In fact, mana was already depleted, so if I continued to use magic, I would be the first to run out of mana.
With the extensive brain property magic I used earlier, I had already used up one recharge.
A situation in need of rest.
[Then why don’t you leave the torture to Karin?]
‘No, men have pride….’
[….]
There was something I felt while watching Karin’s appearance so far.
She doesn’t hate cruel men.
It was the fact that I hated men who lowered their heads and weak men.
She looked exactly like her mother, Anna.
In other words, it was a story that even if she showed a tired appearance, once I finished the whole situation, it would help her increase her liking.
As I continued to look away in silence, the at least normal guy barely began to open his mouth.
“Sah, if you save me… I will burn anything.”
“Great. Tell me quickly.”
“Ooh, don’t be funny! See, warranty… I need a guarantee.”
It was a natural reaction.
The reason they are alive is thanks to the information they have now, and if you hand over the information you have, the value of their lives plummets to zero.
But even if it’s a guarantee….
“There’s no reason to lie, right?”
“How can you believe we are not lying!?”
“As an identity?”
“… Identity?”
It was as if they didn’t know who we were.
I started introducing Karin step by step.
“The person over there is Karin Brandrup, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Brandrup.”
“… Damn, I’m going crazy.”
He didn’t know Karin’s face, but he seemed to know who she was.
After that, he also introduced himself.
“I am Seong Su-ho, a student of Stra.”
“Shutra students!? Fuck… I heard that you came to Atler, but I never thought you would come here….”
He lowered his head and muttered for a long time, then he started asking me.
“Then… Is the one who went to the other side also part of your gang?”
I knew right away who that one was.
Was the dean
It wouldn’t be common for humans to walk around alone like that in a dangerous place like this.
“Uh… Right?”
“Fuck… What is that guy doing? Court wizard? Are you a person from Stra?”
“Why is he?”
“You don’t look curious? Because of him, our colleague… Because he was annihilated.”
Because the opponent was alone, it was a story that he was slaughtered in an instant after attacking leisurely.
He even said that he thought the other person was a ghost who died here because he couldn’t even see him using a magic circle.
I smiled dejectedly and explained in one word.
“He is the dean.”
“… ?”
“… ?”
Along with my answer, the guy who was struggling on the floor also started looking up at me with a questioning expression.
After that, the dean began to explain in detail why he had come here.
Atler’s visit, the viscount’s abduction, and the dean’s own.
The guys, who had been silent for a long time, began to tremble as if they finally understood the situation.
Agony?
The information they hear now will be a real pain for them.
For them, they would have been much happier if they thought the dean was a ghost.
The two of them trembled for a while, but the one whose arms were electrically burned spoke first.
“I will tell you all the information you want to know. Save the two of us I’ll tell you anything.”
“….”
At one guy’s words, the others started nodding their heads in agreement.
They seemed to really believe what I said about being the dean.
If the dean had stepped forward, he seemed to have sensed that it would be futile to work hard for the survival of the thieves.
He seemed to think that surviving was more important.
“Are you going to save me?”
“….”
The guys who believed everything I said earlier didn’t seem to believe anything I said now.
‘Hey… Are you aware of it instinctively? That you’re going to kill me?’
In fact, I had no intention of saving him.
In the temperament window of these guys, although not as much as Moon Ju-ah, there were many temperaments related to revenge.
There was no reason to leave a resentment even while keeping those who had a vengeance against me alive.
The two guys crossed their eyes a few times, then started proposing to me.
“Then save one person first. After all, the information we both know is similar.”
“….”
It wasn’t difficult to save one person.
The temperament window was also open anyway, so if you happened to pass by, you could immediately notice it.
However, letting them go could have meant giving them a chance to go to the thieves and repair them.
Started to get into trouble.
‘If I don’t send it, I don’t think they’ll let me know.’
In fact, there was a way to find out without telling them.
Dreaming.
But the problem was that he couldn’t tell Karin about the information he found out.
If I act ignorantly like I’ve been given a boost, my trust in Karin, which I’ve barely built up, will plummet in no time.
‘Let’s pretend to be deceived and send it away. After that, if I go into the dream and find out what he’s thinking, it won’t be difficult to deal with it.’
It didn’t matter if what they said was true or false.
If it’s sincere, it’s enough to easily defeat the bandits, and if it’s plotting a scheming, it’s enough to use it instead.
With that in mind, she nodded her head.
“Okay, then decide. The one who will stay.”
When they realized I had an offer, they immediately started making decisions.
The guy whose arm was electrocuted by the thunder attribute magic I used earlier raised his intact arm and opened his mouth.
“I will guide you to the base. Save this friend.”
First of all, we decided who to send and who to stay.
However, I couldn’t implement that decision right away on my own.
I went to Karin and described her conversation with them, then asked her opinion.
I was worried that I might give a negative opinion, but Karin readily agreed.
“I decided to follow your advice during this mission. You can do whatever you want. But….”
“… ?”
“We’d better put off sending one back until tomorrow.”
I sent one right away, but it was said that it would be difficult if I went back to the hideout and prepared.
“And, from what I’ve heard, it seems that the battle with the dean caused quite a loss of power. I think it would be good for us to get enough rest before we start.”
“All right.”
After I reached an agreement with Karin, I approached them and explained the whole situation.
They were in no position to refuse, so they immediately nodded their heads in agreement.
As soon as everything was settled, I started giving orders to my soldiers.
“Please make sure to tie these guys down. In particular, tie your fingers tightly so that they cannot move at all.”
“Ah, I see.”
“And please let me sleep if you can. It’s easier to be sane if you want to be guided tomorrow.”
“Yes Yes!”
As soon as the soldiers heard my order, they immediately startled, and shuddered, completely tying up and dragging the two guys.
At some point, all the soldiers were keeping their distance from me and looking at me.
I didn’t pay attention to their stares and started thinking about who to go to bed first.
Karin approached me and she spoke first.
“I will definitely compensate you for the kindness you received today when you return to your home country.”
Haha, I look forward to it.”
“Leave the rest to us, and go to sleep first. Then….”
After Karin said that, she went to her soldiers and together they began to sort things out.
I wanted to help too, but even if I went among the soldiers and said I would help, they would feel uncomfortable with me.
Now that we have a relationship like that….
As I entered my tent, which was at least intact, I looked at the temperament windows of the two guys.
‘For now, let’s wait until they sleep. If it doesn’t work out, let’s hang up.’
I waited until the surroundings were cleared and quiet before I cast Dream Dream.
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The next day, as soon as I woke up, Karin and I started making plans.
Karin opened her map, then she started explaining as she showed it to me.
“I haven’t given you the exact location yet, but I’ve given you the approximate direction of the hideout.”
The direction the thief pointed was in the opposite direction from the place where they were supposed to meet with the dean.
The most efficient way is to head to the hideout immediately after meeting the dean.
However….
“According to the words of the wizard who claimed to be a guide, I heard that it is better to go quickly.”
“Why?”
“A lot of bandits have been killed by the current dean, and even annihilated by us. They said there was a high possibility that they would organize the hideout and escape as there were only a few people left.”
It didn’t matter that a few bandits got away, but the real problem was the kidnapped Viscount.
It was said that if there was a chance of survival, he would try to escape by taking the viscount as a hostage, but if he was completely on the defensive, he would choose to kill him and bounce quickly.
“In addition, the hiding place is a cave, but traps are set up everywhere, so it is impossible for many to enter.”
“After….”
I sigh… Pretended to rest
It was a story you already knew.
I knew what the one-armed guy was up to without even telling me.
Karin saw me like that and started asking her opinion.
“What should I do? It’s important to meet the dean, and it’s also important to find the hiding place quickly. I’ll follow your decision.
I thought for a moment, then nodded and told Karin.
“I do both.”
