"What? That man is dark wizard?"
"How could it be? Isn't Luminos City one of the safest cities in the kingdom?"
"No, we have to get out from this city. Quick, run!!!"
As soon as the old nobleman said the words of dark wizard, people around were in panic and they immediately fled away from the scene. Although there was a question inside their heads about why the old man knew the
identity of the black-hooded man, they couldn't be careless since they had to take care of their safety first as priority. Until the truth came up, they better didn't mess around for now. Besides, looking at the old nobleman, people was sure he wouldn't sprout nonsense. Looking at the commotion below, the black-hooded man smirked evilly, revealing his cruel face. He stared at the old
nobleman before he said something.
"Old man, how did you know I'm a dark wizard?"
"What? He is really a dark wizard?" Baston was shocked, thinking inside his head that the lie he made up came up to be the truth.
"Since you already know my identity, then this is your reward…"
The old nobleman quickly rushed into nearby alley to hide from the dark wizard, but it was futile. As soon as he was out of everyone's sight, his body was slowly combusted before it made an explosion. The people around were horrified to find the old nobleman was finished in no time without
a fight. There was even no painful screaming at all before the explosion happened,
making the situation suddenly turned into chaos.
"MOVE! MOVE!"
"PLEASE! SAVE ME!"
"I DON'T WANT TO DIE! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!"
"HELP! SOMEBODY HELP US!"
The connection between Baston and his puppet suddenly was cut off. Right at the moment, 2 out of his 5 puppets were already gone. It was such a lost but there was nothing he could do since the enemy was stronger than him. There was no way he could defeat that dark wizard without help. Baston could only hope someone would quickly come to the scene and solved this
troublesome man. Surely, a place like Luminos City must have the best security
so it was better to keep focusing on Viktor rather than the dark wizard at the moment.
Not far from the Carpel Inn, many knights and wizards were mobilized at once to handle the problem. As soon as the news of dark wizard spread, everyone quickly worked together. They rushed ahead to the scene before confronting what they believed to be a scourge in this kingdom. On the other hand, Viktor had already escaped from there while the dark wizard fought with many people at once. The fat man hurriedly ran somewhere because he was afraid he would be implicated once someone noticed there was a relationship between him and the dark wizard. At best, he must flee from the city and find some quiet places to stay for a few months before he dared to visit again.
Viktor thought he was safe but he didn't know that a bird followed his track from the sky. Baston wouldn't let his target to run away easily, not to mention it finally hit him about why he must kill this fat man. It was true that between Luke and Viktor, it was much more their own personal problem in noble society. People with this high status seemingly always made a deceit with others everyday. Baston wondered at first why he must kill Viktor but once he realized there was a dark wizard involved here, it made sense at the moment.
With all his personal guards, Viktor came to deserted building. He heaved a sigh of relief once he knew no one followed after them. It
was safe for a moment but he believed it was much safer if he could get out of this city as soon as possible. The news regarding dark wizard must be spreading now and it would be very hard to move as soon as Luminos City applied martial law. Everyone must obey and if he had to spend money to avoid the limelight, he didn't know what kind of amount that he had to spend.
"Wind Breaker…"
Out of nowhere, a strange man popped up in front of Viktor and quickly slashed ahead of him and all his personal guards. Because he caught everyone off guard, there was no time to react before all of them died terribly
except Viktor himself. The fat man wanted to scream but the man quickly rushed and held his mouth. There was nothing inside the eyes of the man and he expressionlessly stared at him, but Viktor knew if he made any movement, he would also join his guards to afterlife.
"Tell me everything…"
Viktor was terrified and as the man with weak character, he soon spilled everything in front of the man. For the first time, Baston then
finally realized the quest wasn't simple anymore. The sudden conflict between
Viktor and Luke was actually premeditated by the dark wizard. Apparently, it didn't
have to be Luke but since the noble boy didn't have much influence in the family, the decision fell into the boy. The true reason was also more than a simple conflict regarding the status and wealth.
Once Luke died, his body would be then preserved as the experiment for the dark wizards. Viktor himself didn't know what would they do about it, but he had a hunch it was related to mind control ability. As a
matter of fact, the fake one at the coliseum was actually controlled by such ability. That was why between Viktor and the fake one, the behavior and gesture didn't differentiate too much. It was almost perfectly same. If not because Baston knew beforehand the secret information, he also wouldn't know the one at the Paradise Resort was the fake one.
"Please, let me go. I swear I will stay away from my nephew. I also won't work together with a dark wizard anymore. I regret of doing this and I just want to live peacefully. Please, I beg you…"
Right now, Viktor was crying and begging for Baston to release him. Before, he was arrogant and snobbish when he got everything on his hand. Now, he pleaded for his life since the dark wizard couldn't protect him and his personal guards were already dead. He still had some people but they must be still accompanying the fake one, not knowing their true master was in danger. Looking at the expressionless man, Viktor thought he must be pondering whether he should let him go or not. Before that, he took out a dagger and quickly stabbed it into the man's stomach. By then, the fat man grinned and laughed evilly.
"HA… HA… HA… YOU'RE DEAD MAN! The poison in the dagger will soon spread into all your whole body and you will be paralyzed before you die. Not only that, your corpse will be rotten to the core because the poison…"
"Enough…"
The man gripped the sword and quickly cut off Viktor's head. In just a few seconds of his short life, the fat man wondered why the poison didn't work as intended. It always succeeded and it never failed but
unfortunately, the man he faced was too strong. That was the final reason he could come up before his consciousness was engulfed into darkness forever. If he knew the man in front of him was just a puppet, he would then think it thoroughly before fighting back stupidly. Life was only once and only regret remained.
Baston took out the poisoned dagger, thinking whether he would keep it or not. Since it was just a puppet, this thing would be ineffective if the opponent used it. It was really comfortable to mobilize the puppets while he himself only needed to focus his consciousness to control a bunch of them. After pondering for a few seconds, he threw the dagger because he was afraid someone would suspect him if he took it. Although the probability was low, it was better to avoid the trouble.
Looking at the headless fat man, Baston heaved a sigh before disappeared from the place. The puppet was summoned back and before he could check for the result, he leaned over the wall while staring into the sky. At the beginning, he could never kill a person but despite his belief, he somehow
turned into a coldblooded person slowly. Even looking at the gruesome headless
Viktor, there wasn't any disgusting feeling. It was just like he killed a chicken and no guilty popped up inside his heart. He was afraid he would change into something worse.
There was a fear inside his heart, but once he remembered a little girl on his early days, he soon calmed down. It was actually a sad
memory but somehow, he was quite happy when seeing such a little girl struggled over his peasant life. Although the guilty of indirectly killing her was still lingering, but there was a hope to make the world became a better place for people like her. Anyway, life must continue so it was no use to always lament the past.
Baston slowly opened the old book and found the result of the quest was excellent. It seemed because Luke wasn't the one who did the job, it decreased the performance. Regarding the impact at later time, he did a good job to kill Viktor himself because by doing so, Luke wouldn't be implicated. People could just say the fat man died because he colluded with the dark wizard and that would be the end of the story.
Inside the old book, Baston took a look at the reward and soon received it. Just like what the excellent performance provided, this time the fat boy got Holy element. The knowledge suddenly rushed inside his head for a few minutes until he sighed in a relief. This element should be a counter to dark wizard for the best. Whenever there was a light, there must be also a darkness somewhere. With this holy element, he finally could cast holy magic. Despite having minimal damage, it was the best when dealing with dark magic plus healing.
Not only it was very effective for dark magic, people blessed with this kind of magic would be revered as the savior of the kingdom.
That was because everyone believed the holder of this magic must be a good person. This view also worked the same for dark magic. Everyone who could have this magic must be a dark wizard and would be labeled as criminal by society. The conviction had already existed from many centuries ago. Still, they didn't know an anomaly appeared at this kingdom. Even though Baston got holy element, he never dreamed to be a savior. It was tiring if someone always expected him to be a good guy wherever he went.
"This magic is also troublesome to use…" Baston thought.
Before he could think about his new magic, the old book suddenly gave a tremor. It must be issuing a new quest for him to finish. As
soon as Baston knew the implication, he had a headache because it was so much faster than before. He just completed the quest and the old book hurriedly gave a new one. It was just like the old book didn't want him to be lazy even for a few minutes. Reluctantly, he took a look over the new quest.
"Kill the dark wizard at Luminos City. The man was responsible for the explosion at Prius Academy before…"
Baston was stunned before he regained back his sense. He never thought he would encounter the perpetrator from the incident before. The case was still being investigated but there was still no important clue. Right
at the moment, the old book showed the suspect and he must kill the dark wizard. Still, he didn't have confidence regarding this one quest. It was because the enemy was much stronger than him. Even 2 puppets were destroyed by simple action from the man so once the dark wizard got serious, he didn't know what would happen. It was indeed very troublesome but he forced his legs to go to Carpel Inn to look for the situation first before deciding.