"Hahahaha! Burn everything to the ground, Fire Serpent!"
Fire Serpent was a high level magic which needed a precise control from the caster or the result could be disastrous. But, for someone like Lord Sennan who couldn't care less about the life of others, being able to cast it was enough.
"Those worthless insects aren't worthy to be my plaything. Don't they realize I could always replace them?" He spit.
"To think that they dare to rise their weapons against me. Unbelievable!"
He said that while kicking the dead body of the thug leader.
Lord Sennan returned his attention inside the house which now burning, the blonde guy still sat motionless. He wanted to torture this guy and then killing him, but he had a change of plan. After what happened tonight, his mood turned worst, he didn't understand why those lowlives suddenly betrayed him. He needed to vent frustration,
and this guy... this guy was the root of all his troubles right now, killing him would be too easy. He would drag this guy to his mansion, and then torture him slowly until he wished for death.
He walked closer to Frei and said, "Now it's just you and me."
"Ah, indeed... it's just you and me now."
He stopped walking.
The supposedly unconscious guy lifted his head, the rope that bind him dropped on the floor.
Lord Senna was surprised at that guy's appearance, this was the first time he saw his face. His appearance was like an angel in the painting, but the way he looked and smiled at him was like a predator catching its prey.
"Good evening Lord Senna, the second son of The Great Duke Randall Senna. My name is Frei, a merchant from Ardia. It was an honour to meet you tonight." He did a formal introduction as one would be when they were meeting a noble, except it didn't match with the situation they were at.
"You...! Could it be..."
Now it's connected, why those guys suddenly dare to challenge him.
"You are the one behind it!"
He pointed his finger at Frei, his face was red because of anger.
He calmly replied, "I must admit I did. And it's not just about those thugs earlier."
"Wha... What do you mean?!"
Frei swayed his head a little, giving the other person a secretive smile.
"I'll tell you if you tell me one thing. Isn't that a good deal?"
Lord Sennan was burning in rage, "Don't joke with me! You dare to deceive me! I swore I'll torture you slowly until you want to die but can't!"
A bright red light glowed from his hand.
"Fireballs!"
Three small fireballs appeared and hit Frei. But when the explosions were gone, he didn't get hurt at all, not even a single scratch could be seen.
"Wha...?! How, how could this be?!"
"Why are you surprise? Just like that ring you wear which give you protection against physical attack, no magic can harm me."
Lord Sennan was surprised. There were only a few people who knew about his ring, and two of them were his attendants.
"Just who are you?! And how did you know about this ring?!"
"I'll tell you if you answer my question~"
Frei paused for a while and when he spoke again, his tone had changed to a serious one, "How much do you know about Duke Andorra?"
"!!" Lord Sennan's face stiffened, clenching his jaw. He didn't expect to hear his name, especially because the guy's involvement was a top secret.
"W-what are you talking about...?"
"I see... Thank you." Frei didn't need to hear his answer, Lord Sennan's reaction to that question already told him what he wanted to know.
"Well, I guess I can tell you this, I was the one who sold you that ring."
"What...?!
"And I used your money to buy that purple eyes girl. Isn't that fun?" He said, wearing an innocent expression on his face.
"Youuuuuu!!! I'll make you suffer before you die!!!"
"Fire Ring!!!"
A ring of fire surrounding Frei.
"Take that! I don't need to attack you with magic, the fire will eat the air around you, and you'll suffocate to die! Hahahahaha!!"
He was too focused on Frei, that he lowered his guard on his surrounding.
"Die you bastard!"
Mirra threw a knife to Lord Senna's face. She had been hiding all this time, watching the entire thing.
He instinctively tried to cover his face, rising his arms.
At that moment, Mirra with her small nimble body, grabbed his hand, and snatched his ring.
She rolled on the ground and threw a second knife at him.
"Arghh!" Lord Sennan screamed. Blood flowing from his shoulder.
She wouldn't get this ability if she didn't help him to do a lot of dirty works, like stealing, smuggling, and kidnapping. Now by a twist of fate, Mirra was able to use her ability to her hated enemy.
"Damn you, little insect! I'll burn you to death just like your sister!" He shouted.
Mirra frozen on that spot.
"What... did you say...?"
"Huh? Did I not tell you? Your sister is dead a long time ago. I slowly roasted her in the brazen bull, her scream and the smell of her burning meat was amazing!"
Her body staggered, she didn't want to believe what she just heard. Her mind went blank. After all these years, she worked so hard so that she could meet Farra again.
"No... That's a lie..."
She was too shocked to realize Lord Senna's evil grin as he thrust his palm at her direction.
"Fireball!"
A big fireball aiming at Mirra, she couldn't move. It was too late to dodge it, but she didn't care anymore.
"Watch out!!"
Someone had pushed Mirra's body. She fell on the ground.
Mirra saw a figure of a girl who saved her in the nick of time, for a second, her image overlapping with Farra.
(Farra...)
But she wasn't Farra, Mirra snapped back to reality. In front of her was a girl with long black hair, although that hair was burned now. Her body was covered with burns as she laid motionless on the ground.
"...Purple sis!!"
Mirra ran toward her, tears flowing from her eyes. Mirra remembered when she watched the thug leader burned to death by the same spell.
"Noooo, please don't die!"
She was relieved when she saw Rena still breathing, but her condition was bad. Mirra's heart felt like being squeezed. She wasn't sure if the girl in front of her could survive, but she didn't want to let her die. Anything, she would do anything to save her.
When she was busy checking Rena's condition, a shadow come closer.
Lord Sennan swung his sword above his head, trying to strike Mirra.
"Raaaaaaaa!!"
Mirra closed her eyes. If she dodged, the sword would cut the girl behind her.
She waited for the pain to come from her body, but there wasn't any pain. She forgot the protection ring was in her possession. Lord Senna who realized this, become even more enraged.
"Youuu!! How dare you!! Give me back my precious ring!!"
Since he couldn't get Mirra, he was aiming at what Mirra protected, Rena's unconscious body. She wouldn't let him hurt the girl who saved her life. Mirra was going to use her body again to shield the unconscious Rena, seeing Lord Senna charged again. She clenched her hand tightly, not wanting to let go the ring in her palm.
But the next moment, someone stood in front of her, blocking the sword Lord Senna's swung.
Frei's hands firmly held the blade, blood dripping from his palms. He quickly twisted his body before Lord Sennan could react, and a kick landed on the rotten noble's head.
His falling body made a loud thump noise.
"Hey, you..." Frei spoke to Mirra.
"Bring her outside the village."
"Huh?" Mirra didn't understand.
"There's a barrier covering this village, my men are waiting outside. Take her there."
There wasn't any sweetness like how he normally speaking. The Frei right now had a glowering look on his face. Mirra nodded once, telling him she understand. With her petite body, she carried Rena's body on her back.
Frei approached Lord Sennan who was trying to get up, and stepped on that guy's hand, crushing his fingers.
"Aaargh!"
With his bloody hand, Frei's grabbed Lord Sennan's head and slammed it to the ground...
Once,
"I was about to go easy on you, but I change my mind."
Twice,
"You like torturing people to death right?"
Thrice...,
"How is it now? Is it good?"
Finally, he grinded Lord Sennan's head on the ground, some dirt sticking on his bloody head, the blood also gushing from his nose.
"Guh!"
He kicked Lord Sennan on the stomach. The half-dead guy couldn't do anything else except receiving the blow.
"Guaah!!!" He spit out blood from his mouth and fell down to the ground.
Frei stepped hard on his other hand, breaking his bone.
"Aaarghh!!!"
"...W-why..."
"Why you ask? Because you make me angry." He said with cold merciless tone, his eyes were like someone who got possessed.
Frei dragged Lord Sennan to where the fire serpent was rampaging.
"Let go of me!" Lord Sennan struggled, trying his hard to free himself from Frei's grip, but this was a futile attempt.
He tried to cast a spell but his magic didn't activate. Panicking, he could only understand one thing, his life was in danger.
Then he started begging, speaking with throat full of blood.
"No, please, *cough* I would do anything... *cough*"
"Shut up. A trash is a trash, your existence has no value to me."
"No, p...se, p-lease, *cough*, so...y, I... don't... *cough* die..."
The more he tried to speak, the worse the voice coming from his mouth.
Lord Sennan was crying, but Frei's grip was strong.
The fire serpent sensing the two approaching figures, turned toward them.
Frei grabbed Lord Sennan's neck, lifting him up from the ground, although the latter had more weight than him.
Lord Sennan was sobbing and pleading, but he didn't budge.
"Y-you... g-goin... burn..." He couldn't speak clearly anymore, but Frei understood what he meant.
"Did you not listen what I say before? No magic can harm me."
He threw Lord Sennan's body in the direction of the serpent.
The fire serpent opening its jaw just like a serpent swallowing its prey.
"Adios."
Frei's angelic face was the last thing he saw before everything turned black.
"Aaaaaarghh!!!"
A loud scream echoed in the night, but it was just one of the many in Kappa Village tonight. When the wind blew the thick smoke surrounding the area, between the flame of burning houses, there wasn't any trace of the fire serpent left, what could be seen was a black burned body and a flawless figure of a man with golden hair.
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