After the shock of seeing his severed arm, Javier immediately screamed in pain.
"Arrrgggghhhh!"
Javier screamed as he held his severed arm. After cutting off Javier's arm, I slowly walked toward him, still holding my sword. The fire was still raging fiercely around me. The ground beneath my feet was also burning, which also burned my feet. But every time my feet were burned by the flames, I immediately healed them with healing magic. Not just my feet, but every part of my body that started to burn was immediately healed with healing magic.
As I slowly walked toward Javier, I saw the body parts of the 'subjects' burning on the ground. Some of the body parts had already been scorched by the flames from Javier's area magic. Then, Javier, who had been groaning in pain while holding his severed arm, realized I was walking toward him. He turned to me with a pale face.
"W-What are you doing? D-Don't come any closer!" Javier said.
Javier looked panicked and tried to get away from me, but I quickly approached him and stabbed him in the leg with my sword to prevent him from escaping.
"Arrrrrrggggghhhh," Javier screamed in pain.
The sword pierced his leg, piercing it into the ground, and I let it remain there.
"You're usually so arrogant and cocky when you're facing me. Just now, you were arrogantly trying to kill me. But look now, why is your face so pale?" I asked.
Javier didn't say anything to me, just staring at me, his face pale.
"I was actually going to ask Enzo about the plot to kill me, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to ask Javier about it," I thought.
"Javier, there's something I want to ask you. But before that, I need to change places first because I feel uncomfortable staying here," I said.
Then I immediately stomped my foot on the ground.
~Ice Magic: Full Frost~
After stomping my foot on the ground, the area around me that had previously been burning with flames instantly froze. The trees, the ground, the rocks, and even the flames froze. So did the bodies of the previously burned "subjects'. Javier, who saw this, was immediately shocked, his face growing paler.
"W-what is this? H-how can you freeze this entire burning area?" asked a shocked Javier.
"It seems you don't know that a magic that is normally a weakness of a certain magic can counteract it. Like what happened just now, normally ice magic will melt when hit by fire magic, but why was your fire area magic frozen by my ice area magic? The answer is simple, because the ice area magic I'm using right now is stronger than your fire area magic. Stronger magic can counter magic that is its weakness. So your fire area magic can disappear and freeze when hit by my ice magic,"
"Well, it's natural that you don't know about this, you're not an academy student, so you never learned about this. Although you could actually learn about this at home, it seems you're not interested in learning this and are only focused on increasing your strength to get revenge on me," I said.
Javier fell silent when I said that. His face still looked pale and he was still grimacing in pain from my sword still stabbed into his leg. I was currently standing in front of him, who was sitting with his leg pierced by the sword.
"Since I've changed this place, as I said before, there's something I want to ask you. Who ordered you and those people to kill me, and why?" I asked Javier.
Javier was silent for a moment, his face pale. After a few moments, he began to answer my question.
"I-I don't know," Javier said.
Hearing that, I immediately shot an ice magic shot from my finger at Javier's shoulder. The magic shot went straight through his shoulder, leaving a hole in it.
"Arrrrrrggggghhhh," Javier screamed in pain.
Javier immediately held his shoulder, which was starting to bleed quite a lot.
"I've never interrogated anyone before, so this is my first time. So I apologize if I'm being too harsh," I said.
Javier continued to hold his shoulder while looking at me.
"Tell me who ordered you and those people to kill me and why. I know you know, especially since you're the son of a Marquess. If you don't answer, it looks like you want me to pierce more holes in your body," I said.
"I-I don't know," Javier said again.
I immediately fired another round of ice magic. This time, I fired it at his right thigh, instantly piercing it. Javier screamed in pain as he held his thigh.
"I know he's lying because I can read his mind. He doesn't know the reason for my murder, but he does know who ordered them to kill me. But strangely, I can't read that person's name in his mind; it's like it's been blocked out so I can't read it. It's true that I can't read people's minds sometimes, but this is the first time I've experienced something like this. Therefore, since I can't read his name in his mind, I intend to make him say it directly," I thought.
I prepared to fire another round of magic at Javier.
"I know you know something, Javier. Answer my question, and I won't cut any more holes in your body. Then, maybe I'll let you leave here alive," I said.
Javier, who was holding his thigh, his face pale, immediately turned to me. His face seemed to brighten slightly. Javier looked like he saw a glimmer of hope.
"I-Is that true?" Javier asked.
"Yes. So answer my question," I said.
"O-Ok. I-I don't actually know why those people and I were ordered to kill you. I-I'm being honest about this. Those people and I were only ordered to help Young Master Enzo kill you without being told why. O-Of course, I decided to go along because I wanted revenge and kill you, so I immediately agreed without asking why. As for the person who ordered me, that person is—" Javier said.
Before Javier could finish his sentence, he suddenly vomited a large amount of blood from his mouth. I was a little surprised to see this because I hadn't used any attack that would make him vomit blood.
"What happened? When he tried to say the name of the person who ordered him, he suddenly vomited a lot of blood. Did the person who ordered him use some kind of magic on Javier to keep him from revealing his name?" I thought.
After vomiting the blood, Javier clutched his neck.
"Haaaahhhh.......Haaaaahhhh......w-what is this," Javier said, panting.
"Not only can I not get his name in my mind, but I can't get his name from what he says either. It seems like my interrogation is pointless now," I thought.
Then I looked at Javier, still gasping for breath, and pulled out my sword that had stabbed his leg. Javier screamed in pain again as I pulled the sword out of his leg. He immediately grabbed his leg.
"Too bad, it seems I can't get an answer to my question," I said.
"I-I've answered everything I know. S-So keep your promise to let me leave alive," Javier said.
"I didn't get an answer to the question of who ordered you to kill me, so I won't keep my promise," I said.
"W-wait a minute, I-I already said it was—," Javier said.
But before he could finish, he vomited another mouthful of blood. It made him extremely weak.
"I don't understand what you're trying to say; I still don't have an answer to my question. Besides, even if I did, do you think I'd let you leave alive? I told you before that I would finish you all off so you wouldn't bother me in the future," I said.
Javier looked at me with a shocked expression. His face grew even paler, and his body began to tremble. Then, I immediately imbued my sword with powerful fire magic. Javier, seeing that, immediately tried to run away from me. But with the wound on his leg, even standing was difficult. I slowly walked toward Javier. Seeing me, Javier immediately backed away.
"D-Don't come any closer. I-If you kill me, my father will definitely hunt you down. D-Did you know that my father is a Marquess?" Javier asked.
"I know that because I mentioned it earlier. But I don't care, I'm going to kill you anyway. If you're prepared to kill someone, you should also be prepared to be killed in return by that person if your assassination plan fails," I said.
Javier continued to stare at me as he backed away from me.
"I heard that you once burned a teacher who taught you magic. Not just one teacher, but many teachers you burned with your fire magic. Maybe that's all that's been reported or rumored, but I'm sure you've burned many more people with your fire magic. Therefore, I'll make you feel what it's like to be burned by your own fire magic," I said.
After that, I immediately swung my sword, imbued with fire magic, at Javier.
"S-stop-," Javier said.
Before Javier could finish his sentence, he was struck by the flaming sword.
~Great Burning Slash~
The flaming sword slash struck Javier squarely, setting his entire body on fire.
"Arrrrggggghhhhhh hot!!!!!!!!!"
Javier screamed in pain.
"Hot, please put it out arrrggghhhhh!!"
He continued screaming in pain. But his loud screams didn't last long; they gradually faded until they were no longer audible. Javier died, his body charred.
"How does it feel to be burned by your own fire magic?" I asked.
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A few moments later, back at Enzo's location.
Enzo was holding his severed arm, which Rid had cut off. He was still grimacing in pain as he held it.
"Damn you, Rid. How dare you cut off my arm? I really want to kill you right now, but in my condition, I don't think I can. Even so, I'm sure you're dead by now, surrounded by those 'subjects'," Enzo said.
"Are you talking about me, Enzo?" I asked, suddenly appearing from behind the charred trees.
Enzo quickly turned to me, his face filled with shock.
"Rid?!?! Aren't you currently fighting Javier and those people? How are you here?" Enzo asked, shocked.
"Why am I here? Because I killed Javier and those people. If you're looking for Javier, I'll bring him to you," I said.
I immediately threw Javier's charred body next to Enzo. I brought it to show him. Enzo, seeing Javier's charred body, was shocked. His face was pale.
"H-How could you kill them so easily? There wasn't even a single wound on your body," Enzo said.
"How I killed them is irrelevant. I came here because, as I said before, I wanted to ask you something. I interrogated Javier before, but I didn't get an answer to my question. So now it's time for me to interrogate you, Enzo," I said.
-To be continued