Chapter 24 (1/2)
”Do you want to refuse?”
Draco's smile froze on his face and then twisted into a strange look: ”I don't think you know the status quo, Lord Loren Turin!”
”Or do you think I'll let an outsider who knows the truth leave here? Are you stupid or am I stupid?” priest Draco smiled grimly: ”sorry, if you don't agree, you'll have to go to hell.”
”Please think carefully. There is a real wizard standing in front of you, and you are just an apprentice, not much bigger than an ant. Even if you die, no one will care, let alone find my head!”
”But as you said, I don't have any evidence on my hand, and I can't pose a threat to you.” I carefully moved away from the front of the other party, and Loren still comforted the priest as much as possible: ”let me go, I'll tell others that all this was done by ghouls, and they will never doubt you.”
”You think I'll let go of a hidden danger, even if you're just a bug?!”
Draco stared at him fiercely, and didn't forget to sneer: ”or do you think I'll come to see you unprepared?”
As soon as he stepped down, his keen perception told Loren that there was a movement nearby - in Draco's cruel smile, one Ghoul after another came out of the soil under his feet, and his green eyes were full of hunger, thirst and greed, as if he were a hungry ghost climbing out of hell. The whole broken wooden house was full of the salivating voice and strong stench of monsters.
Not only that, the movement outside the house and his intuition told Loren that these ghouls were far more than what he saw in front of him. There must be others outside. It is estimated that they have surrounded the whole wooden house.
”So... You actually raised these ghouls?”
”I'm an alchemist. It's not difficult to control this low-energy monster - just a small low-level spell and potion formula.” even the cold tone can't hide the priest's pride: ”if you want to join me, of course you can teach you.”
”Thank you, but no,” Lauren replied. ”I don't want to be with these scavengers yet - it sounds a bit embarrassing.”
”You'll be more ashamed soon.” Draco's face darkened a lot and his gloomy tone became more fierce. ”Since you want to try what it's like to be bitten by a ghoul, I'll meet your wish!”
Draco knocked hard on the door frame. The ghouls in the wooden house got the owner's order and climbed slowly towards Loren with their tusks, ready to enjoy this rare meal.
Standing in place, Loren was like a lonely and helpless prey, motionless, as if completely stunned by the current situation, which made Draco very satisfied. He couldn't wait to see what Loren looked like when he was torn to pieces by ghouls.
Will he shout, wail, cry, and then pee his pants to please him?
”I never seem to tell you how I killed your little pets in that tomb, right?”
Draco, who was just in various fantasies, suddenly saw Laurent smiling at him, playing with a bottle in his right hand... Wait, shouldn't that be?!
He threw the igniter to the ground with all his strength. Loren rushed up to the right wall without hesitation. At the same time, he used a hovering spell in the opposite direction, smashed the fragile wall, and then flew out with strong inertia.
The moment Loren rushed out of the cabin, there was a scream of ghouls burning inside. Loren, who flew out, rolled on the ground for two times before he stopped and supported his body with a long sword.
The first rule of battle is never to fight in a narrow place when you are at a disadvantage. Retreat to a wide enough space as far as possible to give yourself more room to deal with. If you can't, you also have the opportunity to escape - this is the life experience Lauren has summarized after wandering with the old knight for two or three years.