Seriously, what was the kid trying to do by leaving the illusion there?
Baroque did not know that Angor was trying to figure out whether he should kill Fox Master. Human natures were complicated. “Bad guys” might possess something good, while saints could have their dark sides. Angor did not intend to waste time on such matters though. He only needed to know one thing; whether Fox Master was trying to kill him.
If Fox Master wanted him dead, Angor would not show mercy no matter what kind of character Fox was.
The fight in the illusion remained in a stalemate. With the help of Fox Master’s cantrips, “Baron Milk” slowly fell into a disadvantage.
When seeing the miserable condition of “Baron Milk” in the haze, Fox Master grew more excited and began to direct deadlier attacks at Baron Milk’s vital points.
“Baron Milk” yelled, “You—damn! I surre—”
“Surrender? Not so fast!” Fox Master cast another spell and knocked Baron Milk to the ground.
In Fox’s view, Baron Milk now had two broken arms which meant he could no longer toss his profile card.
Seeing how Baron could no longer move, Fox Master finally approached him slowly with confident steps.
“Why are you doing this? I already gave up,” Baron Milk’s voice reached Fox’s ears. Fox Master was now too excited to notice that the voice was too calm to be true.
Fox humphed. “You know well. Think about what you have done!”
“What did I do?”
“Don’t deny it. You’re the one who killed Potongue, no?” Fox Master was no longer using his “wise hermit” act. He looked furious about something.
“So you already know.” Angor sighed silently. Just like Dave said, Fox Master wanted to get revenge for the death of ‘Canine Master’ Potongue.
“Heh, even if I don’t do it now, Braunk will. You might as well die here on the arena. A more honorable death that way, so you should be grateful.”
According to Dave, Braunk was an admirer of Red Butterfly. However, that man was away from Brute Cavern for now, so Angor did not need to worry about him at the moment.
Fox Master did not try to hide his killing intent at all.
“Too bad then,” Angor grimaced.
Inside the haze, Angor watched as Fox Master walked toward his dead Blood Vixen and sighed. A shining, enchanted bolt was released from his sleeve.
Fox Master only had his attention on the fake shadow in the illusion. He failed to realize the imminent danger.
Until a bolt enchanted with Sharpen Rune sunk into his throat… Fox Master widened his eyes in fear.
And it was already too late.
When drawing his last breath, Fox Master saw the dissipating illusion and pointed a finger toward the real Baron Milk before dropping to the floor as a cold corpse who had no time to regret his decision.
…
After watching the entire fight and eavesdropping on their conversation, Baroque finally understood why Angor put up such a dragging display.
The kid was… trying to find a reason to get over his decision to kill people.
Baroque knew why Angor acted so. Still…
The kiddo is such a soft a*s!
Just kill someone if you want! You find all those excuses and didn’t change your idea in the end. Why waste all that time?
Sunders, who was famous for his swift and firm decisions when maiming people, found such an innocent student? This would be such a giant laughing stock if people heard about it.
Since he had watched enough, Baroque picked up the Refreshing Summer from under his bottom and walked away from the audience stand while carrying the look of a pervert when reading the book.
…
When the haze finally disappeared and exposed the corpses of Fox Master and Blood Vixen, all the spectators were still attempting to register what they just saw.
In the previous moment, Fox Master was still tossing spells into the mist in an elegant way. The man even looked confident as if he already won. But… he was dead! Along with his animal!
There was no crater in the ground like the one during Selena’s fight. Whatever did Baron Milk do??
Like always, people were wondering how Baron Milk defeated his opponent. But this time, more people began to sulk over Fox Master’s fall.
Most of the audience were witches. Fox Master’s admirers. They were totally not expecting the death of their beloved star. Baron Milk never killed a single fighter in Sky Tower. Not even those who offended him orally. Yet this time—
The audience stands were now filled with great sadness. Angor could already sense the terrible emotions coming from the fans of Fox Master.
He looked around and as expected, he received lots of angry stares in return.
Angor began to hesitate and pondered about whether his decision was wise. He killed Canine Master, so he needed to get rid of Fox Master. Now, more fans of Fox Master might come looking for trouble… This would never end. Angor did not wish to be some kind of big boss that opposed the whole world.
Angor wiped some beads of sweat off his forehead when thinking about his possible future. He walked off the stage with the audience hissing at him in disgust.
At least no one troubled him again in the backstage this time.
He did not really want to do this. However, the decision to kill did not stress him out either. It was just like when he killed Red Butterfly and Canine Master.
He read it from a philosophy book from Earth that those who tended to kill people already gave up their rights to live. Especially here in the wizarding world, where there were no laws or regulations to restrict people. Angor might come across more similar situations in the future.
He never considered himself a saint. In this dog-eat-dog place, the only thing he wanted was to follow his own moral standard. He would appreciate kindness but he would not disregard the dark sides of mankind. He would walk down his own path while perfecting himself.