Chapter 24: Interrogating the Captive

Of course, relying solely on Old Xie, it was still somewhat difficult to kill over a hundred people who were fleeing for their lives. Fortunately, the Old Mage helped. Seeing that the big picture was settled, the Old Mage did not hide anymore. He directly cast Chain Lightning, killing all those who escaped on the spot. With a Magic Saint making a move, those guys naturally had no way to survive. They screamed one by one and fell amidst the roar of lightning.

In less than ten minutes, only two living people were left in the entire square. The Old Mage also floated down and stood beside Old Xie. He looked in surprise as Old Xie silently covered the dead Wolf Race woman with a piece of clothing to hide her naked body. It seemed that Old Xie still had some pity for her.

The Old Mage could not help but feel a bit strange, so he asked, “Why, you seem to respect this Wolf Race woman very much!”

“I respect all those who dare to challenge the powerful!” Old Xie said solemnly, “Although she was weak, she did not yield when facing a powerful opponent. In my opinion, she was defeated but still honorable!”

“If you can’t beat them, shouldn’t you beg for mercy to save your life? Resisting so foolishly, isn’t that just looking for death? Is that worthy of respect? What a strange idea!” The Old Mage shook his head.

“You just can’t see through this point, so until now you have made no progress. When you understand what it means to forget life and death, you will advance in rank!” Old Xie said indifferently.

“Damn, you a little kid dare to lecture me?” The Old Mage said angrily, “You are very arrogant, you know that?”

“Too lazy to deal with you!” Old Xie rolled his eyes at him, then suddenly turned his head and said, “Do you come out yourself, or do I have to help you?” As he spoke, a white light gathered in the palm of his Naga hand, obviously preparing a Lightning Spell, ready to strike at any time.

“Don’t hit!” A terrified voice came from the collapsed supplies not far away. Then, a wretched middle-aged man wearing a Magic Robe stood up trembling from a pile of fodder.

Old Xie looked down on this kind of spineless person who was greedy for life and afraid of death the most. In addition, he didn’t want his four-armed body to be spread by others, so everyone who saw it had to be silenced. Therefore, Old Xie frowned and was about to reach out and electrocute him to death.

Unexpectedly, an accident forced Old Xie to stop the Lightning Arrow he was about to shoot. It turned out that the guy was scared at first, but as soon as he saw the Old Mage, it was as if he saw a relative. He scrambled and crawled over, shouting at the same time, “Teacher, Teacher Stephen, it’s me, I am Pars, your most loyal and valued student!” Saying that, this guy moved with an agility rarely seen in a Mage, darting over like a civet cat, then hugged the Old Mage’s thigh and howled loudly.

The Old Mage was instantly extremely embarrassed, while Old Xie watched this farce with an amused look on his face.

“Pars?” The Old Mage was stunned at first, and then realized that this guy was indeed a former student of his. He immediately asked strangely, “Damn it, why are you here?”

“I, I, that~” Pars hesitated, seemingly unwilling to say.

The Old Mage got anxious, kicked him to the side, and shouted angrily, “If you don’t want to die, speak quickly!”

“Yes, yes~” Seeing the Old Mage truly angry, Pars hurriedly said, “Since I left the Academy, I have been traveling around the Continent. A few years ago, I met a Noble in the Empire of Light and became his private Mage. Later, because he needed a large amount of funds to fight for the family inheritance right, he took me here to the Beast Race to, to capture slaves~”

When he said this, his voice had become extremely quiet, but the Old Mage still heard it clearly. He was so angry that his face turned green. He immediately went up and gave him a hard kick. While kicking him, he cursed, “I told you to capture slaves, damn it, you have completely disgraced me!”

Capturing slaves was a very despicable thing. Although Great Nobles themselves would secretly buy and sell slaves, they absolutely dared not do it openly and always said they bought them through normal channels. They definitely had nothing to do with slave catchers, because their reputation was too smelly. In the eyes of upper-class people, those who captured slaves were desperate desperadoes who should be burned alive. This principle was just like people in later generations liked antiques but extremely despised tomb robbers.

If a Noble had a history of capturing slaves, his reputation in the Noble circle would definitely be seriously affected. Although he wouldn’t be arrested and punished, everyone would avoid him, just like smelly dog shit. Therefore, those desperate Nobles who did the work of capturing slaves always did it secretly, afraid that others would find out.

As a Mage, who was a member of the Nobles with great upbringing and style, he was even more taboo about this kind of disgusting thing. If someone was found to be involved in capturing slaves, the shame was not just his own, but also his teacher and classmates. People would mock his teacher for not educating him well. That was why the Old Mage hated Pars so much after hearing that he was engaged in capturing slaves.

Pars knew he was in the wrong. Although he was beaten badly by the Old Mage, he did not dare to resist and just kept begging for mercy. The Old Mage was not young after all, and after kicking for a while, he was panting with exhaustion and had to stop. Then he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked, “Damn it, with your strength, you actually managed to catch so many Cyclops. Could it be that you, kid, came up with a ghost idea?”

“This, it seems so~” Pars cried helplessly.

“Damn it!” The Old Mage angrily kicked him again, then said, “Tell me quickly, how did you catch them?”

“We bought a Beast Race trade token in advance, disguised ourselves as a Caravan, brought a large batch of goods, and swaggered into a Beast Race village on the border. It happened to be a Cyclops tribe. There was also a small Wolf Race tribe in that village as a vassal race of the Cyclops. The whole village had about 300 people.” Pars said with a mournful face, “They saw we had a trade token and most of their suspicion disappeared. Plus, I~”

At this point, Pars suddenly couldn’t continue.

The Old Mage hurriedly urged, “What about you?”

“I used Teacher’s title. When they heard I was your disciple, they enthusiastically invited us in!” When Pars said this, his head was already lowered almost to the ground.

“Damn it~” Upon hearing this, the Old Mage directly went berserk. This time he was too lazy to kick with his foot and was about to use magic to blast this bastard who ruined his reputation to death.

Seeing this, Old Xie hurriedly stopped him and laughed, “No rush, no rush, it’s not too late to kill after listening!”

“Don’t stop me!” The Old Mage said angrily, “My student went to capture slaves? If this gets out, how can I live! Those perverts of the Beast Race will definitely come knocking on the door!”

Old Xie thought he was worried about his reputation, but unexpectedly, it was because he was afraid of the experts of the Beast Race. He felt a burst of disdain in his heart.

But at this time, Pars hurriedly shouted, “Teacher, don’t worry, this matter guarantees no one knows, it definitely won’t get out!”

“Hmm?” Hearing this, the Old Mage indeed stopped. He hurriedly asked, “Why is that?”

“Because, because~” Pars finally stammered, “Because not a single person in the whole village escaped. They were either captured by us or killed by us~”

“Killed them all, you are ruthless enough?” The Old Mage was taken aback at first, then said, “But how did you do it? With you trash, let alone 200 people, even if 2,000 came, you couldn’t beat them, right?”