Chapter 399 - Killed

"What is so impressive of this?" Aezel asked with a sneer on her face.

Crescendo wasn't fazed by her sneer. In fact, he smiled widely.

*BOOM!*

Without Aezel being able to react, the deep chasm chomped at Aezel.

"Aezel!" Lawrend shouted in alarm.

Humility covered her mouth in horror.

"She's just your maid, right? Killing her shouldn't matter to you. Besides, you're now a traitor of the kingdom. I will capture you myself," Crescendo calmly said to Lawrend.

After defeating Aezel, Crescendo wasn't afraid of Lawrend anymore. His supposed help was already dead.

"..."

Lawrend gripped his fist tightly as anger bubbled inside him. He slowly raised his head and stared at Crescendo with sharp demonic eyes.

"What? Do you think I can't cast that spell again?" Crescendo asked with derision on his face.

'Sister Aezel is alive,' Valentina suddenly said through their souls.

'R-Really?!'

The anger in Lawrend's face disappeared in an instant, and he became elated.

'Just wait, Master,' Valentina said.

Valentina was correct. The ground where Aezel floated started shaking.

*CRACK CRACK… boom!*

Aezel flew up from the ground, tattered, but she wasn't wounded.

"You're still alive!?" Crescendo exclaimed in disbelief.

"Fufufufufufu… Master, can I kill him?" Aezel asked as bright gold lightning started sparking in her hand.

"You can do everything except cripple or kill him," Lawrend calmly replied.

He was also angry that Crescendo tried to kill Aezel. If he didn't need him, then he would have already ordered her to kill him.

"I got it, Master," Aezel replied.

"O' Terra, show your power, shake the earth and destroy–"

Just as Crescendo attempted to chant his Arch Mage spell again, Aezel interrupted him.

Aezel swung her arm strongly and a big arc of lightning shot from her hand. The golden arc of lightning branched out into two. One lightning attacked from the left while the other attacked from the right.

Crescendo widened his eyes and covered his face with his arms.

The two arcs of lightning hit his two arms and cooked them in an instant.

"AHHHH!" Crescendo screamed in pain.

He felt his arms cook in an instant. It was the most painful thing that he had ever experienced in his whole life. He couldn't help but kneel on the ground and look at his charred and smoking arms in disbelief.

He couldn't help but smell the burning of his meat and notice that it smelled like pork.

"Bleghh!"

Crescendo puked as he realized that cooked human meat smelled like pork.

"Fufufufu. You can still chant without your arms, right?" Aezel asked with a sadistic grin on her face.

"..."

Lawrend watched on speechless.

He told her not to cripple him, but she still crippled him. Was there something wrong with what he said?

"You're merciless!" Crescendo shouted angrily.

"Wait for it," Aezel replied.

"Huh?"

*BOOM!*

Crescendo flung backward as he watched his arms explode.

A few seconds later, Crescendo sat up and stared at his empty shoulders.

"My arms…"

Bleakness and grief filled Crescendo's heart. For a human, the arms are the most useful part of the body besides the vital organs.

He would have to use his foot starting from now on to do things.

"I told you to wait for it," Aezel said.

"I-I refuse to serve you!" Crescendo shouted and stared at Lawrend hatefully.

If looks could kill, he would have killed him several thousand times over.

"Let's just find another one, Aezel," Lawrend said and looked away at the pitiful Crescendo.

"Does that mean..?" Aezel asked as her eyes slowly glowed with excitement.

"Yeah. We will be returning to the foot of the mountain," Lawrend said and flew away.

"H-Huh? Where are you going?" Crescendo asked as a shadow loomed over his heart.

He looked over at Aezel and saw the grin of death on her face.

…

Lawrend and Humility flew silently before they heard a huge explosion behind them.

"Ehehehe. I love this, Master," Humility said.

Currently, Lawrend was carrying her in a princess carry. It was fitting for a princess like her.

"That Crescendo went too far. He must've thought that I'm an easy sheep," Lawrend said with a frown on his face.

"He's already dead, Master. Forget about him," Humility replied.

"The problem is… how are we going to explain to the guild that he died?" Lawrend said and smiled wryly.

If he admitted that Aezel killed him, then they would become his enemies. If he didn't tell them, they would come to ask anyway. He also can't just escape as this city was essential to his plan.

"...I guess I will go admit to everyone that I killed him," Lawrend said after much thought.

"Eh? Wouldn't they become your enemies, Master?" Humility asked.

"Don't worry. I have a plan for that," Lawrend replied.

They soon reached the bottom of the mountain and landed on the ground.

A few minutes later, Aezel arrived, and they headed back to the city together.

"I made sure to clean up the mess, Master," Aezel said as they walked through the forest.

"Good."

…

They returned to the city's south gate and rode a carriage back to the Mage Guild.

Half an hour later, Lawrend entered back inside the Mage Guild.

"Listen up! I'm the Guild Master now!" Lawrend shouted with a confident look on his face.

"What? Who!?"

The High Mages in the guild were alarmed they ran up to Lawrend and sized him up. In total, there were four of them.

"Who are you?" one of them asked.

"I'm Lawrend Horiel, the current Prime Student of the Undrasil Mage Academy," Lawrend replied.

"What!? Do you have proof?"

The High Mages visibly panicked. They knew the strength that Lawrend displayed back then. They wouldn't be able to fight against him if they tried to.

"Here."

Lawrend lifted his hand and showed them his emblem.

"I-It's really him…" the High Mages became even more scared.

"I'm the Guild Master now," Lawrend said again.

"But sir, we have to contact the current Guild Master first," a High Mage said.