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Tower Master Has Been Lying In Wait
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“Oh… Your Highness Owen, where are you going?” (McLaren)
“““““!?””””” (Everyone)
Waiting at the top of the stairs was McLaren, the master of the magic tower, with a smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
Hmph… Does this mean our movements were predicted from the start? If not, there’s no reason why this man would be waiting here like this.
“Damn it! You kidnapped us and locked us up in that place! I won’t forgive you!” (Owen)
“I see, my subordinates were being rude. I had instructed them to… welcome you politely, but…” (McLaren)
“You bastard!!” (Owen)
McLaren shrugged his shoulders in a nonchalant manner, as if this were all a trivial matter.
I don’t understand the meaning of this little act, but it seems to be enough to provoke Owen.
“!?” “S-Shishou!?” (Owen)
“Calm down and follow Haru-sama’s orders.” (Alexandra)
Owen, who had raised his fist to charge at McLaren, was stopped by Xandra, who used her Balmung to restrain him.
I think the way she stopped him was quite forceful, but I actually like it. It’s very much like Xandra. Now… since my wife is looking at me with expectant eyes, I guess I’ll try my best.
“By the way, I haven’t introduced myself yet. I’m Harold Weir Dehaubalz, the Third Prince of this kingdom.” (Harold)
“Oh… I didn’t expect to find Your Highness Harold among the inspection team. This is an unexpected surprise.” (McLaren)
McLaren spread his arms and squinted as he looked at me bowing respectfully.
How fake. He must have known who I was from the start.
“From what you just said, McLaren-dono, it seems that you tried to invite Owen to another place… but if that’s the case, why were we attacked by your subordinates?” (Harold)
“Attacked… you say?” (McLaren)
“Yes. A man with a Gnome tattoo on his right hand, and a woman with an Undine tattoo.” (Harold)
“My apologies. It seems those individuals misunderstood my intentions and tried to act ahead of me.” (McLaren)
“McLaren-dono’s intentions? If you’d like, could you tell me exactly what those ‘intentions’ were?” (Harold)
There probably isn’t anything to tell. Even if there is, I’ve known from the start that you planned to use this kingdom as a test subject and perform inhumane experiments.
“I’m afraid explaining it to Your Highness Harold would be beyond your understanding.” (McLaren)
“I see… But what if I told you that I have already figured out your plan? You secretly set up intermediaries across the kingdom, using all of Brint Island as a magic circle to gather the people’s mana here in this magic tower. You planned to eliminate us, who came to interfere with your plan… no, that’s not it. You were trying to brainwash us for your convenience, weren’t you?” (Harold)
“!?” (McLaren)
Ah, hahaha. After I said the truth… his previous composure quickly turned into wide-eyed shock. I’m sure he never imagined that I knew the full scope of his plan.
“…How did you know that?” (McLaren)
“Huh? I just guessed, but it turned out to be true. …Looks like I need to report this to the kingdom right away.” (Harold)
After pretending to joke around for a while, I spoke in a low voice.
Even though it’s part of the scenario, you tried to harm my important people. There’s no way I’ll let that slide.
“Hehe… Haru-sama. There’s no need to report this to the kingdom. We can just finish everything ourselves, can’t we?” (Alexandra)
“That’s a good idea, Xandra.” (Harold)
I smiled and nodded at my wife’s brilliant suggestion.
Since we came here, we’ve always intended to handle things ourselves, so this is nothing new.
“So, you can either quietly surrender or choose to leave this world right now… the choice is yours.” (Harold)
“Ku… Kukuku…!” (McLaren)
At my words, McLaren desperately tried to hold back his laughter.
Oh right, this guy had shown a similar reaction back in Enhaz as well. But it’s not that he’s acting cool, he’s just flustered because he’s in a tight spot. Well, at the end of the day, he’s just a minor boss from an event.
“Hurry up and answer. Do you want to die now, or later?” (Harold)
“Kukuku… it’s decided. You bastards will die right now!!!” (McLaren)
As soon as he shouted that, McLaren’s form vanished in an instant. But…
“!?! What… what is this!?” (McLaren)
“You’re too slow.” (Harold)
McLaren, who had teleported behind me using Teleportation Magic, launched an attack, but I easily blocked it with my shield.
In battle within Enhaz, McLaren’s Teleportation Magic had three possible action patterns. One was to use his allies as decoys to protect himself. The second was to switch places with his allies. The last one was… to appear behind the protagonist or heroine and attack them. This attack was troublesome, with a 100% hit rate and a 30% critical hit chance. McLaren was definitely one of the enemies I disliked the most, and he was in my top ten worst enemies.
But here, I’m not a player, I’m just a person living my life. Even though in Enhaz I could only block direct attacks, if I know the pattern, then blocking attacks from behind is easy. And, well, I goaded him into gathering all the hate towards me for this very reason.
“Everyone! Now’s the time!” (Harold)
“Leave it to us. It’s not just this man who can be attacked from behind.” (Monica)
“W-what!?” (McLaren)
Before McLaren knew it, Monica had appeared behind him and cut his throat with a dagger.
But…
“G-gah… gu…!” (Zacharia)
The one who had their head cut off wasn’t McLaren, but one of the Four Extremes, Zacharia Tyner, who bore the Salamander tattoo.
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