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Death’s Daughter Chapter 258

Author: FoodLovingPanda

CHAPTER 258: LURING PEOPLE

I was staring at the man as he gathered mana into his hands. I could detect that it was dark magic in nature, but I had no idea what kind it was exactly. For the first time I tried to use [Heaven’s Eye] to inspect the magic itself and received a shock when I got the information back. I didn’t know that I had that ability. In the future I can use this to learn more about the magic the others are using. I will be safer this way.

The information I received told me it was magic that imprisons any soul entity that enters the body affected with this magic. If I am correct, this should be a type of Curse magic. Once he set everything up he changed the attribute to Spirit magic. Very soon the remnant spirit of the monster began condensing and becoming a complete soul. I observed carefully and found out he was using his magic to solidify the soul and at the same time he injected a part of his own soul into it.

I had no idea why he did that. Shouldn’t he just let the solidified soul enter the body that will imprison it? I stared into the distance and saw the guards were on patrol, rushing here. I wanted to know more about this undead magic, but that will have to wait for another opportunity.

I was going to make a move as soon as the guards approached, but before I did anything, the Black Baron suddenly collapsed. I took a look at the soul of the monster and realized that he suffered a huge injury, because the monster soul was devouring his own soul. It appears that he overestimated himself and underestimated the strength of the Tyrannical Black Bear.

I took this moment to run out of the inn and make a ruckus. Time to bring the audience here. I also took this moment to break the spells that the man cast and dispersed the newly formed soul with strong magic.

“How dare you try and grab the things that belong to me?”

I landed a punch onto his face which broke his mask and also gave me a reason as to why he was unconscious. With my yell, several lights were soon lit in the rooms of the inn and the first person to run out of the inn was Vitou. He was prepared and was only waiting for my sign.

“Nao-chan, what is going on?”

When he arrived he looked at the person on the ground puzzled about the situation. This was not according to plan, but I can’t count on the person being too incompetent and fainting midway.

“Vitou, look here. Isn’t he a member of Black Hand that attacked Kapitalia that time around? I knew that I saw him before. No wonder he hid his face in front of me.”

Since we can’t make him struggle and try to escape imprisonment the only thing I can do is expose his identity. Since the higher-ups saved him once, maybe they will do it again. Vitou soon caught up with the changes and played along.

“He does look like that. Guards, take this person. I suspect he’s a member of Black Hand. Nao-chan, you go with them and try to break the curse and interrogate him. I will go and thank the inn proprietress and reward her for shielding everyone when the man tried to put curse magic on us.”

The guards didn’t dare to delay and acted as soon as they heard Vitou’s words. Good job on raising the reputation of my inn. I crouched down next to Ishikawa and ‘woke’ him up before leaving alongside guards.

I kept my vigilance up. This should be the best time to rescue the Black Baron. I passed the point where the Archduke was hidden. When I came here, I was actually testing if this person was considering the Black Baron more valuable than the corpse of the bear. That is why I left the corpse ‘unguarded’.

We reached the guardhouse and the Black Baron was thrown into a cell. I was surprised that nobody tried to attack us. Was I wrong? Did they abandon him?

“Duchess, you did a great deed for the people of Doren this time around. I will ask you to interrogate the prisoner. I have heard how you have broken the curse of the Black King before.”

I twitched upon hearing that. When that happened I was drunk Naoko and I have no idea how I did it. This time, I do have another way to clear the curse. However, it will require everyone to leave. I can’t have others peeking into my secret.

“Everyone, leave me alone. I will interrogate him personally. No matter what you hear, do not enter the cell. Stand guard at the door and don’t let anyone in.”

If someone saw the Sword of Fire in my hands, I would be hung the very next day. That is why I chased everyone away. The guard at the cell door can easily be deceived and the sword can be hidden from him.

I turned my back to the guard and took out Ruby. I stabbed the sword at the man’s shoulder where the curse was placed and activated the skill to burn the magic curse.

When the skill activated, the Black Baron woke up from the pain and his screams filled the cell and spread out. The guards present at the guardhouse all got goosebumps upon hearing such pained screams.

When the skill was finished I put away the sword and approached the Black Baron.

“Tell me, did you really think that you would be able to get something from me? The moment I saw you, I knew what you wanted to do. Now that you’re in my hands, I want to see how long you can endure before collapsing and telling me everything you know.”

“You’ll never succeed. Even if you have broken, you won’t have the time to get anything from me.”

So he is waiting for rescue. I smiled and took out a chair from my inventory and sat down leisurely. He is only bait. I am waiting for the one that will rescue him. Those screams should have warned him about the situation he is going through.

“Is that so? Then let’s wait and see how things will turn out.”