Silent Witch

Book 10: Chapter 12: Thoughts of A Puppet on the Verge of Death

Book 10: Chapter 12: Thoughts of A Puppet on the Verge of Death

Felix carried his hunting rifle and ran through the night streets. He really wanted to take his horse with him, but he gave up when he saw a stable boy in the stable.

After all, what he was about to do couldn't be witnessed by anyone else.

"Will, where's the current location of that cursed dragon?"

In response to Felix's words, Will, who was now a lizard, poked his head out of his breast pocket and replied apologetically.

"It's in the north-northeast, and the distance is sorry, it's still vague."

"Okay. Let me know as soon as you figure it out."

Will's sensing ability was not particularly high, nevertheless, it allowed him to figure out a vague direction. Even so, with the huge body of the cursed dragon, as long as he could get close enough with it, he should be able to sense it.

Felix moved carefully while keeping himself low profile from the cursed dragon. If he was going to shoot, it would be better to do so at a certain altitude.

After a short distance, he found a moderately high hill. It had just the right amount of trees on it for him to hide. The darkness of the night also played a role in this.

Felix took out a small case from his pocket and pulled out a bullet from inside.

Unlike the one used for hunting in the daytime, these specially made bullets were coated with silver, which could easily accumulate mana.

"Will."

In response to Felix's voice, Will poured ice mana into the bullet. He was preparing the so-called incidental magic'. A very powerful one at that.

Dragons are highly magic-resistant creatures, but they are vulnerable to cold and ice magic. If you can strike it into its body, you can stop it from moving.

"Actually, I wanted to use these bullets during the incident in the daytime. But I couldn't let your powers be exposed in public. So I had no choice."

Muttering, Felix positioned the bullet poured with mana into his hunting rifle.

It's about time.

"Your Highness, the cursed dragon is coming."

"I understand."

Not long after Felix arrived at the shooting position, he heard the sound of something huge approaching. It didn't need to be mentioned which something wasit was a cursed dragon.

What used to be a Green Dragon was crawling on the ground, dragged by the black shadow that wriggled all over its body. There was none of the dignity of a high-ranking dragon left.

That was the end result of a pitiful creature whose entire body was consumed by the curse.

"What a miserable sight. We may be different species, but seeing your dignity sullied makes me feel pity."

Muttering, Felix readied his hunting rifle.

The range of the hunting rifle was not particularly impressive. To be able to make an effective shot, he would have to wait a little longer for the cursed dragon to approach closer.

"I'll end your pain now."

Aiming was not that difficult. The target was large and, above all, it was relatively slow. Compared to aiming at the brow of a dragon flying from a horse in the daytime, this was no more than child's play.

Felix's finger pulled the trigger.

After the bullet was fired into the half-opened mouth of the Green Dragon, its movements stopped for a moment. The bullet that had been lodged in the dragon's throat exploded in its mouth in the form of spears of ice.

The dragon didn't even make a sound but started to thrash around.

Without hesitation, Felix loaded the second bullet and pulled the trigger.

The second shot accurately pierced the Green Dragon's right eye. The bullet that entered the head through the right eye released spears of ice and stirred the dragon's head to tatters.

The corpse of the dragon, with ice spears protruding from its mouth cavity and right eye, even looked somewhat like an eerie sculpture.

Yet, the dragon did not stop moving.

On the contrary, the dragon changed its movement direction towards Felix. The black shadow like a giant serpent, as if leading the dragon, was changing its target to Felix.

"Your Highness, in my long life, I've only seen a cursed dragon once."

At Felix's urging, Bartholomew's eyes widened in surprise.

"Witchcraft!? Those are the sort of magic used by humans, aren't they!? I've never heard of a dragon being controlled by humans using witchcraft!"

Of course, Felix had never heard of controlling a dragon with witchcraft. However, half of his guts told him.

This was a "witchcraft" set by a shaman, the pawn of Duke Crockford.

Perhaps, it was originally a spell that allowed a person to manipulate the cursed dragon to some degree.

So that person lured the dragon to the Falforia's envoys to make Felix work together with the Silent Witch to defeat the dragon.

It needs to be done to demonstrate the danger of dragon damage to the Falforia side and convince them about the Dragon Knights garrison, and at the same time, to give Felix a foil as the prince who defeated the legendary cursed dragon'.

Moreover, Felix should be able to impress the people around him by showing that he has a good relationship with the Seven Sages.

unfortunately, the witchcraft got out of control and it went berserk.

Although Bartholomew was incredulous, the clever Silent Witch immediately sprang into action.

With a single swing of her ill-fitting long staff, the spears of ice that had been skewering the cursed dragon disappeared, replaced by spears of fire.

As the spears of fire blazed in crimson, a part of it extended like a snake and entered the mouth of the cursed dragon.

During this time, the black shadow tried desperately to resist, attacking Felix and the Silent Witch in response, but they were all blocked by the anti-curse barrier.

If the Green Dragon was still alive, it would have been able to attack them with its wind blade. However, the Green Dragon's body had already lost its mana, leaving nothing but a corpse. Like a puppet being dragged by a string, it was only moved because of the witchcraft itself.

In spite of the black shadow's resistance, a muffled explosion sounded from inside the dragon's body. The Silent Witch had exploded her fire inside its stomach.

Once the medium of the curse in the stomach of the dragon was destroyed, the black shadow gradually faded and disappeared as if it were melting into the darkness of the night.

All that remained was the battered corpse of the Green Dragon. The curse of black shadow no longer remained on its green scales.

The Silent Witch had triumphed over witchcraft.

"Lady Everett."

Felix hesitantly walked up to the Silent Witch.

He was prepared to be questioned about the fact that he had left the mansion in the middle of the night. Still, he felt he must thank the lady who had saved his life.

"You've always saved my life."

Felix was prepared to die at that time. But the Silent Witch came and saved Felix's life. She had risked her life to face the cursed dragon.

A strong emotion shook his heart, different from respect or admiration, it moved Felix impulsively.

Since the Silent Witch clutched her wand with her right hand and kept her head down, Felix took her left hand then tried to drop a kiss of gratitude on the back of her hand.

but the Silent Witch forcefully pulled out her left hand.

"Lady Everett?"

"!!!"

A sound of suppressing grunts leaked out from underneath the robe, and at the same time, the Silent Witch collapsed to her knees.

In his left hand, there was a black thread, as thin as a hair, wrapped around her hand.

"Oh no!"

Bartholomew shrieked, and as if brushing away a spider's thread, he brushed away the black thread that was entangled in the Silent Witch's left hand.

The black thread snapped in midair, leaving part of it in the left hand of the Silent Witch, and slid back into the corpse of the Green Dragon.

When Felix saw this, he finally realized.

The cursethe witchcraft itselfwas still alive.

The Silent Witch, who had received a curse on her left hand, collapsed to the ground without uttering a word.