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Chapter 32: Tragic Events
update icon Updated at 2025/6/22 19:10:12

After Tia left for about three days, it was finally time for the trial.

Inside the dungeon.

"Without a doubt, today is your day of death."

Green entered the cell, while Zahir had his back turned towards him.

Zahir had no hatred towards Green, who had arrested him, instead, he felt no animosity towards him.

Upon hearing Green's voice, Zahir didn't react.

Green signaled the soldiers behind him not to act recklessly.

"Regarding what you said to me before, I have thought about it carefully."

"......!"

Only after Green said this did Zahir finally turn around, with a slightly surprised expression on his face.

Although Green had asked Zahir about becoming a Sinful Mage before, Zahir didn't expect Green to take it seriously.

"Do you believe me?"

"Let's not talk about that for now, I have another question for you."

"What is it?"

"You haven't eaten a meal since you entered this dungeon, right? Aren't you hungry?"

Zahir remained silent.

In reality, for the prisoners here, there wasn't much food, just barely enough to survive. And people who knew they were facing the death penalty wouldn't do such a thing.

Why would they let themselves go hungry when they were about to die?

Zahir didn't explain anything and simply replied that he had no appetite.

Soon, the soldiers escorted Zahir away from there, followed closely by Green.

In the judgment hall, Fred sat high above, with soldiers on both sides, as well as Green and others who came to watch the show. At the bottom was Zahir, the one being tried this time.

Zahir's limbs were shackled with thick iron chains, enough to make him lose his ability to fight, let alone escape from the scene. With many soldiers guarding him, it was impossible for him to escape.

Although he didn't have the intention of running away.

After everyone was present, Fred beckoned, and an old man walked up to Zahir.

As soon as Zahir saw this old man, his originally lifeless eyes widened, a hint of killing intent flashed in his pupils, and a cold breath swept through the entire space.

But this breath was quickly suppressed by another breath.

It was none other than the old man who Zahir was glaring at.

And this old man was the minister who Zahir had once persecuted.

The minister chuckled and said coldly, "Zahir, I never thought that after what you did, you would dare to come back!"

Zahir laughed coldly twice in response, and then sparks suddenly burst out from his body. However, these sparks were too weak to attract anyone's attention.

But even such a subtle change was noticed by Green.

Green didn't say anything about it and continued to observe the situation.

"Do you know why I chose to surrender?"

"Hmph, what does that have to do with me? After what you did, you won't live in this world after today."

"It seems you are still the same as before. The power of 'Emotion Manipulation' should still be as strong as before, right?"

Upon hearing Zahir's words, the minister's face subtly changed, but no one in the room noticed anything wrong.

Fred only mentioned this to Ust in passing, and as for what conversation would happen between them after they met, it didn't matter.

In Fred's eyes, Zahir was already sentenced to death.

Not only did Fred think so, but everyone who knew Zahir's identity also thought the same.

"Do you think I'm simply surrendering? If you really think that, then you're too naive. I came here today to take your dog's life!"

"Insolence!"

As soon as Zahir spoke, he suddenly became surrounded by flames, and the soldiers around him felt the temperature immediately skyrocket, as did Ust.

The temperature in the hall rose abruptly, like a furnace.

Then, a magic array appeared under Zahir's feet, and the flames on his body burned brighter and brighter. The surrounding soldiers were astonished, as he was supposed to have his magic sealed by specially made handcuffs, so how could he still unleash such a tremendous amount of magic power.However, soon the truth revealed itself to them.

The massive flames, after touching the ceiling, suddenly detached from the body of Heisei and gradually condensed into the form of a fierce beast nearby.

In the end, it transformed into a standing lizard-like creature made entirely of flames.

This flame creature strongly resembled a lizardman, except that it was entirely engulfed in flames.

Someone in the crowd immediately recognized its identity and exclaimed, "This size... it's the Summoned Beast, Fire Lizard King! Heisei is a summoner!"

With this, everyone understood the previous confusion. For summoners, even without magic power, as long as the compatibility between them and the summoned beast reached a certain level, they could easily summon the beast anytime and anywhere.

But the soldiers were not just decorations either. Upon seeing the appearance of the Fire Lizard King, they immediately launched a series of magical attacks, but their attacks had no effect on the Fire Lizard King.

The Fire Lizard swung its tail forcefully, causing the soldiers to crash through walls and fly out, and even lifting the ceiling of the building, revealing the sky.

Seeing this, Green frowned slightly and jumped over with a displeased expression, landing in front of the Fire Lizard King.

"Is it not boring to always fight and kill?"

This place was the territory of Farcist, and naturally, Green would not allow it to be destroyed, no matter what the reason was. Therefore, after the Fire Lizard King launched a large-scale attack, Green had already decided to eliminate it.

But just as Green was about to take action, he noticed the emotions in the eyes of the Fire Lizard.

"...Summoned beasts aren't just pure energy bodies, are they?"

Green could tell that the Fire Lizard was very angry, but after repelling the soldiers, it seemed to have no intention of continuing the attack. At this moment, Green noticed that Lilith and the others seemed to want to take action, so he gestured for them not to move.

Heisei also noticed Green's actions and turned to him, expressing an apologetic look.

"I'm sorry, but today I must settle things with Uth."

Uth, not far away, trembled even though he had the ability to manipulate emotions at will.

In Fred's eyes, Uth had always been a calm and composed minister. Although he had no combat power, he helped Fred handle many things and could be considered a loyal minister.

However, Uth, whom Fred regarded as a loyal minister, had a different performance according to Heisei.

A few days ago, Heisei told Green the story of how he became a Sinful Mage while in prison.

At that time, Heisei was just an ordinary nobleman with no remarkable deeds or hidden secrets. He was just an ordinary member of the nobility.

But at that time, Heisei had an extremely beautiful wife, and the two of them truly loved each other, or so Heisei believed.

However, shortly after their marriage, a highly dramatic event occurred.

His wife betrayed him.

When Heisei returned home in a good mood, he discovered his wife and Uth engaged in some unspeakable activities. When they noticed Heisei, they boasted that they had been together for a long time and enjoyed watching the expression on his face as he discovered that his once gentle and virtuous wife had betrayed him.

However, what the two of them didn't expect was that after Heisei's anger subsided, he unexpectedly calmed down.

He casually remarked that he could just find someone else since he didn't want to play the part of someone who was used and discarded.

As a result, Uth used his unique magic to control Heisei's emotions, forcibly enhancing Heisei's sensitivity, causing him to be overwhelmed by anger and triggering a series of events.

In his rage, Heisei summoned the Fire Lizard King and used its overwhelming power to severely injure the couple, with Uth using the woman as a shield to save his own life.

Due to Heisei's unexpected behavior, Uth became extremely excited and further intensified the anger in Heisei's heart, wanting to see what would happen next.

As a result, under the control of the uncontrollable emotions of Heisei, the Fire Lizard King destroyed the surrounding area.What Urs didn't expect was that his children happened to be nearby and were affected by the incident. Although Urs didn't feel much for his family, he had some feelings for his children. Therefore, after witnessing Hixis killing his own children, Urs once again manipulated Hixis' emotions, ultimately causing Hixis to go berserk and become a criminal in the Farcist Kingdom.

Afterwards, Urs made some moves, exaggerating Hixis' evilness and adding him to the ranks of Sinful Mages. Although Hixis' power was not very strong, Sinful Mages were not divided solely based on strength.

Due to this, Hixis was burdened with the accusations of killing his wife and harming minors, and henceforth carried the title of a Sinful Mage while wandering in various countries on the continent.

Until recently, Hixis could no longer bear the pressure and decided to come to Farcist to kill Urs in the most extreme way, while also being prepared to pay the price of his own death. Because he knew that cunning Urs would not easily meet with him, so he came up with the idea of turning himself in.

Although he was ultimately arrested for stealing, it was purely because he was too hungry. The reason was related to his unique magic, "Hungerer."

After the Sinful Mage incident, Hixis obtained his unique magic, Hungerer. This magic did not make him stronger personally, but it could make his summoned beasts stronger. At the same time, this magic allowed Hixis to survive even without eating, but the feeling of hunger would still remain.

The stronger the hunger, the stronger Hixis' summoned beasts could become. It is precisely because of this that the current Fire Lizard King is several times stronger than before.