The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Only this way, if one sees us fighting, then I won't take any blame for his 'accidental' death.

So what should I do in order to make it look like I am the victim and he is the aggressor?

Ah, the answer was already in front of me. There was no need to look for it anywhere else. If possible, with this I can even cause damage to William.

Wait, should I drag him into this?

In fact, if there were no witnesses, it would be for the best but fighting would definitely attract others. It would be troublesome. With the system in hand, he might use something to escape death. He would become quite troublesome in the future.

So even though the battle should show that I am the defending party, not the aggressive party, I need to end the battle quickly.

I might have won in the duel that was held by the academy but I am not sure that victory would be mine where there are no restraints and observers.

Similar to me, Dorian might not have used his entire arsenal in the academy. He has a system and I am sure that it should have provided him ways to improve faster. The only reason why he didn't show all his cards was because he was afraid that the system would be found out.

The academy is filled with powerhouses. Without the enchantment around my living quarters, I wouldn't have dared to use clones or bring Inari out.

They could probably detect the system if it was used in their presence. So he should be keeping its use minimal in the academy.

Now in the secret realm, there should be no such restrictions for him.

If the system has a shop available for him where he can buy items, then he most likely would have a teleportation item, that can help him escape danger whenever he wants to.

So the best way was to have no human witness to our fight and have to finish it as quickly as possible.

Hmm, but I need to have something that can say that Dorian was at fault and not me if it were ever traced back to me.

The world is full of weird abilities. So there could be a way to know how Dorian was killed if they find the right person to find evidence of our fight.

Hmm, how to create a scenario and create evidence against him?

Ah, I am an idiot. He targeted nobles who were collecting resources and I should appear in such a situation. Once he sees that, it would be enough to hook him.

Hmm, how to create the perfect bait?

I should be battling a monster over a resource. The battle should appear that we are both on equal stands but the monster has a little edge over me.

It would be difficult but it could be done. I need to sell that to Dorian for a few seconds. He would definitely see an opening and would try to take my kill and the resource I was fighting for.

The second part was to create evidence in my favor.

There is surveillance in Nexus which records everything that happens in the realm, which means that there is evidence of every act committed in the secret realm. This should be enough but to be on the safe side, I would deploy some miniature drones so that they would capture our fight from the get-go.

If there was a reason to produce the source, I could just show them the drones. Though such things don't exist in the kingdom, it doesn't mean that they don't exist in this world.

No one has claimed that can develop such advanced technology but that doesn't mean that no one has the capacity to do so. These are the trump cards of the nations. No one would willingly give out such information to others or even acknowledge such a thing exists.

Once he starts the fight, I will have all the evidence that I need. No one can touch me officially even if I kill him, as the fight would be his fault.

Ah, there is one thing that I need. I need to make sure that he utters the words that he was willing to kill me. As long as he utters those words, my defense would be perfect, without any holes.

If possible, I should make him spill about the conspiracy that he was brewing with William Rutgurd. If I can do that, I can openly take action against him and not suffer severe consequences. Even the academy would side with me.

William would still be at the academy for the next two years but he would be out on missions. I would have the chance to leave for missions in my third year. That would be the perfect time to end him.

If could deal with him without going through the hassle of defending my actions against him, it would be best.

Ah, let's think about that later. If Dorian doesn't reveal the matter, then that doesn't matter. I'll deal with William sooner or later.

Now the remaining question is where the 'ambush' has to happen.

Let's see where he was going at this point.

Oh, he was heading west from...ah, what's this is called?

I checked the guide. There it is, Northern Wasteland...wasteland?

There are so many treasures and monsters there and still, it was named wasteland. When compared to Core and Inner regions that place can be described as a wasteland.

Hmm, he is moving towards, Corlan Heights.

There are a lot of mountains and valleys in that area. It would be the best place to 'ambush'.