The Undying Magician - Book 3 - Chapter 6 - Requests
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Nathan
Year 2850 | Month 3 | Day 4
I hide my surprise behind a neutral expression at the man’s sudden appearance from the shadows. Because I absolutely was bluffing and didn’t know if he was here or not.
Kind of annoying how whatever magic spell he was using hides his scent as well. But I guess I bluffed him out?
Didn’t really expect anything when I said that out loud offhandedly.
And what’s with the nature affinity magician? Why’s she just sitting there drinking tea as if I’m not here?
On the way over here, I do remember my soldier guide telling me that these two were different from the light affinity magicians in that they didn’t abuse the non-magicians, but this is not really what I was expecting. It was why I aimed at one of the light magicians first and killed the other two when they ran while leaving these two alive.
Or, rather, part of that was just the absurdity of what they’re doing.
I glance between the two magicians as I ask, “I’ve heard you’re different from the light affinity magicians, so tell me why I shouldn’t kill you now.”
Without a hint of hesitation, the nature magician answers, “You don’t have a healer in your settlement.”
I blink at that before frowning.
The dark magician then says, “I would like to work with you to take down the Barons.”
“The Barons?” I repeat, my frown growing as I set the tip of my sword down on the ground and lean on it slightly. “Why? And if that’s the case, why were you with this group of idiots?”
He doesn’t so much as flinch as he answers, “To bring you here and test you.”
Wait… did he really just say that straight to my face?
“You came here and had soldiers sent to my base that killed a few of the refugees under my care just to test me?” I ask, feeling rather annoyed by the implication.
The dark magician looks surprised at my statement. So surprised that it has me wondering if the man simply expected me to treat non-magicians as most of the magicians in the Kingdom of the Fallen treat them. As expendable. Which isn’t too rare of a mindset outside of the Kingdom either but is a lot more common in this Kingdom. Likely due to the much more dystopian feel of the continent, along with the miasma making the day to day life that much more challenging.
My thoughts are interrupted by the sound of a plate clacking against a table, bringing my attention to the woman as she finally sets her tea down and stands up. The nature magician walks up to the two of us before saying, “It would appear that the Undying Magician really is as the rumors say. He doesn’t mistreat the nonmagicians in the slightest.”
I ignore the dark magician’s surprise at that as I focus on her and ask, “You mentioned something about my caverns needing a healer. Am I to assume you want to fill that role?”
She just nods.
Not a very talkative woman, that’s for sure.
“Then why were you with these idiots?” I prod while nodding my head towards the body of the first magician who I shout here. A body that is still lying with his head on the table, covering it in blood.
The nature magician looks slightly amused at my description of the light affinity magicians as she answers, “I wanted to see if you were a good person or not. And don’t worry, I didn’t do anything for them beyond give them healing when requested. I wasn’t even included in the meeting they had where they decided to send soldiers to attack you.”
I narrow my eyes slightly at that while listening to her heartbeat to see if she’s lying. And from what I can tell, she doesn’t appear to be. But a heartbeat isn’t a perfect measure for telling apart lies, as I’ve learned over the past month. So I’ll have to keep an eye on her.
We do need a better healer though. Because while we do have Claire, a single healer for several hundred people isn’t a good idea.
“You’ll have to speak with my staff first,” I decide while picking up my sword again. “I won’t make any decisions right now.”
I turn back to the dark magician while pointing my sword at him, making the man flinch slightly as I continue, “You on the other hand are coming with me for an interrogation. And if you try to run…” I tap on the blade of my sword with the index finger of my right hand – the very one holding the blade.
He quickly nods his head, showing a good amount of fear in both his eyes and stature.
“Good,” I say while sheathing my sword and looking around to see if there’s anything here that is of use to me. Then I remember that I have two magicians who lived and worked here, so I ask, “Is there anything around here worth keeping?”
“Yes, my Lord,” the dark magician says, making me raise a brow at his term of endearment towards me. “The Radiant Elite had a single set of old Republic armor, along with one sword made out of Arcadian Metal.”
My other brow rises at that, and I glance over at the nature magician to find her nodding her head in agreement.
“Really? That’s interesting,” I mutter with a faint smile.
Maybe I could learn to dual wield my swords? As a pseudo vampire I’m strong enough to easily wield them both, unlike a regular human who might struggle with wielding two regular length swords. But at the same time, it might also mess up my fighting style…
Nah, I’ll just keep the other sword as a spare in case I lose my current one or it breaks somehow.
“In that case,” I start while motioning towards the building’s entry on the roof with my sword, “lead the way.”
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