Supreme Magus novel Chapter 292

"Finally!" Jirni exclaimed. Ebert Cailon had managed to impress her. Hurting or threatening him had been useless until that moment. It was the first time he made a real sound.

"Aside from cracking their own nails, nobles are not supposed to have a notion of pain. It’s what makes you so easy to interrogate. Now we have something to work on." She removed the ten centimeters (4 inches) enchanted needle imbued with her light magic.

The pain disappeared, leaving only a small trickle of blood.

"What was that?" Duke Cailon asked while gasping for air.

"A nerve bundle in your deltoid muscle."

"Do your worst, witch." He replied while gritting his teeth. "If I’m already dead, I have nothing to lose. You can make me scream, but I will not betray my comrades!"

"Comrades? This means they are your buddies from the army." She giggled.

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"As for having nothing to lose, I beg to differ." She showed him her communication amulet while pressing a too familiar contact rune.

"That’s my son’s rune! How did you get it?" Duke Cailon went pale.

"Dad?" A childish voice came out of the amulet.

"Is that you? Is everything all right, daddy?"

Jirni pressed the rune a second time, ending the call.

"You can talk now, or I can make your son spectate to our next session. It’s all up to you." She smiled softly, aware that her prey was mortally wounded

"You are a monster!" Ebert jumped from the chair trying to tackle her. He held his only arm high to protect his vitals, as the army had taught him.

Jirni executed a low kick in response. The steel toe of her booth hit the side of his left kneecap, shattering Ebert’s balance and knee joint at once. Before he could fall on the ground, she headbutted Duke Cailon on the nose and back on the armchair.

Her right hand moved like a snake, striking at a nerve on the back of the neck with her index and middle finger. The pain hit like a shockwave, making Ebert forget for a second about his broken joint.

"Ebert, start telling me something I don’t know. Otherwise I’ll show you what a real monster is."

***

White Griffon Academy, in the same moment.

A second sealed fish tank appeared on each desk. At first glance there was no difference between them, nor between their inmates.

"The first slime is a ’healthy’ one. The second one is your patient. We Professors have altered their life forces and created anomalies in their bodies. You’ll use the first slime as a baseline to find what’s wrong in the second one and understand how you are going to fix it." Vastor explained.

’It’s the same method I used to cure mom.’ Lith was amazed by how much tier five magic resembled true magic.

Several hands were raised at once. Vastor pointed at Friya, allowing her to talk.