The heat wave that took over the surroundings was so intehat Arias and his guards were uo keep their eyes open. They protected their faces out of reflex… something was off. It looked like an enemy attack, but the enemy failed hitting them by a couple of timeters.
Before anyone could uand what was going on, Arias felt a sharp pain on his back, followed by a powerful, shog wave that took trol over his body. When the wave finally vanished, he found himself floating in the air, not floating, but being pulled upward while someone was keeping him ih a teique on his hat he had never seen before… Eventually, Arias passed out.
… …
The pn worked and even gave me another idea… after using arrows with Great Fireballs scrolls attached to them and blinding everyone around with the power of the fmes; I climbed down from the branch of a rge tree and then grabbed the target by the neck after pierg his back with a shock arrow, then pulled ourselves back to the branch before the smoke could dissipate.
The fmes had illumihe area for a while, but the rising smoke made me disappear in the darkness of the forest while carrying the target.
“Enemy attack! Get ready for battle!”
While those shouts were eg in the area, I reached the pce where I left G five hundred meters away. I couldn’t use camoufge while carrying someone, but I could c while she carried the target with a piece of the camoufge tent and that would hide them to some extent.
“Let’s go. We won’t have much time.”
G began to run while carrying the target and I kept my eyes on the surroundings to make sure that no one would follow us. I figured out that returning to the dwarveory would be the best pce to interrogate the target, so I decided to head to the border as much as possible.
Still, before long, the target began to move, and I realized that he had woken up… I could try to shock him with an arrow, but it wouldn’t have the same effect, the surprise factor was one of the things that knocked him down good previously and my submission teique won’t waiher, even if he doesn’t have a on, he probably kneell or two that would make things harder for me.
“Guard the area, girl. I o talk with our friend here.”
I grabbed the target by the ned then put an arrow close to it. I didn’t want to do this. It felt like it would be a path with urn, but I needed answers. It was weird how I felt worried about this, but not about killing. Maybe it was because of what it entailed… When I killed someone, I did it for self-defense or ialiation when I was almost killed. I could say that it was justifiable.
Torture wasn’t justified, no matter the reason… at least nht now in my head. That was why I killed Rowan so fast, even though he enjoyed making me suffer for a while. Maybe the fact that I was a vampire and could regee faster with my vampiric powers influehat, even though I lost an arm thanks to him, at least for a while.
“Stop pretending that you are sleeping… it is time to answer for your as. Yoing to die anyway, but it is your choice if yoing to die suffering a little or a lot.”
The guy didn’t react, but when the y gloves emerged and pierced his neck, he panicked a little, imagining that I would cut his throat just like that. Still, was he imagining that I wouldn’t kill him if he remained unscious?
“I am sorry! I am sorry! Please, don’t kill me!”
“... Tell me who is your insider in Arsn’s group.”
“Insider? What are you talking about?”
“I heard your little speech earlier. I know that you have an insider passing you information about their side. Don’t make me waste my time. No one is ing to save you.”
“I don’t know… what you are talking about.”
I let out a sigh… as expected, this wasn’t going to work unless I made him suffer for a bit. Still, every single part of my being made me feel like I shouldn’t do this… even my instincts. I didn’t know why they would be w at a time like this, but they never betrayed me until now, so I couldn’t help but hesitate.
“... you smell this arrow? It is called Decay Arrow. It has a poison made with the blood of vampires. This pletely ighe defenses of living beings. If I touy part of your body with this, all the flesh around will disappear in a matter of seds. Do you wao use this on you?”
The target began to sweat bullets at my words… This type of guy should be easier to break. He shouldn’t have any loyalty toward others, only to himself. Besides, the insider should only be anrunt. Why would he be loyal toward another pawn?
“Just so you know, I have plenty of these. I use them to chop off your limbs or melt your face. Do you want to test that?”
I let the aake over my body and then the hunger as well. My eyes turned red and the target’s eyes opened widely. He finally realized that I wasn’t joking. I could only guess that he didn’t reize me sihree years ago. I hide pretty much all of my physical features.
I calmed down and my eyes got green once more. Thanks to that, I began to feel terrible… this wasn’t like me. Always choosing the easiest option to achieve my goals, I was worried about Crice, but would that justify my as?
“... It is Cellica. She is inf us of their movements.”
“... How and why?”
Cellica might have seemed a bit etrid uable at times, but there was no logical reason for her to betray the elves. As a member of the upper css in their society, she already ehe privileges and status that came with her position.
Betraying her people would not only risk her standing, but also likely jeopardize everything she valued. Why would she destroy a system that already worked in her favor? Her as, though unorthodox, had never indicated dissatisfa with her role or the structure of Elven society. It simply wouldn’t make sense for her to risk everything for a ge that offered no clear be to her.
Moreover, she genuinely looked like she loved Arsn, so she was essentially causing him a lot of trouble… I couldn’t uand what was going on.
“... We don’t know what she is thinkiher… She is hard to predict. While our intel says that she doesn’t have any reason to betray Arsn, until now, all the intelligence she provided has been accurate.”
Was she pnning to betray the insurgents at the final moment in order to look more impressive to Arsn? Or was she pnning to overtake him? Both possibilities seemed pusible. She might even be pnning for either oute.
“... How are you receiving messages from her?”
The target looked to the side in order to avoid my gaze and buy some time. I could tell that he nning something. Perhaps I should really show him that meant business and at least chop one of his arms to make him speak.
I decided to ighat path… Despite the circumstances, I couldn’t allow myself to sink so low. Even if the justification seemed here were certain lihat simply shouldn’t be crossed. Some as, no matter how well-iioned, carry sequehat erode something fual, principles, dignity, my even sense of self.
To take such a step would be to promise a part of who I was, and that rice I wasn’t willing to pay. There had to be another way, ohat didn’t demand I betray the values I held onto, even in the face of desperation. I couldn’t reach a point that would make others think that I was indeed a monster.
“I guess it is time to end this… at least you won’t suffer that much.”
The target realized that I was serious and finally decided to put his pn into a. From under his cloak, he grabbed something and then i with mana… in the moment, I felt the danger of my life and then kicked the enemy away with all my might after letting go.
Still, in the moment, some magic s emerged from the ground and locked my legs i the same time, they began to burn my legs… it was some sort of holy magic spell. My parameters began to drop alongside my health. Even my stamina and mana were drained.
“Hah, not so tough now, huh?”
I pulled my bow from my magic bag, but sooarget did the same… It looked like he had fiden winning as long as I was weakened. Before he could do anything, G got in front of me and began to growl at him.
“What is this? I didn’t think that vampires kept real pets with them. I only thought that they only kept humans as pets.”
“You still have a ce… give up now and this won’t hurt.”
“You still think that you have the upper hand? Why do you think I had this ring with me that would be effective against you, huh? You won’t be able to surprise me anymore.”
“... You were alive until now because of my mercy, but it looks like that got to your head.”
“You o learn your pce… you might have some qualms about making your enemies suffer, but I don’t have it.”
The target summoned an arrow and then while pointing at G. In the end, things ended up like that… my y almost caused us problems again. Before the target could unleash his arrow, I fired mine.
He unleashed his arrow and then they collided in the air, causing an explosion in the area. The target soon got ready to unleash a barrage of arrows at me, but soon wheivated Rapid Fire, his vision got blurry and then he fell on his knees. He never realized, thanks to the strong smell of my decay arrow, that my cws were coated in poison too and his stamina was drained by the poison. Good thing I didn’t use all the poison I got from the previous byrinth.
In the moment, I fired four decay arrows at the enemy and made him lose his limbs. Thanks to the shod the ck of stamina, he wouldn’t agonize, aside from vulsing on the ground. I approached him and studied his eyes.
“I told you, didn’t I?”
I he arrow and then prepared to release it, but before I could happen, a bst of energy flew in my dire.
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