Chapter 981 - The Situation Changes
Chapter 981 The Situation Changes
The blood on Benija wasn’t her own.
Regardless of how powerful her mental magic was and how easily she could enchant and fool the eyes, ears, and souls of the low-grade holy knights, she could not avoid examination from their holy light magic.
Bless the world. Benija had traveled to many planes and seen countless native tribes and intelligent species, but she had never witnessed odd folks like these knights who would stop people on the street and cast Detect Evil over and over again. Exposed to this pure holy light, Benija’s body instantly glowed with blinding red light. Her magical disguise of a kitchen maid purchasing supplies instantly vanished without a trace.
In all honesty, that middle-aged knight who had been casually casting out a beam of holy light to engulf Benija never expected to catch a big fish either.
With their Detect Evil, they had already caught a dozen assassins and thugs who worked in the shadows over the past few days. However, even the leader of the assassins, who was responsible for a dozen murders, did not radiate a light one-tenth as bright as this strange woman.
He froze on the spot when she saw the blinding red light emanating from Benija’s body; it was so deeply crimson that it was nearly black!
“Catch…” the middle-aged Silver Knight had barely drawn his sword before he was knocked to the ground by a mental blast.
Natagu glared at everyone with a cold and cutting gaze.
Katherine was the first to nod in agreement.
After letting her wounds fester for so many years, and lacking reconciling agent, much of her flesh had already been corrupted by the mechanical magic. They had turned black and were rotting with a stench. Among the four of them, she was the one who most urgently wanted to return to the realms beyond.
The second to nod was surprisingly not Psionic Adept Benija, but the sly and wily old hag Guinevere.
“Very well. It’s not impossible if you expect this old hag to join you on your journey into the lava. However, once we capture that fire adept, I want that Soul Equipment of his!”
“Soul Equipment? Do you have your eyes set on his Spirit of Pestilence? Soul Equipment is always merged with the host’s soul. How do you intend to peel the equipment away?” Natagu narrowed his eyes and asked out of curiosity.
“That’s not for you to worry about. Since this old hag has asked for it, I naturally have the means to strip the Soul Equipment from his soul. Though the process will greatly weaken the Soul Equipment, it will still function as an immensely powerful magical plague weapon. This old hag has plenty of plans in store for that Spirit of Pestilence!”
Natagu hesitated for a moment but quickly agreed just to settle the matter as soon as possible.
“And you? What request do you have?” Natagu stared at Benija.
“I want that fire adept to spend a night with me. Just a single night will be fine!” Benija licked her red lips, her face filled with thirst and hunger.
“You do not intend to do anything to that fire adept, do you?” Natagu said coldly, “Benija, don’t forget. The Lady specifically named the fire adept as someone to be retrieved. If he is dead by the time we bring him before her, our mission reward will be cut in half!”
“Hmph! The Lady only said she wanted him alive. She didn’t say we couldn’t drain his Spirit. It shouldn’t be a problem if a drain a bit of his Spirit, will it?” Benija then giggled and said, “Don’t worry, I won’t drain him to death. I will leave him some Spirit seeds.”
After some more thought and confirming that there were no problems with the plan, Natagu coldly said, “Then I will have his Third Grade metal golem then. It seems like a good minion!”
The old witch and Benija secretly cursed at Natagu’s shamelessness, but they had all made their own requests. It wouldn’t be appropriate to fight with Natagu over the mighty metal golem now.
Naturally, this division of loot was based on their power levels, as well. Katherine was currently the weakest of them all and had no right to fight for loot.
However, given her familiarity with the fire adept, she was confident that he would not capitulate so easily. She looked at her companions’ vicious, joyful, and perhaps even eager expressions and felt genuine disdain in her heart.
Hmph! Arrogant and prideful fools. If that fire adept was so easily done in, they wouldn’t have been stuck here for five years. Hmph! If she hadn’t been in a group with them, she would hope to see them bash themselves bloody against the obstacle that they were about to confront!