Chapter 380: A terrible woman, with terrible magic.
"I said I understand you, not that I am as stupid as you. I am wise enough to know that mortals cannot fight against immortals. So if I took something from an immortal, I would negotiate to keep it.
If that failed, I would spend half of my time while I still had it looking for other ways of becoming a mage. Awakening pills and potions, I would collect them all.
I would build a big school of alchemy and hire other mages to research for me. I would set up guilds and fund them so that they could search for artifacts all over the world to give me the same power as that of a mage. Your death is not just because of the broken contract, it is also because you were lazy."
She chanted a spell that burned his clothes off. Then, she made one long cut on his stomach and started chanting a spell. The root flew out from his stomach and fell in her palm.
Sigrid had long been curious about what it looked like. In her mind, she had imagined it as a tree root but it was more than that. It was twisted like a helix, glowing faintly with threads of sapphire and gold. It emitted a warmth and scent reminiscent of the earth after being kissed by rain.
"I think I can feel the power." Mauve whispered.
She was drawn to the root and she was not the only one. The others too felt a calling and a need to possess it. The creatures in hiding were tempted to come out but what they had just witnessed was too brutal. They did not want to meet a similar fate.
A harpy hiding in a tree decided to try. She could snatch it and fly away. Just as it soared downwards, it froze into marble and hit the forest ground.
The corner of Sigrid’s lips curved up for a second. "Silly bird." she whispered.