Chapter 195 - 196
"Worry not," he assured his subordinates. "I happen to know a specific ritual that will make its presence known to all around it. Since it’s not making any moves, it seems that our speculations were correct in that it must be of a muddled mind. How else would the boy have been able to drive it off?"
"You didn’t wake the boy."
Everyone turned their gazes to Arienne, who stood with her back to a thick tree trunk in a calm stance, the positions of her feet betraying her readiness to act.
"You will refer to him as ’Your Grace,’" came the first speaker’s reprimand. "And what does the boy have to do with anything?"
"You will refer to him as ’Your Grace,’" came the first speaker’s reprimand. "And what does the boy have to do with anything?"
"He said that he would wake the boy so that he could lead us to the place where he had the encounter. He didn’t wake the boy, so why are we stopping here? I can’t help but wonder how you know exactly where this demon is hiding, Your Grace."
"You aren’t proficient in light magics, let alone high magic in that field. Of course you can’t sense him."
Pulling a packet of paralysis poison from a pocket, Maels approached the cage of Ket children and carefully emptied the powder onto one of the metal bars that made up its rusted ceiling. He then relied on a basic spell to stir up a contained whirlwind of air that evenly distributed the powder throughout the cage, his face an unmoving mask as he watched the children collapse to the ground within a matter of moments. The young girl was the last to fall, one of her small, dirty hands coming to rest atop that of her brother’s before she lost the ability to move. All of the children began to sob, their voices riddled with innocent fear.
Turning to those around him, he infused his voice with inner energies and gave a compulsory command. "You aren’t allowed to speak of what happens in this clearing. If anybody asks, we woke up the boy and he directed us to the demon. Is that understood?"