Chapter 415: The Mischievous Qenna
“Please… don’t…”
“I’ll do anything you want, just don’t…”
“No!!”
With a heart-wrenching wail, the Sanctuary spellcaster Rein Mercury was thrown into the mire. This was no ordinary mire but a replica of the “Soul-Cleansing Mire” from a special region of the Time Continent. The original Soul-Cleansing Mire dissolves spiritual impurities, enhancing a spellcaster’s learning ability, focus, and mental state for a week’s time, making it a highly desirable adventure mechanism.
However, Belldate’s counterfeit mire didn’t have such beneficial effects. Instead of dissolving spiritual impurities, it dissolved physical impurities—such as clothes and hair.
No one knew why Belldate had constructed such a seemingly meaningless feature. Perhaps it was a mere attempt to replicate an adventure from the Time Continent, or maybe it was a frivolous expenditure of excess wealth to stimulate domestic demand. Regardless, it undoubtedly provided Ashe and his companions with significant help—like having a filthy mop conveniently nearby during a brawl.
After some preliminary pummeling and soaking to render these pursuers temporarily incapacitated, the main course of action ensued: keeping them confined at the Belldate manor, ensuring they had no ability to pursue the Funeral.
The most extreme method would be to inflict severe injuries or even disfigure them drastically, or to kill all the other Sanctuary spellcasters. This would guarantee they couldn’t pursue, even after recovery. However, their pent-up hatred would inevitably be directed at Belldate, and the ensuing internal conflict would drain the resources of these consortium families.
But Ashe and his team ultimately discarded this idea.