Elrinira's offer

"Better?" she asked in a teasing voice. 

"Yes, thank you." Silver Oracle replied sarcastically before turning to John and saying. 

"When someone speaks about the thickness of your magic power, they are not talking about the quantity of it, quantity comes from age and the older you get the more mana you have," 

"What they're talking about is the quality of your magic." 

"For example, the two races known to be the best when it comes to magic are the Elves and the Draconian." 

"Both of these races are at the top of the list because of how naturally thick their magic power is." 

"The Elves are like this because we come from the mother tree Yggdrasil where all magic in the world stems from." 

"As for the Draconians they are the offspring of Dragons who in turn are offspring of Níðhöggr a dragon that eats the roots of Yggdrasil thereby absorbing the origin of magic and passing it down to its descendants." 

"Other races come close such as the Fairy's but they are not quite as strong." 

"Anyway, the quality or thickness of your magical power determines how quickly you can learn spells as well as how successful you are when casting them among other things." 

"This could explain why when you used Guidance earlier to find this place a whole galaxy formed and not just one or two stars, but that still does not truly explain it since all the other Druid's who are elves." 

"He used Guidance to find this room and a whole galaxy, or stars descended upon him?" Elrinira asked with an intrigued look on her beautiful face. 

"Not descended upon him, they came from within him." Silver Oracle corrected which caused Elrinira eyes to widen in surprise before she mumbled. 

"But that would have to mean...and he is also a human Druid..." 

"Mean what?" John asked. 

Elrinira looked at John again but this time it was a serious gaze as if she was trying to discover everything about him that lasted for several tense minutes before she asked, 

After a moment she stopped and looked at them both before saying. 

"I propose a deal for you young Druid." 

"Be careful Vincarna, making deals with Demons is dangerous as there are always hidden loopholes, they can use them to get what they want without paying anything in return or in the worst case they end up taking your soul." Silver Oracle advised. 

Elrinira smiled, not looking offended at all before asking. 

"Your friend is correct, Vincarna was it?" 

"Yes." John replied. 

"Well, Vincarna, your friend is correct, making deals with Devils and Demons is a risky affair and you should always read the fine print." 

"However, in your case you actually have something that I am in desperate need of and I am willing to make this deal as simple as possible to get what I need." 

"Why offer me a deal and not Silver Oracle, she is more powerful than me." 

"Simple, she would not accept, as she has already said she doesn't trust me and besides it's against the rules for a member of 'The Order of the Mother Tree' to make a deal with a Demon without permission from their leader the Pope." Elrinira answered. 

John looked at Silver Oracle who nodded to show what Elrinira said was true. 

"Ok, let me hear your offer and I will decide after." John said which gained a grin from Elrinira. 

"The offer is simple; you will help me eliminate that hateful human and in return I will owe you a favor." 

There was silence for a moment before said. 

"I'm guessing you can't kill him yourself or something will happen to your sister." 

Elrinira gave a sad sigh before saying. 

"Correct, after the hateful man raised my sister from the dead, he corrupted her body in some way that she now seems to have two personalities, her own personality and a crazy one that seems to laugh and want nothing but death and destruction." 

John and Silver Oracle looked at each other before John said. 

"That sounds familiar." 

"How? Tell me." Elrinira said in a strict dangerous voice as she spread her wings and her tail that was swaying before became long and seemed to gain a sharp edge. 

John looked at Elrinira before saying. 

"I will answer your question if you answer mine." 

"You dare refuse me? Do you know who you're dealing with?" Elrinira said in a cold tone. 

"No, I don't know anything other than your name and you race." John answered calmly as Elrinira stared at him long and hard before sighing and letting her body visibly relax. 

"My apologies, I have always been quick to anger when it comes to family, ask your question." Elrinira said. 

"What was Francis trying to do with the magic circle he made in the abandoned building and why is he draining that elf's blood?" John asked before pointing to the elf that was still tied up. 

"Technically that is two questions where we only agreed to one, but since they are connected and as a show of good faith, I will answer them for you." Elrinira said before continuing. 

"The magic circle he was attempting to create but failed was a summoning circle." 

"He was attempting to summon Pestilence, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Naturally he failed, the fool thought that just because rats had an association with carrying diseases, he could use their blood to summon one of the four." 

"As for why he included cats' blood even I have no idea, maybe he figured it was because cats eat rats, god knows what that stupid human was thinking." 

"As for why he is draining that elves blood it is to use that instead of the rats' blood, as your friend has already explained elves are one of the most powerful magical races in the mortal plane and using the blood of an elf may indeed allow him to summon Pestilence." 

Silver Oracle gasped after hearing what Elrinira revealed before saying. 

"If Pestilence were summoned in the middle of Thamethalas..." 

"Then disease would quickly spread through the city and eventually the entire forest ending them both." Elrinira finished. 

There was silence for a moment as the truth sunk in before John asked. 

"I don't get it, why is he going to all this trouble when surely you're strong enough to cause great carnage and destruction here?" 

Elrinira narrowed her eyes with a small grin before saying. 

"You're truly taking advantage of this beautiful lady, this is now your third question, the simple answer is because he can't make me do that." 

"I thought he was blackmailing you?" John asked in return. 

"He is, but there are limits to what I can do here in the mortal plane, and he knows this, let me explain." 

"First off I did not come here by the correct channels, when a Demon enters the mortal plane to assist one of the natives, a ritual is performed to summon us and that allows us to appear before them with our full strength." 

"However, because I entered the mortal plane illegally to help my sister my power was forcefully suppressed, also because I came here against the rules, I am being hunted by those who watch the gates between the different planes of existence." 

"If I use too much of my power, they will detect me and drag me back to the demon realm which is something I do not want while Elrinielle is still in the hands of that bastard." 

"Also, while my power is suppressed the way it is I would be no match for the leaders of the city." 

"Then why did he not summon you in the normal way?" John asked. 

"For two reasons." Elrinira answered as her eyes narrowed even more and her tail began to move in a way John recognized a cat did when they were getting annoyed. 

"First to summon a Demon as powerful as me with all my original power would normally require a great sacrifice and it would give off a display that no isolation barrier could completely block." 

"Second is because I would refuse to be summoned by him, a man who only used his Necromancy powers to bind my sister to him so that he could be me." As Elrinira finished she spat on the floor. 

"You're telling us that the only reason he raised your sister from the dead was to sleep with you both?" Silver Oracle asked 

"Indeed, apparently he saw me once when the head Necromancer summoned me in the past, since then I have been all he could dream and lust over, no other women he slept with satisfied him or so he claims." 

"He knew he was never going to be powerful enough to summon me, so in the end he came up with the crazy idea of raising my sister from the dead to force me to come here of my own will and then blackmail me into sleeping with him until I fall in love with him." 

"That's ridiculous." Silver Oracle said with disgust. 

"I agree but women have fallen for their captures in the past so I guess he figured it would work, of course he has no idea that since the start he was just sleeping with a projection of myself, does he really think I am that easy to sleep with? He has no idea how many of the most powerful individuals in all the planes of existence wish to sleep with me, but I have refused them all." Elrinira said while rolling her eyes.