The build-up
RAZAK OTTO
I couldn't help but glance from time to time at the red-haired girl who was passed out cold on the wet grass.
Her deep blue one-piece dress clung to her body, making her soft curves a lot more attractive.
It was my first time admiring someone with my own two eyes, I could feel almost everything, I could distinguish the color of an object just by concentrating on the wavelengths it was emitting, but never was I truly able to see things like I was doing today.
Keeping my urges onto myself, I sat down on the ground and started thinking of the various methods I could use to wake her up.
.
.
HILLARY ROSENMUND
I was sitting on a sofa, sipping tea, simultaneously a maid was giving me a pedicure.
"The power struggle keeps getting more and more intense, only a red dragon could break the standstill now."
"Hah, what have I gotten myself into ", I thought while sighing.
I was about to send off Krystal before my long-distance communication amulet started buzzing
Strange, I scoffed
"Someone was trying to contact me and was using a magical formation on that, this must be important." I thought.
Sending my maid Krystal away and wasting no more time, I began to form my own secret magical formation.
After both of our magical formations intertwined with each other, I could finally get a glimpse of the people standing on the other side.
.
.
NICHOLAS GRAY
30 minutes later
When the call finally commenced, I gave the black-haired lady a deep bow.
"My lady, I am Nicholas Gray, the undercover agent you sent to the farm and I have news"
"Constable Gray, don't waste any more time and give me a thorough report". Hillary asked with anticipation.
"The experiment was a huge success, we gained a couple of fine specimens. To seize the assets and weed out the rest, we would need at the very least 4 inquisitors and a hypnotist."
The young lady on the other side had a mesmerizing figure, her black overcoat was unable to hide her thick soft curves, and she had rose-like tattoos on her back and her left leg, her red lips made her seem as seductive as a succubus, at the present moment her face was expressionless, I didn't have the slightest idea about what was on her mind.
" It will not be possible to send you a hypnotist, the capital is very volatile right now, you will have to capture them and bring them here instead."
"The Inquisitors will reach the destination in a couple of hours, I would set up a fire element sealing array if I were you, and remember failure will not be tolerated, Hillary out."
.
.
SAMANTHA
Listening to lady Rosenmund's orders, we promptly began to set up the array.
An array is a magical formation that can be used to seal a single element in an area of 10 kilometers at most. From birth, Nico and I had a little talent for offensive magic, our fireballs were weak, and our lightning bolts lacked substance, even after living for 50 years we both were stuck at the red core, but we didn't let that hinder our growth even a little.
We spent all our spare time studying theories about magic and magical formations, our magical knowledge combined can be considered better than 90 percent of mages who served the ruling family.
The array we were currently setting up was generally used to seal the fire element, It will prevent our prey from using the immunities they have to shift the tide of the battle.
"Isn't summoning 4 inquisitors an overkill?" I asked
We had already captured most of the survivors, although it was relatively a simple task because all of them were knocked out.
"No, it's absolutely not an overkill, we still can't locate the swordsman and the young mage."
"Those two were already dangerous when they were blind If they manage to escape today, hunting them will need plenty of resources which we can't spare in these turbulent times", he said with a solemn tone.
.
.
RIAS VIOLACIUM
I woke up again, but this time I found myself levitating in the air, Razak must be using telekinesis I thought, faintly remembering what had happened 2 hours ago a deep frown started emerging on my expressionless face.
I started pondering about the things Razak told me before my consciousness slipped away.
It all seemed like a bad joke, how can the whole village get decimated in a matter of seconds? I thought.
To confirm if the bullshit this wild beast spoke was true or not, I tried opening my eyes.
I began to expand my ciliary muscles slowly so that light can pass through my cornea, and my cornea, in turn, focused the image on my retina, the retina further transformed the image into electrical impulses which eventually reached my brain.
The process happened in a matter of seconds.
Getting my eyesight back didn't feel overwhelming or anything of that sought, it was not so different from possessing animals and watching things from their perspective.
Realizing that everything the boar told me was correct, shortly after, an unpleasant memory of him drowning me in the river resurfaced.
" Oye, why the fuck did you waterboard me?" I snarled.
Instead of an apology that I was expecting, I got something unbelievable in return.
Bang
"He fucking dropped me" on the hard-ass ground.
"What, are u some kind of princess? Do you know how problematic it was for me to find u and carry u until now? He asked with an irritated expression.
Speechless, I was completely speechless.
I closed and opened my mouth a couple of times, but no words came out. I wanted to rebuke him, scold him, blame him, but it was of no use, I had more pressing matters to attend to.
" So, where are we going? "I asked.
" Behind the cliff, where my cottage is located, I still have trouble fighting with my eyes open, the place we are going to always has a thick fog covering it, we can use that to our advantage."
.
.
Author's note : check the reference art