The skeleton felt a bit pleased with Holen's words, even though it knew that this was just a scam to keep their lives. He didn't mind the emperor was not a petty person after all. He controlled his mystic power to retrieve the book that was rightfully his.
However, something shifted within the skeletal vision. It moved quickly, just fast enough to evade his hollow eyes. He gestured with his hand to harness his mystic power to slash at whatever approached him. The pristine floor cracked in a straight line as if it had been slashed by a sword. His mystic power struck the thing that was coming toward him directly.
Upon closer look, it was a collection of vines that wiggled on the floor after it was cut.
"What is this...."