“My body… Y-you, hurry up and make yourself clear, what exactly do you want?!”
“Let me have a look!”
“No!”
Oh ho, I really like messing with girls with your kind of fiery temper. Truth didn’t say anything more, but lightly tapped Gadelia’s back once again with her right index finger.
A surge of enormous magic power flooded in, making Gadelia’s entire body feel a wave of restless heat.
No, this monster is trying to stir and seize control of my Magic Core!
The Magic Core is like the engine that powers magic— it’s the most important thing to a mage besides their life. That’s why villains always like to use the Magic Core to threaten mages.
You don’t want your core to be destroyed, do you?
Gadelia instantly thought of all sorts of terrible things. What is this creature after? Is it going to drag her off to the Gejin Mine to work her to death as compensation?
As an Airwing of the northern royal family, that was already the most horrifying fate she could imagine.
She absolutely couldn’t let that happen! Gadelia activated the Forbidden Magic Pattern across her entire body.
The pattern instantly absorbed most of Truth’s magic, shining with a brilliant light. This made Truth pause in mild confusion.
“Huh?”
What’s this thing? It can actually absorb my magic? Truth glanced at the pattern on the Armor…
Wait, isn’t this a Magic Storage Stone?
As the name implies, a Magic Storage Stone is used to store magic power.
These birdfolk are pretty clever, actually embedding Magic Storage Stones into their defensive gear to absorb some magical attacks. I’d thought that after five hundred years, the Beastmen’s tech tree would have advanced a bit. How amusing.
Gadelia, on the other hand, breathed a sigh of relief. Whew, thank goodness she’d kept her defensive gear on.
Even a sixth-tier mage would have a hard time breaking through her Forbidden Magic Pattern at full power.
This monster isn’t even a mage— how much magic could it possibly have?
But in the next second, she realized the Forbidden Magic Pattern suddenly burst with an unprecedented brilliance.
On closer inspection, the monster was pouring out even more powerful magic than before!
Is the monster… brute-forcing its way through the Forbidden Magic Pattern?
As the glow from the pattern grew more and more intense, Gadelia felt a nameless fear— like… the pattern was reaching its limit…
No way…
“Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!”
A crisp sound echoed across her Armor. It was the Forbidden Magic Pattern shattering— and mixed in, the sound of Gadelia’s heart breaking…
The Armor on Gadelia’s body was completely blown apart by Truth’s immense magic. For a moment, her snow-white skin was fully exposed before Truth, every detail clear as day.
And since she was lying face down, some key parts were covered, which only made the scene more suggestive.
Tch, playing these little tricks with me, a magic assassin whose mana bar is way longer than yours, is like showing off in front of a master. How naïve!
Gadelia’s face was deathly pale. She could hear the monster’s hoarse, triumphant laughter ringing in her ears, and at the same time, she could feel her Magic Core being swiftly invaded.
The gap in their power was just too vast…
What happens when your Magic Core is taken over? Gadelia didn’t know, but she was certain she’d be subjected to all sorts of humiliation.
No, as a Shadow Guard of the royal family, even if she died, she had to die with dignity!
“Ugh… Just kill me!”
Gadelia used every ounce of her strength to resist her core being invaded, making it impossible for Truth to seize control of her magic right away.
Controlling another’s magic is a highly advanced skill in this world, usually used for joint magic attacks. Forcibly taking over someone else’s magic is another matter entirely.
“Still trying to die so easily? No way. I’m warning you, hand over your Magic Core now, or your fate will be a little, just a tiny bit, more pitiful!”
“Heh, what could possibly be more frightening than death?”
Gadelia had already resigned herself to dying, which made Truth show a hint of disdain. Has this bird-brain never seen the world? Truth could think of N ways to make her beg for death.
“You’ll find out soon enough, bit by bit…”
Truth manipulated the monster, his raspy voice echoing through the Mist.
“I’ll have you stuck naked at the Mist Entrance Tree Hollow with only your lower half exposed, letting every passing Adventurer enjoy your delightful body. They won’t know who you are— just that there’s a wanton slut in the Mist for them to use!
And when your fame spreads and a long line forms behind you, I’ll even reveal your identity, letting everyone who knows you see what you’ve become.
Let’s set a price— just one copper coin for a turn, how about it?
Maybe even your friends will come by for a taste. By then, you won’t even have a chance to explain, because your little mouth will be stuffed full by Adventurers at every moment, your whole body covered in filthy words. Kahahaha!”
“Ugh…”
After listening, word for word, to her own possible future, Gadelia could only gulp, unable to say a word. Two lines of tears slowly slid from the corners of her eyes, falling into the muddy ground.
How could there be… such evil in this world…
It must be lying. There’s no way anyone could do something so insane. It’s just trying to scare me, right? Right? Right?
“Uu, uu…”
Even though she desperately denied it in her mind, just imagining the scene— Princess Wilona standing not far away, looking at her in contempt as unknown Adventurers toyed with and violated her— Gadelia broke down and sobbed in despair, losing all will to resist.
“Please, don’t…”
Compared to the dignity of being an Airwing, what did her Magic Core matter? And so, Truth easily took control of Gadelia’s Magic Core.
No way, I was just using a doujin plot to scare her a bit, and she surrendered this easily?
The cold and proud Airwing was broken by just a few lines from Truth. This was something Truth hadn’t expected at all.
Oh well, let her think what she wants. It’s not like I’m some goody-two-shoes anyway.
Then, just like coding, Truth quickly created a low-level Magic Recovery Spell inside Gadelia’s Magic Core. Its effect would last a long time, but the magic cost was high.
The instant the Magic Recovery Spell took effect, all of Gadelia’s magic was drained in a flash, her whole body going limp as she fainted…
“Perfect, that’s all I needed. Once you’ve paid back 42 points of energy, you’re free to go!”
After finishing everything, Truth disappeared into the Mist. She gave Catgirl Wilona some face, and didn’t do anything else weird to Gadelia.
Now, every bit of magic Gadelia recovered would be absorbed by the Skill inside her, which would then cast the Recovery Spell again.
And every time she used the Skill, the Mist would convert it into energy and absorb it.
Just like Truth said at the start, the most valuable thing about Gadelia was her body…
Some time later— about an hour— two faint footsteps approached near Gadelia.
“Reg, look, there’s a half-naked woman over there… Eh? Reg, you’re not allowed to look!”
“Can I look or not?”
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