blueteamnovel Chapter 634 54
Chapter 634 54
Ardent swiped his hands despite there not being any dirt on it. Then again after terrifying several group of people from Cruom City, and killing two entire groups, he was slightly tired.
Oh, he can easily slaughter the one he did not kill even in his tired state, but sleeping for the night could leave the village vulnerable. Should they want to attack during such time, he would be pressed to defend the village.
That is, if he did not learn an important Spell. Shadow Needle is a simple spell, but he can turned it into time bomb.
Ardent simply cast it on their hearts before making the needle struck should certain condition was fulfilled. One of which was harming those imbued with Shadow Mantle, a Spell he connected to the Shadow Needle, along with Shadow Thread.
All of them are just Grade 1 Spells, with the exception of Shadow Mantle, but with a good modification by him, Shadow Needle possess the same killing power as a Grade 2 Spell.
This is an insurance so they will not try to stab him in the back. Of course, they can still run away, but Ardent can easily find them with the Shadow Needle. Whether they knew it or not depend on whether the strongest Mage after him tell others or not.
Of course, Ardent also made the Shadow Needle will struck if any Mages try to tamper with it. Any Mages except for him that is.
With his contingencies for betrayal completed, Ardent decided it was time for him to sleep and rest for the day.
-x-
"It seem the powerful Mage had fallen asleep." a 3rd Circle Mage told the rest. Those who was not finished by the teen Mage shared a look of dismay.
They, who were part of Cruom City's upper class were forced to guard a village. Such order was beneath them. But it was until the teen sleep that they dare show sign of rebelling.
"Yeah, let's get away from here!" a 1st Rank Aura User whispered harshly.
Seeing them caught, Merith looked away, stopping his observation for now. He do wonder if it will make thing worse for others.
-x-
"The spell worked perfectly." that was one of Ardent's greatest fear. Simple Spells can be easily casted. However, one complex like the network of Shadow Needle, Shadow Mantle, and Shadow Thread was not.
He was worried if Shadow Needle would not be activated for some reason, or that it will not be fatal enough, allowing some of the backstabbers to do some damage before dying.
It turns out, he was worried for nothing. The spell worked perfectly fine, and no one, well, no one he wanted to kill that is, did not die.
Ardent then observed the others. Those who were caught were released. However, it was not out of kindness. They would spread the story, getting others to fear him, and will not dare to repeat the attempt.
It's the main reason he did not warn his subordinates/slaves. It will be an excellent warning, telling them he can easily kill them whenever he wanted to.
'Let's see if any of you will do something stupid again.'
-x-
As he planned, no one try to attack the villagers again. Escaping on the other hand... They realized they can run away and not be caught. As for the Shadow Needle, as long as they get gar enough, the Spells will not be activated, or so they hope.
Unfortunately for the escapee, Ardent designed the Shadow Needle to activate once they get far from him. Of course, he did prepared in the occasion he dive into the dungeon or flew away to inspect the area.
However, he can easily delay the effect of him being away, so he was not worried about that. However, those trying to escape learned the other part of the design the hard way, dying or close to it from the Shadow Needle.