Supreme Magus

ster and servant took their time, killing everyone who walked outside the main building or lived in the middle rim without being a prisoner.

With each corpse, Lith ’s small army grew in numbers.

”Surround the zone. Kill whoever tries to escape. ” The Death Knights obeyed in silence. They formed groups of three covering each door and window.

Lith could hear joyful music coming from inside the huge building that occupied most of the town square. He could almost distinguish several voices laughing and bantering.

”Open up! Ranger corps! ” He screamed a second before kicking down the entrance. Its metal hinges broke like they were aluminum foil while the huge wooden door crashed on the ground with a booming sound.

The room inside was well lit, its temperature warm. Braziers were evenly placed to provide comfort and allow to cook the food to one heart ’s content. The place reminded Lith of Lutia ’s arrangements for the Spring Festival, making him nauseous.

On his left, along the wall, there was a long table filled with all kinds of delicacies. Behind it were sitting four people that he assumed were the rulers of the village. On his right, there were several smaller tables that could accommodate two people at most.

Between the tables, there was space enough to allow the slaves to satisfy each of their masters ’ wishes. All those present were skimpily clothed, some stark naked. It was easy for Lith to distinguish the victims from the tormentors.

The former were thin, with dead eyes that had lost hope. The latter was annoyed by his appearance and unsheathed their weapons.

”The door was open. ” Said a red haired woman with a seductive smile. She was one of the leaders. Until a moment prior she was enjoying the attentions of a couple of boys that could be at best the same age as Lith.

She raised a hand to calm her underlings, her eyes never leaving Lith ’s.

”I ’m sure we can find a compromise. If you weren ’t interested in your share of the fun, you would have already called for backup and we would be surrounded. Instead, here you are, all alone.

We aren ’t unreasonable people. All we ask you is to stay out of our business and we ’ll make your permanence in the north as pleasant as profitable. We do not discriminate, to each their own. ”

Lith had already noticed that the slavers were both males and females. According to Solus, the females had stronger mana cores, but aside from the one speaking, none was above the yellow.

”I have a counter offer. ” He replied. ”Those who want to live have to go down on their knees, face against the wall. All the others can consider their lives forfeited. ”

Single-handedly taking down a village of marauding slavers would fetch him a lot of merits. Yet even if he would gain nothing from it, he would do it anyway. Solus had never asked him anything before. Lith wasn ’t going to let her down.

A woman sitting at one of the front tables weaved a tier three spell, unleashing a lightning bolt against Lith ’s back. He simply extended his right hand capturing the energy and forcing it to assume the form of a sphere.

”You call that a lightning? ” He said with a disgusted expression. ”This is a lightning. ” He pointed his index finger releasing a stream of electricity that turned the mage and her table companion into charred corpses.

Marauders and slaves were now covered in cold sweat. Lith wasn ’t releasing any killing intent but they couldn ’t shrug off the feeling that something was wrong. Everyone knew magic, either because they used it or they had endured its effect to be disciplined.

Whatever the Ranger was using, it wasn ’t magic.