Chapter 106 - Into The Spider's Web

"Who said that?" Aaris turned and saw a middle-aged man, he was dressed in a black tuxedo with a stovepipe hat on his head.

He was smiling at Aaris and one thing Aaris noticed first about him was the unbelievable amount of mana radiating an ominous pouring out of him.

"Who is he? He doesn't look like a normal knight or mage here, and why did he cover for me?" Aaris moved his gaze to other butlers and maids, and he was stunned and then it clicked on his mind.

"Good morning, his grace, I am sorry I didn't know that." The chief maid spoke,

"His grace? That means he is-" Aaris raised got in stance,

"Welcome to my manor, Rise Kier." That old man smirked and snapped his finger, and all the maid and butler went away from there.

"And you are…" Aaris was sweating, nervous, and intimidated by the man who was edging toward him.

"Hahaha…of course, it doesn't hurt to be sure, I am Senvis Diesswrin."

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– Aaris- POV –

You've got to be kidding me! Why is Diedswrin here? Isn't he supposed to be in the capital? Just why-

'So, guess we are-'

"Correct! Just walked into the spider's web! But seriously I have to give my praise to you all, even knowing the danger you came here, I am really pleased, to be honest, so I thought to greet you in person!" Diesswrin walk to me tapping his cane on the way, the closer he got the more suffocating my surrounding became.

Damnit! I need to tell everyone to escape this bad where we made mistakes!

I tried to sneak my hand to commute orb, but my hand froze in fear, Diesswrin was standing right in front of me, his black eyes were piercing through my soul, just what is this pressure.

"What are you doing? It's rude to ignore the person talking to you."

"Fuck this!"

[ ROUGE MANA ]

I surged my mana into my fist,

"Looks like I can't step down now." And charged at Diesswrin,

"What a funny child!" Diesswrin giggled and raised his cane,

[ MAGIA CRYSTALLINE ]

[ CRYSTAL TOMB ]

abruptly crystal rose from the floor and wrapped around me, they were hard, I tried to be free from them, but it felt like they were draining my power.

"Easy boy! Easy! Calm down, there is no need to get on high horses." Diesswrin tapped on the crystal around me, and it felt thousands of tons of weight was crushing me down,

'What the-' blood spew out of my mouth,

"I told you to calm down boy, the more you struggle the more it will weigh on, moreover I would advise you to refrain from using your mana it will just drain it." Diesswrin laughed.

'Just how the hell you-' I relaxed my mana and the pressure decreased,

"How did I really?" He smirked at me and suddenly I heard a blast from the captain's direction,

"Ah! Those guys, it's only three days for the banquet and they damaged my property, it looks like your captain wasn't so weak after all!" He tapped on the crystal again and they attached from the floor and started vibrating.

"Let's check it out!" He smirked at me and pointed his cane to a room, the crystals floating in the direction of the room, and Diesswrin was walking behind me nonchalantly.

"So, you guys came to search for the Pendant of Loki? Do you have any proof that I have it? You guys threw yourself in danger with mere suspicion!" Diesswrin glared at me and his aura became more hostile, it was becoming harder to breathe around him.

'So, you don't have it…' this bastard is lying through his teeth, I smirked at him, I know I am not looking good, completely refrained and covered in sweat, I didn't look this pathetic for a long time.

"Hmmm… aren't you a cheeky bastard, you are right I have it!" He walked past me and opened his curtain of the gallery, the crystals floated me to the balcony and I saw smoke coming out of the official mansion.

'Captain! Styrmir!' I screamed my lungs out,

"Don't worry, they are fine for now being a nuisance to my troops." He looked at me and sighed,

Suddenly Styrmir and the captain sprinted out of the building, they were injured and the captain looked barely holding on with the fight.

"This bitch, who is she?" A woman leaped at the captain and she tried to evade but that woman disappeared in a flash,

[ TOUCH AND BLOW ]

that woman shouted and the captain was caught in the explosion.

I was startled, she looked so gravely injured I was surprised she was getting back on her feet again, while Styrmir was fighting with another guy his moments were faster than that moment and was tossing Styrmir around like a toy, laughing hysterically.

"My lord!" That woman looked at Diesswrin and bowed, "I am sorry for the ruckus, it seems she is not that weaker than we expected, I tried to turn both into smithereens with my trap spell, but unfortunately she pushed that boy out of the trap in the last moment, though we got her, but she is really tough!" That woman sighed at the captain.

'Captain! Styrmir! It's a trap!' I shouted at them and Styrmir looked at me with a smile,

"Wow genius, you figured it out?" Styrmir was putting his hands on his face like a guard and that guy was thrashing him like a mad dog.

"Haha! Idiots! My lord, I can't believe you thought these idiots would hinder your plan! Such an insult!" He clenched his fist and with a punch, he sent Styrmir flying and he crashed to the building.

"Jeremy didn't I tell you, it's better to burn the spout before it becomes the weed, now finish this already, and make sure to capture them alive, we could use them later!" Diesswrin shrugged his shoulders with an evil grin.

Then again, a small tremor and glass breaking noise came from behind and Zia ran out of the window attacking that woman.

"Who are you?" Before Zia could get close to her, that woman raised her hand against Zia, and a chain explosion enveloped Zia,

'Zia!' I yelled, why is this happening?! How did they find out? And even set the traps! Just how?

My heartbeat was going loose, slowly the smoke around diminished and Zia looked unharmed,

thank god, though she did suffer from some injury which looked before the explosion, and suddenly Melvi's face flashed before my eyes…

'Zia! Where is Melvi! Is she okay?' I shouted and Zia looked at me, and I saw,

Her eyes were filled with anger and discontent, and then a girl walked out from the window with another tall woman standing beside her, she looked familiar…

"You are doing too much damage to the house, should I do it myself?" Diesswrin looked at that talk woman.

"I deeply apologize for our incompetence my lord, these guys are way more stubborn than we thought but fret not I shall end everything now." That woman bowed to him and then raised her wand,

[ CREST BORN ]

Suddenly the land started glowing and Zia, Styrmir, and the captain looked like their footsteps were jammed on the ground.

"What the hell!"

"I can't move!"

"Earthen spirit magia, when only the things getting more troublesome" captain spits the blood.

"Oh how great! Now finish this!" Diesswrin abruptly got lost in thoughts, "you know what! Change of plans, I have a better idea! Tell her to finish them off! Kill them!" He pointed at that girl beside that woman.

That girl flinched and then raised her head, captain and Styrmir turned their gaze toward that girl and they gasped, Styrmir looked at her with her eyes wide open in distrust, while the captain's face had a clear expression of disappointment.

"Boy, you must be wondering until now,

When did we lay the traps?

How did we find out?

Who told us? Well, that's a natural reaction."

I looked at Diesswrin grinding my teeth, I was struggling with every muscle in my body to break free now, that weight suddenly started crushing me down again, I heard my bones cracking and felt my tendons tearing up, but it was all futile, no matter how much I struggled I couldn't move an inch!

'Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Diesswrin! don't you dare touch them! I'll -' I screamed and swung his cane thrashing my face,

"Or what? I already almost killed them, do what you can, I am waiting! You can't do anything, you are in my cove brat, I decide who will breathe here, not just here in this whole county, I rule it!" Diesswrin grabbed my hair twisted my head at that girl,

"Why don't you start with him!" He shouted at that girl, that girl flinched and turned to me,

'It can't be!' My heart stopped for the moment, and I couldn't believe it, I lost strength in my body, the only thing that was before my eyes was disbelief,

"Now Kill him!

Melvi!"