Chapter 284 - The Ark Of Death Of The Quadruplets

And they are impressionable, so if teaching them or showing them that Magecraft can do certain things, they would grow up to understand the Elements. To know that not all Magecraft is bad.

She looked at the deck of cards. These were all hand-drawn. They were all of the young girls holding swords and numbers on each card. And each number represented the number of swords drawn on the card. For example, the card with 'two' had the child holding two swords.​​

All except the Court Cards had the same amount of Elemental Energy. The Court Cards consisted of the King, Queen, Knight, and Page. Each one had only a single sword was drawn with the young girl as the main aspect. But with different articles of clothing.

The Court Cards had thrice the amount of power, but the whole deck was not enough to face even a new member of her Barren Pillars. She wasn't even fully converted as a Mage before tossing her out into the battlefield.

An imperfect experiment. If it had been Baldwin, he would surely have turned her into nothing before she could bring out her cards. After all, most of the Founders work on an area of attack spells, so that the enemy can't get near.

"She was quite skillfully in terms of hand to hand, but she wasn't up to your standard. Perhaps coming back as a Mage wasn't a very good choice for her. Maybe her physical body wouldn't be able to take too much anyways, since each of us is built differently," remarked Bryan.

"Aren't you a Human Mage yourself? Why are you insulting your own kind?" asked Clement, tilting his head.

"I'm just stating the facts. That is the obvious truth, we are puny compared to the real deal. Nothing but copycats. Humans are not built to have powers," shrugged Bryan.

"Don't have to be so negative all the time," commented Mavislin, remembering what Z had advised.

He then peered to get a better look at the cards. He couldn't believe that children's drawings could hold power. A single image overlapped his vision, drawings of stars. But it happened so fast, Bryan chose to ignore it.

"So, how did the Quadruplets die?" asked Bryan, resuming his usual expression.

"They were killed by a crazed murderer. They were the only ones who died from the explosions. The street they were hiding in was littered with gasoline and flammables. And it just so happens, someone decides to detonate a single bomb behind a bakery shop. It was a total mess."

"Not only foodstuff were flying everywhere, but houses were also gone and the pavement the villagers worked so hard on was gone in one night. The kids were merely passing by, they never liked to split up, so if all got injured, the rest would likely get harmed too."

"I wanted to chase that fella down since the place still had a bit of his cent. But I just couldn't find him. If I ever do, I'll make sure atones for his sins. They were only children, they weren't naughty either. They did nothing to deserve such fate."

"I couldn't tell Gab about what happened. And there was no way I'd let him see the state his brothers were in. They were his only family left, and now they were gone. But eventually, he knew the truth. He was furious, cursing and swearing at us until Ysabeau snapped at him."

"Once he cooled down, I explained to him why I didn't tell him. But I left out the gruesome part. He vowed revenge but Minwoo kindly talked him out of it, that's when accepted to be in the Five Kings."

Mavislin froze, she widened at what she had said. And what Bryan had briefly mentioned about the child's physical body.

"What's wrong? Something doesn't seem right?" asked Bryan, gently landing his hand on her shoulder.

Mavislin was still in a daze as she slowly turned to Bryan. She was already pale but it seemed that her face was even paler. Her entire expression screams that there was something wrong.

"You mentioned that her physical body couldn't deal any more amount of power, right?" asked the Valkyrie.

"Yea, she was already at her physical limit with that last card she used. Any more, and she would've died. The younger the body, the lesser the Elemental Power it can handle," said Bryan.

"That child did not have the scent of an Umbra or any other Mage on her, right?" asked Mavislin, taking a deep breath.

"Not a single scent of any Mage but herself. Though, she still had a scent of human flesh around her. All humans have that, human Mages as well," replied Bryan, remembering the single second she was close to him.