'Is he an idiot? He can't really expect me to agree to that.'
Instead of giving a proper response to Morten's proposition, Lucia let her magic do the talking for her. She could tell that Morten was the type of guy to stab anyone in the back the moment they were no longer useful to him.
"Razing Radiance."
Above Lucia's head, a massive dazzling sphere exploded in a blast of searing light.
Everything in front of her was consumed by a white flash and the once tranquil terrain was transformed into a scorched wasteland.
Yet, as the bright light cleared there was a single thing that survived the attack.
Fully engulfed in a reflective and rotating liquid was Morten. Completely unharmed despite having been at the center of Lucia's devastating spell.
"I suppose that I will take that as a no." Morten said with a sneer on his face.
He then began rapidly moving his hands as he constructed a new spell to fight Lucia with.
Of course, she did not just wait around and began conjuring her own magic.
Lucia picked a quick spell she had practiced thousands of times so that she could blend in whenever she snuck into human territories. Its activation came before whatever spell Morten was weaving and seven dots of light like stars in the sky appeared in front of Lucia and shot towards their target.
Each of the beads of light followed different trajectories and struck incredibly quickly.
Unfortunately, Lucia's light magic was once again deflected.
The protective acid blob around Morten reflected and refracted the light away from him.
"It is too bad for you, but I've had plenty of practice fighting against light magic users. You're strong, but you won't be able to hit me." Morten taunted.
A second later he finished his own spell.
Looking around for something, Morten's eye met Lucia's.
For just a moment her eyes flashed, and Morten felt a burning pain in his own eyes.
With sluggish movements he reached up to his eyes and screamed in pain.
It was honestly a bit disturbing to watch as he moved in slow motion thanks to Aralee's magic, but no one was going to show any pity towards an enemy.
Once Morten was able to regain the slightest semblance of sanity, he screeched for help from his remaining assassins.
However, no one responded to his call. Instead, the only one that approached was Evelyn. She had just finished eliminating the last of the attackers that had been assaulting the camp from afar.
"So, this guy must be the boss. Should I finish him off?"
Evelyn held her hand up and was ready to unleash magic and deal the finishing blow to Morten. He had attacked planning to take all of their lives, so it only made sense to eliminate him now that he was beaten.
"No, we should hold off on that. It's possible that he has more allies about. Let's question him before killing him."
Following Lucia's order, Evelyn put her hand down, but still continued to glare at their captured enemy.
Rehni then used her magic to bind Morten in sturdy chains and prevent him from casting any other spells.
"Make sure to take any magic items off him as well. We don't want to be surprised later."
Evelyn, Bylur, and Rehni frisked Moten and removed every magical tool on his person.
With that done, they ripped off his head covering and were ready to interrogate him.
But before they could, Edgar came running over towards them now that it was certain that the young mistress of the Taidale Family was safe.
"What?! Lord Morten!" Edgar shouted when he saw the face of the man that had been captured. Naturally he recognized the uncle of the person he had sworn to serve.