The three mages had no choice. Both glared angrily at Carlisto, who was the cause of this.
Pernt moved closer toward Carlisto.
"You... The one who always looked down on and mocked . You even frad for a fault that I didn't commit! You and your stupid family! A poor boy with no support beca a scapegoat for the accidental murder of an experint gone wrong!" Pernt hatefully glared at him.
"Of everyone here, you are at fault. For a while, Elford and Torman only acted as witnesses to my cris; it was you who frad . And even now, you tried to work your way through lies and deceit! You tried to put a Vow Breaker curse! If not for a counter curse that I found in the arms of a dead mage in the depths of the mine, I would not have survived today and would have been brought to sha!" Pernt shouted.
Carlisto stood quietly but kept a hateful star at Pernt.
"But now, you won't be able to do anything! I've just done the impossible! The deal stands, and the energy conversion circle plate will be handed to Elford. Should you sche against , you would never find out the secret! So go on! Try to tell your family to abduct ! Do you think I wrote the formula sowhere? It's all in here!" Pernt pointed at his head.
PFFFT!! SLAP!
A spit and a slap occurred, and Carlisto stumbled back and quickly began to make his counterattack.
But at that mont, the pain repeated, and Carlisto stumbled in pain.
"Ahhhh!"
"Fool! I have yet to ask for paynt. And it shall be made before I leave!" Pernt laughed and walked towards Torman.
"Torman. Captain Torman! To you, I was just an ant that you had no problem in accusing. We had no quarrels. You weren't tied to Carlisto's family, but for money, you chose to put an innocent na to sha. All for your promotion... If you three can't figure out the formula for this, another mber of the army, one opposed to you, will have it! And I will make sure that his rise will be your downfall! As you made my downfall a re business transaction, so will you fall because of my business transactions!"
PFFFT! SLAP!
Torman stumbled down from the slap. But his eyes remained wide open from the threat that Pernt laid out on him. No matter what, the impossible had occurred.
"Senior Apprentice... Elford." Pernt smiled as he walked over to the Baron.
"You were quite the senior. The genius who everyone loved. It would have been so disappointing to if I had not seen through your facade what you did to . I always saw you as a manipulative man who only appeared to be the law-abiding hero. But in secret, you sought self-gain and glorification the most. This is why I chose to sell this to you. This formation plate is a marvelous one. With a few alterations, I outwitted you. You gave a slave with a deadly cultivation-halting disease, but the answer was simple! Like a needle, I pierced through her flesh and forced the energy and opened up her body to the power!" Pernt laughed.
"I increased the energy of having your peak to have a thirty percent increase! That is my power! That is my wisdom! Can you figure it out, Senior Apprentice? Can you finish this puzzle? Surely you can! Surely you can work it out!"
Elford was quiet, but his fist was clenching so hard. He wanted to hit the man but had to contain it, knowing any actions would result in his torture.
PFFFT! SLAP!
Elford took the slap and did not allow himself to stumble. The full force of Pernt was resisted. The rest hardened their face with their vitality but did not hold a firm stand and fell back to decrease the damage they would receive from a Captain's slap.
But Elford resisted it, causing more harm to his face.
He spat out blood and glanced back at Pernt.
Eros now understood Pernt's hatred in his heart and how he was simply a toy tossed by the strong. To mages, the wise are those who rule. Eros now fully understood the full worth of what he gave Pernt. With the innovation of an energy conversion circle that increases the energy for level up, it would cause a chain reaction that could forever change the state of a kingdom!
"To think... these things were basic knowledge to Kyros and Noxus. This planet must be so weak compared to the Planesworld! Is this because the people here are not descendants of gods and fallen?" Eros thought.
Elford stood there and spat more blood as he remained stalwart and had a blank expression.
"Are you done?" Elford asked.
"No. My dear, Elford. No. I'm just starting! This is the day of my prominence, rember? You cannot solve my puzzle. And when I reveal this to another family, they will soar, and I will be considered the smartest and best of your generation! It will no longer be you!" Pernt laughed as he walked away.
"Who would take you seriously? Which family would listen?!" Elford challenged.
"That... my dear senior Apprentice is your ti limit. It won't be glorious for if I imdiately find soone. You will have ti to try and unravel my mystery! If you do, then the fa and glory will be yours! But if you don't, I will shout from the highest heights of this kingdom that the class idiot was actually smarter than the genius Elford! Your prominence will turn to sha!" Pernt laughed as he walked away.
"Send the paynt within the next minute to us, and it must be delivered by a weak slave and let no one follow him. We will take the money and potions from him and leave. All your forces shall remain here. My slave will activate the curse if we see anything. I will hand over the plate only after we are three kiloters away from here." Pernt announced as he walked towards the carriage.
"Let's go." Eros spoke to Serena, and she followed Eros toward their carriage.
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A minute later, a slave ran towards them in a horse and gave the carriage the money and potions to them as they left. But Eros did not hand over the formation plate just yet.
They walked a distance and soon handed over the plate.
From afar, the n of Elford could see the signal, and the three mages saw the mark disappear. Both sides have fulfilled the vows, and the vow curse mark faded.
"I... don't understand! That boy! There was sothing about him!" Carlisto shouted.
"I will rember this failure, Carlisto. Mark my words. You cannot run to for aid. So be sure that no trouble befalls you!" Elford answered.
"We still have to figure out the formation plate. That Pernt seed rather arrogant." Torman answered.
"Bah! What does that idiot know? He said he acquired a counter-curse spell through a dead mage! That formation must be based on this! I refuse to believe that he is anything more than a lucky idiot who found so formation plate that had the energy conversion circle drawn on it! He was never smart! That was your assessnt, Elford!" Carlisto argued.
Soon, the slave arrived with the formation plate and presented it to them.
They removed the cover over the plate and saw the drawn energy conversion circle.
Their mouths fell down as they saw the horrifying, ugly, and full of flaws plate that they saw. The center also had a bizarre letter that they had never seen before.
"What... is this?" Torman exclaid.
"This cannot be the plate!" Carlisto shouted.
"It is. The Vow disappeared. We all saw that vow! He had to give the formation plate that he used!" Elford's expression turned sour.
As the three mages began to discuss what the formation plate had, Pent and Eros returned to the mine.
Eros had wounded himself and even asked Serena to punch him to make it look like he had been through sothing terrifying.
But even as Serena pounded Eros, she was surprised to know that the real person she would thank was Eros! Pernt wasn't the master, and it was Eros's knowledge that helped them achieve this.
Pernt had been crying the entire ti they went ho.
Eros was also surprised at Pernt's reaction. He realized that Pernt did not simply hate these n. There was no arrogance in Pernt's reaction as he continuously thanked Eros for the opportunity.
"Kid... You will never know what burdens you freed. It's not just my own. But the hardship of my wife is being resolved!"
"Your wife?!" Eros was stunned.
"My wife, a superior mage far better than , has been thrown to the Dark Prison. None of those three were the primary people responsible for her chains, but they were important tools! I know I have a shot at proving my wife's innocence!" Pernt explained.
Eros smiled.
"Thank you for putting your hopes on . I would not have the opportunity to discover just... how much hope for a better future I have. I guess I, too, now have my chances of avenging those who had slain the people I love."
"Take these potions. The red ones will allow you to preserve what you do know. The two blue ones will help you rember things. Take the blue potions first, and then the red ones. I hope tomorrow we make more miracles!"
"I will. Serena must remain in your care, Pernt. But I hope you can remove the slave seal from her. I don't want us to be a group of slaves. We should all be free!"
"I was thinking the sa thing!" Pernt smiled.
Serena was surprised at the two. She realized that the lewd looks of Pernt earlier were just part of a sche, and these two weren't as evil as they were.
The two parted ways as Eros returned to his cell. He made it look like he was tired and wounded, and the guards didn't say anything but many sneered at Eros's poor state.
But once in his cell, Eros took the blue potion.
"Kyros... Teach more!" Eros spoke as he drank down the bottle.
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