*DING*
A blue liquid mass flowed into Felix's ears, nostrils, and mouth, while a new system window appeared next to Eins'.
In the portrait, Jiji's face was revealed. Her blindfold disappeared, revealing her empty eye sockets beneath her closed eyelids. The sight of her sunken eyes diminished her otherworldly beauty, and Felix pitied her as he gazed at her system portrait.
anwhile, Felix's body was still ablaze. The orange flas turned blue, radiating even more intense heat. As usual, his clothes disintegrated.
A local soldier rushed over with a bucket of water, tossing it at Felix, but the water evaporated instantly upon contact with the flas.
"Hang on, lad! Soone, get more water! Call a water mage!" The soldier shouted.
Soon, an elder priestess from the Ocean Tower hurried to Felix and cast a water column spell, engulfing him in freezing water. The flas were finally extinguished.
Felix collapsed, shivering from the cold. He sneezed and rubbed his shoulders.
The soldier removed his brown tunic and draped it over Felix like a blanket. The priestess then cast another spell, creating a bubble around Felix that cured his hypothermia.
Rescue teams hurried to the scene, focused on helping the survivors, who were all slaves. anwhile, local guards and mages ignored the survivors and instead targeted the loose monsters in the area. Among them was the lamia who was supposed to be purchased earlier. Thanks to the alraune's protection, she also survived the explosion.
Now free from restraints, the lamia laughed and opened her mouth, spraying green venom at the closest human vanguards.
Three soldiers were hit in the face, arm, and chest. The venom lted their armor and flesh into a sticky liquid, and they scread in agony as their faces liquefied, revealing their skulls. Monts later, they collapsed, dead from the pain and poison.
Seeing the dead soldiers, the local guards kept their distance from the lamia, forming a half-circle and waiting for backup mages. The lamia snickered and glanced at Felix, giving him a aningful look, before turning away without a word of gratitude. She slipped into the hole created by the alraune, escaping the area.
The lamia wasn't the only one to escape. A chained humanoid lion with a muscular build calmly broke his iron ankle cuffs and removed his chain choker. He glanced at the crowd and then jumped into the hole.
A pale woman with long black hair covering her face and a crude white dress also stood up. She looked up, noticing the magic seal around her cage was gone. While smirking, her body faded to nothingness. A mont later, she reappeared in front of a male guard standing at the edge of the encirclent. Then, she opened her mouth.
"Huh?"
The guard reacted too late. In a second, his consciousness faded as his mana and lifespan drained away, turning into smoke that entered the woman's mouth. After devouring the man's soul, she vanished again, choosing not to attack anyone else.
While others followed the alraune into the hole, including human slaves, the rescue teams and guards were puzzled by the escape. So didn't know about the shady business establishnt, but those who did rushed to the cage where the ghostly woman had been sealed.
As soon as the group noticed that the prisoner was gone, they shouted in alarm.
"WHO IN TARNATION BROUGHT A BANSHEE HERE?!"
…
Felix watched the chaos unfold as a water priestess and a soldier helped him to his feet. He smiled wryly, wondering what he had just set free.
"What's a banshee?" Felix asked the helpers.
"A dangerous monster," the water priestess replied. "Banshees are forr female mages who died with deep resentnt. Each one has different powers and weaknesses, but most can kill any mage or knight instantly with their soul-devouring ability."
"And why the hell are they kept as slaves?!" Felix lashed out, pointing out the absurdity of the situation.
"Combat slaves," the priestess sighed. "With the right magic seals, the slave owner can control and command them. So wicked nobles keep them as assassins. Anyway, we should leave. It's dangerous here, young man."
The priestess gestured for the guard to escort Felix out, then hurried off to help the other injured.
Felix silently followed the soldier back to the waiting area, fetching a new set of clothes from his inventory to wear. Once back in the examinees' waiting area, the soldier excused himself, leaving Felix alone. Felix sat on an empty field, sighed, and accidentally exhaled a fu of fire.
ntally and physically exhausted, Felix lay down and looked at Jiji's portrait. He asked her, "Sorry if I ask, but what happened to your eyes?"
Jiji replied, "One of Saucon's retainers plucked them out."
"That's… brutal. Are they insane?"
"Well, anyone who looks into my eyes is instantly petrified. They were probably afraid I'd accidentally kill soone."
Felix felt an urge to ask if Jiji was a Gorgon or dusa from legend but decided it was too inappropriate. He coughed and changed the subject. "Do you think you can regenerate your eyes?"
"Yes. The subspace inside you is very large and warm. Given a few years, I can grow them back."
"Will your eyes petrify ?" Felix asked, half-jokingly.
"They won't, my lord."
Jessica chid in,
Jessica's reminder of his limitations left Felix disappointed.
"What do I have to do to acquire more familiars, then?" Felix asked, half in sarcasm but also genuinely curious about a way to bypass the system.
"What about the aura quest?" Felix asked, not forgetting the main quest that had been troubling him.
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