2026-03-05 03:00:24Alex was a mage. It was a secret. He had no Emperor gifts, but regardless of this, if such a thing were disclosed, the boy would be made to leave his father’s noble house, something nobody wanted.
The mage had evaluated Tyler, as requested by Henry Kramer. He confirmed that Tyler Esteil had magic in his blood. Not like everyday people, but like a storm, a deep well, a reservoir, but heavy, denser.
It was why the young mage could not ‘see’ Tyler. If Alex were a thermometer, Tyler
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The young man gazed around, like a visitor in a showroom, a light smile on his face, his eyes drinking in the environment with childlike pleasure.As the group watched the tall, robust man, who was turning his head about, looking at the stones in the ground, on the wall, and in the ceiling, many present shifted on their feet.For some, it was irritation, for others impatience. At first.As he drew closer, for most, it became something else.From floor to ceiling, the lights swelled as the man moved. The stones pulsed, as if they were greeting him. The smile looked like an acknowledgement to them, on his part.Without any action, without any word, the council members, half the same age as Henry Kramer, the other half older than him, felt a presence, an aura from the man who entered the cave.He, like everyone present, was dressed in a long robe that covered from neck to toes, with large billowy sleeves that reached the wrist. With his almost
Chapter 168
Emily’s voice had fallen from normal to very low, as she used her eyes to say what her lips were subtly avoiding.Tyler sat back. No slouch in his posture. His gaze was off to the side. He raised his chin as a barrier formed around them. Emily gazed at it distractedly, her lips pressed tight, her grip on her fingers nearly a stranglehold.Tyler turned to her, but did not move.“Last we spoke of this, I told you I had to check some things. We haven’t gone into much detail since then, thanks to,” he waved a hand, “all this.”“The days have moved pretty quickly,” he continued softly, lowering his gaze again.He pursed his lips.Emily waited.“My Lady, I did not expect such a windfall to occur, but, as you say, it has covered all losses you have faced due to my actions against Kramer businesses. But,” his eyes came up, “I am not done with the Kramers.”Emily’s back straightened as she stared levelly at the large man who was saying
Chapter 167
“We have no bullet wounds, no knife or other sharp-edged weapons’ markings. Except for the single explosive, there is nothing that shows regular people were involved in this incident.”“There’s also no evidence of hand-to-hand combat,” the man who had been speaking earlier chimed in.The Baron nodded at him. “So that rules out human-based magic, and implies mages or their ilk.”“This body,” he pointed at one of the seven corpses, “has absolutely no blood in it. Zero. Unless we are dealing with vampires,” the group laughed quietly, their eyes on their leader. “Then he was probably very close to that vehicle.” The Baron tapped the single car on the road with far too many dents and cracks in its bodywork.“We all know that average citizens do not use mages and rarely make deals with magic or gem users. It’s simply too expensive,” he continued, waving a slender hand in front of his face as he shook his head.“Nobles, however, have mages attached to the
Chapter 166
Fixing objects was different from living beings. Injury to humans and animals was not the same as damage to machines or objects. The wrong nerve, vein, or bone connection could cause more harm than good if simply reconstruction magic were used.It took an actual doctor, using the right tools or spell work, or a very practiced spell user, to fix living flesh.Even at that, such work required a lot of time and far more energy than fixing a broken radiator.Even complex machines were more difficult to handle than simpler ones.As Tyler stared at the parts, some of which were not even recognizable as belonging to a human being, he felt a stirring in his chest, his arms, his belly.Powerful beings were already looking for him, but the magic in the air was calling to him, and the shadow within was swelling.Moreover, he was curious. Just as he had called Jorkana’s name in Karisa when having dinner with his cohorts.Tyler exhaled quietly thr
Chapter 165
Most warlocks used dark magic. But only because of the lives they were forced to live by ‘others’ who sought their blood and bones for their own ends.They were easy to recognize, and it was difficult for them to hide.Things simply happened around them. They could cause hail and floods. They could heal and kill with less effort than it would take an ordinary mage to recite a warding spell. They were marked as harbingers of disasters.There was no way Amika would admit to being such a thing so easily.Tyler swallowed. There was another question in his mouth, but he did not dare voice it. Instead, his mind threw it up, but he blocked it from reaching the man at his side.Did he serve the blue-eyed King mead?! Was he a servant of that man's?! Amika? A servant? Then what is that man? Who is he? What… Who… Am I dreaming about?!“My Lord.”Tyler’s eyes snapped back to the large mage.“Patience… Is a virtue.”“I have
Chapter 164
As he trembled with wide eyes and sweat streaming off his face, Tyler mumbled something into his mouth. The man’s eyes rolled back, and he dropped to his knees, his boots free.The man glanced up, and the runner was in Tyler’s grip.He glanced around. He had not been moved. He was still at the spot where they had surrounded their target’s vehicle.Tyler had transported himself to the panicked man and transported them both back to the scene of the crime. The massacre.The man swallowed, his eyes wider than ever as he watched the person who had stepped out of their target’s vehicle interrogate the runner.“Who sent you?” a mechanical voice asked.“I… I don’t know! We got a call, we answered!”“Who called you?”“Argh!” The man choked. “Mercy! Mercy, master!”“Who. Called. You?”“It’s anonymous!”“Who do you work for?”“Mantis Hall!”“All of you?”“Yes!”There was a crack. The man’s
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