Chapter 31
Chapter Thirty-One
“ H urry, you fools!” Agnon shouted, barely able to hold up the human’s head.
The mages had furnished it with a body. A weak, diseased, aged body that was dying as Agnon crouched within it, feeding off its energy. It wouldn’t be long before the human deteriorated, forcing Agnon to eject and drain precious energy of its own.
The male mage worked his knife, trying to get the correct amount of power to enact the circle.
All Agnon needed was a proper banishing spell. It didn’t have to be much, just powerful enough to shove it in the right direction. As soon as it crossed the line between worlds, it could rejuvenate within the Dark Kingdom until it was ready to travel to its sect.
“Banishing a demon should be second nature to a mage,” Agnon hissed, its voice filling the space. “Why is this taking so long?”
“We need a sacrifice to send someone of your strength,” a woman said. “We need more energy.”
“You need a better circle of mages!” Agnon roared, lying on the ground decrepitly. “You must send me off before she finds us. She will be my death if she catches me on the surface.”
But she would be Agnon’s greatest boon if it could get below. The heir had both elements of the Dark Kingdom’s power—something only the Great Master shared with her. Agnon hadn’t seen the incendium magic, the fire, but it had felt it when her sword pierced its body. Luckily for it, the heir hadn’t yet learned the full extent of her power. She was as strong as the Great Master himself, able to move worlds. Alter time. Agnon had felt that incredible might pulsing deeply within her.
And she was only in her infancy.
If Agnon could’ve giggled like one of those silly, tiny humans, it would have.
Its sect could train her in secret. Help her develop her power. Since she had both elements of the Great Master’s power, they could bring in a neighboring incendium sect, form an alliance, and have two halves of the whole.
But first, it had to get below.
“Hurry,” it yelled again.
“Master, there is no way she can find us. We are hidden from view,” one of those insufferable humans said.
“She is the almighty,” Agnon said. “This shack is not hidden from her eyes. ”
“It is not a shack, I assure you,” the lead mage said in an arrogant tone. “But we are in a rural place. She’ll find nothing in my home to point her here. I removed all the evidence of this location. Even if she found this place, she wouldn’t know to come all the way to this removed area. Trust me—we have all the time in the world.”
If Agnon had not needed this disgusting human, it would have killed him right then. How dare he disregard the heir’s abilities as merely human?
“I hope she finds you just after you have sent me below,” Agnon said.