58 Jack of all trades, master of none 4 (1/2)
She just stared at me with her big eyes, as if she did not care what I did to her. Such a strange woman, she did not scream nor start to insult me all the time. She just changes her character the way the situation fits the most, at least superficially. Those people are the worst to deal with because you never knew what is the truth or what is just fabricated.
Even after I had penetrated left hand as well she only let one scream out and nothing else.Looking at her there her eyes became stoic as she stared into my eyes. She wanted to deny me any kind of satisfaction.
I would have really taken her spite seriously if I had not seen her blinking before. Each time she closed her eyes and reopened them she could change her character and therefore her magic. Is this kind of reaction caused by giving away my plan too early?
It is time to thoroughly crush that illusion of hers. I just stood there and watched her, waiting for the right moment. She blinked once and spoke to me.
”Is that all that you have got andyou promised to break my pride, how foolish.”
Unfortunately, you are the foolish one, you have not recognized, that you played right into my hand all the time. I am sure you are dying to know about what I am. Since you are so helpless now I will share some knowledge with you.
Let me start by talking about, those projectiles that flew at you. Those projectiles are nothing more, than some spiked hair.
I ripped 4 pieces out and laid them on my hands to show them to her.
On their own, those things are not quite particularly damaging, but if they come into contact with skin, it is quite wondrous how easy they are able to penetrate your skin.
I drove them into my right thigh one by one and each one did so with ease. I threw several punches on my leg to showcase how simple it is to penetrate such a thick skin, that is otherwise resistant to blunt force.
”So it's just some hair, that is stopped by a minuscule amount of mana, a nice ”weapon” you have there.
I have to agree it is not a strong weapon when you compare it to any kind of magic.I would always choose magic over it. But you are seriously mistaken if you base your judgement on that decision. Its main advantage is the fact that I can be combined with different objects to create a different effect.
You saw it yourself, the combination of fire and hair was lot more of a threat to you, then a single hair. There are several more combination, that can serve different purposes and that makes them such a great tool. Especially if you want to kill unsuspecting enemies.
I pulled the hairs out of my thigh and put them right in front of her eyes to stare at them.
” Are they supposed to be special or something else?”
She questioned me with a gaze full of contempt
No like I said those hairs are not special in any way. The special thing about is that they are laced with some neurotoxin.
Before she got an opportunity to close her eyes again, I forced her eyes to stay open by impaling both the upper and lower parts of her eyelids with my hairs.
She cried out in pain and looked at me in sheer terror