86 Bad blood (2/2)

It transferred its consciousness towards this place, to feel what exactly was happening there. This space accepted it without any sort of repulsion.This decision had sealed its demise, as it walked right towards certain doom.

Shortly after its arrival, it noticed that something was horribly wrong. After sensing what it was currently facing it suddenly understood nearly everything. It did not consider this possibility, as a being of its calibre should not be in fabricated realm this lowly.

No exchange of mana was necessary, to understand how this was going to end. Bracing itself it was prepared for what was about to come.But nothing came.

This black substance could not understand why its nemesis had not done a single thing, while it had waited. Was he planning to torture it to relieve his urges?

” It is necessary to prolong this?”, it was calm and composed even when facing its death.

” Always so uptight. Paragon of justice, I get it. But if I really wanted to end your life, I would have done so by now.”my partner in crime spoke in its usual annoyed tone.

” What is your goal, fiend?” the black substance transmitted this message full of fury and anger. It could be killed but humiliating it was not something it would take.

” And that brat calls me unreasonable” It murmured to itself before it continued speaking loudly.

”My goal has not changed in all of these years. I still want to surpass magic.”

The substance was even more livid after hearing that reply.

” Lies, nothing but lies. You spew nothing more than falsehoods.”

My tenant could only sigh after hearing its reaction. It did not want to but it would owe his partner another favour.

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Meanwhile, I had been busy, filling my body with water to counter the flames, that threatened to cook me from the inside. I was catching fish, to gather more nutrients that might be necessary for repairing the mess, that was affecting my body.

Afterwards, I had closed my eyes, just waiting till the storm would eventually pass over and I could continue to train my body.

It was then I once again heard the voice of my partner in crime.

”How would you coerce a person of deep faith to do your bidding?”

What an oddly specific question, to start a conversation. Since I have no particular interest in this matter, I will answer without extorting you first.

This process normally takes a lot of time, where you slowly convince your target to do your bidding. True loyalty will not be achieved overnight. The methods you can use depend on your objective. Do you want information? Do you want to give orders? Do you want to deliver a message?

There are many suitable methods for different objectives. The simplest yet most effective strategy is to take advantage out of the things, that a person holds dearest. Threatening to harm the family is an excellent way to force information out of a person. You have to use many adjectives and images, that the person can easily imagine. You want to let their minds go wild just imagining the consequences, what would happen if they keep their mouth shut.

Always remember that each person has a breaking point. Whether you have to inflict bodily harm on it or destroy their mind depends on the person itself.

If this kind of methodology is not applicable, there are still several ways you can get to the information you desire.

You might use his deep faith against him, by guiding the conversation in a way, that leads him to give away the information just to defend his or her belief.Doubting or questioning the belief is a good way, to accomplish exactly that.

You also could just talk to it, until the guard is lowered and sensitive information slips out. Or give away some fake secrets and act in a reasonable way, that would explain this act of treason. Then just plead for the necessary information. You could even propose to work as a spy just to solidify your motivation.

The simplest way would be to create a common enemy, that would force you both to cooperate. You would be surprised how effective such a thing really is.

Do you still need more strategies?

” You humans are pretty vile and treacherous creatures.” the voice it used sounded shocked, but even a bit inspired.

You only noticed that now? I did not get any reply, as my tenant was seemingly nowhere to be found again. A thank you would not have caused any harm.

I pitied the one who would be on the receiving end. Though for once I was glad, to not be the one suffering under it.

Enjoying the peace and serenity with my eyes closed, the war inside of my mind was about to begin

But that was of no concern to me.All I cared about was taking a dive from time to time to fill my body with water once again. At the moment, that is all I wanted to do.