113 Student and Master (2/2)
”I see thank you for telling me this I thought it was odd so many things resembled the 1920s period from my old world”.
Seraphine was sipping on some tea when she said, ”your welcome, but you must tell me now are you willing to accept my offer because without my help it's going to be hard for you to serve all of those bounty hunters that will be coming after you”.
Desmond picked his eyebrow up thinking he heard Seraphine wrong, ”what bounty hunters?”.
Seraphine planned on show Desmond his bounty, so she always had Desmond's bounty notice on her. Once Desmond received the bounty notice he was appalled by the sky high bounty on his head.
”5,000 magic crystals what in the world did I do to disserve this?”
Zane chuckled and said to Desmond, ”I don't know if you remember, but you killed a lot of people, blew up a building, and stole a precious mystic item from the purifiers. Your execution was flawed and paled in comparison to Andrea Briggs who swooped in and finished the job, but I have to commend you for your efforts”.
”Those bastards kidnapped me, tried to sacrifice me yet they still come after me like I'm in the wrong”. Desmond felt his blood boiling as his body ignited.
”Seraphine I accept your offer, but I have no idea what the task you're going to ask of me will be so when that day comes I want to be paid fairly and I don't want to be forced into putting my life on the line”.
Seraphine shrugged at Desmond's request because it was something basic that everyone placed in the event they needed to retreat. Seraphine and Desmond signed a contract shortly after that. The contract was short it was barely half of a page allowing both of them to halve a lot of wiggle room in the future.
Once Zane saw that the contract was complete he started to be himself again. ”Already Seraphine I completed my end of the deal now its time for you to hold up yours”.
”Fine go ahead”.
Zane's body shook with joy as his coat spread open. A long roach leg came out of Zane's coat while it was holding a birdcage that had a purple candlestick in it. Zane placed the cage on the table and said to Desmond, ”get in”.
Desmond was confused and looked towards Seraphine for clarification.
What Seraphine said didn't sit right with Desmond. ”Do you remember when I said I stopped Zane from turning you into magical ingredients?”.
”Yes,” Desmond said worriedly.
”And you do know that your a rare ancient soul that has existed thousands of years with practically no corruption correct”.
”Oh god no don't tell me that you sold me to him”. Desmond said as he looked at Zane fearfully.
”No I didn't sell you to him we all captured a few of the souls like you, but none of them were ancient souls. Many of them were from animals or insects few were from an intelligent species because of my thing I'm not going to capture you, Zane, on the other hand, was very adamant about getting a piece of you. So we made a deal he waits to the end of our discussion and I don't interfere in whatever he does so long as you willingly go along with him”. Seraphine said as she looked over at Zane who was throwing out soul gem shards at Desmond like it was bird feed as he tried to attract Desmond into the cage.
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Soul gems are capable of containing souls and are used in crafting magic items. The quality of soul gems varies depending on the kind of soul a person is trying to trap. While Zane was throwing out high quality soul gem shards that gave off a tempting Aroma Desmond wasn't stupid enough to go anywhere near Zane. He just kept looking at Zane like he was stupid.
”Stop that I'm not getting in that cage so that you can do who knows what to me. Not long ago you ripped out and beat me with my own spine. Why in the world would I willingly get in that cage.”
Zane scoffed at how shallow Desmond was being. Other people needed his soul for thing yet he was selfishly hogging it. ” There's no reason to be like that what's a little spine ripping amongst friends”.
Angrily Desmond shouted at Zane, ”I'm never getting in that cage so just stop”.
”Hmm, I hear that you're still a bit unsure it's clear that you just need a little encouragement”.
Once Zane said that a woman's hand slipped out of Zane's coat. It was holding something small wrapped in a ragged cloth. Zane unwrapped the item letting its dark energy spill out. The item Zane revealed was clearly visible to all. It was a finger bone that was whiter than the ivory tusks of an elephant. Zane placed the finger bone inside the birdcage and called Desmond over once more. Feeling the energy radiating off of the finger bone turned Desmond into a mindless drone. His eyes were clouded over and his soul was pacified Desmond was only waiting for orders which Zane quickly gave.
Desmond moved closer to the candle and felt his soul being sucked out, but kept moving closer as instructed.
Seraphine and Ragnar didn't like what he was doing and immediately stopped him. Seraphine's body turned into a blur that even Zane had trouble keeping track of. A second later Seraphine was next to Zane pointing a custom made mystic item that she favorited. It was a dagger made from a raptor's talon and its bone as the hilt. Without hesitation, Seraphine always moved to threaten Zane when she felt he was trying to do something shady.
”Don't move or else”.
Zane sucked his tongue in annoyance the said, ”I did nothing wrong he's coming over to me willingly. So, you have no right to point your weapon at me”.
”You call that willingly, Desmond is only an intermediate rank apprentice there's no way he could resist the aura radiating off of a finger bone of a rank 4 lich”
While Seraphine was talking to Zane, Ragnar was wrapping up the finger bone in the tattered cloth sealing its aura. Once the finger bone was wrapped up Desmond regained his senses and was breathing heavily in fear.
”What in the world is that?” Desmond said visibly afraid of the finger bone in Ragnar's hand.
”Its a finger bone from a rank 4 lich that we killed a long time ago”.
Seeing the finger bone reminded Ragnar of his glory days, but the day that they faced off against that lich wasn't a pleasant memory. When Ragnar and his group stumbled upon the location were the lich was sealed Zane immediately unsealed it once he found out how. Forcing Ragnar and everyone else in his group that were exploring the defiled lands to fight the rank 4 lich.
Ragnar and everyone else in the group at the time won the battle by a hair's width because the person who sealed the lich at the time was the lich's brother. The brother believing the lich would awaken one day and begin his rain of terror once more. Left the lich's phylactery exposed and placed a powerful barrier around it so the lich could get near. Giving Ragnar and his group the chance to destroy the phylactery.
Someone at a lower rank beating someone at a higher rank is not impossible just situational. In a fair 1 on 1 direct conflict with someone at rank 1 vs a rank 2. The odds are in the rank 's favor, but depending on injuries, environment, weapons, combat style and other factors the odds could go in the rank 1's favor allowing them to 1 up there superior. But the difference between ranks grows the higher the realm. If 100 advanced apprentices attached a rank 1 mage they wouldn't be able to scratch him let alone kill him. If a group of rank 1's attempted to kill a rank 2 mage then there is a chance of them succeeding.
Ragnar and a small group of rank 3's trying to kill a rank 4 powerhouse was a suicidal mission where the cards lucky stacked in their favor. Which allowed them to claim great rewards after it was over, but Ragnar still didn't like thinking about that day because of how dangerous it was.
Not wanting to think about the past any further Ragnar placed the finger bone in his pocket and said to Zane, ”You are only allowed to use your words to get what you want no items”.
Zane huffed out smoke then begrudgingly agreed to Ragnar's demand prompting Seraphine to let Zane go. When Seraphine and Zane went back to their seats Zane said to Desmond, ”so can I get a piece of your soul”.
”Stay the fuck away from me I'm not giving you a piece of my soul, ”Desmond said as he scouched his chair was from Zane”.
”You can repair your soul easily I'll even give you a few souls to munch on. This deal has no loss for you”.
”What deal you didn't even offer me anything”.
”Fine then what do you want jewels, precious metals, magic ingredients, weapons, magic books?”.
Desmond though for a moment before a devious thought popped up in his head. Whether it was Seraphine, Ragnar, or Zane they were all so wealthy whatever Desmond asked for they would practically face no loss. While Desmond was so poor to them it was laughable. All three of them could do what they wanted when they wanted. Desmond also wanted that so of course, aim to get the most out of what Zane was offering.
”I want all of it”
”All of it” Zane didn't even consider what Desmond was asking for before he replied, ”alright”. Zane had lived for a long time he was truly to wealthy to care about such a small loss. Typically he would be able to scam Desmond, but because Seraphine was nearby he couldn't which still was no problem to Zane.
”No, you miss understand. I want everything that you have to offer, I want to be your apprentice”.