Chapter 101: ~Bet.~ (2/2)

All eyes in the room turn towards me. “What? Don't look at me like that! Who else, but a god of death would carry the souls of his enemies around?” I point at my husband.

“The question is who would marry a god of death?” Wynne mumbles.

Aneth turns to leave the room. “We'll call it a deal then! The ones who achieves the best score during the tournament gets the planet!”

Our visitors leave the room. When they are gone I turn towards Ascathon. “And now you tell me how we are supposed to defeat a group of seven gods.”

Ascathon crosses his arms in front of his chest and closes his eyes. “Since our house is at stake, I may have to become serious.” He points at us. “And that means that we have to equip you guys with some real weapons!”

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“I don't feel comfortable with this hammer.” I muse and swing the unwieldy thing through the air. At least I got a set of daggers too.

All of us got a set of the latest crystal armour and weapons, combined with instructions on how to use the stored mana within them. These new weapons seem to work like magical amplifiers.

Lidith inherited his sword, together with a second one. It looks a little strange when someone wields a two handed sword in each hand.

I look at Jazira “And why is she the only one who got a fucking gun!”

“~Tehe! Your husband seems to be fond of me.~”

Ascathon shrugs. “It's a failure. I tried to build a particle cannon, but the mana consumption was too high. So I used it as a decoration for my laboratory until now. It occurred to me that Jazira might be fine with it.”

“You built a cannon which consumes too much mana!? You are a god!” Lidith gasps.

Ascathon nods. “Yeah. The problem is with all the different curses and seeking spells which were added to the rifle! I never thought that the interference of so many different spells would increase the mana consumption to such a level. But I wanted something which can kill instantly!”

Jazira pouts. “But my spell does that anyway.”

He shakes his head. “Your spell might be powerful. But if your opponents figure out how it works, they can counter it with ease. It's just a Flame Spell after all.”

Jazira turns pale. “My top secret trademark magic was figured out?”

Ascathon snorts. “I saw that spell often enough by now. Obviously I'd see through it after so many times!”

Jazira drops to her knees and hugs the rifle. “Then I won't give this thing back!”

He isn't offended at all. “Keep it! It's a failure after all.”

Lidith's ears droop. “I wonder why he keeps calling it a failure...”

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