Capítulo 63: Magos

A sense of danger nearly shattered my senses. I looked to the hollow for any sign, but nothing was there. In the dirty hole that made up the bear's den no aura signatures stood out. Nothing above seemed to pose a threat the owls and bats were happily watching me. That left only one possibility.

Mahina's name didn't match the other wolves in her story. She could just be an outsider, but I wasn't sure. Most alpha male types were willing to invite unknown females to their lands that wasn't abnormal.

There was the chance she omitted some parts of her story. She could have changed some of the details. There might have been no werewolves in the story at all. It was also possible I knew nothing about her, and Mahina's entire story was a fabrication.

Several javelins fired from my aura and I moved to dodge her arrows. I caught one out of the air and inspected the tip. Tiny almost imperceptible eggs lined their surface. Was it a tool, or something else? "Field on," a golden barrier gathered around me blocking the other arrows. I rolled my shoulders.

The arrows bounced off my barrier, but I felt danger from them. More than likely, they could pierce my skin given the chance.

Mahina lvl50 Abominable Werewolf/ Queen Magos Host

Abominable Werewolf lvl30

Rank: Plebe

Queen Magos lvl20

Rank: Knight

Her eyes glowed a deep blue. The Magos host dashed to the side of my javelins out pacing rotting death by inches to fire another arrow into my barrier. Aura gathered and her next arrow cracked my barrier.

I smashed three fireballs into her and watched the orange explosion sent her sprawling across the snow. They would have killed a Plebe easily, but a Knight rank was different. I raised my left hand. "Cur," I called and unleashed three seconds of continuous javelin fire.

"Such strength," a voice whispered on the wind. I saw the creature as it rose and stumbled through the clouds of rot and smoke. Javelins pin cushioned her body. Two stabbed through her eye sockets but it hadn't brought her down. The javelins were cracking, splitting, and melting into her body. "Hunger," Mahina whispered and her body devoured the black aura within the javelins.

"That's right take it, do you like it when I stab you so deep." I said. A grin spread across the creature's face. To be frank, I felt weirded out. I'd seen some shit, but this was something else. Worms covered her body digging beneath the skin. Black and winter aura poured from her body in a mixture like oil and water.

With her armor gone and her body bare, I saw hundreds of worms crawling beneath her skin. They moved and wiggled in places. Hundreds of tiny black worms poked from her eye sockets digging through the flesh.

"Oh yes, please stab me more, but first why don't you give me that bear. I'd love to slip into something a bit more comfortable." Mahina said.

I drew Diabla from my back. "I'm guessing that was your plan all along. Were you going to let it eat you and take over?" She scrunched up her nose.

"Unfortunately, beasts like that bear have natural defenses against such tactics. Once down his throat, I'd fair no better than my pack. That bear was this forest's protector. He smelled us out and nearly wiped us out. I'm sure he would have gotten to me eventually. Then I found you. After I kill you, I'll take over this forest and spread out far and wide." I swiped my sword and unleashed a tidal wave of blue flames.

She leapt over it and I pointed a finger at her. "Purge," a white beam of light slammed into her and she screamed. I crossed the distance and cut off her leg. I pointed at the flying limb. "Pyre," I said and the limb burned away in white flames.

I slashed off her other leg at the knee and burned it with another Pyre. She dropped her bow and began crawling away. Behind her a trail of bloody worms dyed the snow red.

"How, you are a black user I was sure of it?" She screamed while struggling towards the bear. "At least I made you dishonor yourself. You killed a protector of the forest. Someone will find out and you'll be shamed." I walked over and cut off her left arm before feeding it to the white flames. My health increased for a short while.

"I'm guessing your hunger spell was supposed to be difficult to bypass for black users. You might consider this to be an important event. To me it was just an errand."

She reached an area in the trees where some moonlight shown. Her body lit up and her winter aura began to rise. Aura exploded and her limbs grew back in seconds. Before my eyes a massive white furred wolve appeared whole without a scratch.

Its neck hair flared at me before it lunged for the bear. I skated after it over the snow leapt up and kicked off of its side. The wolf spiraled in the air before slamming into a nearby tree. With a heavy crack she smashed into the tree and screamed in pain.

I raised a finger and blasted off several purge spells. Each blast of white light burned the werewolf a little more. It singed off fur and blasted the worms within. The creatures growled and zigzagged before opening its jaws wide to snip off my head.

As its jaws reached for my neck, I leaned back and used my aura to defy gravity's hold. I stabbed my sword in one of Mahina's paws at a critical juncture and she flipped. I placed a foot on the ground spun and kicked her away from the bear. Then I raised my hand and used pyre on the blood spilled.

White flames ate away at the blood and the struggling worms. I studied the Magos and how they operated. After the destruction of the brain there was no change in behavior. That led me to believe the Magos were the worms. They thought using the worms themselves.

As I used purge to kill the worms, Mahina acted less rationally. "A human like you shouldn't exist." She growled.

In a day I'd gained many spells. I'd finished loading dozens of white spells and had many to choose from. Each gave a new avenue for my spell craft. There was one type of mage craft that I wanted to try, familiar creation. Unfortunately, using white bindings on a black creature was often fatal.

Virtues, Freedom, Honor, Responsibilities, Duty, Debts, Accountings, Balance, Justice, One For All, Self-Sacrifice, Indenture, Stock, Shareholder, and Corporation were some of my white spells. I'm certain that with a mixture of them, I could craft a familiar spell.

I pointed to her right paw, "Depts To Society." She couldn't lift it. Mahina glared at me before biting at the limb. "Duty Bound," I pointed to her left paw. Suddenly, both limbs were frozen in place. She flared her aura but failed to dispel either spell. I tapped her snout, "One For All." My third spell sent her into a daze.

I took out a tea pot and cut my hand. When my blood filled the pot to the brim, I let the cut heal. Despite my confidence in binding this creature, I wasn't going to risk infection.

Using the tea pot, I drew a circle of blood around the creature. I placed a life link between us as the foundation of the spell. This wasn't the binding part; this was just a good old fashioned dead man's switch. Any damage she dealt to me would heal me and damage her. If I died her aura pool would drain to inflict burn damage on her. If something happened to the binding spells, I'd need leverage. Preventing her from ever killing me or having me killed was also important.

For a good couple of hours, I fiddled with the bindings. In some parts I made it a little lax with just enough chain to hang herself. When I was certain I had the right mixture, I poured the rest of the tea pot down her throat. All for one was still in effect. The ideology spell still fought her psyche.

I dropped the spells and kicked her. She went sailing through the air only to land next to the bear corpse. She stared at it before cackling. A massive black worm quickly crawled out of the wolf and dug into the bear's asshole.

The bear shook and I felt the binding spells take hold. White aura with flecks of black and red burst around the bear and the werewolf. "What have you done to me." Magos cried out.

"I gave you what you wanted in exchange for your eternal servitude." I said.

"No, we won't be bound." Worms flew from the two bodies but then the wolf howled up at the moon. "What have you done?" I screeched.

"It isn't your bodies I've bound its you Mahina. I've bound you now and forever." It let out a horrific shriek. Then it tried to flee. Powerful muscles in both the bear and the wolf froze in place.

"I am your lord, and you are my retainer. I've given you the muscle, bone, and blood of the bear in exchange for your eternal servitude. You agreed when you took the bear." I knew then of how demons felt. Being on this end of the deal felt good. "By the way I promised everything but the hide and fur. Those are mine."

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