The Key

In the end, Riezel still chose not to kill Krauser.

It was not out of fear. There simply was no need.

A Sword Saint was a level of combat power that even great nations had to take seriously, but to Riezel now, he was nothing much.

Trading the life of such an insignificant Sword Saint—one who had not even had the chance to harm him—for future trouble was simply not worth it.

Therefore, Riezel neither killed Krauser nor chose to use the somewhat risky magic of Memory Manipulation to extract information from him. Instead, he intended to use mental magic to make the man talk.

But things did not go smoothly.

Unlike the lackeys from before, Krauser, as one of a nation's strongest combatants, was naturally wary of all kinds of abnormal magic and had prepared methods to deal with magic that could inflict abnormal conditions.

At the level of a Sword Saint, they usually had countermeasures against Interference System magic in case an enemy tried to affect them during battle.

Some honed their willpower, relying on sheer force of will to resist Interference System magic.

Some equipped secret treasures and Magic Items, using them to become immune to the effects of Interference System magic.

Others consumed magic potions to increase their resistance to magic.

Krauser belonged to the last category.

After becoming a Sword Saint, Krauser had consumed precious magic potions more than once. Some assisted with the training of sword techniques, some accelerated the growth of the body, and others increased magical resistance.

If that had been all, then with Riezel's current magical abilities, controlling Krauser would still have been possible.

The problem was that this middle-aged knight's will was not weak either. Every time he was controlled, he would struggle free a few seconds later, eventually breaking