"Want to die? How could it be that easy?"
The card before his eyes fell. The blond middle-aged man whose heart had been pierced stared at Shade in shock. The Destiny Ring behind him faded away, but before he breathed his last, Shade reached out and touched him.
"False Immortality!"
Then he gave him a hard shove, making the man fall flat on the floor. Gritting his teeth, Shade gripped his sword with both hands and chopped off the man's left hand. Without both hands, the badly wounded Ring Arcanist had no chance of turning things around.
Looking at the two hands, the Outlander felt intensely sick. It was his first time doing something like this. He turned around, picked up the cup on the table, and tapped it lightly. Silver spirit light surfaced on the water. Shade splashed the hot tea over the man's wounds, preventing him from losing too much blood and wasting the effects of False Immortality.
"I'll ask. You'll answer."
"Y-you'll get no answers from me! Everything for the Lord of the Scarlet Spiral! Kill me."
The meager Life Force remaining in his body made his voice extremely weak.
"Kill you? Even if I kill you, I can use Spirit Communication on your soul. Whether you're alive or dead, don't even think about keeping your secrets."
"Then kill me. My soul is blessed by My Lord. You'll never get any information from me!"
Though weak, he still glared at Shade with eyes full of hatred.
"Die?"
Shade's mouth twitched. If he weren't worried about something happening to Leisha, he would never do something this cruel.
"Do you know what it feels like to drink yourself to death?"
Shade shook the cup in his hand as more and more clear water appeared through the power of the