3175 Mind War (Part 1)
'Uldreyin will accompany you.' The Tree said. 'If Elphyn Menadion tries anything funny, he'll deal with her physically. Remember, no matter how strong she is, her body is still that of an artifact. She is made to obey her master.
'We need to break her only once to gain control over the tower forever.'
"If she's so dangerous, why not use more Chroniclers?" Seeing Uldreyin in full battle gear rattled Vamir's confidence.
'To what end? All you have to do is bring her down her telepathic defenses. I will be there to neutralize her magic and Uldreyin to keep her from attacking you physically. Remember that we want to bind her, not kill her, or I'd have done that myself already.
'I need her alive to study the tower and bringing in more people means more chaos. More chaos means more variables and more variables means an exponential increase in our chance of failure. Mogar knows if I hadn't enough of that already.'
Those words raised many questions but the Yggdrasill's tone brook no discussion. The Tree Warped the two elves in front of Solus' cell, wrapping the stone ring in a dimensional barrier before opening the door.
'By my Mom!' Solus tried to Blink out of the room but the energy field stopped her even from flying.
She was akin to a heavy fly trapped inside an unbreakable glass jar. The door closed and her chance to escape was lost.
"Come out, Elphyn. Don't force my vines. You know how this works." The Tree applied enough gravity and pressure to cause small cracks to open in the stone ring before Solus could even reply.
"My name is Solus, World Fucker." A cute, petite woman appeared amid sparkles of light. "And that's my line."
She glared at the elves, the ring on her finger to keep anyone from imprinting it.
"Uldreyin." On the Tree's cue, the Chronicler bolted forward.
He was infused with all elements and his Yggdrasill staff was shapeshifted into two one-handed battle maces. With no spells at the ready and dimensional magic sealed, Solus didn't stand a chance.
It wasn't a fight, but a one-sided beating.
She only wore a day dress to not let the World Tree steal her artifacts whereas the Chronicler wore the best artifacts the Tree had crafted. On top of that, the difference in speed between a bright blue-cored Awakened and a bright violet was the same between a kid and an adult.
Uldreyin moved too fast for Solus to follow him, his strikes masterful and without a wasted movement. His weapons were hard enough to wound even a Divine Beast and he infused them with spells that lowered Solus' defenses further.
Water magic sapped her body heat, making her slower, while darkness magic ate at her ever-dwindling strength. She did her best to dodge but every hit reached its mark. She punched and kicked as fast as she could yet the Chronicler avoided and countered every one of her attacks.
First, he hit her on the head to cloud her vision. Then, he mercilessly struck her right kneecap to cripple her footwork. In less than a minute, Uldreyin had broken her arms, legs, and ribs, making every breath a necessary pulse of agony.
Solus whimpered in pain, but she didn't cry or beg. She just glared at the elves, biting her lips.
'Excellent job. Imprint her, Vamir.' The Tree ordered while checking with Life Vision that her condition was as bad as it appeared and wasn't just a trick.
'Why not knock her out, My Liege?' The Librarian had witnessed the beating, but he also knew that even an Awakened would have died one hundred times over under those hits.
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