Epic Of The Demonic Sage

Lucius knew of this man as he had read nearly all of the biodata of each and every person that they had in the building. He had taken note of their gifts and ones that were troublesome and problematic had equivalent restrictions made accordingly.

The one thing that didn't exist in the world was something to restrain or inactivate a gift. The only way was to either drain a person's aether or to use another gift to restrain them. 

Thankfully, most gifts needed specific body parts to be free to activate, thus over the years the people of this world had learned very well how to restrain the people with gifts and there were extensive books about this.

But the man pinned in front of Lucius was not someone who was on his watch list. His gift was also not something that should have been able to cause an explosion. Still, just to confirm everything, Lucius used nexus on the man.

Gift Name: Dust Ball

Description: The user can create a ball of dust and shoot it out. 

Rank: Uncommon

Type: Emission

Evolution: Possible

Evolution Requirements: 10x Chaff Butterfly Rune crystals, 10x Aether Crystals

Other Owners: … (8,365)

The gift was only of an uncommon rank and couldn't even do damage directly. It was at most used to create a distraction or to cloud the vision of others. But to Lucius, it seemed completely different.

"Oh, my… seems like someone figured out dust explosions…" Lucius muttered to himself as he looked at the bleeding man.

His body had gotten considerably pale due to the lack of blood, and his voice was also far weaker than before. Lucius paused for a few seconds before nodding his head.

"He shall do for today." Lucius said before looking at the two teachers. "Cancel the transport from the prison today. I shall make do with him."

"Are you sure, Young Lord?" One of the teachers asked.

"Yes, no need for them today." Lucius reiterated.

"If you say so. But… what do we do with him." The man said while pointing to the bleeding 'pupil'.

"I'll take care of it for now." Lucius said as he placed his hand on one of the cut leg stumps of the man.

In the next second, a sizzling sound came from the thigh of the legless man and a faint scent of burnt meat could be smelled. A low cry was released by the man as well, but he had no extra energy to continue it.

Done with the leg, Lucius lifted his hand and one could see cauterized flesh beneath it. He did the same with the other leg as well and temporarily stopped the bleeding. Kiana came forwards knowing what Lucius wanted to do and helped pull the man off the wall.

He was suspended by his shoulders with the metal spikes, and they started bleeding as well when he was pulled out. This time though, Lucius did not cauterize the wound and instead just pressed the spikes back in to stop the bleeding.

Seeing the ruthless manner of Lucius, the two men couldn't help but gulp. They didn't even pay attention to how Lucius cauterized the wounds of the injured man. By now, Lucius had already placed the mark of obedience on each and every person in this building and thus wasn't worried about exposing his secrets as much.

This was one of the 'works' that he did in the past month or so. Once this was done, the two men brought a stretcher for Lucius and they then put the injured man on it. He had already been knocked out by the incessant pain and thus, it was easy for them to transport it.

By now, the smoke in the 'classroom' had already dispersed and one could see the scene inside it. They would see a vertical table, that was tilted at an 85 degree angle along with restraints on several parts.

Then there was another table put at the side, which held several fine tools. There were small hammers, flat tip pliers, nails, pin nails, screws, saws, vice grips, and several tens of needles. 

There was an entire set of needles, half of which were bloody. These were just your everyday needles and weren't hollow or anything. Yet looking at the numbers one would see that even the ones that were bloody were over fifty.

Then on the other side of the 'classroom' one could see a large board, one which several rules were written. These would change according to the 'pupil's' needs and requirement. 

For this current one, they were: 

'I shall not steal.'

'To steal is to buy sin.'

'When one steals, they don't gain but lose.'

'To be free of sin, open oneself up and let the guidance enlighten purify them.'

There were two lamps hanging by the side of the door as well. Though the most prominent was a white book that was opened and kept on a reading stand. The words on it were too hard to read from this distance.

There was also a lot of blood spilled on the ground below the vertical table, though most of it was dried out. 

Lucius faintly gazed at the room and nodded.

"Seems like you all are getting the hang of it now," Lucius spoke.

"Of course, Young Lord Asher. Not only do we get to guide the lost sheep, but we get to better ourselves as well and this is all due to you." One of the men said with awe in his eyes.

"Lord Asher is great, with just a few methods you have managed to teach us how to teach others to be good, to be better than they are, and to be the best that they can be. A lot of the pupils have already been learned and graduated from their current classes." The second man said.

If one looked at them closely, they would see that other than the haggard appearance caused by the explosion, there were bloodstains on their clothes. They were prominent on their sleeves and chest, though.