The royal healer of Stourin had made Nerio drink the potion that he mimicked from the one that Taiyi had given him earlier. Once his appearance changed, under heavy guard, Nerio was taken to the surface of the Jade Sea. He was still shackled in chains and his head was inside a net of iron chains that were clasped to a round ring on his shoulders.
Taiyi and King Izo had cast their magic over the iron mesh so that even if he chanted dark spells, it didn't come out of the mesh and affect the soul stone. Before all this was happening, Taiyi had come to visit him in the prison.
"What you are doing is a big mistake, Taiyi," he gritted as the guards prepared him to take up. He had already sent a message to King Felis of Hydra. "If you think that I will remain in your prison, you are overestimating yourself. It will take only a week for me to get out of the dungeons. And when I will get out, trust me, I will create havoc on the lands of Araniea. You will be my first target!"
Taiyi came to him. She took the head guard from the soldier who was holding it. She personally fit it over his head and said, "I accept your challenge." She clasped the hooks to the thick iron girdle on his shoulder. "Take him up!" she ordered her soldiers in a cold voice.
Nerio continued to look at Tania until she was out of his sight. His slave. His possession. He closed his eyes and felt the soul stone on his chest. It was warm and he knew that she was fuming with anger on the inside but was pretty controlled on the outside.
Gordon was present on the doors of the dungeons. He opened it when he saw the prisoner. Nerio was taken out of the cage by a dozen soldiers. They held him by chains and dragged him inside with Eltanin following him. Taiyi and Alrakis didn't come after him.
"Remove his iron guard," Eltanin ordered.
p The guards unclasped the iron guard and as soon as they removed it, Nerio chanted a dark spell, but Eltanin was ready for it. Eltanin flung his hands towards him instantly. The blue smoke of his magic shot at him like a viper and curled around his mouth. Nerio couldn't finish chanting his spell. He looked at Eltanin with surprise in his eyes.
"Now listen to me, Nerio," Eltanin said in a very cold voice. "If you try to do that again, I will have to cut your tongue. So don't think of chanting your dark spells." He closed the gap between them in long strides. He grabbed the soul stone on his neck. "I am keeping you alive for this, and you know it. But for how long, it depends on you."
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