A few fire spells formed inside of Maya's body.
Normally when mages casted spells, they needed to gather mana. However, Maya was using the mana from the gemstone.
As such, Kye did not realize that Maya was preparing a spell.
Maya had a deadpan expression. She gradually connected three fire spells by their cores.
Then casted it.
Kye had no time to react.
By the time he realized a fireball was in front of him, it exploded.
Kye died immediately. His body was charred black.
Although Kye was a mage, his body was weak. Different from constitution mages, he was the more mainstream version.
A collector mage.
These mages gathered mana from outside their bodies, only limited by the power of their mind.
While they could cast powerful spells, their bodies were no different from the average person. As such, Kye died without being able to resist.
The guards panicked.
"What is this?"
"The chief is dead!"