Listened to Lamia beginning to chant the divine words, Aiden didn't panic; he simply looked up at Lamia without stopping his writing.
"Corporal punishment," he said nonchalantly.
The instant Lamia's chanting of divine words was replaced by screams of pain, she instinctively let out the same "Dragon's Roar" as before—except Aiden couldn't hear it.
Thorn-like black stripes rapidly grew on her pale upper body and mottled snake tail, these stripes caused her no injury, only extreme agony.
She thrashed and collided against the cage with several times more ferocity than before, her snake tail becoming entwined in spasms.
After capturing Lamia, Aiden didn't immediately distance himself from the cage, so he could always inflict corporal punishment on her if necessary. Among the various punitive measures, corporal punishment was the one with the shortest attack range.
