As soon as he woke up, Daniel opened his eyes, before looking at the small and dark room he was in.
"So she captured us," mumbled Daniel, feeling the restraints around his limbs, and at the same time, he couldn't help but feel extremely downcast
'She has become an Archmage,' thought Daniel, knowing that fighting Selena head-on is not an option at all right now.
Even though he new that it was probably futile, Daniel still checked on his mana, after feeling it inside of his body, he then looked at a corner of the room before trying to cast a spell.
Blood fell down from Daniel's lip, as he suddenly bit into it, feeling the extremely horrifying pain that seemed to seep into his soul.
Merely a few moments later, Daniel fell to the ground, now clutching his head in agony.
...
In another location nearby,
As she sat on a pitch-black chair, Selena stared at Irelia, who right now was completely chained up, by black chains, being incapable of even moving a single bit.
Feeling Irelia's eyes, in which hate was slowly brewing, Selena smiled, but even so, she couldn't help but feel a little unsatisfied at the slow speed.
Suddenly, Selena felt a certain restraint placed by her being touched, causing a smile to appear on her face.
"You really are lucky, you will get to enjoy such a nice view," mumbled Selena as she snapped her fingers, causing the black chain's around Irelia to disappear.
But even though Irelia was free to move however she liked, right now she continued staring at Selena.
"So you are going to begin torturing me right now?" asked Irelia, knowing that fighting Selena was utterly pointless.
Hearing that, Selena chuckled, rolling her eyes at the question.
...
Suddenly, just as Daniel was about to lie on the ground, so as to get some rest, the wall to his left side suddenly disappeared, giving him access to another cell.
"Irelia, thank god you are alright," shouted Daniel, quickly moving towards his teammate, seeing that Irelia did not seem to have been tortured Daniel breathed a sigh of relief.
"This is really not good, that witch is probably planning something," said Irelia, as she looked at Daniel with her golden eyes.
Hearing that, Daniel nodded, caution filling his eyes, but even so, feeling Irelia's warmth, Daniel still couldn't help but smile.
But just a moment later, the two of them were disturbed, as the wall to their right side suddenly crumbled to dust, revealing Ighor, who right now, was unconscious on the floor, having not yet woken up.
Seeing this, both Daniel and Irelia suddenly began walking toward their teammate, not fearing death at all.
'If she wanted to kill us, she would have killed us,' thought Daniel as he reached out toward Ighor.
Suddenly, Irelia, who was right next to Daniel disappeared, leaving only Ighor laying on the floor.
Merely a moment later, Daniel felt something appear in his hands, the moment he realized what that thing was, Daniel suddenly felt extreme horror.
Without any prior hint or warning, Daniel suddenly raised the knife in his hands, before stabbing on his own neck with full strength.
Sadly, his attempt at suicide didn't work, as the knife bounced off his skin, but even so, beyond any reason, this normal-looking knife did not even have a single scratch from colliding with Daniel's skin.
"Are you so heartless, to leave your little lover all alone in the wilderness?" asked a voice from behind Daniel.
Suddenly, Daniel realized he could not turn around, but even so, he immediately knew who the person talking to him was.
"Are you here to torture me?" asked Daniel, gripping the knife in his hands even tighter, but although he tried his best, Daniel could not turn around, nor could he stab the person behind him.
"No, I'm really not, I'm just here to give you a choice," said Selena before suddenly disappearing from behind Daniel.
Merely a moment later, the wall in front of Daniel suddenly crumbled, revealing a cage, and inside that cage, stood a now unconscious Irelia.
Seeing that, extreme panic appeared in Daniel's eyes, but merely a moment later, his panic suddenly increased even more, having his guess be completely proven as true.
Looking at the goblin's walking toward's Irelia, Daniel's grip on his knife tightened even more.
Merely a few moments later, about five or so goblins had jumped on Irelia, beginning to strip her, when suddenly, they stopped, as if frozen in time.
Tears began slowly forming at the corner of Daniel's eyes as he stared at Ighor, who now had a knife stuck in his left eye, going straight through his head.
...
"You two really make a good couple, he would even sacrifice a teammate, just for a single chance to save you, how precious," said Selena as she stared at Irelia, who was right next to her with a smile on her face.
Suddenly, a glowing yellow fist arrived in front of Selena's face, when suddenly it stopped.
Staring at Irelia for a few moments, Selena frowned, before touching the latter's forehead.
'The seal on her magic was too tight, that almost destroyed her soul,' thought Selena as she took out a potion from her robe, before quickly feeding it to Irelia.
...
"Thingss really are that much more convenient when you are an Archmage," said Selena, staring at the hundreds of children in front of her with a smile on her face.
Without any warning, a coffin suddenly appeared in front of Selena, and merely a few moments later, the children around her began dropping to the ground with no apparent damage on their bodies.
As she slowly dissolved the pure souls, and fed them to the being inside of the coffin, and for the first time since she had become an Archmage, Selena felt like something was challenging once again.
Several hours later,
After a few hours, all of the children had died, and at the same time, steady breathing could be heard from inside the coffin, causing Selena to breathe a sigh of relief.
"It looks like it worked," mumbled Selena before opening the coffin and staring at Ighor, who was now sleeping inside of it.