THE MONKEY SLAUGHTER TRIAL
Suddenly, Raven came to report something to me.
"What is the problem?" I asked Raven.
"Don't you know it yet? The Prolis mages are coming to the Three Dynasties", Raven informed me.
"Really, where are they?" I asked.
"They will be going to the Conjurer Court", he replied to me.
"Why are the Prolis Mages going to the Conjurer Court? They usually don't have any business in this continent", Spellmaster asked him.
"Our sources told us it is because the Conjurer Court captured a fugitive from Prolis, a monkey god of Ayen descent", Raven told us to my shock and surprise.
"Could that be Hanuman?" I asked.
"We don't know the details yet, but the monkey was captured by the conjurers when he was stealing books inside the Conjurer court's library", Raven told me.
"Damnit, that monkey likes to play in libraries", I said to them.
"The Conjurer Court closed their library with magic. The monkey is still inside the library", Raven told me.
"Why didn't I hear this from Iras?" I asked.
"Conjurer Iras wasn't the one who trapped the monkey. It was Conjurer Ivior", Raven replied to me.
Previously, I had some grudges against Conjurer Ivior. He picked on me for no reason when I was just a Master Conjurer, so I did what I do best- I bullied him.
I defamed him purposely with my newspaper and uncovered his fraudulent schemes in the Conjurer Court.
Conjurer Ivior and his sect fell out of favor in the Conjurer Court's upper management. This capture of the monkey god was his attempt to revive his battered position.
"That damn Ivior? What is he up to now?" I asked.
"Our sources say that he is hoping to compete for the position of Supreme Conjurer in the Conjurer Court. Capturing an Ayen fugitive for the Prolis mages is a great achievement for the conjurers because Prolis would reward them with fantastic machines", Raven told me.
"I must go back to Tarah city", I said to Raven.
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[In the Conjurer Court of the Southern Empire]
"His majesty the Emperor and Empress of the Southern Empire, Her excellency, Mage Narga of the Mages Court of Prolis, the Eminences from the Church, Lords, Princes, Knights, and Cardinals, Welcome. The Conjurer Court invited so many esteemed guests from all over the Southern Empire here today to witness the prosecution of the remnant of the accursed Ayen race. I proclaim the commencement of the Monkey Slaughter Trial", Conjurer Ivior made a speech to all the esteemed guests.
Every one of rank and position in the Southern Empire was here in the Conjurer Court. Even the Church sent many representatives to document this trial.
The surprise guests though were the never before seen, Mages of Prolis.
Suddenly, a large cage was brought into the trial.
"The cage is made from extremely dense material and the force field around it is almost unbreakable", Sara told us about the cage that imprisoned the monkey god, Hanuman.
"Damnit, it's that monkey god", I complained to them.
"At least now we know where Hanuman is and that he is safe", Empress Mistral replied to me.
Hanuman, the monkey god of Ayen, was my friend. On many occasions, he gave me good advice and taught me exceptional magic which helped me tremendously.
"We must save Hanuman", I said to them.
"We can't save the bloody monkey. It's impossible", Sara told us.
The guests started to question and interrogate the monkey god and the Church of All-seeing had the honor to start first.
"What do you know about the Dark Angel's magic emerging in the Southern Empire?", a Cardinal asked the monkey.
"Stupid, why will I know anything about that?" Hanuman replied to the cardinal angrily.
"Isn't the Dark Angel and the accursed Dark Church your people's allies in the Battle of Armageddon?" the cardinal asked.
The Ayen gods were once the Dark Church's allies in the last Battle of Armageddon. The Church wanted information that would lead to the arrest of the remnants of the Dark Church.
"That was thousands of years ago. I am just looking through some books in the library", Hanuman protested and explained.
"This is a kangaroo trial", I told them.
"The interrogation of the monkey will last for days. It is a formality. After the trial, Hanuman will be sent back to Prolis", Raven said to me.
"Damn, is there no way to save him?" I asked.
"No bloody way", Sara replied to me.
"There is always a way if there is a will", I replied to her.
"The force field around the cage is too energy dense. Even a peak Yellow tier legendary would have difficulty breaking it", she replied to me.
"Even if we can break the force field, the trial is surrounded by so many knights and conjurers and there are many Mages of Prolis here too. There is no opportunity to save the monkey god", Raven told us.
"We solve one problem at a time. What equipment can break the force field or penetrate into it even if it was just momentarily?" I asked.
"There are a few artifacts that match that description", Asterix told us as she projected several artifacts before us.
"Lance of Valor" "Hammer of Thorian" "Dagger of Mean" "Lash of Flagitious"
"Which of these artifacts are available?" I asked.
"The Lash of Flagitious belongs to the Inquisitors. We confiscated one of them and we have one in our inventory", Asterix told us.
"The Lash of Flagitious. Tell me more about it?" I asked Asterix.
"What kind of scheme are you going to run now? Bring the Lash over to the cage and flag it open?" Sara asked me.
"That will be a good idea although there are some flaws in your plan", I replied to her.
"Damn you, that is not a plan", she replied to me.
"Wait what is this metal spike at the end of the lash?" I asked.
"It is a weapon that is meant to cause injury and pain. The metal is supposed to cause an open wound", Asterix explained to me.
"I wonder if we could embed a gem on the metal", I said to her.
"Sure, we can do that", Asterix replied to me.
"What for?" Sara asked.
"Even a Quantum brain couldn't guess my plan", I replied to her with a cunning smile.
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