The old Priest wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and muttered an apology. Then, he took out a magic extinguisher from the side and sprayed it frantically at the three candles. To his surprise, the candles fought back as sparks flew everywhere.
The ceremonial candles were made from the rendered fat of high-rank powerful beings, and ordinary water magic couldn't extinguish them. When the sparks landed on the nearby desk, the fire blazed up in an instant.
An Su, caught between pity and confusion, stayed in the center of the array, thinking to himself, "Why is this so different from what I expected?"
The young man now found himself surrounded by a ring of fire, like a little piglet being roasted.
The fire blazed higher and higher, and since the alchemic magic circle was drawn with a generous amount of mercury, the liquid evaporated into toxic mercury vapor at high temperatures, quickly poisoning the air and nearly causing the old Priest to suffer from metal poisoning.
