The Path of Ascension by C. Mantis

Author:C. Mantis [Mantis, C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books

21

Matt stood there with Aster in his arms. He looked at Liz like she was a completely different person.

He shook himself free and walked over to the smiling redhead. She had gotten the manacle off and examined her new spear with an air of affection.

That was the Liz he was used to. Happy and seemingly carefree.

He came up and congratulated her. “That was one hell of a fight.” He didn’t know what else to say.

She just waved him away. “Nah. That wasn’t much. I just had to show someone playing dirty has its consequences. That little trick with the bloodline shackle is incredibly underhanded. He’ll be spending the next few weeks unable to delve with the damage a slit throat does. Or I guess he can risk the chance of the healing not taking if he doesn't give his body time to acclimate.”

That shocked Matt. “If that was dirty, then why didn’t the ref call the match? And why would he use it? There were so many witnesses.”

His methods didn’t make sense to Matt. If you had to do underhanded things, you didn’t advertise them, let alone carry them out in front of dozens of people.

“I don’t know. I can’t read his mind, can I? Really stupid of him. It really pissed me off in the moment, though.”

“It didn’t affect you, did it.” A statement, not a question.

Liz shook her head and started toward their hotel. “Nah, it did. But that shackle was a very limited one. Meant for impure, weaker bloodlines. I was playing it up for the crowd, but that thing only reduced my power by maybe 2 or 3%.”

“And the whole bringing him to his knees? How did you manage that?”

“That was his bloodline reacting to a larger, stronger predator. It instinctively protected him by submitting. He was sort of reaching out with his power at the same time, trying to flatten me. When he did that, I was able to grab hold of it. Once I sunk my teeth in, he couldn't pull back or stop. If he wasn't waving it around like a jackass, I would have never been able to do that much damage. I got a better sense of his bloodline during the duel. It’s some wolf type. That’s why I kept calling him doggy. Wolves hate that more than anything.”

Liz chewed on her lower lip before finishing, “Wouldn't have worked on a dragon bloodline, or even a pure and high-Tiered wolf bloodline.”

“And that treatment won’t come back to bite us?” Matt was concerned that Daimian or his father would try to get revenge. Matt didn’t think they’d be stupid enough to try while they were on The Path, but the Empire could only punish their killers not reverse their murders.

“That bloodline skill won’t work on his father, will it?”

Liz was still smiling and walking, inspecting her spear.

“Nope! It only works around my Tier. Don’t worry. We are all under the Monster Kingdom. This is how things are done. If a weaker bloodline tries to throw its weight around without power, they get humiliated.

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