The Realm Dungeon: Primer for the Apocalypse Book 3 by Braided Sky

Author:Braided Sky [Sky, Braided]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2025-02-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 33

“How familiar are you with agreements like the one Chao signed?” I asked Zavira during dinner a little more than a year after the start of the war.

The Force Smith looked up from her plate of MealMaker pasta with a curious expression.

“Not very,” she admitted. “I learned about them when I attended my sect’s academy, but I wouldn’t say I’m an expert or anything.” She raised a brow. “Why do you ask?”

“We have a Springheart captive,” I reminded her as I scooped a forkful of pasta distractedly, organizing my thoughts. “As a member of the Springheart family, he really should be able to cancel contracts.”

“Hypothetically,” Zavira said. “But we asked him about that when he surrendered. He wasn’t lying when he claimed he couldn’t just break the contract.”

“Right. But it’s been a year now. None of our captives have done anything to support their contracts. They haven’t worked as promised or actively fought on the family’s behalf. How long should it take for cancellation clauses to become available?”

My friend paused, and her eyes widened slightly. “I hadn’t thought about that,” she said. “There’s always an exit clause, but they vary. A year should certainly be long enough to qualify, though. At least, in most cases.”

I felt a rush of excitement at the news. I’d been mulling over what to do with our captives as the three of us drew ever closer to Tier Five. Aside from sticking them in the prison some of the elites had built, killing them, or releasing them, there weren’t any real options.

Niall had wanted to send them to the prison as soon as the possibility became available, but I didn’t like the idea of putting Chao in the hands of people who might mistreat him. And if I wouldn’t send Chao, it wouldn’t feel right to send the other six prisoners.

I was actually a bit surprised that the other elites had taken prisoners at all, especially with as bloodthirsty as some of them seemed to be.

“We should talk to the Springheart again,” Niall suggested between bites.

The Kastet had gotten a little friendlier as we continued to progress swiftly, but he still maintained an emotional distance. It was almost like he didn’t know how to connect with others, which was kinda sad.

After giving him a few minutes' notice, I teleported the Springheart Manager out of the makeshift prison. He, like the other prisoners, wore a mana-suppressing cuff on one wrist. A single suppressor wouldn’t stop someone from using mana at all; it just made it significantly harder and limited the amount of damage they could do.

I wasn’t foolish enough to imprison people with magical abilities without taking some preventative measures, but I didn’t want to completely lock down their mana. Doing so for long periods could have negative side effects, and I didn’t feel like the prisoners deserved such consequences.

Even the Springheart Manager didn’t deserve to have his mana system crippled. Maybe if he’d been directly involved in the shadier side of the family’s business, I’d feel differently.

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