Rosie's Games

Chapter 370: Failures

"Do you think he is going to come back?"

"Lachlan Blaize is going to die very soon," Ena Thun said with confidence in her voice while enjoying her tea. "I sent my people after him and whoever it was that that saved him."

"That was a sorcerer."

"I have never heard of any sorcerer that would just help a Blessed Person without having a relationship with them first," Ena said. She had been working with sorcerers in secret and knew very well that sorcerers had always been greedy for both knowledge and power. However, they could not just use their abilities without some sort of payment.

Ena Thun was not that familiar with this as her Blessings never needed anything else. Sorcerers on the other hand were different. They required something else to be able to use sorcery. It had been said that this was because this continent could not give them enough magic that they needed to be able to harness their abilities.

Either way, she knew that sorcerers were very greedy creatures. They would never save someone without asking for something in return.

This meant that Lachlan and the person who saved him must have been working with each other for some time now. That sorcerer must be hiding in secret, protecting Lachlan in the shadows.

Ena Thun snorted.

She always knew that Lachlan loved fighting. Despite this, he never once suffered any fatal injuries. Who would have known that he was actually working with a sorcerer?

"What are we going to do about this?" Brinley asked, his brows furrowed. Since that time, Brinley has not been able to have a good night's sleep. For some reason, he kept on thinking that Lachlan would retaliate and kill him the moment he lowered his guard. Ena knew that this was highly unlikely as Lachlan would never hide.

His temper would not give him the patience to bide his time. He would rather attack immediately without having second thoughts.

That was the Lachlan that she knew.

"What do you think?"

"Are you going to inform the others?"

"Of course. Lachlan is working with a sorcerer. Isn't that something that we should be wary about? Moreover, Lachlan is working with the Duke of Wugari. We can use this if we want to sway the people's opinions away from that man." Ena lifted an eyebrow as she observed Brinley's appearance. "You on the other hand looked tired."

"I have not been sleeping."

"I told you. They would never be able to know the location of this place. I have kept it hidden for years. There is no need to worry. I am certain that soon, they will come back here with that man."

"Are you certain that they could defeat Lachlan?"

"Of course," Ena smiled. Her plan to take Lachlan had failed. Therefore, she was forced to use other methods to try and get him back. It was, of course, a very crude method, but she had no other choice. She needed to contain that man before she could proceed with her plans.

Speaking of her plan Ena smiled at Brinley. "You should probably take some time to rest."

"That was what I am planning. However, I cannot go back to the Empire now. I already told my father that I will be in the North to make negotiations with the Duke."

"Then why not stay here? I mean at least until we find Lachlan and capture him. It would not be safe for you to go back to the Empire if Lachlan is still around." Ena was aware that the only reason why they were able to injure that man was because they worked together. They planned to fight with the snow surrounding them as Lachlan could only use fire. They did not want him to have any advantages.

Aside from this, they also planned to use the snow to blind him so she could easily use her lightning to hit his fatal spots.

"Thank you. I will try and rest. Thanks for the tea."

Ena smiled and watched him leave the room. The moment he left, the smile on her face vanished. She stared at the now-closed door.

"What do you think?"

"He is not the strongest," a croaky voice echoed inside the room.

Ena snorted. "But he also has a Blessing."

"You wanted me to occupy that body? If the poison was enough to weaken him then"

"We have no time. You need a body and he is the only one around."

"If you offer your own"

"Shut your trap."

"HAHAHAHA" A hoarse laughter followed. "I told you. I want the strongest."

"I tried to catch him. I failed."

"You have overestimated your strength. Now, I am left to suffer the consequence of your stupidity."

Ena frowned. "It was you who needed a body. How dare you criticize the one who is helping you? Are all demons like this?"

"Hehehhe Eek Eek! You stubborn woman! Call me once everything is ready. I cannot wait to move to his body."

"Do not forget your promise! You said you are going to help me with the relics."

"Of course," the voice continued. "Of course, I am going to help you with the relics. However, you must find someone that can sense them. I can only show you what you need. I do not have any idea how to find them."

"HUMPH!" Ena got up and left the room without any hesitation. She walked inside another room. "Vexor"

"You are here," the old skinny man that she had talked to a few days ago, walked out from the shadows. It has been a few days since she last saw him but it seemed that the man was even skinnier than before. He was already nothing but a bag of bones. How could he lose even more weight?

"I am already gathering the woman that you need. Do not forget your promise."

"Hmmmm" the man nodded. "As long as you find the women I can deliver you the one that could sense the relic." The man frowned. "But that is not the reason why you are here, no?"

Ena pursed her lips. "Last time, you told me that there were a lot of failures."

"You are right."

"Then, release them to the wilderness."

"You wanted to release them?"

"Yes."

The old man's eyes widened as if she just told him to end his own life. "Why? They are flawed! Imperfect! They cannot use lightning and their faces have been"

"You heard me."

He paused and after a few seconds of silence, he spoke. "If all you wanted was to release them to kill humans then yes. You can do that. After all, human flesh is what they crave."

Ena narrowed.

"However, I must warn you. Even I cannot control them. The only way to stop them is to kill them."

"You said, the only way to kill them is to either tear them to pieces or smash their heads, no?"

"You are right." The man named Vexor approached her. "They are stronger than normal humans but weaker than beasts. If you release them in the wilderness"

"Do you really think I care about that?"She snapped. "Just do it."

The man growled but said nothing. "Fine. As long as you give me those women."

"I will." Ena nodded. "Show me the others."

"You used to have no interest in anything that failed."

"I developed one," Ena said. After Lurea disappeared, she thought of ways to create another one like her. However, she knew it would be very impossible to do that as Lurea was directly related to her.

While Ena's siblings and cousins all share a common bloodline, hers was a deviation from the norm.

So, she thought of utilizing other means to achieve her goals.

Therefore, she was going to use the waste the humans who were not able to harness the power of the lightning.

In the past, Ena told Verox to kill everyone. After all, they were nothing but failures. A waste.

However, the sorcerer insisted on keeping them to use as test subjects for various other things that he had been working on.

In the end, those people evolved into something else something beast-like.

Most of them looked like a hybrid of humans and beasts. While there were still some who were able to retain their looks, they were already too far gone and could no longer communicate like humans. Moreover, they only crave flesh human flesh. This was the result of something that Verox did.

Seeing her reaction, Verox sighed. "If they are released, I will no longer have test subjects. Where do you propose I continue my experiments?"

"And here I thought you care about them," Ena chuckled as they started walking deep into the darkness.

"Cared?" Verox sneered. "I have been relying on them for my experiments. Without them, It would have been very hard for me to experiment on humans from various towns." At the end of the day, Verox only cared about results.

"Then you can release a few of them every day. Release the one with the worst appearance."

Verox lifted an eyebrow. "Do you want to scare them to death?" Verox was curious why she would suddenly want to release those failures.

Ena smiled. "I want worse."

"Oh?"

"I want them to wreck the North."

"The North?" Verox frowned. For some reason, he disliked this idea. "What of the Duke?" The Duke of Wugari was a well-known character even amongst the sorcerers.

The man was a warrior. He would not hesitate to kill both beasts and humans if he wanted to.

If those failures would wreak havoc in the North, then the Duke would immediately try to find out where they came from.

Wasn't that going to be bad for them?

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