-- I don't know anything, she took the poor souls from our house...
-- Should have known preachers aren't good at interrogations, -- the sheriff slams the scum's face into the table, drawing a knife with his other hand. A crunch of cartilage is heard, and the criminal's left ear separates from his body. -- Tell me where she went, filth. Next will be your nostrils, and then -- your balls, neither will be needed on the gallows.
-- Aaah! No, no, don't, -- the scum's composure vanishes faster than the morning mist, blood drenching the fingers he desperately presses over what's left of his ear. -- The map, give me the map!
Receiving the map, he jabs his finger at the same spot where Raoul had marked the lead obtained at the church. -- She lives there!
-- Not there at all, I know that much, -- the knife touches the interrogated man's nose.
-- I swear by everything, she's there! I don't know anything else!
-- Seems she really is there, -- the sheriff flicks his knife, severing the nose from the face in one stroke. -- This is a lesson for the future, youngsters.
-- A bit much with the nose, -- Raoul mutters disapprovingly.
"Hmm... A sharp and solid 'potion' in a sheath is no worse than a liquid one in a vial. And maybe even better in some sense..." — thought Voldemar. He himself had never learned anything like that, except "straight to ashes". And he should have. Probably...
After standing for a while and observing what was happening, he just shook his head.
- Well then, shall we "move out"?
Of course, the thought of visiting the alchemist hadn't left his mind...
Если где-то чего-то убудет, то в другом месте добавится.
(Закон сохранения).