Dark Magus Returns

790 The Third Leg

Kelly had to blink a few times as she watched Sophie casually sitting there in the center of the room, licking her paw. It was at times like this that she found it hard to believe the cat was human, but then again, what kind of cat could produce such a strong magical spell?

ʼI donʼt know those spells, and Iʼm not sure Harvey knows them either, and he has a lot of knowledge on Dark magic,ʼ Kelly thought. ʼCould it be that Sophieʼs knowledge of Dark Magic is even greater than Harveyʼs?ʼ

ʼItʼs too bad that even with her Wind magic, she can only pick up a pen for a limited amount of time. Otherwise, there are so many questions I want to ask her.ʼ

Harvey had a smile on his face as he stood up, still looking exhausted from the fight. ”It looks like the plan worked well, right?” Harvey said, reaching out his hand, and Sophie gave him a paw, slapping it as if to give a high five.

”Wait, you planned this? As in, you knew she was going to come?” Kelly asked. ”I thought you said she was doing something important, so she couldnʼt be here.”

”Yes, she was doing something important—she was sitting by and waiting for the perfect moment to attack,” Harvey answered. ”I was pretty sure that Bronk had a breakthrough, so we needed to push him into using it. After that, it was just buying time, then Sophie could deal the unexpected final attack. Even if Bronk saw a cat from the corner of his eye, he would never expect it to know magic.”

Kelly had to admit that it was a good plan, and she would have never thought of using Sophie this way, but she was more upset about something else.

”Why didnʼt you tell me about the plan? Am I not part of the Dark Guild as well, or do you really see me as so useless?” Kelly asked.

Harvey walked over to Bronk, who was still lying in the destroyed kitchen. He reached out his hand, and Sophie didnʼt hesitate to jump up and go on his shoulder.

All of it was annoying Kelly quite a bit. She was the one who had found Sophie, she was also the one currently looking after her and feeding her, yet the two of them didnʼt need to say anything, and they knew each otherʼs actions and even made secret plans behind her back.

”If he moves, then give him a small zap for me,” Harvey said, to which Sophie replied with a meow.

”Itʼs not that,” Harvey said as he used his hand to open Bronkʼs eyelids and then started to check his pulse. ”I wanted you to try your hardest, and I was worried you wouldnʼt pull through. If you knew that we were relying on Sophie here, then maybe you wouldnʼt have fought like your life was on the line or waited for the right moment.”

”We both needed to push ourselves to the limit, and there was more risk in telling you the actual plan.”

Harvey breathed a sigh of relief when he could feel a pulse, and then with his hand, he waved Kelly over, but she refused to move.

”Look, I know youʼre special, very special for the Dark Guild,” Harvey stated. ”Think about it, how many members, how many people have we been through, tried to recruit, and all of them are no longer here, yet you are here. You were here near the beginning, and youʼre still here now, which means youʼre definitely special if youʼve survived this long.”

”If it wasnʼt for my job, I donʼt think I would have survived so long either, so thereʼs that.”

The compliment had stopped Kellyʼs pouting for now, and so she decided to come over.

”You donʼt have to worry so much. This lump wonʼt be able to use magic, even if he wakes up, and with how heʼs been thrown around, his bodyʼs going to be extremely sore,” Harvey explained. ”Do you still have some mana left?”

”Yeah, a bit,” Kelly answered, and it was then that she could see Bronkʼs eyes were starting to flutter open. They were closing and opening again, and his body was slowly moving.

”I saw you use some flames earlier. Sophie, use Dark Pulse right on his leg like a laser—cut it off—and then I need you to sear it with your flames so he doesnʼt bleed to death,” Harvey ordered.

”What the… are you crazy?” Kelly said.

Before she could even argue her case, Sophie had already acted, as dark beams came out from her eyes like a laser and went right through the leg. This had woken Bronk right up as he screamed in pain.

As the leg was sliced off, blood was pouring out.

”You need to be quicker, otherwise heʼs going to bleed to death,” Harvey said.

With no choice, squinting, Kelly started to use her Fire magic and began to sear the leg. She continued to burn it, and the man screamed in pain, passing out and waking up a few times on the spot again and again.

Finally, it looked like the bleeding had stopped.

”Oi!” Harvey said as he slapped Bronk right across the face. ”Donʼt pass out, donʼt die on me, I need you—I need you awake so you canʼt pass out.” Harvey continued to slap Bronk across the face a few times, and his eyes finally opened again.

Soon, he could see him looking at his leg.

”My leg… my leg, I canʼt move my leg.”

”Itʼs because you donʼt have a f*cking leg!” Harvey stated, and looked at Kelly, as if the guy was an idiot. ”Did you lose brain cells when you got knocked back? Look, you need to start talking fast. With no leg, you can use your ice powers to still be a half-decent mage.”

”But if you donʼt answer, it will be your next leg, then your arms, and then weʼre going to go for the third, shortest leg of the lot,” Harvey said, pointing right at Bronkʼs groin area.