Chapter 19

Suna

“Do you think they will tell us who they worked with if we threatened them?” I stepped beside Clairmont, who was eyeing the assassins he captured.

“Maybe, maybe not.” Clairmont shrugged. While he did, I saw some of the assassins tried to struggle free from Clairmont’s detaining magic. All of them had their mouths covered, so it’s hard for them to even scream. Clairmont also said that those assassins had an emblem engraved on their tongue for the purpose of suicide if their mission were to fail, so he also detained the movements of their jawline by messing with their acupuncture points.

“This ain’t some shaolin novel, though.” I eyed the floating assassins, once again having my focus strayed off from the main discussion.

“Since when acupuncture points belong to shaolin genre?” Clairmont replied. “Acupuncture points are basically pressure points that alter bodily systems if pressed