Chapter 100. His Return

“You didn’t kill Miriam, did you?” I asked worriedly. I and Moriah had gotten out of the castle’s forecourt and were now running along the castle wall as fast as we could. I held my gown up with both hands and ran with bare feet so as not to slow down our pace. We were sure Andreian soldiers were behind us and would catch up if we dared to relent.

“Of course not. But I might have damaged an important organ… or two… in her stomach region. She’ll be fine, though. It’ll probably heal up given she’s using a magical artifact. If it doesn’t… she might actually die,” Moriah responded, shrugging indifferently.

“What are you talking about?” I asked, turning to her.

“Didn’t you notice that she was giving off supernatural energy even though she was human? It's because of the jewel attached to that sword. It’s a magical artifact that grants the abilities of a supernatural to its user. The kind of abilities the user gets depends on the supernatural that was killed to make the a