Bond Arsenal 3

by Street XG

“You come to invade my home with slaves,” she said in the tone of a disappointed grandmother. “You lie. You insult my husband. Insult the honor of his Tudi.” Virgil thought he heard a disapproving grunt come from somewhere, but he couldn’t focus on it. The old woman stepped closer, far faster than any non-Awakened should have been able to move. “And worst of all,” her voice hardened, “there are two young women huddled in my kitchen right now, scared out of their minds. All because of you.” Virgil steadied himself and activated Mind Sever, one of his most devastating techniques. Mind Sever - Perform a mental lobotomy with psychic force. It was an evolved form of Mind Spike, but far more potent, designed to sever cognitive function and leave only a drooling husk behind. It struck. But the old woman didn’t even flinch. She just kept walking. Virgil’s mind went blank. He had no idea what he was looking at. She had no aura. No pressure. There was no sense of power radiating from her at all. “How..?” He tried to ask, but in his confusion, he hadn’t realized she was already standing in front of him, her hand resting directly over his core. “I hope you enjoyed your visit to my home, Mr. Diamond,” she said, her voice matronly yet grave. “You will not be leaving.” She did something. Virgil couldn’t block it; he could barely even follow it. A foreign heat surged into his body, flooding his core. And then, nothing. Everything went entirely black. Once Xiu destroyed the would-be conque...

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