Weeks Passing

Hearing the Siren Mage's gargle-up words, Darcel actually paused. His eyebrows curled in curiosity, and he then made a split-second decision. 

Instead of letting the Siren Mage quickly die off, Darcel lowers his Magical Energy output, allowing the Mage to live that bit longer.

In all honesty, this method was crueler than just killing the Siren Mage off. 

Now he'll have to experience death at an agonizingly slow pace and be completely powerless to do anything about it.

From the Siren Mage's horrific expression, it was easy to see how brutal this option was. 

However, Darce had long since abandon showing any of his enemies any shred of mercy. Hell, he first squashed that part of him as he grew up in the Parasol Organization. 

What mattered the most to Darcel now was keeping both Aniela and Masami safe. And the Siren Mage's words arouse that little bit of worry.