Chapter 72 - Corruption Bleeds Gold (Part 1)

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"By Asmodia's order, consume my enemies!" Trying to cast a dark magic spell for the hundredth time, Haruki could no longer bear to keep repeating those incantations.

"Consume!" When Haruki's spell failed, Margarette used her own magic to drain all the energy from an enemy slime. After just a few seconds the slime was stripped of all power and got turned into ash.

"Why does yours work but mine doesn't?" He grunted, frustrated out of his mind.

"Unlike you, I've been a mage my whole life," pointing to the sapphire brooch hanging by Haruki's neck Margarette explained further. "Besides you've been too heavily reliant on that thing so obviously trying to cast spells by yourself will give you some trouble."

"You didn't have to do the incantations," Haruki mumbled in response.