Challenge

Gale's first thought after hearing what she had to say was that she was going to ask him to kill someone. Of course, being a transcendent ranker herself, there was rarely anything she couldn't do. Murder was probably the simplest of deeds for her. However, there could be some complication for a transcendent to move against any lower ranker.

"It's not really a difficult task," she continued, unaware of his thoughts, though the changes in his body language didn't go unnoticed by her eyes. "You were working in the arcane academy, correct? Just think the job would be an extension of that."

Gale stared at her in surprise.