At those words the man steeled his resolve, recovering the courage worthy of a soldier that had looked death in the eyes many times on the battlefield.
When Lith allowed him to speak, he wasn’t afraid anymore.
“I am knight, my honour lies with my Lord! I will never betray his trust, you filthy mongrel!”
“Oh my, you’re so helpful! Thanks to your friend there, I already knew there is a Lord behind the ambush. But I thought you were just mercenaries. Are you telling me you are actual knights? Maybe his personal guard?”
Realizing his mistake, the knight bit his tongue, literally, trying to die before letting anything else slip out his mouth.
“Tsk, tsk! Not so fast!”
Lith froze him in place again, forcing the teeth away from the tongue before healing it with light magic.
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