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Sorcerer Ichon didn’t break easily.
Whether he feared Starfish or felt some pathetic sense of pride and loyalty, I couldn’t say. Ha-Seon and I tried numerous methods, but we only received meaningless groans.
Despite his rat-like appearance, he proved far more stubborn than expected.
Maybe I am just wrong about him.
Perhaps rats were more resistant to pain than I would have assumed.
Do rats have high pain tolerance?
I racked my brain, but nothing came to mind.
It wasn’t surprising. In my nearly twenty-five years of life, the only time I had ever given a rat any real thought was during my childhood, while watching Jerry and Tom.
I shook my head. My thoughts had drifted into nonsense territory, so I forced the useless thoughts away.
“Aaaargh!”
Six small wind spirits were latched onto Sorcerer Ichon, pecking away with razor-sharp beaks. They were targeting all of his vulnerable spots, starting under his fingernails and working their way inward.
Unfortunately, we still gained nothing.
The man simply kept screaming.
Even so, Ha-Seon remained expressionless, lips pressed into a firm line as he stared at the yokai. The fury stirred by the state of his people clearly hadn’t subsided.
Hmm.
Dragging this out wasn’t ideal, but a clear solution hadn’t presented itself....
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