Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 357 Extracting Demonic Energy

Even though he didnʼt show it, inwardly, Max was seething in rage.

How could he not? He only asked her to take off her top so he could examine and cure her wound and not with any other intention. So, it was technically not his fault that she misunderstood his words.

Even if she misunderstood, there was no need to attack him with her aura and injure him, was there?

ʼFortunately, I reacted quick enough and deployed some defensive barrier or her attack wouldʼve seriously injured me.ʼ He thought and thanked his quick reactions.

As if the system knew what he was thinking and chuckled jeeringly, [Hehe, kid. If you are thinking that you didnʼt get any severe injury because of your fast reactions, you canʼt be any more ignorant.]

After laughing for a while, the system continued, [Although this Elf beauty seemed to hate humans quite a bit, she isnʼt heartless enough to kill you at this slight transgression. So, thatʼs why she held back at the last moment or you would be nothing more than a pile to squashed bones now. Donʼt forget that a king mage is leagues above a five-star mage, not to mention an insignificant two-star mage like you.]

Hearing this, Max felt chills ran down his spine and his anger toward her abated significantly.

With Leticiaʼs help, he stood and patted Rima and Belenʼs shoulders and told them to calm down.

After taking a healing pill, he slowly walked toward Aria and smiled apologetically, ”Milady, you seem to have misunderstood my words. I merely wanted to check your wound and had no indecent intention.”

Aria nodded and her eyes briefly flashed with guilt. She had also realised this and thatʼs why she held back. However, it didnʼt mean she was going to apologise to him.

Snorting coldly, she waved her hand and lifted Max into the air. Under the restriction of her Mana, Max had no way of resisting and was easily lifted.

Aria then glanced at the old man Raku and others. ”Weʼll be back in a short while.”

Saying this, she walked inside the house with Max floating behind her.

Rima and others were worried, fearing that she might attack him again. But when they saw Max nod reassuringly toward them, they calmed down.

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Inside the house, Aria sat on a simple wooden bed and lifted her top enough so her wound was visible to Max, who was standing in front of her.

”Go ahead.” She spoke in an even tone, but Max could see a slight blush on her cheeks.

ʼWell, she is a woman, after all.ʼ He thought and walked near her.

He focused his gaze on the palm sized black wound on the left side of her abdomen. It looked too ghastly, and Max couldnʼt help but wrinkle his brows in disgust.

[Donʼt think too much and put your hand on the wound.] Systemʼs voice sounded in his ears.

​ Max looked at her and said, ”Milady, Iʼll have to touch it to extract this demonic energy. Youʼll feel some pain, so bear it.”

”What? You can extract it?” Aria asked with an incredulous expression on her face.

”Yes. I can. So, get ready. It might sting.” Max nodded and, wasting no time, he pressed his palm against the wound.

Siiii!

Aria flinched in pain but didnʼt move or made any excessive noise. Her eyes focused on Max. She wanted to see how he was going to heal her. Although she wasnʼt sure if he could heal her at all, his confidence made her feel hopeful.

After touching her wound, Max closed his eyes. He wanted to urge the system to do something, but he couldnʼt speak, so he could only wait.

Aria frowned after not seeing any kind of development from him. However, she didnʼt say anything, seeing that he seemed to be deep in his thoughts.

A few more seconds passed. Both Aria and Max were feeling anxious, but for different reasons.

”Huh?” Just then, Aria felt the demonic essence slowly leaving her wound and travel to his hand before disappearing completely.

This dumbfounded her as she couldnʼt believe that a mere two-star mage could extract demonic essence which even she was helpless against. At the same time, she was happy that she wonʼt have to join the main branch of elves in the central region in exchange for the cure.

Time passed slowly. After a few minutes, all the demonic essence was extracted and her wound was no longer ghastly black.

Max, however, didnʼt know about it because he couldnʼt feel any change. Thinking that the system had tricked him, beads of sweat formed on his forehead.

In Ariaʼs eyes, however, Max seemed to do his best to extract the demonic essence, and this caused her to view him in new a light.

Remembering how she sent him flying over a slight misunderstanding, she felt apologetic and thought, ʼIt seems what the foster father said is right. Not every human is scum.ʼ

Just when Max was about to have a nervous breakdown, the systemʼs voice sounded in his ears, [Itʼs done, kid. You can retract your hand now.]

Phew!

Max exhaled deeply and fell back on his butt. Because of the stress he felt just now, he was mentally spent.

ʼThis damnable ʼold manʼ! He didnʼt tell me that the extraction process was already ongoing on purpose. If he had told me, I wouldnʼt have felt so much mental pressure.ʼ He gnashed his teeth in anger. (Since the supreme mage is quite old, Max is calling him the old man even though he looks quite young.)

Just as usual, the system seemed to guess what he was thinking and laughed, [Hehe, kid. If I had told you, your performance wouldnʼt have been satisfactory enough and this little girl would have suspected you.]

Max wanted to curse him, but held back the urge to do so. He looked at Aria and smiled with a tired expression. ”Iʼve extracted all the demonic energy, milady. You just need to use some healing pills and this wound will also be gone.”