Not All Mages Are Evil

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 40106

It seems that I was just in time, the green-robed man thought to himself. The magical battle between Vincent and Shiva had been detectable from far away by those who, like himself, had sufficient magical knowledge. Vincent had been aware of this, of course, but had thought that his defences would be sufficient to keep at bay any prying eyes which might pay a visit. And so they might have been, but for the damage caused by the four carnage beasts.

There had been some pressing business that the green-robed man had had to see to, which was why he hadn't arrived till now. He had known that Vincent had carnage beasts of his own, but he hadn't realised till now that the number had been augmented to four. Nor had he anticipated that Vincent would be careless enough to leave them in the care of his toasterillas, so he had not foreseen that there would be any risk that they might escape.

Luckily he had been just in time to prevent them going on the rampage across the desert and beyond. But now what was he to do with them? They had been amongst the great once, he knew, so he was reluctant simply to kill them, but he feared that they might now be beyond healing. Carefully, for this was dangerous work, he probed their minds with his. Eventually he concluded that:

  1. All four of them were beyond help, and would have to be put down.
  2. Some, at least, could be restored, in body, mind and soul, to what they had once been.
  3. Some, at least, could be restored, but only in mind and soul. They would be stuck with those bodies out of nightmare. Would such a partial cure be a kindness? Well, he would do it, and then offer them the option of death.

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