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She only shook her head and mouthed, I don’t know.
It was then that Penekal got the gall to step round to determine what was happening to the screeching Magician. His eyes stretched as he watched the tall, gaunt sage’s lips disintegrated along with his eyelids. His hand was on Nina’s chest, shedding skin as if he was suffering electrocution. The smell of burning flesh filled the room.
Ofar exclaimed and pointed to Nina’s chest, “It is the mark in her skin!”
“What?” Penekal asked, taking a closer look. He noticed what his friend referred to and his face lit up. “Dr. Gould’s marking is undoing the Sage! Look! Look,” he smiled, “it is the Seal of Solomon!”
“The what?” Purdue inquired, holding out his hands to Nina.
“The Seal of Solomon!” Penekal repeated. “A demon’s trap, a weapon against demons said to be granted to Solomon by God.”
Finally, the wretched alchemist fell to his knees, dead and dry. His corpse folded onto the floor, leaving Nina unharmed. The men all stood in amazed silence for a moment.
“Best hundred quid I ever spent,” Nina said unremarkably while caressing her tattoo, moments from fainting.
“Best moment I never got on film,” Sam lamented.
Just as they all started recovering from the unbelievable madness they had just witnessed, Penekal’s appointed alchemist came trudging lazily up the stairs. Sounding quite indifferent, he announced, “Sorry I am late. The repairs to Talinki’s Fish & Chips held me up for dinner, but now my belly is full and I am ready to save the world.”
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