Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 616  Threat? So be it

In the room, Sophie was staring at Max with an incredulous expression on her face. Riva was doing the same but her expression was one of rage and she seemed to be on the verge of attacking him.

Max took in their expressions, and while he felt a little bad in his heart, he didn't show anything on his face. Also unlike before, he was alert in case Riva really did lose her self control and attacked.

"Do you dare repeat that?!" She hissed through gritted teeth. Max looked into her eyes with a calm look and repeated what he had said just a few moments ago, "If I want to heal her magic foundation, I need to have sex with either you or Sophie."

Bam!!

Riva slapped the table beside the bed, tearing it into pieces. As the wooden splinters flew around, she thundered, "You want to die!!"

Boom!

As soon as she shouted, her aura burst forth and pressed down on him with force.

The moment Max felt her aura erupt, he started circulating his Mana and his Will was ready to tap into his bloodline energy to cast his bloodline aura field.

But fortunately, apart from pressing him with her aura, Riva didn't do anything.

While feeling relieved that she did not attack because if she had, it would have most likely ruined his budding relationship with the Fuller family and along with his deal with Mike, but in his heart he couldn't help but complain.

 'Damn woman! Can't you control your temper?'

Fortunately, Riva couldn't read his thoughts or she would have lashed out even more badly if she heard this.

How was she to control her temper when someone was trying to exploit not only her, but her precious daughter too?

Not wanting to make the matter worse and also because he was starting to feel annoyed by her, he said, his tone a bit colder,

"It seems you did not understand what I said, Elder Riva. So let me put it in a way easy for you to understand.

What I wanted to say is After I diagnosed her, I realized my bloodline energy wasn't potent enough to heal her magic foundation. The only thing it could do was to nurse her back to a healthy state.

Now you must be wondering why I said that if I can't heal her foundation? It's because I can heal it but to do that, I have to enhance my bloodline energy."

After saying this in a single breath, he added, "And to enhance it, I need to have sex with… at least a Four or Five-star mage."

Riva took a deep breath and forcibly calmed herself down when she heard him. Beside her, Sophie also fell into thoughts.

Seeing the contemplative looks on their faces, Max closed his eyes and waited for their decision.

Thirty seconds passed…

One minute passed…

Then another minute…

And then another…

But none of them said anything.

Frowning, he opened his eyes. Sophie had her head lowered while Riva seemed to be considering something, her brows knitted together.

"In case you don't know, if her magic foundation isn't healed within a few hours, the effects of my bloodline energy in her body will wear off and she'll revert back to her previous condition. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

 And since boosting my bloodline energy will take quite some time, you should avoid wasting time and make your decision as soon as possible."

Riva visibly shook when she heard him while Sophie's head snapped up.

"Is there no other way to boost your bloodline energy?" Riva asked in an unhappy tone.

Max's patience finally ran out and he snapped, "If I had, I would have told you already. Now, don't waste your or my time. Hurry up and make your decision or I'll just leave."

Riva's expression morphed.

"How dare you threaten me?!" She thundered, her pupils constricted in anger and her aura field quickly took form around Max. Max's expression darkened at the hostile display.. The normal aura pressure, he could easily endure. But if she–a high-stage five-star mage–used her aura field, he knew he wouldn't be able to remain unaffected. That was why, almost at the same time she acted, he released his bloodline powered aura field. Though it wasn't perfect like hers, it resisted most of the pressure.

Riva's eyes flickered with surprise when she saw this while anger rose even more.

Just as she was about to reinforce her aura field with mana, Sophie put a hand on her shoulder and worriedly said, "Mother, please calm down. You misunderstood. He wasn't trying to threaten us."

"You!" Riva's anger ebbed a little and she gave her daughter an incredulous look.

"You didn't hear what he said? He clearly said he will leave if we don't agree. What is that if not a threat and his blatant attempt to take advantage of our vulnerability?"

As she spoke, her anger surged once more as she glared at Max and said,

"He already has a pact with your uncle according to which he needs to heal you and others. Whether we agree to his unscrupulous demand or not, he has to heal you if he wants the deal to take effect."

Sophie looked at Max with a confused look on her face.

Max with his keep observation could also see a hint of disappointment in the deaths of her eyes but that didn't phase him. He had more important things to do to care about a stranger's opinion of him.

With a calm look on his face, he looked into Riva's eyes and slowly nodded, "It's true I have made a deal with Mike. But perhaps what you don't know is;

Whether or not I'm able to heal anyone, he is going to protect me and my companions for the duration of the week we are here. So, we are not in any immediate danger. As for what happens after that…"

Max's lip's curled up into a devious smile, "...If you don't agree, I'll leave here and use these seven days to figure out something."