Supreme Magus - Chapter 461

Chapter 461






"I don't want you to take unnecessary risks . We have interacted with all three undead Courts in the past, so I can at least help you by not letting them catch you unprepared . " Sylpha continued .

"Don't trust anyone unless they have offered you their hospitality . It's their most sacred vow and the only one they won't break . Only ask questions, never for help . Otherwise it would make you indebted to them .

"Do not bring with you anything that you are unwilling to part from . As your hosts, they may request a gift of their choice . Refusing would instantly end the negotiations .

"Always emphasize that you are speaking on behalf of the Kingdom, so that if they require compensation for their services, they will not be able to ask anything from you . Ponder every word and say as little as possible . Do you have any questions for me?"

"If the Griffon Kingdom knows about these Courts, why are they still standing?" Lith asked .

"I have no idea about the scope of their power or agenda, but they seem powerful enough to represent a threat . Having a country inside the country looks dangerous to me . "

"For the same reasons every one of the three great Countries can't destroy them . " Sylpha sighed . "Some of their members exist from the time before even our Kingdom was founded . Not only do they are powerful and wise, but they also have made secrecy a form of art .





"I know from experience that they have functioning Warping arrays even inside cities like Othre, where is supposed to be impossible . The second biggest reason that makes it hard to spot them is that they do not interfere in political struggles .

"They do not seek temporal power . Their interests and our own rarely meet or collide . Between their limited numbers and the discretion with which they operate, finding one of their safe houses is just a matter of luck . "

The more Lith learned about them, the less he liked the situation he was in . Undead on Mogar seemed to act more like an Earth's secret society rather than the dumb monsters he was used to see in horror movies or in Dungeons & Looting rulebooks .

'This is way worse than I thought . Even the Dawn Court sounds like a vipers' nest . I need to tread with extreme caution . ' Lith grumbled .

'Don't you mean "we"?' It was the first time since they had met that Lith excluded her from his plans . It was enough to shock Solus's very core .

'No, this time I'm alone . I don't know who I'll meet and the more ancient a being is, the more likely is for them to be Awakened or at least have artifacts that can grant them senses akin to Life Vision . I can't risk bringing you along .

'I can't forget how everyone who learned about your existence reacted . Nalear, Scarlett, the Black Star . They were all either scared or anxious to study you . I'm more than confident to be able to kill a single undead, but a whole Court?

'I doubt they can't rip you off from my dead body once I run out of tricks . They have the advantage of numbers and experience . You have seen how powerful Kaelan is .


'I've practiced true magic from barely seventeen years and learned about tier four and five only two years ago . I can't compare with someone with centuries of practice . '

After the Queen ended the call, Lith didn't wait for Kalla's answer to prepare for his departure . He had the army give him a second uniform and entrusted everything he had on himself to Tista .

He only kept Solus's ring . He was unwilling to part from her for even one more second than was strictly necessary . The memory of what had happened when Nalear had severed their bond was deeply etched in their minds .

Even though this time they would just be apart, the unbridled rage that possessed him whenever he was by himself scared him . Solus was more than his moral compass and his life companion .

She was the sun that marked the thin line between sanity and madness that he had walked along his whole life . Lith wasn't a murderous brute, but the idea of having to fight alone against his inner demons while facing centuries old tricksters was far from appealing .





Kalla contacted him again a few minutes after he was done with his preparation .

"I've set you an appointment with Othre's Dawn Court . Beware, though, I have no one I can trust among their ranks . " Kalla gave him the same advice Queen Sylpha did, before telling him the time and place where he would find her contact .

Lith was supposed to be on a small hill outside the city gates in less than five minutes . It was a safety measure to make it impossible for someone to follow him or to arrange a trap for the Court's envoy .

Lith knew he had no time to lose, yet taking off Solus's ring took him several seconds . He put Solus on Tista's open palm, his fingers refusing to let go of the smooth stone surface that had become more familiar to him than his own flesh and bones .

"Don't worry . I'll be back soon . " He said to both girls while closing Tista's fingers over the ring . Lith had already lost too much time . He left the Association's building in a hurry and took off at full speed toward his destination .

Much to his surprise, his communication amulet drew his consciousness soon after he left Othre . Kalla's rune was blinking again .

"One last thing . " She said after making sure he was alone .

"Don't worry about hiding your nature of Awakened one . Most ancient undead just need a sniff of our blood or a gaze to recognize us . So I told them that you are one of us and as such you are protected . "

"Protected from what?" Lith asked . "Now that I think about it, it's surprising that during your travels no one tried to force you to share the secret of Awakening . I can understand that undead have a strong sense of kinship, but bad apples are everywhere . "

"Protected from being kidnapped, forced to reveal your secrets, or having your family threatened . Just like the undead have their Courts, we Awakened ones have our Council .

"It doesn't care if we live or die, but whoever tries to force their way to Awakening is bound to die . The Council doesn't guard our lives, but treasures our secret . No one, no matter how powerful wants to cross the Council .

"Awakened ones are a race of their own and are merciless . Some of its members are almost as ancient as this continent . If they combine their efforts, wiping the Courts off the face of Mogar would require but the blink of an eye . "

"How do I contact them?" Lith asked .

"They'll contact you when they will deem you ready . " Kalla hung up, leaving Lith more amused than worried by that piece of information . After studying the history of the Kingdom, he had always suspected the Council's existence .

Over the centuries, too many mages had died or disappeared after announcing world shaking revelations about magic's true potential .

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