Supreme Magus novel Chapter 4084

Chapter 4084: Uncontrolled Variable (Part 1)

’Exactly.’ Eckor replied. ’This is a perfect opportunity to enact Oghrom’s law and remove our target. It’s a shame to leave Dripha in the hands of weaklings, but we have already invested too many resources to go after the Ernas.’

’This is too perfect, Eckor. Too convenient.’ Jiza inwardly shook her head. ’I told you there must be a trap. It’s unlike you to fall for the obvious.’

’I’m not falling for it. I’m calling Jirni’s bluff.’ He replied. ’If not now, when should we attack? We have all our pieces in place and a solid alibi. Our target is alone and exposed.

’There is no guarantee that if we fall back now, any of the information that we have collected will still be reliable tomorrow. For whatever reason, Jirni Ernas is stalling for time, and if we keep waiting, we’ll play in her hand.’

Jiza couldn’t deny Eckor’s cold logic, but a few things didn’t convince him.

’You said perfect alibi, but that’s not true. I do have one, but what about you? Do you really think Verhen will not seal the area after Jirni’s rune disappears?’

’Act surprised and let him do it.’ He inwardly shrugged. ’I’ll just terminate myself and erase my equipment. Verhen will find nothing to study and no one to interrogate. One life for another is a small price to enact Oghrom’s law.’

’And what if it is a trap?’ Jiza asked.

’Then my final report will uncover Jirni Ernas’ secret weapon.’ Eckor spoke with the same detachment of a man ordering his dinner. ’I’ll die, sure, but you’ll know the truth and the next assassin will complete the mission.’

’Go, Eckor.’ Jiza inwardly nodded. ’Oghrom’s blood.’

’Oghrom’s blood.’ An old and rich merchant excused himself from his date and walked through the nearest door to the bathroom.

From there, it took him only a small deviation to reach the same corridor Jirni was in. He moved with calm and confidence. Eckor had learned since a tender age that the best way to go unnoticed was to act with purpose.

Like someone who belonged there and knew exactly where he was going.

Maids, butlers, and the other guests who had snuck out of the Ball Room to snoop around the house of the Supreme Magus of the Kingdom paid Eckor no attention when they crossed his path.

The assassin kept his disguise on and reported every detail he noticed with each step he took.

The tactile enchantment of the Gernoff’s clothes transmitted information through small bursts of earth magic in the form of vibrations, bypassing the seals for communication amulets and earpieces.

Even if someone intercepted them, their intensity and frequency were no different from the vibrations produced by footsteps. With a dance going on, the signal was less than white noise.

As he advanced deeper into the Mansion, Eckor carefully sturdied the arrays around him and held a small silver sphere in his hand that displayed their precise number. The moment a magical formation appeared, faded, or was replaced by another, a small tremor in his hand alerted him.

’Verhen really is a paranoid control freak, but we’ve taken down worse.’ Eckor thought as he slipped past detection arrays unnoticed.

His tuxedo was actually an Adamant-Darwen alloy that distorted the mana lines of the magical formations enough to fool them, but not so much to trigger them. He always kept himself beyond the range of Jirni’s Life Vision thanks to the Spyglasses that enhanced his own.

The moment he saw Jirni open the master bedroom, he shapeshifted his clothes into a battle uniform, and his metal rings and jewelry rearranged themselves into two poisoned stilettos.

Eckor emerged from around the corner and jumped off the floor, producing no sound and closing the distance with Jirni in a single leap. Her hand was still on the doorknob, and the other held the mana crystal necessary to operate the mystical locks.

’This guy is strong. I need to go all-out.’ Jirni couldn’t see the enemy mana core, but her whole body screamed danger, warning her it was an opponent she couldn’t defeat.

’Light Mastery!’ Eckor’s fingers tapped the stilettos, shorthanding the message. ’Constructs. Weak.’

’Orio-’ Grimlock came out of the wound with a wet crunch of bones and organs before its edge put an end to Eckor’s life and message.

’Orion?’ Jiza echoed while searching for him in the ballroom.

’What about Orion?’ She asked, but Eckor’s rune disappeared from the embroidery of her evening gloves.

’He never left this room.’ Nenira Gernoff replied.

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