Supreme Magus novel Chapter 4319

Chapter 4319: No Maybe (Part 1)

"Enjoy your stay until the next time." Lith turned around and was about to walk away when he noticed that Solus hadn’t moved from her spot. "Is everything alright?"

"Yes." She nodded as she sifted through everything they had just learned and witnessed. "I’ve made up my mind about the Bleed, Lith. I’m sorry, but I don’t want to sacrifice these people for my convenience.

"They have already suffered too much for something they didn’t even do. I know what they were planning, but there’s no way to know whether they would have actually gone for it or they would have realized how foolish making an enemy out of us was.

"I can’t play judge, jury, and executioner based on a maybe. It’s wrong. Sacrificing these people might save my life in the future, but at the price of my soul. If I do this, I would be no better than Thrud or all those crazy bastards who kill innocents to Forgemaster a cursed object."

"You don’t have to explain yourself to me, Solus." Lith replied. "I know we are different people, and I would never ask you to ignore your conscience and poison your peace of mind for me.

"No treasure would be worth that, let alone these scumbags. Whatever comes next, we’ll face it together. Whatever happens, we’ll find a way to survive, like we always do."

"Thanks." She nodded, feeling a huge burden lifting from her chest. "You have no idea how much your words mean to me. Also, you didn’t let me finish."

Solus’ gaze steeled, and her hands closed into fists.

"I want that guy in the Bleed." She pointed at the Awakened that Lith had followed to the safe house. "There is no maybe with that bastard. He wanted to kidnap the children. He was willing to kill Dad.

"The fact that he failed doesn’t make his crimes any lighter. He knew what he was doing and had even prepared a hidden lab to experiment on our little ones with his accomplices. Killing him isn’t enough.

"Burning his very life force to protect those he meant to hurt is the only fitting punishment for someone like him." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"Poetic justice, if you ask me." Lith nodded. "What about the others?"

"Kill them, please." She sighed. "But only if what they have confessed is the truth and they didn’t try to pull a fast one on us. Otherwise, feel free to leave them here to rot."

***

Lith and Solus spent the next few days following the leads they had received from their prisoners, increasing the number of inmates in the Pits of Agony quite a bit.

’We can’t afford to slack off. If we don’t take these bastards out ourselves and someone else does, we’ll have to Forgemaster more Blade Weapons.’ Lith thought.

’Yeah, I’d be fine if it were for someone like Malyshka or Fyrwal, but I don’t trust the Awakened Council farther than we can throw them.’ Solus replied. ’There’s no telling if they would use our Blade Weapons against us.

’I doubt they’d join the kidnappers’ side, but too many people covet Mom’s knowledge and your bloodline. I’m afraid that whenever our interests and those of our potential clients clash, they might use the weapon we gave them to tip the scales in their favor.’

’You know, you have to find some way to clarify when you refer to Mom or Ripha. You call my father Dad, so when you say Mom, I think of my mother and get utterly confused since she possesses no knowledge that might interest an Awakened.’ Lith said.

’Sorry.’ She chuckled.

’Not sorry.’ Menadion grunted. ’I have 700 years of seniority on Elina, so mom is my title.’

’Mom, this is a private conversation!’ Solus blushed as they prepared to ambush the last batch of potential kidnappers of which they were aware. ’Get out of our mind link.’

’Non a chance.’ She replied. ’I need to tell you that the other Sigil Demons are in position. We are waiting for your signal and a little extra juice to start the attack.’

’On my mark.’ Lith took a deep breath of Invigoration, infusing the Sigil Demons and his golems with the mana it produced. ’Mark!’

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABELVerify