Supreme Magus novel Chapter 4473

Chapter 4473: Ruined City (Part 1)

’Well, that’s a nice surprise.’ Solus said after Lith shared Sakh’s words with her via a mind link. ’It explains why the people of the villages I visited were so kind to me. I bet that everyone in the Kellar region knows you and every member of your family.’

’You’re probably right.’ Lith sighed. ’You know what’s sad, instead? That during my two years as a Ranger we have marked every single mana geyser in the Kellar region, whereas we’ve lived most of my life in Distar and know only the location of a handful of mana geysers.’

’That’s because we worked here, and every mana geyser was an opportunity to get home faster.’ She chuckled. ’You never gave a damn about any city of Distar aside from Derios, the Lark Estate, and Lutia.

’We have never taken a single tour of the Distar region before this mess with the Isharas, whereas we know Kellar like the back of our hand.’

Of course, not every place in the Kellar region was the same, nor were its people. Some villages and even cities still disliked foreigners and didn’t bother hiding it. Lith and Solus were rudely received a few times, but they let it slide unless certain lines weren’t crossed.

No city had ever earned their spite like Maekosh, and when Lith reached it, he was far from shocked when he discovered that its citizens had become even more bitter and ungrateful than he remembered.

"Look who’s back. The barbarian with a badge from the south." Xelos, the owner of the Prancing Griffon tavern, spat on the ground to emphasize his joy at the unexpected reunion.

"I have no idea who you are, but I’m pretty sure it’s for the best of both of us." Lith replied with a flat tone.

"Please, forgive Xelos’ poor manners." Baroness Enja, the local ruler, had come to supervise the delivery of the goods, afraid that the mean people of Maekosh might once again incur Lith’s wrath with their attitude.

"This winter has been hard on everyone." She said, and she meant it.

The Baroness had almost run out of basic necessities after sharing everything she could afford with the less fortunate. Enja wasn’t a generous woman, but if too many people died on her watch, she would have lost her seat as a Baroness even without the Isharas’ meddling.

"Hunger has plagued Maekosh for over a month, and my beloved citizens have been driven to the brink of despair. If you also consider that many among us fell ill and succumbed to colds and flu because too starved to fight back, you can understand why they are on edge."

"Actually, I can’t." Lith snorted, taking the crates out of his pocket dimension one at a time. "I bet those people would have survived if you had a Healer, and also that your people drove out any gentle soul who tried to set up shop here."

The crowd cursed, and the Baroness flushed at those words, because they were the truth. No foreigner lasted long in Maekosh, even those the city desperately needed.

"And whose fault do you think it is that we are reduced to beg a southerner for food?" Mikos, a local brewer, growled in outrage. "It’s all because of you, *Magus* Verhen."

The man managed to make the highest title a mage could aspire to into a slur.

"It’s only because you helped that traitor of Oshek that Maekosh is dying! Ever since he opened and expanded his two-bit brewery in Lutia, no one is willing to buy a single keg of our beer at the usual fares!

"We are forced to sell at a loss or see the merchants who until a few years ago begged down on their hands and knees to buy our goods turn around and leave!"

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