Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3761

Chapter 3761: Two Kings (Part 2)

"They won’t. I can assure you of that." Leegaain nodded. "Especially if they get early access to the Spyglasses."

"Excellent suggestion, Aunt Loka." Solus nodded. "Anything else?"

Everyone either shrugged or shook their head.

"Then let’s get this started." Lith said.

***

Jiera continent, ruined city of Hervor, at the same time.

As soon as Keila’s breakthrough ended and she lost consciousness, Dusk’s crystal stopped its attempt to break free from Night’s control.

Night and Orpal combined their efforts and Jorl’s Life Maelstrom to mend the fissures in her true body as quickly as they could. When all pieces matched again and fused with each other, the wounds the Storm Griffon had inflicted upon the Vurdalak healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"What was that?" Jorl asked.

"Nothing much. Night made a silly mistake while controlling Dusk’s powers." Orpal couldn’t afford to reveal his newfound weakness, especially to someone as resourceful as Jorl. "The important thing is that it’s over and it won’t happen again."

"Do you want to continue our spar?" Seeing that Orpal had no intention of continuing that conversation, Jorl set his questions aside.

Yet not before putting a pin on them for the future.

"No, thanks." The Dead King replied. "I need to stabilize my condition first. I can’t risk another fit ruining months of preparations."

It was a lie. With Dusk’s core dormant again, the self-repair spells of the crystals had already mended the damage and brought Orpal back to his full strength. He didn’t need time to heal, but to plan for the future.

’For now it’s over, but that will happen again.’ Night said the moment Orpal sat cross-legged on the floor and pretended to be meditating. ’The issue is the surge of world energy that courses through the girl, Kelia, when she has a breakthrough.

’I felt it through Dusk’s crystal. And the worst part is that she has just reached the cyan core.’

’Cyan?’ Orpal was flabbergasted. ’Not the blue core.’

’No. Apparently Dusk ran circles around me even at that.’ The bitterness in her thoughts was palpable. ’I knew he was a master at manipulating life forces, but I would have never thought he was that good.’

’If only we had his final shard, that knowledge would be ours.’ Orpal didn’t point his finger, knowing all too well how it felt being outshone by a sibling.

’Indeed. It would also solve our current predicament.’ Night appreciated his rare moment of kindness. ’Too bad the little bitch spends all her time either at the academy or with my mother.’

’There is no way we can get to her and survive the encounter, let alone kill Kelia.’ Orpal nodded. ’How long until her next breakthrough?’

’Hard to tell. Six months, minimum. Why? Do you want to kill your brother before that?’ Night asked.

’I will if I can, but I won’t rush my plan just for that.’ He telepathically shook his head. ’Not when I can just enter "secluded training" until the storm is over. If nobody knows we have a recurring weakness, we have no weakness.’

’That’s smart.’ She nodded. ’What about Jorl? He saw the cracks and is smart enough to connect the dots.’

’He’s also smart enough to watch our back until he won’t need us anymore.’ Orpal replied. ’He’ll keep our secret and probably even look out for us. Yet that only until keeping us safe keeps him safe.’

’Agreed.’ Night said. ’When we cross the bittersweet bridge of parting ways, we must burn it down and blast it to smithereens while Jorl is still on it.’

’Whatever that was, it’s a weakness I might have to cover for when our enemies attack him or exploit if our relationship sours.’ The Storm Griffon thought. ’Even if we succeed in killing his brother and establishing our territory, I doubt Orpal is going to let me walk away. freёwebnovel-com

’I’m becoming more powerful by the day by understanding his bloodline abilities and using them better than he does. Every time we spar, I learn Orpal’s tells, weaknesses, and best tactics.

’It’s one of the reasons he has yet to beat me once. I’m a living repository of what makes him tick. In his shoes, after settling the score with Verhen, I would get rid of someone like me next.

’I’m too dangerous, not only as a rival, but also as a weapon that his enemies would gladly turn against him.’

’It doesn’t matter. I bet my tail’s feathers that Orpal plans to spread the Upyr race throughout Mogar and lord over them. Unluckily for him, that’s also my plan, and there can’t be two kings.’

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