Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1014

Chapter 1014 Elephant in the Room Part 2

"I like your guts and I would have given you a chance if you skipped the bullshit about love. You don’t know the first thing about me, the only thing you are infatuated with is my appearance.

"Love is too strong a word to be abused like that. Only a shallow person that knows nothing about their own feelings can use it so freely with someone they have just met. I’ve been asked out by a lot of men like you.

"You all think yourself unique, but aside from your face, you’re all the same. Goodbye." Friya walked around him and this time the youth didn’t stop her.

Sfarzen felt even more idiotic than the day before, wondering if his brain and mouth had actually been disconnected by some unknown illness.

"Would you have really gone out with him?" Quylla had to walk briskly to keep up with Friya.

"Yes. If you don’t date, you can’t find anyone. He had the guts to face me again and admit his mistakes, which is rare considering that most men think themselves a godsend that I must welcome with joy. Yet that cheesy part was a deal-breaker.

"Quylla, what would you think if a random stranger claimed to love you at first sight?" Friya asked.

"I would either think he’s after my money or he thinks I’m an easy woman." Quylla replied, suddenly finding Sfarzen’s confession more tasteless than romantic.

"Then we are on the same page." Friya nodded to Quylla before turning to Phloria. "What do you want us to do, today, Commander?" _{frёeωebɳovel.com}

"Captain, not Commander." Phloria rolled her eyes at her sister’s ignorance about military hierarchy. "The Prospectors will search for crystals, but examining things properly will take too long and in battle knowledge is power.

"The three of us will explore the underground network of caves and search traces of undead activities that might not be strictly related to gemstone veins. Quylla, your mana perception succeeded where even arrays failed, you’ll be our guide.

"Friya, between your Mage Knight and Dimensional Mage specializations, you can fight or summon reinforcements according to the circumstances. You take the rear. I’m just tall, mean, and strong. My role will be to protect Quylla and buy you time in the case something goes wrong."

"Just the three of us?" Friya asked.

"Yes. We might be dealing with Odi ruins and I don’t want to babysit anyone. Quylla can read their language, the gods only know why..."

"Lith needed help for a thing." Quylla said, but Phloria continued, uncaring for the explanation.

"I know how to find their runes, and the three of us are used to fight together. Our teamwork will allow us to move fast and don’t worry about dead weight."

"Any special order I should give to my men in the case Captain dumbass tries something funny?" Friya said.

"Actually, yes." Phloria was amazed by her own naivety.

She had spent so much time in the army to consider orders as absolute decrees no one would dare to defy. Her recent missions, however, had taught her better, and the mercenaries were the perfect solution to her problem.

"Have them keep an eye on both Kortus and the Captain who led the reinforcements here, Lotta. Have your men take short turns so their marks don’t notice being observed and have them report anything unusual. We can trust no one." Phloria said.