Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1371

Chapter 1371 - Quality Over Quantity (Part 1)

"Wait, what?" The Scorpicore who had snored through Kalla’s rant suddenly woke up at the mention of her name. "Why should I come along?"

"Because you’re a tracker even better than Lith. Also, I’m too weak to ensure my own safety let alone that of my daughter. You’ll serve as both our bodyguard and Lith’s aid in the case something goes wrong." The Wight said.

"No way! I’m glad if you spend some quality time with Nyka, but don’t drag me into this mess. Whenever I asked the Council for help, they always turned me down. I’ve got no obligation toward anyone here." Scarlett stood tall with a stone-cold gaze.

She didn’t like the Council nor Lith and she liked the undead even less. Either the Forbidden Magic went awry and bit the undead’s a.s.s or it succeeded, forcing the Council to move theirs, the Scorpicore would win just by doing nothing.

"Please, you’re extremely gullible and easy to manipulate." Kalla gave a nudge to Nyka who caught her drift and hugged Scarlett’s huge snout.

"Please, aunt Scar, we need your help. You know that Mom can’t be trusted when books are involved and once Lith is out hunting, I would be all alone surrounded by strangers." She said.

"I said no." Scarlett’s ins.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e heart took Nyka’s big puppy eyes head-on without flinching for almost five seconds before starting to beat with motherly love. "Okay, fine."

"Slow down. We need to contact the Council and share with them your analysis of the situation. Forbidden Magic is considered a crime even by Awakened, there must be something they can do." Faluel said.

"Can? Sure. But do you think they want to?" Kalla shook her head. "I’m pretty sure this Haug fellow addressed the problem to the Council before trying to get Lith involved. They have much better experts than me, yet they didn’t care.

"Awakened only care for crimes committed by other Awakened. That’s why back in the day the Council did nothing against the slave collars in the Empire or against Hatorne. They were fake makes, hence none of the Council’s business.

"Guardians follow a similar policy. Leegaain washed his hands of the Empire just like Tyris considered Nalear’s ploy a price that her people had to pay to learn their lesson.

"On top of that, Lightkeep isn’t in the Kingdom, but in the Empire. My money on Leegaain not caring one bit, Inxialot making excuses to not leave his lab, and the rest of the Council bickering for so long that before they are done, we’ll be gone and back." The Wight said.

Faluel contacted the Council nonetheless, and when Kalla’s prediction came true down to the last detail, she had to admit that the Wight may be an airhead, but she had done her homework about politics.

"I can’t believe our gang is hitting the road from the first time." Tista hugged Solus and Nyka, eager to share an adventure with them and to visit an undead city.

"You’re not coming." Lith, Kalla, and Faluel said in unison.

"What? Why?" She asked with eyes wide open in surprise.

"Because you’re too weak." Lith said. "Someone at the bright cyan would be a liability. I’m close to reaching the violet core while Scarlett is going to have her hands full with Kalla and Nyka."

"Not by my choice!" Tista angrily pointed at Faluel. "I worked my a.s.s off day and night, but she forbade me to use Acc.u.mulation. How can I have a breakthrough without it?"

"I understand your anger, child, but your body isn’t ready yet." Faluel used Lifestream, her breathing technique, to show Tista her condition along with a hologram depicting a perfect cyan-cored body.

’I wish I could swear that I’ll work even harder to become an Awakened, but that would be idiotic. I’m already doing my best and without caution, I’m more likely to become either a corpse or an Abomination.’ She thought.