Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1446

Chapter 1446 - Freedom and Prisoners (Part 2)

"Why are you letting me go?" The Emerald Dragon managed to say after Thrud erected a wall between them to hide from his view and opened a way out for him.

"You need my Origin Flames for your army. You need me as your general. You’ve spent months training me, sharing your plans of conquest with me. How can you free me knowing that I might betray you the moment I get out of here and ruin everything?"

"I don’t need a slave. I already have plenty of them thanks to my crazy father." She said amid sobs. "I can always find another Xedros for the Origin Flames. Mogar is full of idiots like him.

"The only reason I needed you was because I thought that, after hundreds of years of solitude, of being treated as nothing but the offspring of the Mad King, I had finally found someone to share my life with.

"As for my plans, you don’t have to worry about me. Soon everyone will know about my return and I can use the knowledge you’ll share with them to my favor. I can’t and I won’t stay hidden for long because I have no need to anymore.

"I know that I have no right to ask anything from you, which is why I’m begging you. Please, whatever you decide to do, wait at least three more months." The wall disappeared, revealing Thrud on her knees and with her forehead stuck to the ground.

"I can’t Awaken until the baby is born. It would be too risky. On top of that, I can’t enact my plan before that term without putting their life at risk. Please, I beg you. Don’t do it for me, but for the baby.

"They have no fault. If you have to hate someone, hate me." She kept crying, but her voice remained steady.

Jakra felt his heart as if a vise squeezed it, but his body refused to move and he shivered in disgust even at the thought of coming one step closer to her.

"I promise that I will not endanger our child’s life." He said.

"Thanks." Thrud slammed her head against the ground until she started to bleed in a sign of contrition. "One last thing. If my plan fails, if I die on the battlefield, please, take care of the baby in my stead.

"Victory or defeat, I want this to end with me. Don’t let them grow in my shadow nor people mistreat our baby because of me. Promise me that if something goes wrong, If I can’t give them the throne, you will at least give our child a normal life."

"I promise." Jakra said before turning his back to her and escaping from the Golden Griffon for the last time.

He soared through the skies towards his home, the Gorgon Empire, feeling the need for the support of his family. Yet the tears that came from his eyes non-stop weren’t of joy or relief so much as of sadness.

With each flap of his wings, Jakra got further away from his tormentor, yet he also grew more miserable.

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Jiera Continent, ruins of the city of Yankar, Baba Yaga’s hut, a few days later.

Right after saving Dawn from the effects of Valeron’s True Griffon spell, the Red Mother had been called upon by the Red Sun as well.