Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1484

Chapter 1484 Home Invasion Part 2

’I won’t stand you making my whole family suffer nor will you force my daughters to spend the rest of their lives in hiding. You’re about to discover that you’re not the only one who made good use of these last few months.

’I’ve spent countless hours planning how to take you out once and for all, preparing for every possible contingency. I would have liked to have a bit more time, but I can’t delay it any longer.

’I must act before Orion does something stupid. Your act of defiance at the cemetery forced my hand, Deirus, and now you’ll pay the price for your foolishness.’

She had entered from the most recent and also the least protected wing of the house, moving towards the most secure areas only after scanning the arrays surrounding her with devices that Jirni was supposed to use solely as an Archon.

Between her Featherwalker armor and the many weapons she wore, Lady Ernas was confident in taking down even an Archmage, but she needed to play it smart. She couldn’t afford to be detected nor letting Deirus understand what was happening until it was too late.

Killing someone as powerful and influential as Deirus was akin to setting up several domino tiles. She needed to make sure that they would fall in the correct sequence so that the ensuing investigation would clear her household and have no long-term consequences.

Any other outcome would have led the Ernas Household to fall soon after the Deirus and that Velan’s death would have been a hollow victory.

The Deirus Household was already on the decline, with his ties to the Royal Court severed, no heir to take its reigns, and its lands ready to be redistributed the moment the current Lord died.

Archmage Velan Deirus had nothing to live for, except for his revenge. He was a dead man walking, ready to drop his own corpse in the Ernas’s well to poison their waters and bring them down with him.

Jirni, instead, had a thriving Arch Duchy, several children with a bright future ahead, and a husband she loved that she wanted to die of old age. So, unless she perfectly completed her task, it would have been Velan’s victory.

To make matters worse, Jirni had to act quickly, before grief drove Orion mad and he ruined everything she had prepared. It was one of the reasons why she had been forced to hasten her plans.

It was only a matter of time before her husband killed Deirus and got executed for treason. Jirni Ernas had several Royal Pardons saved but they couldn’t be used to clear crimes punishable with the death penalty.

Thanks to the night goggles Orion had crafted for her, Jirni moved quickly through the empty corridors and servants’ passages, stopping solely to avoid patrolling guards or to let her device scan her surroundings for traps and arrays.

Yet it took her over one hour to cover the few hundred meters that separated the window from Velan’s living quarters. Once she finally lay eyes on his familiar gold-painted double door, Jirni made the device perform a triple scan while she double-checked her equipment and prepared for the worst.

’I wish I could have brought Dyta along, but I’m the only person for whom Orion violates the Kingdom’s rules about Royal Forgemastery. He crafted for me artifacts meant solely for special ops units that should require the Royal seal even to be used.’ She thought.

Once everything was ready and charged, she moved to the door and touched it with a small sphere that unleashed the tier four Forgemastering spell, Clean Slate. The mixed pulse of light and darkness opened the magical lock while also disabling all protections on the door.

Her left hand covered Deirus’s mouth while the right held an enchanted poisoned knife that pierced both of his eyes and heart in quick succession. A skull was hard whereas eyes were soft and led straight to the brain. _{freewebnøvel.coɱ}