Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1540

Chapter 1540 Family Care Part 2

"Yeah. Once you get used to homemade food, going back is hard." Peicus, his second in command, said. "I'm tired of working in the field. I want to be able to go back home and find more than an empty apartment."

The members of the three units that protected Lutia spent their lunch break taking turns at both eating and whining. They missed Elina's smile as much as her cooking.

"Gods, how much I miss Lady Verhen already." Zest the Shyf whined while looking at the raw meat that filled the trough from which they had gotten used to feeding. "She always adds some tasty treat and even remembers what each one of us likes the best."

Before going away, Raaz had paid the local butcher to provide the beasts that protected his fields, his farmhands, and his neighbors with plenty of meat, but aside from cutting it into bite-sized chunks, he served it as it was.

"Yeah." Gremst the Ry said while gobbling the bland food. "I like her so much that it didn't even bother me cleaning my teeth and make sure that my breath didn't smell to not look bad compared to the humans."

The magical beasts and the Corps were in a friendly competition to see which one of them received more attention from the Lady of the house. So far, neither of the two factions had managed to break the tie.

'Gods, those guys are hilarious!' From his pocket space, Tezka the Fylgja laughed behind the backs of all of them. 'So powerful and yet so na?ve.'

He sat on a throne made from the bones of all those who had escaped the notice of both forces just to end up as his meal.

'Vastor did well sending me here. Undead attack at night, skilled mercenaries during the day, and now even some rogue Emperor Beasts for hire.' He thought.

'Whoever is behind them, they know the Corps' skills very well and send enough troops to keep them busy but not enough to make them call for permanent reinforcements. Now that Lith and the Phoenixes are gone, this is the perfect time for the guy who sent the Future card to attack.

'All I need to do is to make sure to stay hidden and stop making their forces "mysteriously" disappear. This way, once the one behind the card thinks to have gauged the Corps' strength, they will reveal themselves and find me ready.'

The Abomination-Warg hybrid looked at Zinya's kids playing with nostalgia. They reminded him of back when he was just a Xogh (Fox-type magical beast) and life was much simpler.

Then, his dimensional senses picked up a disturbance in the surrounding space and Tezka took his blade, Endless Night, out of his pocket dimension.

'What the heck?'

Aran and Leria galloped out of the barn while riding their magical beasts. The Desert at night was too boring for them so they had gone back home to play with their friends.

The children's laughter brought Zinya outside in the open as well and created an opening that no skilled assassin would miss. Between the lunch and the sudden return of the Verhen's, the detail had been caught off guard.

Tezka readied himself to jump out of his dimensional space, in the case he wasn't the only predator on the prowl.

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