Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1596

Chapter 1596 - Waves And Ripples (Part 2)

"That's not because Baba Yaga has lost her original drive, but because it's in the nature of non-Guardians to put themselves before others." Zagran said.

"Wait, aren't you the Guardian of Might? You spend your whole time training and fighting. What exactly do you do for others?" Scarlett asked.

"You could say the same of all Guardians."

"Do you see any of them going around and helping people like the heroes of the bards' tales? No. What we do is to inspire others and provide them with what they need to achieve their potential." Zagran replied.

"Okay, now you lost me." The Sekhmet at first had been annoyed by her host's riddles and at the idea of wasting precious time eating.

Yet the food that the chefs had prepared was delicious and the more she ate, the better she felt. Even the voices in her head became muffled until Scarlett could barely hear a white noise.

"Tyris helped Lochra Silverwing to share her knowledge, bringing a golden era for magic. Leegaain taught people like Milea, who didn't use their powers to rule, but to be chosen as rulers.

"Back when the Gorgon Empire was plagued by the slave collars, it was I who made sure that the mage with the wits to build a device that could free the enslaved mages ended up serving the idiotic warmonger that ordered her to create the spell that is now known as Clean Slate."

Zagran referred to the Forgemaster that by following his master's orders had crafted an artifact capable of disabling other artifacts, slave collars included. It had been only thanks to her that mages had stopped being slaves and the Gorgon Empire had become the most advanced magical power on Garlen.

"What?" Scarlett dropped her dumpling in amazement.

"We Guardians are not heroes. We don't go around saving people randomly. We are the ones who set the domino tiles so that the right person can trigger the change." Zagran conjured a hologram that showed her fellow Guardian the ripple effect that Silverwing, Milea, and the nameless Forgemaster's actions had triggered.

One person in the right place and with the right mind had changed the lives of billions of people.

"Back then, I intervened because without free will there is no self-improving. Slave collars go against everything I stand for and whenever someone starts mass producing them, I make sure that's the last mistake they make." The Garuda said in outrage as her skin turned silver due to the Life Maelstrom she released.

"That's why you and Salaark don't like each other!" Scarlett pondered those words. "She believes in absolute unity whereas you strive for absolute individuality."

"Correct." Zagran nodded. "While she tries to keep all of her children in her nest and teaches them her ways, I kick mine out of this house as soon as they learn the basics so that they can found their own path.

"Salaark rules her turf with an iron fist whereas I let people do what they think best."

"How did that pan out?" The Sekhmet said with a sneer.

"According to my children, I'm a horrible mother. They want me to give them coming of age gifts like Leegaain, or at least to allow them to stay here as long as they want and learn from me by imitation, like Salaark.

"I, instead, think that there's no teacher like necessity and hard work. As for my turf, before the plague, it was split in dozens of small countries eternally at war between them."