Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1618

Chapter 1618 - Down The Memory Lane (Part 2)

"We take the bastard down together and everybody wins." Jiza said.

"If you are willing to go to such lengths to protect her, why didn't you just Awaken Jirni and bring her into your fold? Based on what Lith told me about her, she's an outstanding woman." Faluel asked.

"She is, but I can't Awaken her for the same reason my ancestor Oghrom took his own life. Jirni is as much of a monster as he was and your mother knows what his final words were." Jiza looked at Fyrwal who started to quote her late friend. _{freēwebnovel.com}

"Never Awaken someone like me, no matter how talented or brilliant they are. Once I gained the power of magic, my friendship with Valeron was the only tie with my humanity that I had left and the only leash still restraining my actions.

"If they are like me, the stronger they'll get the more detached they'll become until they'll see even their own blood as numbers in an equation. I'm afraid of what they might do exactly as much I'm afraid of what I might do now that my moral compass is gone.

"If I keep living, I am bound to become a threat to everything that I built. To become the Kingdom's worst enemy until someone puts me down. I've always been a monster, but before meeting Valeron I never had a conscience so I didn't care.

"Now, however, I've gained enough to understand how dangerous I am. With the long life and the power of an Awakened, I feel the void inside me grow with each passing day.

"My heart withers and with it all of my feelings but boredom. I choose to die now, while I still grieve my friend, otherwise not even death will stop me.

"The only thing that Mogar needs less than Awakened Oghrom Gernoff is Abomination Oghrom Gernoff." The Hydra said.

Faluel pondered those words for a while, browsing the several pieces of information that she had been lacking until that moment. By giving up on her noble status, Faluel had lost access to the army's database whereas the Myrok had full clearance and through them so did the Gernoff.

Small details that made no sense to a fake mage explained a lot to an Awakened.

"We have a deal." Faluel extended her hand and Jiza promptly shook it.

***

Blood Desert, Heavenly Plume tribe, Solus's tower.

"What's the first piece you are going to craft?" Friya asked while putting her personal notes on one of the Library's bookshelves to share them with the others.

"The Sage Staff for Solus." Lith replied. "Tapping into the full potential of the Balor's eyes might take a few tries and I want it to be ready when Solus gets her human body back.

"If I'm right, then the combined effect of the eyes and of the white crystals will allow her to keep that form indefinitely while the Yggdrasill wood will make it possible for her to use the Eyes of Menadion without my brain."

"Yep." Solus nodded, her cheeks slightly flushed with excitement. "I can't wait to finally see Lutia with my own eyes. I was reborn there, yet I never visited the village."

"Why the staff and not the hammers?" Friya patted at the Forgemastering tool hung to her belt.