Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1649

Chapter 1649: Credit and Responsibility (1)

"By the Great Mother!" Berion blurted when the treasury turned out to have been emptied as well. "What does this m-"

The dimensional sealing arrays had been activated again, cutting off the transmission.

"Excellent question." Lith thought out loud while putting everything in the office back as he had found it.

'I can get taking out all the weapons in preparation for the war, but why take the money as well?' Solus pondered.

'Aside from the muscle head that attacked me, no one used a decent artifact and even those he had were nothing much.' Lith replied. 'It doesn't make sense unless the nobles are planning to run away while the army invades.'

'I don't think so.' She said. 'If they wanted the gold they would have escaped before the army arrived and those weapons have no value for someone who isn't trained in using them.'

Too many things didn't add up. Now Lith had a clear understanding of the situation inside Zeska, yet he still couldn't find a way to connect all the dots.

He was still considering whether to find the nobles and interrogate them or get out of the city to give the Royals a full report when the decision was taken out of his hands.

A rainbow light flashed through the windows accompanied by the distant sound of multiple explosions. The colored fireballs were the convened signal meaning that Captain Estar needed Lith and that he had to get out of Zeska as soon as he could.

The sun was already low and there wasn't much time left before nightfall. Lith found a broom closet where to hide and waited for dark while using Demon Grasp to further refine his deep violet core.

Then, he opened a Spirit Warp Steps outside the city and then another to get back to his tent. This way, when Lith walked out the dimensional corridor, his second in command saw a common landscape on the other side.

"What's the matter, Captain? I was about to get some answers. This better be important."

"It is. Rudra has followed the messenger to Phresca and is waiting for your instruction. Quaron has to be there." He said.

"I can't break Zeska's siege on a maybe." Lith shook his head. "Give him the people he needs to keep an eye on all the city gates and have them look out for Quaron." _{freёwebnoѵel.com}

"But, I've already alerted the regiment and we are ready to mobilize at any time. If he's there, all we need to do is to take Phresca down and kill Quaron to take back the entire region!" Estar said.

"First, we are not sure he is actually there. The messenger might have just gone to the last known location. Second, even if Quaron is hiding in Phresca, he just needs to lower the arrays for a second to Warp away and slip past our forces." Lith replied.

"By staying here, we are cornering him. If he gets out of the city we will surround and kill him. If he keeps hiding, he'll lose the support of the people of the Nestrar region. Either way, we win.

"On top of that, I just discovered the presence of another player who manipulates the nobles of Zeska from the shadows. If the same is happening in all the other cities, then this is something bigger than just a traitorous Ranger."

"What do you mean?" Estar was flabbergasted.

"Just stay here and listen." Lith took out his army amulet and called Berion who in turn had the King join the conversation.