Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1650

Chapter 1650: Credit and Responsibility (2)

"Useless to say, in the case of failure, it's better if your family never returns to the Kingdom. You have my word that the Crown will not harm them but we will not protect them any longer.

"You have made plenty of enemies during your short life and many of them wouldn't miss the opportunity to strike the moment you leave Lutia." Meron's words made Lith feel as if the King had hit him in the guts with a sledgehammer.

What he had considered as another bargain with the Kingdom had turned out to be a double-edged sword that was now pointed at his throat. All of his life work was at risk and the worst thing was that it was a nightmare of his own doing.

"That said, I want you to know that your plan will have my full support. I've sent hundreds of scouts to surround Phresca and they will report you the moment Quaron leaves the city. Assuming he is there, of course.

"If you can kill him before he reaches Zeska, it will save us a lot of trouble. If you can't, make sure to prepare the battlefield to your advantage. Use your time wisely and remember that if you manage to force Quaron even to seemingly violate the terms of your deal, it would still be your victory." The King said.

"I understand." Lith gave him a bow.

"By the way, I'm impressed by how easily you infiltrated Zeska first and then even the City Lord's office. Do you mind to explain to me how you bypassed so many arrays and how did you come back to the camp so quickly?" Meron asked.

"I got out the same way I got in." Lith replied. "Under the cover of darkness, I waited for a gap in the patrol rounds and used a hard-light construct to reach the top of the walls. Another to get down and here I am." Lith replied.

"As for the office, I simply used Light Mastery to keep the lock from clicking once it had been opened with its key. I didn't bypass the arrays because they were still inactive once I came out of my hiding place."

"So you used Light Mastery to leave a decoy in front of your tent, to get in and out of Zeska despite the dimensional sealing arrays, and to violate one of the allegedly safest places in the city. It's no wonder that Manohar manages to escape so often." Meron sighed.

"I'd put light blocking arrays in place in every city of the Kingdom as well if that didn't also mean to cripple our hospitals and- Did you say a key? Can you show it to me?"

Lith conjured a hologram accurate down to the smallest detail of the artifact that Solus had witnessed.

"That's no key. It's the Royal seal entrusted to all City Lords. Why didn't you mention in your report that Quaron's corruption has reached Zeska's highest official?" Meron said in surprise.

He would have never expected Lith to make such a blunder.

"Because that was no City Lord. I have studied the mission's files thoroughly and memorized her appearance." Lith conjured from his right hand the hologram of a scrawny old lady in her mid-eighties with a hunched back and a wig.

"The people I saw, instead, were much younger." The image of the couple appeared above his left hand, showing that there was no resemblance between the two women.

"This makes no sense." Meron said in confusion. "The Royal seal is no common trinket. It cannot be imprinted without the supervision of the ruler of the Kingdom."

"If Quaron or this so-called god have cracked the seal's security, then they pose a threat second only to Thrud!"