Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1780

Chapter 1780 - High Treason (Part 2)

General Morn, the King's cousin, wanted to take Meron's throne and cleanse the Kingdom from the eyesore that Verhen was.

Morn had never forgotten all the trouble that Lith had caused to the noble households and resented him for having never really bent the knee to the Crown, no matter how many resources the state had invested into him.

The General believed that making an example out of him would have raised the morale of the troops and taught all the mages of commoner origin a lesson. Either they accepted to be pawns in the game of politics or they lost their place on the board.

"The first thing we have to do is to put Verhen on trial." Morn said. "His brother is a traitor and their name is a disgrace for this Kingdom. The citizens demand justice and if we can't offer them the Dead King's head, we can at least offer them those of his parents.

"After all, he said it himself that he's doing all of this to get even with his brother and family. Maybe if we kill them, Orpal will lose his motivation and break his alliance with Thrud. Without the support of the Undead Courts, it will be easier to deal with her.

"On top of that, we can't forget that he recklessly crafted tools like the DoLorean and Thundercrash. The first allows anarchists to avoid our troops and the city arrays that guarantee our safety while the second allows a commoner to kill even a mage.

"Some may call him a genius, but I see him more as an idiot with no care for the consequences of his actions. If the two brothers join their resources, none of us is safe."

A murmur of approval spread throughout the room.

"Morn is right. We can't be sure that the two brothers are not in cahoots. Better to be safe than sorry." Said a Duchess.

"Archmage Verhen never cared for the Kingdom. Right now, he's more a threat than an asset. Getting rid of him is the right move." Said a Marquis.

"General Morn must be the victim of some Body Sculpting spell gone wrong if he spouts bullshit from his front instead of his back." Jirni said, drawing attention to her.

"Archmage Verhen and his family are the victims, here. Even as a kid, he asked Count Lark to keep an eye on his brother and that's the reason why we have so much information on Meln Narchat even though he was a nobody until yesterday."

She used Orpal's new name to separate him from the Verhens and emphasize how there was no connection between them.

"As soon as the Dead King reappeared, it was Archmage Verhen who alerted the Royal Constable office, asking me to run a deep background check on Narchat and find a way to get rid of him for good."

Jirni handed copies of everything she had found out about Orpal along with her report of the night she had arrested him to the nobles.

"I delivered him to the court of justice and I was forced to deport Narchat to the Empire due to insufficient proof. If you want to blame someone, blame me for letting the Dead King go and yourself for ignoring my request for help during the investigation."

An embarrassed murmur replaced the accusations as the nobles read their own names in the reports where it was emphasized how little they had done despite Jirni's many appeals.