Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1781

Chapter 1781 - The Day Of Fate (Part 1)

Jirni pointed at all the members of the Crown's inner circle who like Morn had signed the Royal Decree yet were now complaining about the consequences of their own decision. Following that logic, they should receive the same sentence as the Royals, creating a power vacuum that would cripple the Court for months if not years.

"Also, it's only thanks to my parents that we managed to recover the corpse of the god of healing before it was brutalized." Peonia said. "They brought back Manohar's equipment before it fell into enemy hands and found among them the diagnostic spell that he had devised.

"Without their quick thinking, instead of running away like a coward, the Dead King would have kept bantering like a conqueror in front of the whole Kingdom and we would have no protection against Thrud's Skinwalkers.

"The King and Queen may have broken the law, but desperate times require desperate measures. Protocol can't supersede good sense in war."

After reading Jirni's transcriptions and listening to Peonia's words, the opinion of the Court was swayed once again. The two remaining factions merged into one that unanimously absolved Lith and the Royals from all charges.

"One last thing." Meron said once he was back being the King. "If you really want the throne, dear cousin, the law allows you to undertake the same trial I did during my youth. If you pass it, I'll gladly give my crown to you.

"Yet seeing you here, using my law against me tells me that you are a coward. You and I both know that Tyris was right. Had you taken the trial instead of me, I wouldn't have to suffer your presence today and she'd have had you for dinner."

Only the General understood what the King meant and the memory of Tyris' threat turned him pale for days.

***

The god of healing received the honor of a state funeral the day after his death and was buried beside his mother, Sitri. The Manohar bloodline had been wiped out, but amid the chaos of the war, there was no place for long ceremonies.

His colleagues and ex-students from the White Griffon attended en masse, yet Marth, his wife, and Lith still managed to take the first row beside the Royals. Even Ilyum Balkor was there, shapeshifted into one of Jirni's cousins to give his rival the final salute.

The funeral was brief because everyone needed to go back to protect the Kingdom. After Meron gave his eulogy to the god of healing, the crowd dispersed and the preparations for the war began.

Lith spent the days before Vastor's marriage inside the tower, working like a madman. He and Solus had to complete the preparatory steps for all their projects.

Thanks to the dimensional magic of the tower, Lith had no problem expanding the Forge enough to contain Syrook's corpse. He followed Faluel's advice, using the ribcage to reinforce the chest piece and turning the Black Dragon's skull into a helm with Second Life.

He used the rest of the bones to form a bastard sword big enough for his Tiamat form and stored the organs away to use them as ingredients.

Then, he used the Forgemastery spell, Infusion, to coat the Dragon scales and the blade with Orichalcum while he used Adamant for the corpses of the Vagrash and the Balor.

Even with the tower's mines, turning Orichalcum into Adamant took time and Lith wanted to keep his purest metals there in the hope to obtain more Davross. Orichalcum was the only thing he had in abundance and only because the Royals provided him plenty due to his "relationship" with Peonia.