Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1789

Chapter 1789 - Solus’ Fury (Part 3)

Solus started to cry, still clenching the Fury, but now out of affection.

The artifact was the only thing she had left of her mother and she held it to her chest like a baby. She fell onto her knees bawling her eyes out as the black cloud outside dissipated and the sun returned.

Lith arrived a second later, cursing the maze that all big mansions were and the architects that designed them. He found Solus laying on the ground, covered in blood. She was curled in a fetal position while she clung the Fury to her chest, sobbing.

"What did you do to her?" He snarled at Zoreth, turning into his Tiamat form and picking a size that matched the Shadow Dragon's. "Why is Solus crying?"

His fury surprised the two Eldritches as much as Solus' tears. Neither made sense. Solus was supposed to seek vengeance and Lith just to not care about her, yet reality begged to differ.

"Nothing." Bytra replied. "I didn't attack her. Quite the contrary, I'm waiting for her judgment."

Lith's seven eyes burned with mana as he examined the room and Void Flames burst out his bared fangs, aimed at the Abominations. His senses told him that their story was true, but his paranoid nature kept him from lowering the guard.

The only blood in the room was Bytra's, there was no trace of spells, and Solus' life force and mana were at their peak. None of it was consistent with a fight, no matter how brief.

On top of that, Solus was no match for Bytra, let alone two of Vastor's hybrids at the same time.

"She's saying the truth." Solus stuttered amid sobs. "She just…"

Cries and wails turned the rest of her words into gibberish, yet it was enough for Lith to calm down. He cleaned Solus from the blood with a pulse of darkness magic and took her in his arms in a princess carry.

The physical contact allowed the distraught Solus to instinctively share her memories with him and with them her burden as well. Lith's eyes went open wide as he learned the truth about Bytra and the events that had led Solus to her current condition.

He stuttered gibberish as well, trying to find something to say.

"Fuck me sideways." He shook his head, leaving the brooding to another moment. "Solus has forgiven you, Bytra. She says that you can go and that she wants to never see you again. As for you, Xenagrosh, we need to talk, but that can wait."

Lith darted out of the room before either woman could reply to him and ran like the wind to the mansion's Warp Gate. Solus never stopped crying or clenching the Fury and he knew that she never would, unless he did something.

Once he reached the barn of the Verhen farm, he opened a Warp that led him to the mana geyser in the Trawn woods and from there he Tower Warped to the Desert. Lith didn't care for barging in in the middle of the night.

Solus needed help and Salaark was the only one who could give it to her.

"What in the Great Mother's name are you doing here?" The Guardian said as Lith crashed her party and trampled the guards that had politely asked him to stop.

Salaark had no need to sleep and she spent her nights having fun. Being pregnant, dancing and partying were off the table so she had been watching a theatrical play while eating enough for two Guardians.