Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1827

Chapter 1827: The Enemy of my Enemy (Part 1)

"I owe you an apology and an explanation." Jormun said. "An apology for attacking you the day Xedros turned into a Dragon. I wasn't myself back then. The Unwavering Loyalty array of the Golden Griffon had me under its thumb.“

"What about now?" Lith asked.

"Now I'm free from its effect, but I won't deny that my allegiance still lay with Thrud. This time on my terms, though. Are you still interested in hearing why I'm here or do you want us to ?ght?"

"I have nothing to lose by talking some more." Lith replied. "Besides,

neither of our deaths will change much the outcome of the war."

"But if one of us were to die, it would surely help someone we both despise." Jormun completed the phrase for him.

"Good. Explain yourself."

"I'm not here to ?ght you. I'm not even a General in this war. I'm just a concerned father who came here to limit the interactions between the mother of his son and a creep to a minimum and ended up being played instead."

"Father?" Lith echoed in surprise.

"Unwavering Loyalty array. It's complicated and it's none of your business. What matters now is that I only ?ght for my son and that Orpal baited me here with the intention of taking his place in a battle to the death." Jormun replied.

"It makes sense." Lith nodded. "I never heard reports of an Emerald Dragon ravaging the battle?eld and you seem as surprised as I am from this development."

"I am." Jormun nodded back.

"1 came here to deliver Orpal his share of the spoil of war. He demanded that Thrud came here in person and I believed him like a moron. I insisted to come here in her stead without even talking with her, playing right into his hand!"

The Emerald Dragon's eyes burned with mana, and were ?lled with spite for Orpal and self—loathing for having fallen into his trap.

"My brother has become quite a thinker, Jakra." Lith replied. "No matter how this ?ght ends, he would be the sole true victor. If I survive, I'll lose some of my most precious friends and he'd hurt me again.

"lf you suwive, the Kingdom will be weakened and the whole Council will hunt you down. You, Thrud, and your son would become dependent on Meln not only for the war but even to survive."

"My thoughts exactly." Jormun said. "I kept myself out of this war so that even if everything fails, my son and I will still be free men. Yet if I kill you and even one of your allies survives, it will start a blood feud that will never end.

"That's why I've planned for a different ending that will make both of us happy and will make Orpal regret crossing us."

The Emerald Dragon waved his hand, taking a few Davross ingots and several white crystals out of his dimensional amulet.

"l say that the best way to get even with Orpal is that we don't ?ght at all. I go back to my son and you get compensated for your trouble."

"Why are you giving me that stuff?" Lith looked at the precious materials with greed, yet didn't lower his guard or weapon.

"Didn't you hear me? That's Orpal share. Even if I bring it back with me, it would end up in his hands. This way, instead, I can claim to have accidentally lost the dimensional ring during the ?ght.“

He played with the enchanted item on his ?nger until it slipped off,

falling right next to the pile of treasure.

"Pity. At least this mission wasn't a complete failure." Lith shrugged while collecting his bounty. _{freёweɓnovel.com}