Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1918

Chapter 1918 Shattered Plans (Part 2)

'I knew that the flames over my head couldn't be solely decorative. They form the crown of the Dead King, they are proof of my talent for Domination, and each one of them will activate a different ability.' Orpal thought.

'Yeah, too bad we have no idea how. Or do you plan to risk your life for another stroke of luck?' Night's words struck like a whip, but he kept gloating.

When Feela, Jiza, and Faluel could finally see again there was no trace of the Night King.

All of their plans, all of their forces waiting in ambush outside had been for nothing. Orpal's Full Domain and Jirni's Blade Tier spells had gone beyond their expectations to the point of screwing everything they had prepared.

"I told you that keeping Jirni out of the loop was a bad idea." Faluel said amid swear words. "We should have alerted her of our plans and presence."

"And tell her that she comes from a family of Awakened?" Jiza shook her head. "No way. In times like this, she would demand to be Awakened. On top of that, I doubt it would have changed anything.

"You've seen the power of Orpal's steed. If we moved in earlier, he would have just swapped with Night. Between his bloodline ability and that damn spell, it would have turned me into mincemeat. I don't have Davross equipment. Do you?"

"No." The two Emperor Beasts shook their heads.

"Our plan didn't take Moonlight into account. We thought that to deal with a mere human, Orpal would have left his tower behind. Fighting a mage while they have their tower requires an open space where we can make up for the lack of firepower with teamwork and numbers." Feela said.

At the same time, Jirni managed to link all the swear words she knew into a single sentence. The Life Maelstrom reserve of the armor was empty, her proto cubes were depleted, and she had no idea how to chase Orpal.

'I won the damn battle but I lost the war. I did my best, but the bastard still managed to escape. I underestimated him this time. Even a blue cored Awakened with a tower is too much for me.' Jirni thought.

'Had I brought Balkor and Lith, things would have gone differently. The silver lining is that I still managed to learn about Meln's next moves and his newfound bloodline ability. The next time we meet, I'll be ready.'

The moment the arrays protecting the Myrok household were turned on again, she used her communication amulet to alert Wanemyre and Marth. Then, she contacted the Royals and lastly the Desert's embassy.

Jirni couldn't show the recording of her battle to the Crown without revealing the existence of the proto cubes. She would have to explain how she had obtained them and reveal her involvement with Balkor.

Aside from Tyris, he was the only one who had mastered memory crystals. The Royals knew that without his help imitating the powers of the Spell Hoarding Cube would have been impossible.

Lith, instead, would use the recording as training material against his brother.

'I'm not going to share such a masterpiece of magic just to be charged with treason for a thank you.' She thought.

Jirni then looked at the holograms of her husband and Manohar who had already started to fade.

"I won't waste my breath with a replica when the real one waits for me at home." Yet she looked at Orion's shadow with eyes full of love and yearning.

It was only thanks to him and Skywarp that her mad plan had succeeded. She felt happy about the life she had built for herself, promising to help Dyta to achieve the same.

At the end of the day, Orpal's words were based on a half-truth. Her cousin really was unsatisfied with her current life and with age, Dyta had discovered to long for things she had despised during her youth.