Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2057

Chapter 2057 Cracked Core (Part 1)

Under the protection of the emerald barrier that kept them grounded, Crank conjured a Warp Steps leading the group far away from Belius.

"Do you think that Faluel and the others are alive?" He said after the Steps closed, cutting off the deafening fury of the storm.

Lith took his communication amulet out of his pocket dimension and checked if the runes of the members of Faluel's unit were still there.

"Everyone seems to be fine, but I'm going to wait for a while before calling them. If they were caught up in the hurricane as it formed, they can't afford one moment of distraction." He replied.

"Good to know." The Hyperion shrunk again, going from a human-sized Divine Beast to a honey badger. "My contract with the Kingdom is probably blown. If something happened to the Hydra, all my hard work would have been for nothing."

"That's what you are worried about? Your profit?" Solus was outraged by Crank's uncaring attitude and stepped forward to give him a piece of her mind. "Good people died today. We put our lives on the line yet it was all for nothing!

"In a few hours, Belius will fall into Thrud's hands and there's no telling if Vesta and Prode won't end the same way. Don't you understand how dire this situation is?" Her body was on the brink of collapse.

With each step she took, Solus could feel cracks opening along her legs. Her lungs burned with exhaustion, making every word painful to speak yet her fury gave her strength.

"That's none of my business, lady." Crank ignored her and sat down on a patch of grass. He took a big pile of food out of his dimensional item and started to eat to recover his strength.

"I'm not from the Kingdom and I have no love for this place. None of those people were my friends so I don't care about what happens to them. Do you prefer fruit or meat?" He said with the same tone he would have used to talk about the weather.

Solus was about to reply with very rude words when Lith put a hand on her shoulder, stopping her.

'Sit down and save your strength.' He used physical contact to establish an invisible mind link. 'If you don't return to your ring quickly, your human form might be lost forever.

'There's no time for squabbles. Besides, I'm no different from him. I didn't come to Belius out of the goodness of my heart, only because of my deal with the Royals. A deal that might not be valid anymore due to our failure.

'We need to return to the Desert before the Kingdom pinpoints our position.' He pointed at Varegrave who still held his body and equipment.

"Don't worry about your contract with the Royals." Lith used Invigoration to restore his strength while preparing a Warp. "After today, they will need you more than ever. As for Faluel, if she made it out alive, I'll honor my end of our bargain."

"Yeah, right. I'll believe it when I heard it from them." The Hyperion said with a scoff, with optimism that rivaled Lith's. "By the way, what do we do now? I've no place to stay."

"There's no we." Lith replied. "Just reach any city that's not under Thrud's banner and I'm sure the army will be glad to assign you a new mission. As for me, I'm out of here."

He lifted Solus in a princess carry and walked through the Steps the moment it appeared. The Demons followed him by fusing with his shadow, making the dimensional corridor last for a split second.