Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2095

Chapter 2095 City Hall (Part 1)

"The Abomination-hybrids have never stopped working on whatever the Professor's goal is even during the war, but they have been helping us.

"Once Thrud has gotten rid of Meln and taken control of the Undead Courts, the Kingdom would have been in dire straits if not for the Abominations. They are dealing with the undead by themselves and even devolving half of the profits they make to the war efforts." Lith replied.

"Is that why Jirni is focusing on traitorous nobles and the Royals have never fallen behind despite their losing streak?" Tista was flabbergasted.

"Correct. It's their side of the deal with the Council. The Abominations are fighting half of the war in their spare time, and they are winning."

They walked for a bit to give Tista the time to digest the four meals she had consumed and for Solus to process the collected data with their help. The Eyes of Menadion explained what they saw, but it was up to their wielder to understand the how and why.

'This is a mess, but I have good news.' Solus said. 'We need to start by deactivating the main array of the city all. After that, not only will disabling the other arrays become much easier, but with each layer we sabotage, the city defenses will become weaker in a domino effect.'

'Okay, what's the bad news?' Lith asked.

'That Thrud knows it as well. The power of the arrays in the city hall is several folds greater than in the rest of the city and even from the restaurants I could spot an energy mass that can only belong to powerful life forces.' Solus replied.

'On top of that, I noticed several checkpoints on the way there. We can't even reach the inner rims on foot without being searched with Invigoration or by flight without the arrays spotting us. Aside from that, we're good to go.'

'If I didn't know you better, I'd call you a smartass.' Tista inwardly groaned, perceiving Solus' sincere optimism.

'It's not a big deal.' Solus shrugged. 'I can sneak past the checkpoints and open a Steps for you.'

'No way.' Tista shook her head. 'Unless you walk all the way to the city hall, you'd need to open one Spirit Warp for each checkpoint and you'd become exhausted before we even start.

'Not to mention that to cross such a huge distance without being noticed, it'd take you hours and we can't afford to reach our destination after dusk.

'Finding a secluded place where to conjure a Warp Steps in a rich neighborhood is hard. It's not the slums with plenty of back alleys and no illumination. You'd have to watch out for house staff, to not be spotted from a window on an upper floor, and avoid the patrols.'

The area nearby the city hall was heavily guarded, with Forgotten flying around in irregular patterns and checking the surroundings with Life Vision. After sundown, the cover of darkness would have made things easier for them if not for the curfew.

With no one on the streets and the entrances closed, Thrud's Awakened were free to focus solely on protecting the city walls and the innermost rim where the Warp Gate was located.

Any damage to the arrays would be spotted more quickly and the diversion that Phloria's Awakened would have caused would become much less effective.

'If you have a better idea, I'm all ears.' Solus sprouted a few on her stone ring to emphasize how annoyed she was. _{frёeωebɳovel.com}