Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2117

Chapter 2117 Four is a Party (Part 1)

"Exactly." Milea nodded. "Yet rather than compensation, the real goal of the Council and the Royals would be to exploit Dusk's weakened state to coerce him to share his knowledge with no regard for his current host."

"You mean the girl is still in there?" Kigan said in surprise, staring at Kelia who hid behind the Empress with remarkable speed.

"She is not Dusk's tool, she is his partner. Kelia, these two scary guys are Xenagrosh and Kigan, the two hybrids I told you about. Xenagrosh, Kigan, this is Kelia Sunbry, second year student and rising star of the Red Emperor academy." Milea moved to the side to introduce Kelia, but she followed her like a shadow.

"How come she was so brave before and now she's a scaredy cat?" Xenagrosh chuckled, softening her expression.

"Because Dusk was in control until a second ago." Milea said trying and failing to get Kelia off her back.

Convincing the Horseman to join the mission had been easy. After being locked in an academy, listening every day about the most elementary principles of magic while surrounded by youths with more hormones than brains, he craved some action.

The idea of spending some time with creatures that were mentally his peers, going back to his old life, even if for just one day, and getting the opportunity to study up close the workings of the Master was a dream come true.

On top of that, Kelia was too used to a sheltered life, relying on either Milea or Dusk for her own protection. After the Empress had discovered their real identity back at the academy, Kelia had stopped believing herself invincible but had also become too meek.

Getting field experience would teach her how to keep her head cool in battle and how to deal with a world full of creatures more powerful than her who would stop at nothing to get their hands on her powers.

For those very same reasons, convincing Kelia had required a lot of time and effort instead.

She had just been promoted to the second year, skipping the first after just one exam. She had her hands full catching up with her studies and working with millennia old mass murderers didn't sound alluring to her.

"Kelia has agreed to help us…" Milea put emphasis on how they were all on the same boat. But only under precise conditions. First, you must ensure her safety. As any Horseman's host, she's very hard to kill but she can be still tortured and kidnapped."

"What about Baba Yaga?" Kigan asked.

"Best case scenario, she rescues Kelia and we never see either of them ever again. Worst case scenario, the undead put her under a Sealed Space spell and she'll suffer a fate worse than death."

Milea's answer made Kigan's eyes twitch and become bloodshot as the image of the final moments of his niece flashed in front of him.

"Second, no one, and I mean no one, outside this room must be allowed to learn about her identity and live to tell the tale. Dusk needs to meet the undead in person because otherwise no one will openly reveal their affiliation wi the Courts but Kelia must remain a secret.

"If the undead or Thrud discover about her existence, she'd become a target. Even after the end of the War of the Griffons, no one would let such a precious asset in the hands of the Empire.

"Not after what Narchat did.