Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2173

"You have no idea what you are talking about, Vampire." The Wendigo's laugh sounded like a dry cough. "Each one of those psychos is Awakened. Taken one by one they are ants due to their weak magical powers, but even a small group is damn hard to kill.

"They receive the best training and equipment, and once the salve array forces them to fall in line, their teamwork is flawless."

The Firstborn glared at the Wendigo until he noticed that the undead was also extending his bleeding hand.

"I don't get called to train recruits, I'm a frequent customer of the sixth floor." The Wendigo said the moment Vladion shook it.

"On that floor there are countless magical labs where the Mad Queen conducts the experiments she needs to expand her influence to the rest of Garlen. She cuts open those like me to discover the weak points of each species of undead.

"Also, I'm pretty sure that this Meln you mentioned is kept there. I never meet anyone except for my jailers there, but from time to time they talk about a final weapon.

"Every time it comes up, they turn toward a heavily padded room whose walls are thicker than a Dragon's finger."

"What about the power core?" Vladion asked.

"It's located in the Headmaster's office, hidden behind the wall to the east of his desk." A female Vampire said.

"How do you know?" The Firstborn noticed the surprise and confusion in the other undead that matched his own.

The fact that only one person knew its position and exact at that was fishy. Even more since she had asked nothing in return.

"First things first." She held her bleeding hand out, making Vladion relax.

Only once the oath was sealed did she reveal her origin.

"I'm the only survivor of the first batch of warriors sent by the Undead Courts to take over the Golden Griffon academy right after Arthan's execution. Back then there were no sealing arrays so we thought it would have been a simple matter.

"Get in, imprint the power core, and then build our own nation thanks to the power of the living legacy and strong of a truly immortal army. Or at least that was the plan. With Arthan's death, the arrays and trap got turned off so getting in was easy.

"Too bad that once inside we discovered that he had already assembled the first batch of students. We fought tooth and nail until we reached the Headmaster's office and that was the beginning of our end.

"At first, Hystar congratulated us for getting so far. Yet once he noticed that the Unwavering Loyalty array had failed to enslave us, he got really angry. The Headmaster revealed the power core to expose us to the full power of the magical formation, and when that also failed, he started killing my companions.

"He kept alive only one member for each undead race to study us and try to understand how to fix the flaw in the array."

"What happened to the members of your group?" Vladion asked.

"Don't you see it?" The Vampire pointed at the other cells. "He killed them the moment a more powerful or skilled member of the same species entered the Golden Griffon.