Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2178

'Now that the Eclipsed Lands have joined the fight, no matter which side Mom helps, she would end up killing her children. That's why I stepped forward to help Vladion's soldiers and she didn't refuse me my steed when I asked her.

'This is my way to make up to Mom for disappointing her so many times in the past few years. I'm keeping Thrud away from the Golden Griffon and protecting Vladion's followers who offered to join the Kingdom's diversion.'

Dawn had no idea that Baba Yaga was also deeply worried about Solus/Elphyn. The Red Mother had stayed her hand because she understood Mogar's reasoning and because it would have hindered the path of her children.

Vladion reaching an agreement with the humans to protect his people was a huge step forward that might have led the two races to stop hating each other. Dawn putting her own agenda aside for someone else's sake marked a new phase of her growth.

On top of that, the mission would help Lith to master his Abomination side and mend his relationship with the Kingdom. If Baba Yaga were to intervene, none of it would have been possible.

Her actions would have been interpreted akin to a divine intervention and nothing would have changed.

'I see.' Acala replied. 'Your plan is to either defeat Thrud or at least weaken her to the point that once she goes back to the Golden Griffon, your cousin can deal with her on his own.'

'You are wrong about the second part. I'm not planning to lose and neither should you. Even with my imprisonment, I still have hundreds of years of battle experience against all kinds of Divine Beasts.

'I know that I can beat her, but only if you help me and stop second-guessing yourself. Can you do it for me?' She asked.

'Yes.' Acala's answer lacked conviction.

After their last defeat at the hands of the Mad Professor and seeing how Dawn was honoring his memory by adding his spells to her arsenal, the ex-Ranger couldn't help but think that she had chosen the wrong host.

That just like Lith was likely to be Night's perfect sword the late Manohar had been Dawn's.

'He was a Light Mastery genius on par with Dawn the likes of which are born once per century if not per millennium. Until someone like Manohar appears again, she's just stuck with me.' Acala thought in a deep corner of his mind.

Meanwhile, on the ground, Thrud was slowly getting up from the meters-deep crater that her fall had created. She took deep breaths without activating her breathing technique, she was just calming herself.

'I suspected that something was wrong with the Horseman's behavior and now I'm sure of it.' Thrud thought while the energy of her white core fixed both her body and her armor at a speed visible to the naked eye.

'She waited for my arrival first and now she's waiting for my return. On top of that, I've asked for regular updates from my Generals and so far, this battle doesn't make sense.'

Several notifications popped up inside her helm, alerting her of the many cities that were currently under siege.