Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2256

"Our words were sincere." Sinmara replied. "We would have gladly helped you with your research, your broken life force, anything you want as long as you joined us. Yet you are not asking us to help you, you are asking us to get involved in a war we don't care about.

"If we win, we get nothing. If we lose, our families would be dragged into your mess. What do you think would happen if Surtr died? His wife, his children, and everyone who loves him would never let it slide.

"They would fight Thrud's immortal troops, more of us would die and for what? To destroy the Golden Griffon and poison the land? Does this make sense to you?"

"Surtr is a white cored Awakened. He is tough to kill." The moment he said it, Lith sounded dumb even to himself. _{freēwēbnovel.com}

"Indeed, but I can still die." Prasyn replied. "Never forget that Thrud has reached the white core that I lack. She has an academy backing her and the moment her troops reach the bright violet, they are likely to reach the white as well.

"Sure, the war is likely to be over long before that happens, but that's still testament of the devotion of her troops and of the faith she has in either them or the slave array. Do you really want to stand against such a person?

"Do you realize that as long as the Golden Griffon stands the death of the members of our family would be for nothing? Thrud can kill us, her Divine Beasts can kill us, and so can her Fae and Emperor Beasts.

"That without considering the academy itself or the human Forgotten who can deploy Silverwing's spells."

The Griffon took a long pause to let her words sink into Celbas' mind before asking the final question.

"Be honest with me, do you really believe that a single woman you barely know is worth the life of a single Divine Beast? Your life?"

"No." Celbas replied, lowering his gaze after understanding his mother's point of view.

Thrud was a powerful enemy, but her goal was dominion over the humans, not the Divine Beasts. As long as she left his kind alone, they wouldn't bother fighting her because it would cause mutual destruction.

Thrud attacking them would trigger a violent response that would lead to the destruction of the Golden Griffon and the loss of millions of lives. Divine Beasts were living weapons of mass destruction and were they to go to war, the Griffon Kingdom might disappear.

"Yes!" Lith replied, holding the golden lily pendant that he had gifted Phloria seven years ago for her birthday and that she had returned him during the Magus ceremony. "Phloria is a wonderful woman who never turned her back on anyone, no matter the circumstances.

"When a commoner and the daughter of a traitor entered her house, she never abused her position. She welcomed them as her sisters and did everything she could to help them to adjust to their new life.

"Phloria protected Friya and Quylla from those who tried to exploited them, even from her own mother. She accepted my hybrid nature even when I failed to do it myself and she never betrayed my trust."

"She stood by my side during one of the darkest moments of my life, never asking me a single question even though she had every right to. Phloria taught me how to be human and proved to me that even a monster can be loved."

Lith stared at Surtr, his seven eyes burning with rage and multi-colored mana as he resumed to speak.

"What you said is right, but the conclusion you draw is short-sighted. Once Thrud wins the war and her Generals become white cores, the situation will escalate quickly. She has to be stopped now, before her rule becomes eternal."