Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2320

"As long as you remember me, a part of me will always live inside of you and a part of you will always be with me." Phloria said.

"No." Lith shook his head. "I've gone through this already and I know how it ends. The moment you die, that part of me will die with you. Forever."

"Thank you for being here with me in my final moments." Phloria cupped his face again. "I'm glad that you've been my first boyfriend and, in a way, also the last. Goodbye, my beloved master." _{ƒгeewёbnovel.com}

She chuckled at the 100-year servitude the Council had imposed on her and then she kissed him.

It was merely a peck, but it conveyed all the feelings she still felt and the warmth of her soul.

Her body faded away, starting from the feet, leaving the lips for last.

Leaving Lith alone.

The Void stood beside him, bearing the same appearance that Derek McCoy had in life. Only the pitch-black skin and the white eyes betrayed his undead state.

The Void gently clenched Lith's shoulder in a caress, yet his face seemed made of stone and his gaze was cold. Lith was still weeping Phloria's loss whereas the Void was shedding no tear.

Quite the contrary, the edges of his mouth were twisted upwards in a cruel and savage smile.

'Don't you dare blame Phloria for her own death!' Lith knew that it was all happening inside the Mindscape and that the Void was just a part of himself, yet he hated the Void nonetheless.

'Don't you dare to say things like she was too weak and deserved to die or I swear on Carl's name-'

'I won't do anything like that.' The Void cut him short, his voice deep and guttural like wind wailing through an abyss. 'Nor will I try to take over your body or blame you for our failure. I've grown past that. We have grown past that.

'Know that you've done everything I would. Even in hindsight, there's nothing I can blame you for.'

'Then what are you smiling about? If you have no snarky remark to make, why the fuck are you laughing?' Lith replied in outrage.

'Because Phloria didn't die. She was murdered. She was taken away from us and it wasn't our fault.' The Void clenched his teeth in a furious snarl, his eyes flaring with Decay. 'We know who's responsible and we can make Thrud pay.'

Lith remained stunned for a second. Then, his grief started to turn into rage.

Slowly at first but quicker by the second, like a snowball thrown from a mountain peak turning into an avalanche.

'I promised myself I would never again lose someone I love, yet I failed.' Lith now was gritting his teeth, his eyes white in a mirror image of the Void. 'I can't bring the dead back, but I can at least avenge them.'

'Indeed.' The Void nodded. 'I was smiling because this is no different from Carl's demise. The situation is terrible, but it's something we've already dealt with in the past. I was smiling because we know what to do.'

Images from Tyris' and Baba Yaga's speech flooded Lith's mind, reminding him about how dangerous was the path onto which Thrud was pushing him. Then, he remembered about Solus' first meeting with Mogar.

'If Thrud wants the Destroyer, I'll give it to her. If Mogar wants a Lord of Destruction, so be it!'

As an answer to his fury, clouds started to gather and the ground to shake with growing intensity.