Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2396

"If not for the prism, I would have never been able to spend some time on the surface with my wife and child during the day while being able to protect them. For this, you have my thanks, Lady Dawn."

"You are welcome." The Horseman's voice came out of Nyka's mouth as the Firstborns gave her a deep bow.

"For me, it meant going back to my people for the first time in millennia." Ilthin said. "Reaching a Fringe is already hard but the moment the other Elves were to notice my lack of magic, they would have burned me like an abomination.

"All Elves are born as true mages and develop a blue core. No matter if my intentions are sincere, without my powers it takes a single zealot to kill me."

"To me, it just meant walking under the sun without being afraid of being a victim again yet I loved every moment of it." Bogdan said.

"Same for me." The Wendigo said.

"You gave me and countless others hope. Thank you, Dawn." Nyka said while apparently talking to her blouse.

"What are you talking about?" Solus asked.

"I think you are forgetting something important about me." Nyka chuckled. "I'm not a human turned into a Vampire. I'm a corpse that Mom raised as a Vampire with a spell.

"I never had the opportunity to look at the sun without dying for good nor do I have any memory of how living during the day feels. After bonding with Dawn to help you, however, I could finally experience what you guys take for granted and what the undead strive for.

"I was so happy after witnessing my first sunrise and found so much joy in seeing how different Mogar looks during the day that I decided to share such a gift with as many people as I could.

"Sunstones are great, but their light on the humidity that forms on our plants is nothing compared to the spectacle of sunlight sparkling on the morning dew. The flowers, the grass, heck, even the mud looks more vivid." Nyka's eyes shone with wonder at the memory.

"Yet every prism that Dawn makes weakens her and Chosen are supposed to be forever. Yet thanks to Baba Yaga, I could recover the prisms and use them on different undead every day.

"Once I'm on the road, however, I'm going to need my strength so I have to recover all of the prisms before we move out. That's why I asked you to come here. I want to gift those people lined up in front of Vladion's door one last dawn."

"And you are okay with that?" Solus moved her eyes from the crystal protruding from Nyka's chest to Baba Yaga.

"I admit that at first, I considered Nyka's request the most stupid thing I've ever heard." Dawn replied. "None of my previous hosts has ever considered me a gift nor did they ever think to share it with others.

"My prisms are a tool intended to give me the knowledge I need for the task that Mother assigned me and obedient servants that won't betray me. Nyka's idea of making so many Chosen, of leaving me weakened and them with their free will sounded idiotic at best.

"Yet after doing it once, it made me think. It reminded me of the importance of my mission and the people I'm supposed to fight for. It was… enlightening."

"Tista, you do your exercises at sunrise, right?" Nyka asked, receiving a nod in reply. "Come on then, follow me."