Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2413

Even after Invigoration restored Tista's lost strength, it had no effect on the now-healthy areas with missing feathers.

"What if I'm crippled? What if it takes me days or months to heal?" Tista caressed her wings, finding them so tender and swollen that they couldn't stand even her own touch.

"Don't worry. Worst case scenario, we can ask Grandma for help. I bet that you are not the first Phoenix that got hurt." Solus replied.

Tista nodded and folded the wings into her back, wincing in pain. Bleeding wounds opened on either side of her spine and there was no way to mend them.

"Open up! We need food and rest." Solus yelled at the top of her lungs to be heard by the guards on top of the battlements.

'Back when Lith lost his hair, he was in a similar condition but sleeping accelerated its regrowth. Let's hope that the same works for Tista's feathers.' She thought while the soldiers and the Head Healer mumbled between them.

It took them a few minutes to make a decision and open the city doors.

"Welcome back to Ne'sra. We are glad to see that you've made it back in one piece. Captain Neforce at your service." He gave them the salute but ignores the hands that were offered to him.

"Don't worry about your injured friend. I took the liberty to contact the White Griffon academy and prepare a Warp Gate that will lead you there. Please, follow me."

Captain Neforce was polite, but he failed to hide the edge in his voice. He had arranged for them an honor guard comprised of soldiers on the streets and mages flying in the sky to escort them to their destination.

Yet judging from the tense expressions on their faces and the terrified gazes of the citizens around them, Solus felt as if they were dangerous criminals who had just been arrested.

"I appreciate your thoughtfulness, but this is unnecessary. We can move on our own and any decent hotel will do." Actually, Solus had to leave due to her energy reserves running low yet she wanted to make sure that the paranoia she had developed after spending years in Lith's mind wasn't playing her tricks.

The Captain nodded, but he never stopped moving forward.

"I'm glad to hear that you are fine but I have to ask you to leave Ne'sra as soon as possible for your own good and ours." He replied.

"Are you kicking us out?" Nyka's eyes went wide in surprise. "For the gods' sake why? These two are war heroes and the three of us just risked our lives to defend your city."

"I'm not kicking you out. Not yet." He sighed deeply while the soldiers tightened the grip on their weapons. "It's just that, as you have been told earlier, Ne'sra is currently understaffed.

"We are grateful to you for saving us from those monsters, but if you stay here, the riot that will follow might do just as much damage."

"Why should people riot because of us?" Solus asked.

"Because the destruction you see around here, the same cracks in the walls that put our lives in danger is the work of Beasts and your friend is one of them." He waved at the collapsed buildings, the cracked streets, and the many building sites around them.

"That's the work of Thrud's beasts!" Tista countered. "Also, I'm still as human as you-"

When she started coughing blood, Solus used her breathing technique, Sky Blessing to understand what was happening. _{ƒreewebηoveℓ.com}