Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2575

2575 Two Magi (Part 1)

Syrah spent the rest of her free time with the members of her court while using the warg's collective brainpower to revise the events following the raids and spot the potential loopholes in the deal with Faluel, and compared it with the one they already had with the Undead Courts.

andasnovel.com Morok had acted like a hero and his offer was reasonable, but he was still someone Syrah knew for a few hours.

Trusting him blindly would have been reckless and stupid. To make matters worse, Ryla had shifted the focus of her ramblings from the old Tyrant to the new.

During her sermons to the loyal followers of the church of Glemos, she told them about the coming of the prophesied hero and spoke of his promise of a better future as if it was a matter of fact instead of mere words.

Syra knew that the Warlord was slowly eroding her public support, using hope to poison the minds of the citizens and force the Queen to need an excellent reason to turn down the savior's offer without incurring into riots.

At the same time, however, the more Syrah thought about the miraculous series of events that had brought Morok to Zelex, the more preposterous it seemed. She had many doubts that she only voiced to Urhen and Br'ey.

Not only were they her best friends but they were also among the few that knew the truth about the fall of their respective races and how deep Glemos' manipulation of the truth was.

On top of that, even if Morok's offer really was a poisoned chalice, she couldn't find a single reason to trust the Undead Courts better even though she knew them for much longer.

"It seems that we have to toss a coin and pick our poison." Urhen said after they used a mind link to relive the entire day of the raids for the umpteenth time yet didn't learn anything that they already knew.

"Indeed." Br'ey nodded. "Yet if it was up to me, I'd choose the Tyrant. Even if I'm going to die, at least I would have spent the rest of my days with my family instead of forcing them to become adults and move out of our home."

"That's why I'd refuse it instead." Urhen countered pointedly. "At least we know that the undead are snakes in the grass. If we deal with them, we'll stay on our toes the whole time and be ready to counter any funny business they attempt.

"With Morok, Instead, the promise of peace and quiet would make us lose our edge and turn us into sheep ready for slaughter."

"Both offers suck." Syrah sighed. "The Undead Courts want us to cull our numbers while the Tyrant wants to split us apart. Whatever we choose, there are going to be too few of us left to defend ourselves."

"So, what are we going to do?" Br'ey asked, hurt by her friend's willingness to separate her from her child again. "Are we really going to rely on dumb luck?"

"No." Syrah shook her head. "You see, even if no one knows the future, the past is a great predictor of future behavior. Thanks to the amulet, I've been able to access something called the interlink and read a lot about the recent events in the Kingdom."

A quick mind link allowed her to share the news about the Jiera plague, the undead migration, the increasing hostilities between humans and the Undead Courts due to their new recruits, and then everything about the War of the Griffons and the Dead King.

"Damn, we got played like a fiddle!" Urhen snarled in outrage. "That's why the Undead Courts were so eager to reconnect with us, providing us with information and food! It was all a long con to gain our trust.