Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2579

2579 Square One (Part 3)

"This is a great opportunity to restore the fallen races forever and get back in touch with our lost kin. We are not sure if we can solve Jiera's crisis with so few people.

"Rescuing the Svartalf- I mean, the orcs, might be the first step for the Awakened races to reconnect with the elves like the Guardians suggested." Aalejah said.

"Maybe, but we'll never know since your people keep hiding like rats." Raagu shrugged. "Unless you know their location and are willing to act as our ambassador, the orcs are useful only as soldiers. There's nothing to learn by studying their life force since they belong to a non-human species."

"I'm sorry but that's impossible." Aalejah lowered her eyes. "I always lived with the World Tree and back when they sent me to Urgamakka, they Warped me straight to the Council. I have no idea where my old home is located since I've never been allowed to leave the Fringe on my own.

"Only fully fledged Chroniclers know the position of the elven colonies and I've never become one. Br'ey is the first elf I've met in years."

"My point exactly." Raagu said with a triumphant tone. "There is no point in wasting resources for a pipe dream. Also, elves couldn't be part of the Council anyway since they cannot Awaken without the help of the World Tree."

Syrah couldn't argue any of the human representative's words. The only card she had left to play was the Tyrant legacy but it was a dangerous gamble. Not only did she think that it belonged to Morok and her people as compensation for Glemos' wrongdoings, but it was also likely to backfire.

'Only Ryla can access the secret compound and I'm not sure she would agree with these terms. On top of that, if we share the Tyrants' legacy with the Council, we'd be left with nothing.

'They would take the few resources left in the vaults and the books, leaving us at their complete mercy.

'Even if the Council succeeds in perfecting the Harmonizers and crafting new ones, we'd have no ingredients to craft our own and we'd end up depending on the Awakened. We'd put a leash on ourselves that might not come undone for centuries.'

"Faluel did fulfill her promise." Morok stepped forward. "Humans can successfully evolve and I'm living proof of it."

"Don't be ridiculous! Tyrants are Emperor Beasts." Raagu swept the air with her hand, scoffing.

"That's what I believed as well until Glemos told me the truth. Tyrants and Balors are two sides of the same coin and we both descend from humans. Check my life force if you don't believe me."

Syrah inwardly sighed in relief, glad that he had delivered on Ryla's promise. The promise of a potential evolution was the final card that the Warlord had presented the Hati Queen after the "savior's" departure.

The Undead Courts were bound to feel threatened by such a revelation as much as the Council was supposed to be enticed at the idea.

The only problem was that Awakened undead had nothing to gain either and ogres didn't present plant folk with much.

They had failed to evolve so far and their powers didn't differ much from their cousins. If Zelex wanted to survive, they needed both humans and beasts to ensure a victory or at worst a stalemate during the vote in case the Guardians decided to not get involved in the decision.

After studying Balors and Fomors, Raagu managed to catch the similarities between their life forces and the Tyrant's, spotting the common root they had in mankind.