Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2739

Chapter 2739 More than Power (Part 1)

"Verhen had to lock his family behind the Council's and the Kingdom's protection while we had to back off. We never managed to follow his movements and the few times we did, he was in highly secure locations where our options were limited.

"Then, the bastard became a Divine Beast. If not for Night and Thrud ordering us to leave him alone, we would have dealt with him back then, while our blood cores still gave us an advantage over a runt with a deep violet core.

"To make matters worse, we kept underestimating him. Who would have thought that a baby, a hatchling, would have reached the violet core in the same time as Awakened with a powerful bloodline legacy at their disposal?

"It's like the bastard Awakened in the crib and spent his whole life on a mana geyser!" Shelk said.

The first hypothesis was correct while the second was wrong. The rapid development of Lith's mana core was simply one of the many perks of having a mage tower even before knowing what Solus' stone ring was.

It was much, much better than living on a geyser and much, much worse for the Undead Courts who still had no idea of their enemy's true abilities.

"Now, we are fucked! We are so fucked that I expect every one of us to die with a little Tiamat bursting out of our chest. Verhen is now not only a Divine Beast, but a Divine Beast with a bright violet core.

"If we wait too long and he gets accustomed to his new powers, we'll have no chance of victory. Bloodline abilities, mass, raw physical strength, there's nothing that even an undead elder can match him in."

"That's not true." Ezhman countered. "Blood cores grow naturally past the bright violet. We can never reach the white, but some of our oldest members are still stronger than Verhen."

"Really? Do you really think that any of them is going to face a Divine Beast and put their eternal life on the line for us? Because I sure wouldn't." Shelk replied, turning the enthusiasm into despair.

"If this is what you think, why are you proposing to kill Verhen in the first place?" Anmira asked.

"Because I believe we have no other choice." The Blood Warlock lowered his gaze, his voice sounded worried if not scared. "Once Verhen masters his powers, he'll be the one hunting us.

"I doubt he has ever forgotten about the Undead King's ploys and the help we gave him. Verhen never forgave us, he was simply biding his time and now he's almost done waiting.

"Soon he'll have no need to play defense anymore. When that happens, he'll bring with him his Demons, his sister, the Council, the army, the Association, the Abominations, and the gods only know who else.

"Before you say anything stupid remember that unless we attack first, Verhen is going to have the time to raise an army of Demons of Darkness, each one with the power of a bright violet core!"

Every one of them had watched the videos from the War of the Griffons. They knew what Lith could do with a bit of time and a mana geyser at his disposal. Facing him alone was already hard but if he brought reinforcements, there would be no chance of victory.

"For the first time from the founding of the Undead Courts, time is not by our side. The more we wait, the fewer our chances of victory. If we don't create an opportunity to recover the ground we've lost, if we don't become the makers of our own fortune, the only path left for us is extinction."

The representatives of the other two Courts remained silent, searching for any argument that would counter such an ill-prophecy.

Yet they found none.