2793 Changes and Upgrades (Part 1)
Lith followed the Demons as they advanced, feeling a sting in his heart whenever he heard the dying throes of youths he could only hope were thralls.
Becoming a father had healed most of his emotional wounds but it had also restored part of his humanity and conscience.
'I wonder if they had a family somewhere. If the only reason these men and women have joined the Dawn Court was to ensure their loved ones a better life.' Lith thought while weaving the tier zero Chaos spell, Bite, and the tier zero Decay spell, Fast Forward, through Ragnar?k.
Practicing two Cursed Elements at the same time was taxing on his mind and core, but he had no other way to get rid of the Decay generated with each Chaos spell he conjured.
The elemental crystals helped him to fine-tune the spells while the angry blade's blood scabbard endured the consequences of his mistakes for him. It was something that neither War nor Ragnar?k could do and it was made possible by the recent ungrade. freewebnøvel.com
The blood that Lith had added to the power core of the angry blade as an amplifier now coursed through the remains of his fallen enemies collected by Ragnar?k, turning them into expendable extensions of his own body.
Lith used Mirror Magic only against thralls because their deaths would provide him with the blood and life force he needed to replenish Ragnar?k's strength.
Becoming a father and regaining his humanity had brought Lith to understand the weight of the lives he took but that didn't make him soft. On the contrary, it reinforced his determination.
"The Undead Courts aren't going to stop coming after me unless I make them. Every person I kill is one less enemy that Elysia will have to face in the future.' Lith thought, killing the thralls with clinical precision despite their desperate pleas for mercy.
'It's much better for me to shoulder this burden than let my daughter live under the constant threat of immortal monsters. If Elysia wants to join the Nest or become Leegaain's apprentice it's going to be her free choice.
'Not because she's scared for her life or that or her mother!' Lith didn't want to die, but he had to prepare for the eventuality.
With his crippled life force and the many enemies that he had made during his life, he knew that sooner or later something from his past would come back to bite at him. Aware of his mortality, he didn't want to make Elysia pay for his mistakes.
The only way he had to protect her was to clean up his own mess and leave her a clean slate.
The once luxurious corridors of the Dawn Court had now turned into a slaughterhouse. The priceless works of art that once decorated the walls lay shattered on the floor while the high-end furniture was reduced to charred splinters.
As he walked amid the carnage and destruction, Lith could almost hear Kamila's voice in their last argument.
"I know that the undead have attacked the Verhen Mansion, but do you really have to do this?" She had asked. "Can't you just leave the army to deal with this?"
"After General Morn, after Deirus, and how those assassins got the blueprint of our home, do you really trust the Kingdom to not let its corrupt members screw this up?" Lith asked back.
"Fine!" Kamila scoffed. "But if you really have to do this, why not bring Zoreth along? Why don't you ask for Surtr and Sinmara's help? Heck, bring the whole Organization with you!"
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