Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3097

Chapter 3097 Binding Contract (Part 1)

The merging process of the crystals seemed far from successful and each attempt ravaged Orpal's body.

"Not necessarily in this order, of course." Orpal panted, the fit of pain was gone and he now realized to have given away too many details of his plan. "I expect you, my brother, and my sister to hide like the cowards you are so it will depend on which one of you I find first.

"I'm giving you this warning not as an act of courtesy, but because I want you to spend your final days in misery like I did while Thrud kept me prisoner. I want you to watch that gods-damned video she released and know that what she did to me I'll return it to you one hundred-fold.

"I want you to struggle, toil, and run, knowing that nothing you can do is going to stop me. I will find you wherever you are and I will kill you!" Orpal's pupils dilated and his lips opened in a crazed smile. "I will wash my humiliation in your blood and dry it in your ashes!"

Then, he started to laugh. At first, it was barely a giggle. Then, it rose into a bellow and lastly into a maniacal fit of laughter.

"You got the gist of it." Erslan stopped the video. "For what is worth, he goes on laughing for almost three more minutes before he remembers he's still recording and cuts off the video."

The Dawn King lowered the volume and fast-forwarded the hologram until its end. He did it because he knew Lith didn't trust the Undead Courts and because Erslan hoped Lith would notice something in the video they had missed until that point.

"This is why we hired these idiots." The Blood Warlock said after giving Lith control of the amulet so that he could rewind and fast forward to look for clues. "Undead have great knowledge and resources but Forgemastering is not our strong point.

"We can do it, but it takes us much longer than an Awakened, and right now we can't afford the luxury of time. The Incontinent King was so considerate to inform us of his plans and we had not one minute or ingredient to waste.

"We called the best of the best…" Erslan said while looking at the assembled Forgemasters, having a hard time not coating his words in sarcasm. "Because if Poopie there succeeds in assimilating Dusk's crystal, we'll face someone who holds the power of two Horsemen.

"And that's the best-case scenario. Everything you've seen and fought was a countermeasure against his known spells, bloodline abilities, and tower."

Lith thought about the lack of life forms on his way there, the arrays draining the world energy, the darkness-infused golems, and the technique developed by the Dread Knights and their living allies.

'Those were anti-Dragon techniques they have probably developed hoping that they work against a Vurdalak as well.' Lith thought. 'That's why some of those things were easy for me to overcome. I wasn't their intended target.'

"What do you make of this message?" Erslan posed it as a question, but Lith knew it was a test.

"First, Meln is full of shit but you already knew that from the first video." Everyone laughed at his joke.

Awakened, undead, humans, and beasts. Thrud's dying wish had come true and nothing was left of Orpal's reputation. From the less fortunate to the noble youths, he was a laughing stock to all of them.

"Second, he is not even close to succeeding in merging Night's and Dusk's crystals. Not only did they break without even being touched, but just keeping him alive requires Night's full focus.

"If you notice, he always says 'I' instead of 'we' and there's no trace of the Horseman. We both know that Night is crazy, not stupid. That's Meln's schtick. She would have never allowed him to make that call.