Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3131

Chapter 3131 Binding Oath (Part 1)

3131 Binding Oath (Part 1)

"Sure, you can give me more bloodline abilities than Faluel, but you can't give me the most precious of her gifts: trust and loyalty. Back when Lith hid a crapton of secrets, Faluel could have blackmailed his ass into oblivion, but she never did.

"Faluel did more than teach us magic. She protected us, our families, and our secrets, no matter how stupid they might seem to you." Friya couldn't mention Nalrond, since his knowledge of the Fringes was still dangerous, but she thought of him no less than Lith.

Faluel might have forced the Rezar instead of bargaining with him to teach her Light Mastery. She could have extorted his bloodline legacy from him and everything he knew about the Fringe he came from, yet the Hydra had never abused her position of superiority.

Even when it would have been most convenient for her.

"If I become Faluel's Harbinger to save my parents and she promises to help me, I know she'll keep her word. You or any of your friends, instead, might as well order me to forget about my parents once the ritual is complete and I could do nothing about it.

"You could take everything Faluel has taught me from my mind, my father's secrets, everything. The power you offer is no temptation to me because it's laced with the poison of betrayal.

"No matter how many pretty words you spout. To me, you will always be one of the bastards who killed my sister and thousands of innocents just to follow the orders of a madwoman!"

The seven Divine Beasts lowered their heads and said nothing. The memory of the many walls they had visited was fresh in their minds. It destroyed any excuse or rationalization they could find to justify their actions.

Ufyl fell butt-first on the ground and hugged his knees.

The memories of him witnessing Phloria's final moments while waiting for the inevitable haunted him. Her fight with Lith flashed in front of Ufyl's eyes, forcing him to notice the many chances he had missed to step in and save her life.

In Ufyl's mind, Phloria died every time he willingly ignored one of the many openings during the fight, hiding behind his duty to Thrud. In his mind, he was the cause of Phloria's death no less than the Mad Queen.

"That was a nice speech, but it doesn't answer my question, Friya." Faluel broke the prolonged silence. "Are you sure this is what you want and not just a spur of the moment decision? There is no turning back."

"I'm as sure as I can be." Friya fell back on her right knee and offered Dreadnought to the Hydra again.

"Slow down." Faluel pushed the blade away gently. "The books I gave you missed a lot of details on purpose. They were meant to scare the crap out of you and make you second guess your decision until you either backed down or strengthened your resolve.

"Becoming a Harbinger isn't like Awakening. It takes time for your body to adapt to the blood of a Divine Beast, even a Lesser one. In a way, you can consider it similar to the process by which a living being is turned into an undead.

"It happens gradually and over time. Do you still want to do it?"

"With all my heart." Friya raised her eyes, staring into Faluel's with determination.

"Okay then." The Hydra clenched Dreadnaught's blade, cutting her palm until a single drop of blood came out.

Outside her body, the shapeshifting ended and the blood drop expanded back to its real size, bigger than Friya's head. It slithered along the rapier, sucking Friya's blood before moving on to her still-open palms.

The Hydra blood seeped slowly inside the human's body under Faluel's strict supervision. She kept the spark of her life force intact and burning as it moved toward the center of Friya's being.