Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3401

Vladion’s charming smile and handsome features would have made any woman disregard the long fangs he had in place of canines.

"Thanks." Solus giggled.

"As for your second question, Lith, I asked Mother to bring you to Nightingale for the same reason I didn’t call you directly. Secrecy." Vladion turned to face Lith again. "Our allegiance is public knowledge among the undead ever since you helped me to free the Eclipsed Lands from Thrud and Xedros.

"Anyone who wants to keep an eye on you would plant spies in Lightkeep. No one would suspect Ilthin, instead."

"Are you sure?" Solus asked. "I mean, she has hit on Lith in the past and she participated in both missions. How is she different from you?"

"Oh, please. She’s a flirt. To keep an eye on all those she hit on it would take you a massive army." Vladion snorted.

"Hey, I resent that!" Ilthin said in outrage.

"Also, in both cases, I was the one who answered Lith’s call." The Firstborn Vampire continued, pretending not to have heard her. "Ilthin, instead, joined us only because Mother asked her, just like the other Firstborns. There’s a big difference."

"Secrecy from who and who could have the resources to plant agents inside your court, Vladion?" Lith pressed on, even though he had already filled most of the blanks on his own.

"Who do you think?" The Vampire sat down with a defeated look on his face. "Your mad brother, the Dead King, has reared his ugly head again."

"Meln is back?" Lith would have liked to be surprised but he was just disgusted from being forced to speak that name again. "Are you telling me he never left Garlen after attacking me in Zeska?"

"I said your mad brother, not your suicidal brother." Vladion replied. "I wish you were right. I would have already found and killed him. Between my brethren in the Eclipsed Lands, the Undead Courts, Mother, and Dawn, we’ve scoured Garlen and I can tell you for sure Meln is not here."

"What about Verendi?" Solus asked. "It’s close to Garlen and torn apart by wars. It’s the ideal breeding ground for a new undead faction."

"It would, if not for Mother’s influence and the Master’s." Vladion shook his head. "With the Guardian of Life defeated, no one dares oppose him.

"The Master made his hate for Meln clear and without the interference of the local Guardians, he doesn’t hesitate to massacre anyone who so much as sympathizes for the Dead King’s cause.

"Your brother is still in Jiera. There are no undead there and as long as he keeps himself away from the few remaining settlements, he could hide for centuries."

"Then what reason do you have to take so many precautions?" Lith asked.

"Because even though Meln failed to kill you in Zeska, the attack gave him the perfect stage to show off his newfound powers and immunity to Mother’s self-destruction spell." Vladion replied.

"A few days ago, the Night Court in Othre received a visit from someone who called himself the first of the new Chosen of the Dead King. Imagine their faces when a single Ghoul managed to force dozens of undead elders to bend the knee.

"A single Ghoul, but completely immune to darkness magic and capable of using the most powerful bloodline abilities of Garlen’s Guardians. To make matters even worse, the bastard shapeshifted into a combat form that made him even stronger.