Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3402

"My thoughts exactly." Vladion nodded. "That’s why I needed to warn you, Lith. No one should be dumb enough to take up Meln’s offer and attack your family but it’s better to be safe than sorry. Also, I wanted to give you the time to prepare for your brother’s return."

"Thanks, Vladion, but I’ve never stopped preparing for that or reinforcing the defensive measures that protect my family." Lith replied. "Meln’s scheme adds a few more variables but no unknown factors."

"Except for one." The Firstborn Vampire replied. "The Chosen had five flames floating above his head in a makeshift crown. One more than Meln had during his attack."

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Jiera continent, Arutha region, inside a hidden underground cave.

Meln Narchat screamed in agony as he tried and failed for the umpteenth time to fuse the shards of Dusk’s red crystal with Night’s black one. He learned something new with every attempt but that didn’t make the ongoing process any less painful.

He was bleeding from his eyes and ears non-stop, his hands and knees dipped in a pool of his own blood. Only four flames burned above his head, the same he produced during his attack in Zeska.

’Our plan was a resounding success.’ Night severed her connection with his body not to be bothered by the pain. ’Those idiots bought your crap like it was gold. The fake fifth flame was a stroke of genius.

’The Night Court has no Awakened and amid the chaos of the battle, no one discovered it was just colored fire. The only questions I have are why did you put a bounty on your family and why right now? Couldn’t we have waited until we had reached the next evolutionary step?’

Night devoted her full willpower and focus to putting her latest theory for merging the crystals into practice, dumping all the side effects and consequences of her failures on Orpal.

’I don’t want my family to die.’ He replied. ’I want them to cry and beg for my forgiveness when they realize they kicked out the wrong son all those years ago. I want them to suffer for as long as I did and regret what they did to me.

’The bounty is just to weed out the idiots from my future army and keep Leech on his toes. He has no right to enjoy his life while I suffer like a dog. I want him to look over his shoulder day and night for my assassins.

’I want him to spend his days in worry, spreading his resources thin and wasting them before I take the first real strike. I want him to be as miserable as I am.’

’It makes sense.’ Night tried a new combination that made Orpal bend his back in pain so much that his spine snapped.

’As for the timing of the messenger, I know that until you are done, I can’t work on my bloodline abilities or mana core.’ Orpal said as soon as the burning agony plaguing his mind eased enough to allow him to think again. ’But I’ve already reached the bright blue.’

’You mean, we’ve reached the bright blue.’ Night hadn’t missed how unlike it happened for her sister and Lith, she was growing farther instead of closer to her host.

’Of course. We’ve reached the bright blue.’ Orpal lied through his clenched teeth. ’As I was saying, I sent the messenger now to set a goal for us. Despite all your mistakes, the fusion between the crystals is slowly progressing.

’Once we are done, we’ll turn our lie into reality and Leech’s life into a living nightmare.’

"We sorely underestimated how busy I was with my work and how much care raising a baby requires. I was too dumb and stubborn so we ended up delaying our second child until…" Menadion failed to find the strength to continue. "You know." _{ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm}