Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3444

Chapter 3444 Trust but Failsafe (Part 1)

"Our creations are going to be improved by the First Ruler of the Flames?" More than one Awakened said. "What an honor!"

"Can you really do that, Ruler Menadion?" Cyrra's eyes softened with hope. "More

importantly, would you do that?"

"Yes, and yes, but there are conditions." Ripha raised her hand with the palm out, asking the Forgemasters for silence. "First, I need the schematics of everything I have to modify. This place is massive and I don't have the time to study every single rune.

"Second, I can't entrust my work and secrets to you without adding a few failsafes"

"What kind of failsafes?" The Dawn King's eyes narrowed.

"For starters, I'm going to make sure my work can't be used against Lith. My existence is bound to his and I'm not going to help you banishing me. Also, I would feel more confident in this alliance if I shared control of the arrays and constructs with you!"

"This is not an easy decision to make. It requires discussion and the ruling of the three Undead Courts must be unanimous." Bahz said and Cyrra nodded.

"Take all the time you want." Menadion shrugged. "And just to be clear, I'm going to embed the failsafes so that it will be impossible to tamper with them without unraveling the entire defensive system.

"When I'm done with it, you and anybody else won't be able to understand which rune does what."

Bhaz gritted his teeth in fury, and when he turned to look at the Awakened Forgemasters for advice, he almost dislocated his jaw. They were all nodding and smiling like Menadion wasn't talking about stealing their secrets and make them her own.

"My only advice is to make up your mind quickly." Lith added. "Once Poopie returns I'll be busy chasing him and Menadion with me. Also, if he attacks you first, there would be no point in making any change to the fortress after you've been wiped out."

"What are you waiting for?" Pharo the Redcap said. "It's an excellent deal. Do you know how many people begged Menadion for a single piece of her work? Are you really going to turn down the help of the greater Forgemaster of all times just because you're scared? "Magus Verhen is a man of his word. If you are sincere in forging this alliance, you have nothing to fear."

"Shut up!" Bahz angrily replied. "You talk like that only because it's not your life on the line and you want to witness Menadion's Creation Magic. You bastards couldn't care less about me or the survival of the Undead Courts.

"You've already been paid handsomely and would lose nothing since we had to buy the power cores' schematics from you in order to make you work together. You are being

generous with our lives and spells to gain more for yourselves!"

The Awakened Forgemasters averted their gazes and cleared their throats in embarrassment. Everything the Blood Warlock had said was true. After sharing the Fortress' spells with the undead for maintenance's sake, the Forgemasters considered them lost.

Sharing their work with Menadion, seeing how she would improve it, and receiving the second best thing to Creation Magic's lessons from her for no free was a dream come

true.

"Yet these idiots are also right." Cyrra grunted. "Turning down Menadion's help would be foolish and her requests are reasonable. We built the Stonewall Fortress to deal with threats like the Incontinent King, not Verhen.

"For this to become a true alliance, we need trust. Can we trust you won't turn on us the moment your mad brother is dealt with, Magus Verhen?"

"I don't remember a single instance of me harassing the Undead Courts." Lith replied. "Only of you messing with me and getting your due. Also, as long as you are holed up in here, why should I care about you?

"This place is going to become useless once Poopie is dead. You'll return to your home cities and resume your business. Only then might conflict between us arise and only because of what you'll do.

"Aside from the Golems, there's nothing you can take away from here and once you split the constructs between the three Courts, their numbers wouldn't be a threat to me

"My tower was stolen by Kolga and never retrieved. My soul followed my daughter to the Desert so I have no way to know what happened to my tower after that. As for Creation Magic, yes, it's damn hard to learn and there are no tricks to it. _{ƒreewebηoveℓ.com}