Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3463

"A Sapling is no Yggdrasill but it’s still as big as a city. If this is a trap, all the plant folk and Fae will fight for Esor. I’ll face arrays powered by a mana geyser and perfected through centuries if not millennia!"

"Excellent question." Solus pondered. "First, we need a surefire exfil plan. Second, we need reinforcements. We can’t walk inside Esor alone. Your Demons are not enough. They all depend on you."

"The tower isn’t an option either." Ripha cursed. "The Sapling has their roots all over the geyser and there won’t be enough world energy to conjure the tower, let alone do it without getting noticed.

"What about the Awakened Council?" Valia proposed. "You are a member and so is the Yggdrasill. You could ask for a mediation."

"Been there, done that." Lith remembered when Inxialot had supervised his meeting with the Undead Courts in Othre. It was enough to make him shudder. "Lotho never loved me. I trust him less than Inxialot."

"What if you bring Elysia or me with you?" Kamila said. "With my deep-gree core I’m not much of a fighter but I’m a terrifying insurance policy."

"Well, yes but actually no." Leegaain appeared in the room uninvited. "One thing is if danger comes to you. Another is you walking into danger knowingly. I can’t allow that."

"That’s the best you have to offer?" Lith groaned.

"No. As a Council representative, I suggest you ask for Feela’s help. This is no longer a matter between a rogue Awakened and an external faction. This involves two members of the Council belonging to two different factions.

"Or, if you want, three. You can also call Zoreth. The Organization is still a probatory member of the Council but they can pull their weight in matters like this."

"If Feela has the time, she can deploy an entire army of Emperor Beasts and lay siege to Esor." Lith pondered. "If Zoreth comes, I bet that just the threat of me and Tezka standing side by side will make the Sapling piss their roots after what we did to the Tree."

"Sounds like a plan." Kamila nodded. "You’d better start calling."

"One second." Lith tapped into his connection with the tower and brought Elysia and Valeron to his arms.

While the babies still cooed in joy and surprise, Lith moved his seat as close to Kamila as humanly possible without making her sit on his lap.

"I told you, no cheating." Leegaain grunted.

"I’m not going to take them to Esor with me." Lith replied. "I’m just putting up barriers to keep Zoreth from giving me an earful until tomorrow."

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Feela the Behemoth, the Beast representative of the Awakened Council was shocked by the news and happy to offer her help.

’Even though Lith is a member of the beast Council and a Divine Beast at that, he rarely asks for anything. This is a great opportunity to show him the value of the faction I represent and establish a more solid relationship.

’With his Void Magic, Creation Magic, and Origin Flames, there’s no limit to the benefits that being friends with him can bring me.’ She thought.

As for Zoreth, she had many things to say and none of them was nice.

’So all that story about the elves taking his time was bullshit.’ She inwardly grumbled. ’Lith did have the time to contact me, he simply forgot. Again! Yet now that he needs my help, he has all the time in the world.

’If the children weren’t there, I would rip him a new one. I can’t show hostility without making Elysia and Valeron afraid I don’t like them or their dad. That damn cheat is shamelessly muzzling me.’

"Say hi to Auntie Zor, children." Lith said with the fakest smile ever while moving Elysia’s and Valeron’s small hands.

"Hi, Zor." Valeron the Second waved at her, making the Shadow Dragon squeal with joy despite her best efforts to give Lith the cold shoulder.

"Hi, Ioh!" Elysia giggled, extending her little arms to Zoreth’s hologram to be picked up.