Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3496

Elina’s expression was of utter confusion, her face a whirlwind of shifting emotions. On the one hand, the Guardians’ aura was back to being soothing and protective, making her feel at ease.

On the other hand, her brain kept flashing images of Leegaain’s and Salaark’s fury in front of her eyes and her body trembled in fear at the horror that such visions evoked.

"Exactly. This is my room and I’m inviting you in." Elina said.

She was still scared but, while surrounded by her family, she had the strength to fight the fear.

"I’m very sorry for what happened earlier. I shouldn’t have let you see us like that." Leegaain gave her a deep bow.

"You can say that." Elina nodded, feeling the need to sit down on her bed. "But I’m grateful to the three, no four of you for protecting me. Let this be a lesson. For me of how scary you actually are and for you of caring more for people like me."

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"It has been a humbling lesson. I assure you of that." Salaark gave her a bow as well, the shame for her foolishness an irredeemable stain on her honor.

"Can you please tell me what those two guys wanted from me? Was it about Meln again?" Elina asked.

The Guardians shared their information with her and answered all her questions.

"Let me get this straight." Elina said. "Meln isn’t involved and, without your intervention, I would have been kidnapped and Lith forced to follow the orders of those criminals.

"Even worse, their success would have galvanized others to follow their example, endangering all the non-Awakened in my family."

"Yes." Leegaain nodded. "The precedent would have probably spurred those who have no will or means to pay for Ripha’s work into action."

"So you didn’t save just me today." Elina said, feeling somewhat relieved to have spared the others from suffering such a fate. "You’ve saved my entire family."

"In your shoes, I wouldn’t give us so much credit but one thing I can tell you for sure." Salaark’s tone became stern. "We know the names of the other Awakened involved in this ploy and you can rest assured we won’t stop until they are all…"

She looked at the kids and said: "Captured."

***

Gorgon Empire, Galian Region, in the middle of nowhere, right after Elina’s attempted kidnapping.

"What do you think that was all about?" Ilac the Redcap nervously peered through the blinders of his host’s luxurious mansion.

"You mean the light coming from the Kingdom?" Thassel the Drake asked while pouring herself a tall glass of wine. "Whatever it was, it’s of no relevance to us."

"How can you say that?" Ilac walked around the room before looking out the window again. "Today Garvi and Janya were supposed to kidnap Verhen’s mother. How do we know something didn’t go wrong?"

"Easy." Lukah Basaj replied. "Their contact runes are still available, there is no news about the kidnapping in the Kingdom’s Web, and most of all, those bastards aren’t responding to our calls."

"How is that a good sign?" Ilac grunted.