Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3594

Chapter 3594 Misdirection (Part 1)

Nalrond and the others left Gabash the following morning after thanking Jinx for her hospitality.

Lith also offered the village head his contact rune in case the Awakened apprentices caused trouble.

"I can't afford one of those communicator thingies, and our village is too small for the Kingdom to give me one for free. I'm sorry." Bor scratched his head in embarrassment.

"I'll be back here in a couple of days, then." Lith said. "If these guys are still here or have interfered with your livelihood, I'll deal with them."

"Thank you very much, Magus Verhen." Bor shook Lith's hand while glaring at the crowd of Awakened. "Your visit has been short, but it has been a blessing to Gabash. If you ever decide to return here for any reason, you and your friends will be our honored guests."

"Don't mention it, and thank you for your offer." Lith nodded in reply.

He and the rest of his group took flight, moving toward the closest medium-sized city.

'I don't like leaving those poor villagers alone.' Friya said via a mind link. 'What if the Awakened bully them in our absence?'

'Unlikely.' Protector replied. 'We reached Gabash over one week after the hunt began, and the village is still in one piece. If the Awakened wanted to use violence to interrogate the witnesses, they would have already done it.

'Remember that the Awakened have no solid evidence there was a real Rezar in Gabash. They are treating the issue like a wild goose chase.'

'Indeed.' Nalrond shuddered. 'The Awakened wouldn't have been so nice if they knew Salman lived in the village. Anyone who found a clue to find Salaman wouldn't have left behind anything that might help their competition.

'We wouldn't have found a single survivor, and Gabash would have been wiped out of the maps. What's our next move?'

'You are our resident Rezar, so that was supposed to be our question.' Solus replied. 'You should tell us what you would have done in Salman's shoes. Yet before that, we have to get rid of our tail.'

'Are they still following us?' Lith was unpleasantly surprised. 'How?'

'I don't have an answer.' Solus shrugged. 'No one left a mystical mark on us nor did the Awakened put something in our food, or the Eyes would have spotted it. Either one of the Awakened can smell us even from a great distance or they have a tracking device as well.

'They probably collected a hair, a bit of spit, or anything from one of us and use it as a medium for their artifact.'

'Ryman?' Lith asked.

'They can't track us by smell.' He telepathically shook his head. 'We are too distant and travelling this fast leaves behind a faint trace that fades in seconds. I've talked with many Emperor Beasts while working for Faluel, yet I've never met someone capable of doing something like this. It must be an artifact.'

'I agree.' Solus replied. 'The good news is that it should be much worse than the Eyes. Our tail always keeps about a kilometer between us. Enough to evade even your Tiamat eyes.' _{freeωebnovēl.c૦m}

'I wouldn't be so sure.' Friya pondered. 'Mages can use Warp Steps, and a tracking device that loses its mark after a single dimensional spell would be useless. I bet its range is much greater than one kilometer.

'That must be the minimum safe distance that also covers a Steps' average range.'

'Let's test your hypothesis.' Lith opened a Warp Steps leading toward their official destination.

The group didn't rush in and kept flying forward as if they suspected nothing.