Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3666

Chapter 3666 Easy Marks (Part 1)

"This is awesome!" Phillard studied his new and improved axes under the sunlight. "Or rather, these babies are awesome! How do you upgrade them so easily every time, Ruler Menadion?"

"That's simple." She said with false modesty. "I had you tell me in advance all the enchantments you wanted on the final product. I planned the best version possible of your weapons and then downgraded them to the currently available materials.

"All I have to do when you bring a new bounty is to fill the spaces I left blank in the power core on purpose or replace its useless but stable runes with working ones."

"You could at least tell me the proper upgrade order, though." The Lindwurm grunted. "My axes shattered in the middle of the fight more than once because they were unable to withstand the strength of their own enchantments!"

"The deal is one upgrade per bounty." Menadion tutted. "You pick the upgrade, I do the job. The consequences are on you."

"Well said!" Phillard laughed, surprising everyone. "Gambling a bit makes things more interesting. Having to pay a bounty just to reforge my axes, not so much."

"Again, your choice." Lith replied. "Just upgrade the metal and the crystals first."

"Yeah, right." The Lindwurm snorted. "One crystal at a time would take too long, and I need the power to defend my axes. Upgrading the materials and adding no new enchantments would make them a pretty gift for whoever kills me."

A deal was a deal, but giving no warning saved Lith's wallet many hits.

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It was a morning after one of Phillard's visits that Kamila found an interesting article on the Web. _{ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm}

"Have you read this already?" She enlarged the hologram for everyone to see. "Crime rates in the Kingdom have dropped, and all thanks to Lith?"

"Me?" Lith was the most surprised at the table. "I haven't gone on a mission for a while now. What did I do to be credited for that?"

"You've destroyed three criminal organizations, silly." Kamila replied. "And all three disappeared overnight. The first was the one who went after Elina. Then the Emperor Beasts recreating Hatorne's work, and recently the Mazark Cartel.

"And don't forget how many people 'go on vacation' every time Phillard brings you new intel."

"Oh, right." Lith nodded.

The criminal underworld had no details of those events. The official version was that Lith had intervened on the scenes of two crimes and also dealt with people threatening his family.

On top of that, Lith had used his connection with the Royals to cover up the execution of those who tried to hire Phillard. The various gangs only knew that whenever someone was dumb enough to act under the Supreme Magus' nose, many heads would roll.

Fear made both hitmen and thugs cancel their plans the moment they spotted a tall, black-haired man in the crowd, especially if he had a mean look on his face. Being tall was just uncommon, and to make matters worse, black was the most common hair color in the Kingdom.

Career criminals started to bring a picture of Lith with them not to forget his features, and whenever they lost it or forgot it at home, entire operations would be cancelled.

Once the Royals caught on to what was happening, they had the tallest officers of every precinct dye their hair black and wear a scowl during service hours. The results were so stunning and cheap that they earned Lith several commendations.

He also received full credit for all busts, fueling the myth that he was everywhere at the same time.

The criminals were too terrified to move a finger, the citizens of the Kingdom felt safer, and Lith's enemies had no way to track his movements since, according to the official paperwork, he happened to be in every city where a major raid took place.