Supreme Magus novel Chapter 674

"Also, I couldn’t face my sister and tell her that I killed her husband so that she could inherit everything and get her children back. She would never forgive me and neither could I. What I can do is to turn them in and ask for the maximum sentence."

"Which is being tortured to death." Jirni smiled. Killing them on the spot was actually the greatest act of mercy they could do to her assailants.

"Exactly." Kamila nodded while recovering her communication amulet. "I’m not going to dirty my hands nor my conscience for these scums. They have made their choices and they will pay the consequences."

"Excellent choice, dear." Jirni said, putting the wand back inside her utility belt. "Do you want me to inform your sister about what happened to her late husband?"

"Thanks for your offer, but I want to be the one to break the news to her. She deserves that much."

***

Expedition team camp, in the same moment.

During the four days necessary to restore Kulah’s levels of oxygen to the point that it would be possible to use fire magic within its premises, there wasn’t much Lith’s group could do.

Quylla decided to use that time to follow the physical training routine Lith had suggested to her and to learn a few tier four offensive spells. Lith and Phloria pooled her knowledge about runes and his about Forgemastering to decipher the booklet from Huryole.

They didn’t progress much. The ancient language was gibberish to them and even though Phloria helped him to convert some of the old runes into modern ones, her knowledge of Runesmithing was too shallow to understand the purpose of the blueprints just by looking at their pictures.

"Do you think I could show one of the pages to Yondra and ask her for help?" Lith said.

"It’s a huge gamble." Phloria shook her head. "These kinds of runes are too advanced for the Odi, a Royal Forgemaster like her is likely to realize that yours it’s just a ruse. Even if she falls for it, she might always ask you to share your discovery with the rest of the group, and at that point, you’re likely to get caught.

"Don’t forget that Runesmithing is a state secret. The army might confiscate the booklet if they knew it’s in your possession."

Lith had to agree with her. Either he told Yondra the truth or he risked doing a lot of damage. If Yondra started basing her plans to counter the Odi on the booklet, it would lead her and the others astray and might cause their demise.

The more Lith discovered about the Odi, the higher the expectations to find a cure for his reincarnation problem. They had been raving mad, but their mastery in light magic was something that would have impressed even Professor Manohar. _{fгeewebnovёl.com}

Those days were the first real break Lith and Phloria had got in months. Despite the fact that they were near a death-trap, they both enjoyed the time spent together. They felt as if they were back at the academy, finally speaking with someone who could understand their respective problems.

Tista was too ignorant to help Lith in his experiments and Kamila wasn’t even a mage. That part of his life was quite lonely and up to that moment, Solus was the only partner he had ever had in his quest for knowledge.

Phloria had a lot of pent up stress due to her personal life in the army. Her rank, build, and family created a divide between Phloria and her peers. Her soldiers respected her, but they were no friends.

There were boundaries that had to be kept for discipline to be preserved. Between her job, learning Forgemastering from Orion, and improving her skills as a Mage Knight, her social life was almost non-existent.

Now she had someone who wasn’t intimidated by her rank or height. Someone who could practice both sword and magic with her, not caring about winning but just about learning.

The level of competition between the young Captains was akin to that she had experienced as a student in the White Griffon. All those below her in the rankings wanted to see her fail, while those above felt threatened by Phloria and kept her at arm’s length.