Supreme Magus novel Chapter 677

"What’s wrong with me? More like what’s wrong with you! Are you really willing to live all your life on the sidelines, letting others risk their lives for you? Back at the academy, the three of us stood through thick and thin, but now I’m just a dead weight.

"What if something happens to one of them because I’m not strong enough to be of help?"

"It would be nobody’s fault but the Odi’s. They were the monsters that..."

"Really? Blaming dead people for our own incompetence? Would you be able to say such words if something happens to Professor Yondra or would you blame her teammates for letting her die?" Quylla cut Rainer short, making him turn pale at the idea.

"I would blame her teammates." He admitted after a second.

"Great. At least we’re on the same page about you being a coward."

"I’m not a coward! You have no idea what I had to endure at the Black Griffon just to survive my fourth year during Balkor’s attack, not to mention the mana poisoning and the hazing from my peers.

"I choose the academic career because I was sick and tired of fighting. I choose Forgemastering because it’s a challenge with yourself rather than others. Does that make me a coward?" He asked.

"No." Quylla replied with a warm smile.

"That makes you a coward who dares patting himself on the back!" Just like her mother, she would always caress before landing a death blow. "Cry me a river, I’ve survived the same events you speak of, and if it wasn’t for Nalear’s betrayal, I would be able to fight alongside them instead of being this...."

Quylla waved at herself, unable to express the self-loathe she felt. After attempting at Jirni’s life and killing Yurial, she had refused to learn offensive spells because she felt guilty for being still alive while so many had died that day.

Because she was afraid that another Nalear would come and force her to hurt the people she loved again. Yet after Phloria almost died in her arms, after seeing Lith and Phloria risk their lives time and time again to protect her, Quylla had changed her mind.

She wasn’t angry at Rainer so much as at herself. Quylla was so harsh with him only because he had made her same choices. She had focused solely on Healing and Forgemastering for the same reasons Rainer did.

"Oh Gods, I’m so sorry. I forgot you are from the White Griffon." Rainer said, realizing his blunder.

"I’ll accept your apologies only if you accept mine." Quylla replied. "I shouldn’t have taken it out on you, it’s just that before this trip, I’ve never realized how helpless I am and it’s driving me crazy."

She apologized to him again before turning around and entering the women’s quarters. Rainer stood there for a while, unable to stop thinking about Professor Yondra. _{fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓}

’She is the only family I have ever had and she has supported me during my academy years. How can I be happy to be left behind after she had almost died for saving me from that fungus? How can I be so relaxed despite the fact that she might not return from Kulah? Maybe Quylla is reckless, but I’m really an idiot.’

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The following day, the Professors, Lith, and Phloria entered the first building together, leaving all the soldiers and the Assistants behind the protection of the arrays.

Since the Weapon Research Center, the second building, had collapsed, Phloria had decided it was best to clear at least one facility before splitting the group again. Now that the pseudo-Balor was dead, nothing stopped them from moving forward.

Behind the door, there was the usual metal corridor. A huge plaque was hung above the entrance and several doors led inside what looked like hospital rooms. Part of the walls was comprised of reinforced glass panels that allowed the group to look inside.