Supreme Magus novel Chapter 746

"I’m sorry, Dad, but I can’t do it. They may be monsters to you, but to me they are precious people who need me. I’ve come too far to turn my back on them like that." Xenagrosh sighed.

"Thanks for your help, Dad. I promise you that I’ll use what you’ve taught me today to make you proud. I’ll find a way to redeem my race in your eyes. I hope that the next time you see me, I’ll be whole again."

She turned the communication amulet off before Warping to random locations to make herself untraceable, unaware that there was no need to. Leegaain considered it his parting gift to his daughter since the next time they met they were bound to be enemies.

"I’ve got bad news and terrible news. Which do you want to hear first?" He said after activating his mind link with his fellow Guardians.

"The bad news." Tyris replied.

"I know why the Master knows us so well and who has helped them with Arthan’s Madness. My daughter Zoreth is among his hybrid Eldritchs."

"My condolences, old friend." Said Salaark. "If I meet her on the battlefield, I’ll try to give her a painless death."

"The terrible news is that among her peers there’s even Bytra, the 4th Ruler of the Flames. Zoreth was wielding one of her weapons."

"Fuck me sideways!" Said both Guardians in unison.

"The inventor of modern runes? The same Bytra who taught us how to unlock the true potential of Davross?" Tyris asked.

She had always believed that Bytra had disappeared due to the tragic consequences of her never-ending quest to find Menadion’s legacy and beat the Mother of Forgemastering at her own game.

No Guardian would have ever thought that Bytra’s passion could have turned into an obsession, leading her to become an Abomination.

"Yes, and that’s not all. Just like the anomaly, the Master’s experiments have allowed my daughter to tap again into her draconic nature even though she discarded it centuries ago, back when she was still a normal hybrid.

"Not only is this supposed to be impossible, but also if the same happened to all the other Eldritchs, there’s no telling what kind of bloodlines we might have to face. As you know all too well, some Eldritchs pre-date even us Guardians."

Only silence followed Leegaain’s words. Some of the Fallen Races had obtained great powers before devolving into madness. The idea of such powerful creatures combining their might with the wisdom of millennia and with the Chaos energy that only Abominations could wield, made them worry.

***

Solus Tower, eight hours later.

Despite the fact that the mana geyser and his tower were supposed to enhance his recovery speed, when Lith woke up he felt as if someone had stopped time the moment he had closed his eyes and then buried him under several steamrollers.

’Guess I would’ve been out cold a full day if this had happened in any other place.’ He thought while yawning like a bear ready to go in hibernation for winter.

The first thing he did was check his pocket watch. Luckily there was still plenty of time to snack and go back to the Ernas mansion. The second thing he did was to investigate the source of all the noise he heard.

The moment he tried to focus his attention, Lith could almost feel as if something inside of his head clicked. He could now distinguish all the voices and the smells despite the several closed doors that stood between him and his guests.