Supreme Magus novel Chapter 899

Chapter 899 The Red Sun Part 1

"I’ve no regrets left, do what you have to do." Nalrond closed his eyes, finally at peace with himself. For the first time in months, the images of his village burning down didn’t flash in front of his eyes.

Nalrond would never forget the agonizing screams of his friends and family, but those sounds had stopped haunting his ears. All he could hear now was silence. He had always imagined that revenge would make him happy, but he felt empty instead.

His life had no meaning anymore, without revenge he was just a lonely man.

"It’s funny, you know." Nalrond chuckled at the irony of his situation. "Once you kill me, the only people to remember my name will be two cursed objects. Life sure has a twisted sense of humor."

"How many times do I have to tell you that we’re not a cursed object?" The creature was calm, yet the tinge of annoyance in their voice was enough to make the ground quake.

Lith wanted to kill Nalrond until a few minutes prior, but now Solus was one with him, forcing Lith to look at things through her golden eyes. When she looked at the disheartened hybrid, she didn’t see an enemy.

Solus saw Nalrond as Derek McCoy, and in turn as Lith. They both had suffered an unjust fate, losing their loved ones and ending up on a quest for revenge. Like Derek, Nalrond was now seeking death after achieving his goal.

’Is this who you are?’ Solus asked. ’Are you still the same angry man whose only gift is death?’

The upper mouth of the creature opened in a snarl while the lower was bent down in a mournful expression.

"If you really want to die, you don’t need our help. We will not carry your burden." The creature said after a long second. "If you seek life, instead, if you want to take your time and rest while you decide what to do next, follow this map."

A piece of paper appeared out of their pocket dimension, with the location of Protector’s house marked.

"Tell them that we sent you. They will not care about who you are or what race you belong. They’ll give you a place to call home and more trouble than you can imagine." The creature chuckled at the idea of how happy Selia was going to be having someone that would keep her company and help her with the kids.

"Now go." They handed a few clothes and a small bag of money for the travel expenses to Nalrond. It was more than Lith would have given him but less than Solus would. Yet neither of them minded because it wasn’t a compromise, they were one.

"The army will be here any minute now." The creature waved their hand, Warping the hybrid right outside Zantia. They were shocked by their own prowess. Opening a Warp to such distance with the same ease as if it was just a Blink was beyond their wildest dreams.

Yet there was no time for patting themselves on the back, their situation was quite dire. They weren’t aware that Acala was still alive so they expected that the death of a Ranger coupled with the absence of dimensional blocking arrays would cause the prompt intervention of the army.

They had already concocted a perfect explanation for everything, yet there was still a problem that even their combined might couldn’t overcome. The creature had no idea how to go back to being two separate entities.

Even after Warping out of the cave, outside the area of effect of the mana geyser, they were still fused. Their body was much smaller now, back to 3 meters (10 feet) of height, but that was it.

The Wyrmling was genderless, but they were afraid of finding their privates mixed if they reverted to a human appearance.

"Fuck us sideways. This is bad as it is, but there’s still plenty of room for things to get even worse. How can we..." Their trains of thoughts derailed when Lith’s army amulet pulled at his consciousness.