Supreme Magus novel Chapter 999

Chapter 999 Bonds of Trust Part 1

Awakened mages and their bloodlines ruled the only human cities remaining on the Jiera continent, but things didn’t go any better for Thrud there. Somehow, the Awakened would become suspicious of her the moment she used her powers and refused to grant her hospitality.

Unbeknownst to Thrud, it was due to the vortex her rainbow mana core generated to imitate the effects of Invigoration and provide her with unlimited mana. Her long existence coupled with a lifetime of murder and secrets weighed heavily on her psyche.

Thrud was on the run ever since she could remember, to protect her father’s legacy from Tyris’s clutches and fulfill his dream to unify the Garlen continent under an immortal ruler.

"I was supposed to be enjoying my wealth and find a way to extend the gift of immortality to the future Imperial family, not scavenge for food and sew my own clothes! What good are gold and jewels in a place where a piece of fresh bread is a myth?"

Her rants were becoming more and more frequent, in an attempt to fill the silence surrounding her. _{ƒreewebηoveℓ.com}

She was an extraordinary hunter and tailor, skills that would make her welcome in any human settlement, but only if Thrud stopped using her magic and lived like a commoner.

Doing that would mean to trample over her pride as the true Queen of the Griffon Kingdom and give up on the luxuries she felt entitled to. All the human Awakened of the Jiera continent were actually in her same boat, but she didn’t care.

With the loss of craftsmen, farmers and stockbreeders had become the new rich. Even Awakened kept them in high regard because all the magic in Mogar couldn’t create food.

On top of that, to pass down the practical knowledge necessary to grow all the edible plants and vegetables would take years.

If once the ancient mages’ main worry had been to develop their skills, now they were focused on avoiding that a single bad harvest or common cold could wipe out what remained of the human race.

Beasts and plants had no such worries. They usually moved around naked and considered food anyone who trespassed on their turf. The Beast Empire that had been born after the fall of human civilization was now the most advanced and wealthy on Jiera, but humans had a hard time adapting to the beasts’ morals.

Emperor Beasts would take in anyone, but only as long as they behaved. The beasts would teach kids how to read and write, and to adults how to hunt, farm, or whatever job they were talented for.

At the same time, however, the concept of redemption, fair trial, or prisons didn’t exist in their society. The moment someone committed a crime for no acceptable reason, the culprit would be put down like a rabid dog.

Some people couldn’t accept such a harsh and wild social order where everyone had to either make themselves useful or scram the moment they came of age. Yet most remained because the beasts offered them shelter from the weather, protection from the monsters that were now free to roam the lands, and healthcare.

Humans had tried to Awaken everyone to repopulate the continent faster and make all humans capable of wielding magic, but it had been a disaster. Children wouldn’t get ill, but they would kill themselves or their parents using spells like toys.

Many meek and gentle adults, once they got a taste of true power would become overbearing toward their less talented peers and enforce the law of the jungle until their victims or their masters killed them.