Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1818

Chapter 1818: Shadow War (Part 2)

"What you need to understand is that her alliance with Orpal allows Thrud to focus solely on the offense while he focuses solely on d efending her assets.“ Feela said.

"She just needs to send a few Awakened each time to open Spirit Gates and allow her allies to reach any point in any city despite the a rrays. The undead work as a leash for both the people that have yet t o surrender to her rule and for the Croum."

"What a cunning woman." Lith hated Thmd for allying herself with Meln, yet he had to recognize the brilliance of her plan. "It must have b een Thrud's or Night's idea because Meln isn't smart enough to c ome up with something like this."

"Indeed." Feela nodded. "That's why the Council has been secretly a ttacking and eradicating the branches of the Undead Courts this w hole time. By weakening the Dead King, the leash on the Kingdom g rows loose.

"We prefer not messing directly with Thrud because we don't want to l et her know that we are aware of her plans. We know from Dawn's l oyalists that her alliance with Meln is shaky at best.

"Our strategy is to tip the balance of power in Thrud's favor. This way, t he Undead King will feel his position threatened and do something s tupid that will split them further apart, weakening both our enemies

"Once we get rid of him, Thrud‘s measly forces will no longer be able t o keep the Royal army and the Mage Association at bay, especially w ith a few of us disguised among their members.

"This way, the Mad Queen will fall discreetly, the secret of Awakening w ill remain as such, and the history written by the winners will c arefully gloss over the bizarre magic used by the usurper.

"The memory of the attack will die with its witness and become n othing but a fairy tale in the span of a couple of generations.

Everybody wins."

"l like your plan, yet l don't see what could you possibly need me for."

Lith said. "As Tista said, many of you are stronger than me and so far, y ou didn't bother asking my opinion about anything."

"My next words will reply to all your remaining questions.“ A huge grin a ppeared on the Behemoth‘s face.

"We know that you hate the Undead King for his relentless attacks a gainst you during the past few years. You should be glad to know t hat you have been summoned here to enact the ?nal part of our p lan. Killing Meln Narchat."

"What?" Lith's group said in unison.

"We are aware of the restriction that Baba Yaga put on Night." After ?nishing explaining the situation to lnxialot, Raagu stood up as well, s howing Lith the hologram of a familiar scene from his past.

"This spell that you all can read will prevent her from attacking the Verhen household again." Baba Yaga said in the projection while using Creation Magic to put a slave spell on Night's crystal.

Then it fast—forwarded her discussion with the seven Abomination-

Hybrids that had come to the Master's rescue until the next point of i nterest.

With his violet core and his nature as a unique Divine Beast, Lith m ight have become an elder, if only he bothered with the politics and r esponsibilities that a seat in the Council required.

"l'm ?ne with your plan, but l want my group to move independently a nd to limit its members to the four of us." Lith avoided saying that he s erved no one to not antagonize Raagu as long as their interests a ligned.

"Units are usually comprised of ?ve members. The Spear, the Highmaster, the Shield, the Tower, and the Storm." Raagu referred to t he most effective battle formation for Awakened units that Aalejah h ad developed after including dimensional mages like F riya.

"l know, but the Council already stole from me the information about m y bloodline abilities. I've developed more and just like you all, I'm e ntitled to my privacy." Lith replied. "These people know what my s ister and I are capable of and they won't breach our trust."

He wanted to avoid dealing with strangers because that way he could r ely on Solus and even on Locrias, bringing the members of his group u p to six if necessary.

"Are you talking about the purge of Derios' undead?" Lotho's voice s ounded like a stone rubbing against tree bark yet it couldn't hide his c uriosity.

"To that and so much more." Lith spouted lies like breathing, making Tista and Solus want to puke as the Council members stared in awe at t he only two existing members of the Demon race.

"Fine. We'll allow it." Feela said.

"Well, I don't agree with any of this." Xenagrosh walked out of the s hadows where she had remained hidden until that moment. "Sending Lith alone is too dangerous. 1 volunteer as the ?fth member."