Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3777

Chapter 3777: A Secret Well Kept (Part 2)

"By your command." Ainz had already recovered Milla.

He put the baby girl in Brinja’s arms and lifted his wife in his own.

"You’re not going anywhere unless I say so!" Orpal jumped out of the wall and lunged at Milla, knowing the baby girl was the weakest link of the chain.

Sylpha put herself in the way, just as he expected. The clone put all of his weight in the blow, charging his body with another bolt of Life Maelstrom and flapping his wings to kick things up another notch.

What he didn’t expect was the Queen deflecting Thorn and dispelling the strength of his charge with an unsettling ease.

"Motion denied!" Sylpha kicked Orpal in the solar plexus, breaking his breathing again and sending him to crash in the same spot as before. "Damn, if I’m getting cocky with age. I said get out, Marquis!"

Her arms and blade trembled from the aftershock, and she needed to flex her fingers to shrug off the numbness.

"And I said, stay!" Orpal didn’t bother getting up and lunged multiple times with his spear, unleashing a barrage of Wailing Winds.

Sylpha produced a single vertical slash that dealt with the Wailing Wind aimed at the family behind her while the Black Griffons did the rest. The black elemental crystal and her eyes flared in unison, conjuring several griffons comprised of pure darkness element and each as big as a horse.

They made short work of the Wailing Winds and galloped towards Orpal to finish the job. He drew power from Night’s prism and swatted them all down with a single sweep of Thorn.

"That’s all the Saefel Set can do? I’m disappointed."

Sylpha’s eyes flared with violet light, and so did the gemstones on the Saefel Set. She shook her head briefly and opened a Spirit Steps that brought the Distars to safety.

’Are you insane?’ Jorl had been watching the fight through a mind link with Orpal, who in turn was connected through the clone via the prism.

The Storm Griffon had remained silent until that moment not because he wasn’t worried about the outcome of the fight, but because his trauma paralyzed him.

’Run! For whatever pride you have left and everything you love, do what you do best and run like the wind!’ Jorl screamed.

’Why should we?’ Orpal and Night cocked their head to the side. ’We lost badly to Thrud, but back then we barely had the blue core, and she was a white cored Divine Beast. Sylpha is nothing compared to her.

’This is the perfect opportunity to test as far as we can go against a decent opponent.’

’Nothing compared to Thrud? A decent opponent?’ Jorl echoed in disbelief. ’Did you forget who defeated Thrud? Who defeated me?’

’Of course we remember. It’s just that we-’

’It’s just that you don’t understand!’ Jorl cut them short. ’Back when I fought Sylpha, she was tired from a long, grueling training session with my mother. I was a bright blue-cored Awakened Griffon, and she was a fake Awakened.

’She wore mere combat fatigues, and I my equipment. Do you remember how our fight ended?’

’Yes.’ Orpal and Night replied, still confused. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

’Great. Now, consider this. The Sylpha in front of you is fully rested and wears the most powerful equipment you can possibly imagine. An equipment Forgemastered by a Guardian and constantly improved upon by a Guardian for her beloved.

’That’s what you’re up against!’ Jorl pointed at the feathery energy wings coming out of the Saefel Armor, the sign that Meron had already unlocked the Set’s true power by spilling his blood.

’Oh.’ Orpal and Night said as the Spirit Steps disappeared and the Queen of the Griffon Kingdom roared her challenge.

’On top of that, of course, the Saefel Sword’s enchantment was weak. You just used Doom Tide. The blade could only conjure the scraps of world energy that have already returned, yet it stopped your attacks.’ Jorl said.

’That’s great!’ Orpal’s clone came out of the wall, releasing his deep violet aura to counter Sylpha’s killing intent with his own.

’I’m not insane!’ Orpal’s voice became dominant. ’If Sylpha is half as good as you think, this is a blessing in disguise. You said it yourself, Jorl. If we want to defeat Leech, we must become ten times stronger than him.

’Fighting Sylpha means having a real fight to the death with one of the best fighters in the Kingdom. There is no telling how much I can learn or how far I can push my limits. This fight will reveal everything I need to know about myself.

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