Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2485

2485 Family Legacy (Part 1)

"Do you realize that those very monsters you want to save have killed many innocents already? That they are probably going to try and kill you on sight?" Fyrwal asked.

"I know that, Mom, but put yourself in their shoes." Faluel replied. "Those people have been lied to, experimented upon, and indoctrinated their entire lives. Who knows what lies Glemos told them about the Council and even if after his death they discovered the truth, they have every right to be terrified. _{fɾēewebnσveℓ.com}

"They know that no race wastes time to parlay with the members of a fallen species. We just kill them like pests, no question asked."

"Can you blame us?" Fyrwal tilted her heads. "Monsters are a living plague. They devour everything and everyone until they turn even the most fertile ground into a barren land and then they move on to the next area.

"They multiply so fast that a few days of hesitation may give them the opportunity to double their numbers."

"No, but I can't blame them either." Faluel sighed. "Becoming a fallen race means becoming a slave to your base urges and suffering from an eternal hunger and a short life. Monsters do what they need to survive.

"Their malice and cruelty aren't innate but the result of their harsh existences. In the case of Glemos' children, the situation is even worse. They have regained their sanity and have hope for the future which makes them even more desperate.

"They know that without the Harmonizer they'll go back to their wretched state and they have no reason to expect others to show them mercy or understanding. Everyone considers their lives expendable and much less valuable than the magical resources the reverted monsters consume to survive.

"Even if the Council lets them live but exiles them from the mana geyser, they'd lose every chance they have for at normal life. Everything they have suffered and all of their research would be for nothing.

"Unless we offer them a glimmer of hope to cling to, I expect them to fight to the death. I've already failed a poor girl called Echidna because of my greed." Faluel shared with her mother the wonders of the Awakened Fomor's abilities.

The Elder Hydra was amazed by the prowess of Echidna's eyes, wondering if the heads of a Hydra could hold the same potential.

It would explain why we have lost our wings. She pondered.

Faluel also showed Fyrwal how desperate Echidna had been and how she had chosen to end her life the moment she had mistaken the enthusiasm of her captors for the Harmonizers for cruel indifference to her situation.

"Poor kid." The Elder Hydra said. "A nice word and a bit of empathy would have saved her life."

"Indeed." Faluel nodded. "Her death still haunts me to this day and I don't want to kill anyone else unless I have to. If we crack the secret of the Harmonizers, I can offer to everyone who surrenders to live above my geysers.

"I'll take responsibility for their actions and livelihood and with the Harmonizers returning their life cycles to normal, the Council will have no reason to oppose my request. Especially if I share the Harmonizers with them."

"Sounds like a plan, but one that will cost you dearly. Are a bunch of strangers really worth losing your exclusive over the Harmonizers?" Fyrwal asked.

If that happened, even with the self-destruct spell jammed the Harmonizer would crumble anyway, and not even Clean Slate could stop the unbalanced energy from going haywire.

Rewrite scanned the power core as the cloaking spell faded, replacing it with the simplest and most suitable set of meaningless runes. This way, the energy flow inside the Harmonizer wasn't affected by the loss of the cloaking runes, and now the Hydras could take their time studying the various layers of enchantments.

On paper, it was a simple process but it would have already failed if not for the exceptional conditions of the experiment. The Domination of the two Hydras stacked, each one supported by seven streams of willpower.

The Hands of Menadion filled the Forgemastering circles to the brim while also leaving a near vacuum of world energy near the Harmonizer to weaken its spells. Last, but not least, the Life Maelstrom from Fyrwal's Royal Fortress armor boosted the prowess of all of the Hydras spells and abilities by tenfold.

"Damn Clean Slate. It stops the explosion but it also keeps blurring the runes." The Elder Hydra's eyes were teary from the sheer focus of using Life Vision on top of the rest.

"Indeed, but unless we find a way to disarm the self-destruct spell what choice do we have?" Faluel was in no better condition.

Deciphering the enchantments under the effects of Clean Slate was akin to a short-sighted person trying to read a book written with small characters during a bumpy ride.

Spotting the self-destructing runes was easy since they were already overloaded. The hard part was to isolate them from the rest of the artifact and dissipate the excess energy.