Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3420

Chapter 3420 The Reply (Part 1)

'I need some dirt on Verhen's travel companions. Leverage. Anything that can pressure him into turning a blind eye to my business in case our paths meet.

'I can't touch him, but that doesn't make me helpless. Anything I can use against his family will work just fine as a deterrent to avoid conflict with-'Ashazi opened the door to his office, raising his eyes from the papers just the time to check he wouldn't stumble onto anything.

What he saw froze him on the spot.

Someone was sitting on his chair, behind his desk. Someone with their back turned to him who was drinking his whiskey and smoking his cigars.

"Intruder!" He yelled while activating the panic bracelet on his wrist..

It triggered the arrays of the house and summoned his fourteen elite guards.

The veteran mage soldiers rushed in, forming a single line.

Ashazi took a step back in horror at their sight and fell onto the ground.

His fourteen agonizing guards formed a single line on a massive metal feline's tail that impaled them like a kebab. The fourteen men were still alive, screaming and bleeding all over Ashazi's carpet.

"Here you are." The chair turned around and Lith looked at the last name on his list. "My name is Lith Verhen, mister Ashazi."

At a snap of his fingers, a second metal colossus lifted Ashazi from the neck and slammed him against a wall so hard that the impact created a crater. Trouble coated his prey with a healing spell that healed his wounds the moment they formed but the pain came in full.

The Golem had six elemental gemstones instead of eyes and a seventh one pulsing like an emerald heart on its chest.

Ashazi couldn't breathe or take his eyes off Trouble. The corpse of the Balor looked like a demon out of a nightmare and from so up close, one of its claws was enough to kill him.

A second finger snap and Raptor released the guard at the end of its tail. The golem then gutted the man and started to eat him alive. Constructs had no need for food but Lith knew that one action was worth a thousand words.

"We need to talk.

***

City of Valeron, Royal Palace, a few minutes later.

"What in the gods' names can Verhen possibly want at this hour?" Meron was still up and working or the call would have angered him much, much more.

He could get a full night sleep only so often and disturbing him on such occasions was never wise. Unless there was an emergency, of course.

"Your Majesty." Lith gave Meron a polite nod the moment the King answered his amulet. "The last time we talked you mentioned how you'd like to be notified before I commit a massacre so here I am."

"What?" Meron's confusion faded soon after Lith introduced Alinor and Ashazi to him. The two men looked as fit as a fiddle, but with one of the best Healers of the Kingdom standing behind them, it didn't mean much. Meron could tell by the terror in their eyes that Lith had taken his time with them.

"Let me get this straight, Supreme Magus Verhen." The King sighed. "Idiot number one followed you and your family because idiot number two wanted to keep you in check. Did I get it right?"

"I don't plan to kill only Ashazi and those who asked for information but all those involved. From the most insignificant lackey to the highest noble. Today, I plan to put a violent end to crime in Vinea." Lith said.

"I called you to give you the time to prepare a press release to explain today's events and for the power vacuum that will ensue. If not controlled properly, the sudden disappearance of so many influential figures will create an opportunity for other criminal groups or the Undead Courts to expand their turfs."

"Power vacuum?" Meron was as puzzled as Ashazi was terrified. "How many people are

we talking about?"

"A few thousand." Lith's reply made the King's eyes widen in surprise. "As I said, everyone

involved."

"And how will you find and judge so many people at once?" Meron asked.

"I don't need to find them." Lith pointed at many piles of folders and files neatly stacked

on the desk behind him. "Ashazi here kept a clear record of every transaction he made and has collected dirt on his business partners for years. It's what people like him call

'insurance.

"I'm going to leave the files for your Archons to check and verify my claims."