Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3804

Chapter 3804: Earthly Vault (Part 1)

Ruugat of the Earth was a fairly recent lost city, which made him much more dangerous than his "siblings". The Forbidden Magic that animated his pseudo cores was old and outdated, but much more efficient than Thaymos’ or Argantyr’s.

Ruugat had been created after the advent of the Guardians, when the undead were already considered Mogar’s fourth main race

The Warlock King of Yerzath, one of the few Awakened to ever build his own empire, had been impressed by the feats of the Guardians and sorely disappointed by their apparent lack of care for poor, righteous people like himself.

Keeping an empire running required a lot of time that the Warlock King couldn’t spend researching new magic. Border wars threatened his empire from the outside as much as his political opponents did from the inside.

He pleaded his case to Zagran the Garuda, the Guardian of his region, asking her to intervene and protect his people, but she turned him down, and so did Roghar the Fenrir and Fenagar the Leviathan.

Feeling ignored, the Warlock King decided to turn the non-intervention policy of the Guardians into a blessing by resorting to Forbidden Magic. Yet history was filled with tales of powerful mages like him who had twisted the laws of nature, believing they would be able to achieve their goal without dying in the process.

For this reason, the Warlock King did more than prepare a self-destruction spell for Ruugat of the Earth. He created the lost city weak on purpose, to limit the number of sacrifices required and keep Ruugat’s power in check as he became stronger.

The Warlock King had no lack of fuel for his Forbidden Magic. War prisoners, political opponents, and dissidents died in mass to give birth to the lost city. Despite his name, Ruugat was shaped as a colossal human golem of black stone.

He was as big as a city come to life, but his body was uninhabitable. The Warlock King had created Ruugat to be his champion. To bloodlessly win every conflict, expand the borders of his empire, and be the living remainder of his might to his ungrateful subjects.

The Warlock King planned to use the captured weapons and mana crystals to equip his army, leaving Ruugat only the scraps. This way, as Ruugat’s power grew by refining the poor materials he received for his services, so would the regular army’s strength.

The Warlock King had believed to have learned from the mistakes of the lesser mages by ensuring that Ruugat never exceeded the empire’s might by much.

Over time, however, Ruugat became frustrated with the Warlock King. The lost city saw powerful materials end up in unworthy hands. Might crystals that would have increased his prowess by leaps and bounds were wasted in the Forgemastering of inferior, mindless artifacts.

Ruugat of the Earth’s duty was to be the sword that kept the enemies of the empire at bay and the shield that protected its people. Yet he was treated like the lowliest of slaves, and the humans looked at him with abject spite.

After decades of what he perceived as cruel humiliation, Ruugat grew tired of serving a petty king who contented himself with ruling over insignificant ants. So, he bided his time, keeping his ambitions hidden and pretending to be a loyal follower of the Warlock King.

Then, while at the borders of the Valak Region to fight the army of the Vampire King, Ruugat struck. The Warlock always took part in the important battles, to lead his soldiers by example and bark orders at the seemingly mindless lost city.

While the Warlock King focused on Vladion, Ruugat killed his despised master and with him the knowledge of the self-destruct spell. The lost city knew that the Warlock King trusted no one.

’This place is amazing.’ Ruugat bathed in the flow of world energy coming from the mana geyser under the city of Detemer like a human would in hot water. ’It has tons of sturdy rocks, magic metals, and mana crystals.

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