Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3716

Chapter 3716: All Out of Anger (Part 1)

Lith had fought and bled for the baby boy instead of giving up on him.

For that, Valeron felt safe only in the Mansion and only near Lith.

"As you wish." Leegaain believed he had failed his children only a few times in his life, but this was one of them.

Everything about Valeron was wrong. From how he had been conceived to how his life force had been altered in Thrud’s womb by mixing Arthan’s Madness with ambrosia. Yet he was still the son of Jormun, one of Leegaain’s firstborns.

The Father of All Dragons couldn’t forgive the Mad Queen for burdening the baby boy with her cursed legacy, no less than he could forgive himself for not protecting him from the Awakened’s fury.

’Thrud made her choice just like I made mine, and Valeron now has to pay the price for them. The only difference is that I have to live with it.’ Leegaain inwardly sighed as he Warped to the allegedly secret lab of the Hydra bloodline, past their allegedly impregnable defensive arrays.

"Grandfather." More than one Hydra raised their weapon upon the stranger’s appearance and then dropped to their knees.

Even in his human form and without releasing an iota of his aura, Leegaain’s presence resonated with the blood coursing through the Hydras’ veins. To them, he was the beginning of the Dragon race and its apex.

As long as he lived, the Dragon race’s future was ensured, and new bloodlines would come to life and thrive.

"At ease, my children." The Guardian, who looked like an albino man, said. "I’m not here to disturb your work. I’m here to take the Doppelganger Protheus with me."

The Hydras looked disappointed at those words. For a moment, they had hoped the Father of All Dragons had come to recognize the value of their research and help them to tap into the true power of their bloodlines.

Little did the Hydras know that Leegaain considered what they were doing an abomination no better than Thrud’s work.

Leegaain despised the Harmonizers and every machine that filled the vast hall of the lab. They were all proof of the failure of his children and his own as a mentor.

’Look at them, trying to pluck the fruits of Forbidden Magic in the attempt to make up for the millennia they wasted wallowing in self-pity.’ He thought. ’Faluel and Ajatar are on the right path, and it didn’t require any of these obscenities.

’Only introspection, thorough study, and a bit of help. Still, it’s better than nothing.’

"Master Leegaain, it’s a pleasure to meet you." Baba Yaga and Lochra Silverwing gave their old mentor a deep bow.

Whenever Ripha or Solus didn’t need them, the two white cores worked with the Hydras to clear the path to Dragonhood. When the research reached an impasse and the Hydras didn’t need them either, Lochra and Yaga worked on new Harmonizers for the undead with Ripha’s help.

"Always nice to see you, girls. Care to join us for tea?" Since they all lived in the Verhen Mansion, Leegaain found it pointless to stick to formalities.

"With pleasure." Both women chuckled at being called ’girls’ at their age. "Is Val still upset?"

"Yes. I’m here on an errand for him." Leegaain replied.

"Here’s your guest, Grandfather." Xubari, the lead Healer of the facility, gave the Guardian a deep bow and shoved the Doppelganger forward.

"You should treat Protheus with more respect, child." Leegaain’s nostrils flared in annoyance. "He’s still my guest and under my protection. I allowed him to come here and help you. Every insult to him is an insult to me."

Unlike Valeron, Protheus was under the aegis of the rules of Leegaain’s hospitality. It gave the Guardian an excellent pretext to vent his fury.

"I’m sorry, Grandfather, I-" Xubari and every Hydra in the hidden lab felt death touching their shoulder.

Baba Yaga, Silverwing, and the rest of Thrud’s former generals were spared from the experience, but the anger of a Guardian terrified them nonetheless.

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