Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3720

Chapter 3720: Constant Growth (Part 1)

"Let me make this clear." Tyris said once the Griffons ended discussing on the matter. "I despise Thrud, her father, her methods, and all the pain she inflicted on countless people. Yet she achieved more in a few months than anyone else in centuries.

"Thanks to her, countless corrupt nobles have been uprooted from the Kingdom, and entire widespread criminal organizations have been wiped out. Thanks to the War of the Griffons, the authority and reputation of the Royal Family have been restored.

"Their subjects now see King and Queen as fair rulers instead of tyrants, especially after taking a good look at a real tyrant at work. It’s thanks to Thrud that the Awakened Council and the Royals now have a partnership.

"If the Council put aside the countless differences between its members and gave itself more stringent laws and regulations to protect its youth from exploitation. Last, but not least, it’s because of Thrud that now beasts, humans, and plant folk can coexist peacefully.

"Mixed couples no longer have to hide like Valeron and I did." There was a note of regret in her voice that quickly faded away. "Their children can live in the open without the fear of being persecuted and killed.

"If even I can respect Thrud enough to admit the good things that came out of her madness, you can respect your little cousin enough to let him live in peace."

"Cousin?" Several Griffons asked, daring to interrupt her.

"You heard that right. Valeron the Second is your cousin." Tyris nodded. "By the time she gave birth, the Madness had made Thrud no different from one of my daughters with Valeron the First.

"I didn’t like it any more than you do, but that also made Valeron the Second my grandchild." The Guardian lowered her gaze as her voice trailed off. "The first spark of the man I loved I’ve seen after over seven hundred years, and probably the last I’ll ever see.

"Valeron the First’s blood will soon be diluted again, and no trace of his existence will remain aside from the Kingdom that he left me. So, please, I’m asking you. I’m begging you. Don’t take him away from me."

Tyris was about to kneel, but countless hard-light constructs surrounded her and kept her on her feet. Rage and fury were rare to find in one Griffon, yet now there was a vast cave full to the brim with it.

No one cared about those who had been tortured in Salaark’s Pit of Agony and then executed anymore. Nobody cared about how many more would die. Seeing their foremother’s pain, hearing it from her voice, lit a fire in the Griffons’ guts.

Her willingness to humiliate herself was just the final straw.

"I swear on my blood that I and those of my nest won’t harm Valeron the Second or Verhen." A Crystal Griffon said while kneeling. "Were I to discover treachery amid my own, I’ll grant them the mercy of a swift death."

"You have my oath as well." A Black Griffon followed suit, and after him, the entire room fell onto their knees.

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Once the assembly was over, the convened Griffons left the cave, but not the Griffon Mountain Range. There were too many things to discuss, and the opportunity of doing it face to face with their brethren was too rare to pass up.

Tyris would have been happy to see her children bonding and finding a mutual ground, if only they didn’t do it for different reasons from those she intended.

"So many Griffons dying just to kill one human woman." A Fire Griffon said. "Shameful. Just shameful."

"That’s the first thing I noticed." The Fire Griffon took out his communication amulet and projected the hologram of one of the pictures of Tyris the maid playing with the children. "Something has changed, or she wouldn’t have called us here." ƒreewebɳovel.com