Supreme Magus novel Chapter 207

The forest surrounding the Lightning Griffon academy, the night before.

Since Linjos didn’t need its help for the second exam, Scarlett the Scorpicore, Lord of the forest surrounding the White Griffon academy, had spent the last months performing its annual round of the Distar Marquisate.

The Scorpicore would look for magical beasts old and wise enough to be potential candidates for becoming Awakened ones, hence turning them into Monsters. Scarlett had no obligation to do such thing, it simply felt it was the right thing to do to keep the balance.

Magical beasts had a mortality rate incomparable with humans. Dying of old age for them was more a myth than a possibility. Humans kept growing in numbers and power instead.

Without new Monsters to keep their greed and selfishness in check, there was no telling how bad things could become. Meeting Protector while performing a background check on the mysterious human-Abomination hybrid cub had been the icing on the cake.

Not only was Lith trustworthy according to the many magical beasts he had interacted with, but Scarlett had also managed to help Protector to evolve, securing the County of Lustria for at least a few centuries.

- "If only the rest of my traveling went that good." Scarlett inwardly sighed.

"This year has started badly and if it keeps going like this, my fur will turn grey from the constant worrying."–

During its round, it had met countless magical beasts and most of them were harbingers of bad news. Or better yet, the same piece of bad news repeated over and over. After consulting with Tarbas the Naga, Lord of the forest surrounding the Lightning Griffon academy, they had resolved to summon the Council.

The Lords took out a communication device from their respective dimensional amulets.

Unlike those Lith and the rest of mankind used in their daily activities, those communication amulets were made out of Davross (*) instead of silver, while the magical gemstone embedded on it shone of pure white light instead of the common blue.

"This is a waste of time." Tarbas said. The Naga was a monster with the lower part of her body resembling a huge snake’s tail, while the upper part could have been mistaken for a human woman if it wasn’t for her sky-blue skin and six arms instead of two.

She wore an enchanted breastplate covering her torso and six different enchanted weapons were ready at hand, two on its back, four where the hips were supposed to be.

"Those old farts will never listen to us." Tarbas shook her head in resignation, letting her long, silky black hair dance under the moonlight. _{ƒreewebηoveℓ.com}

"If I wanted to hear your whining, I would have just called." Scarlett snorted.

"The only reason I’m here is that without two communicators it’s impossible to summon the Council. Now shut up and let me do the talking. If we have any chance of persuading those blockheads, we need to be calm and confident.

So keep your mood swings in check."

Tarbas clicked her tongue, but she couldn’t raise any objection. Being a cold-hot blooded hybrid, she was indeed moody.

There wasn’t any magic formula or circle involved, as soon as the two mystical amulets touched, five figures materialized mid air.

Each of them was the spokesperson of their own kind of Awakened ones. Humans, magical beasts, undead, plants, and Guardians. The assembly didn’t have an official name, each race would refer to it differently.

Humans called it "The Guiding Hand", the undead "The Darkwatch", the plants "The Root", the beasts "The Council" and the Guardians "Another Damn Chore."

None of the five seemed happy to be forced to answer the call, except for Leegaain.

"Looking good, Scar. You are that close to promoting your core to the violet level. Have you considered the idea of becoming a Guardian? Sure, you’d have to relinquish your turf forever, but the job comes with many perks."

Scarlett took a deep breath to calm its anger. It hated the nickname. Both its skin and fur were flawless. Also it hadn’t missed how the Guardian’s untimely remark had made the eyes of the other members of the Council burn with envy.

The other races couldn’t forgive magical beasts for being the only ones capable of becoming a Guardian.

- "Thanks for making my job harder, you scaly idiot!" It angrily thought.

"You’re welcome." Leegaain cheerfully replied, almost making the Scorpicore gasp in surprise.

"You are always such an optimist. It’s not like you have any chance to start with."–

Scarlett cut off the mind link before giving her speech.

"Fellow Awakened, I call upon you in this time of crisis to ask for your help. Someone is ravaging the lands, consuming huge amounts of world energy and kidnapping countless creatures on the verge of Awakening.

Humans, plants, beasts, undead. Whoever it is, they do not discriminate. We are all a target. We must find the root of the problem and weed it out."

"Why should we care?" Inxialot, the king of the liches, snorted through the exposed nasal septum of his skull. He wasn’t actually a king, it was a title that had been imposed on him after getting the short end of the stick during the last raffle.

It would last for three centuries, forcing him to attend those boring meetings and neglect his precious research, while the others were free to mind their own business.

"We have meddled countless times in the past, nothing ever changes. Kill a tyrant, another takes their place. Give them food, they stop working. Force them to obey the law, they revolt calling you a tyrant.

"As long as living beings have dreams and ambitions, this world will suck. Yet it’s because of those things that the world thrives. Leegaain has already informed us of this Demon Lord, Abomination King, Master of Disaster or whatever childish title they will self-appoint to themselves.

"Bottom line, we don’t care. Been there, done that. They will throw their tantrum, make an enemy of the world, and then they will fail. No one, no matter how powerful, not even us, can go against a whole world full of billions of individuals.

The moment they cause too much damage, all the races will join forces and wipe them away." All the members of the Council nodded at his words.

"I know that." Scarlett struggled to keep its cool in front of so much blind indifference.

"Countless lives will be lost before that happens though. Hundreds already have. Does none of you care for their descendants?"