Chapter 2936 Conflicting Interests (Part 2)

Chapter 2936 Conflicting Interests (Part 2)

One was absorbed in her medical research and the other always vigilant to protect her sister.

As the construction of Darmoq progressed, permanent arrays joined those conjured by the Wayfinder. The Space Compressing array hindered Spirit Blink and even though Orpal could overcome it thanks to Moonlight, he was afraid of Friya's dimensional awareness.

'If I get close enough to kill the healer, the other one might make my dimensional door collapse, and not even Davross can resist space itself being cut. Unless Night's crystal gets caught in the rift, we should survive but the same can't be said for Moonlight. New novel chapters are published on

'If our tower gets cut in half, we will be trapped behind enemy lines and lose one of our most powerful weapons forever. It takes one of the many mages of the camp to chant the self-destruction spell and our life is over.

'I want to live to savor Leech's desperation. I have no intention of sacrificing myself for a consolation prize.' His thoughts made Night sigh in relief.

She couldn't help him with anything due to Baba Yaga's seal, but that also meant she couldn't protect Orpal from himself.

As time passed and the fortification of Darmoq neared completion, the Dead King gave up on the idea of killing one of the Ernas and moved on to plan b. Soon the people of the Empire would leave the safety of the array to search for the location of their own outpost.

When that happened, there would be no one who might be from Lutia. There would be nothing to seal Night's power and wisdom anymore.

When that happened, the Black Night, the Red Sun, and their respective hosts would finally meet.

***

Jiera's continent, several hundred kilometers into the mainland.

Orpal, the Kingdom, and the Empire weren't the only forces eagerly expecting for Darmoq to be completed. It was child's play for Vastor to get his hands on Orion's reports about the progress of the construction work and the locations of the resources spotted by the scouts.

He understood the real purpose of the mission and knew that this was his last chance.

"No. You got us exiled." Abthot snarled, exposing a row of white shark-like teeth. "You always run your mouth instead of your brain and your lack of foresight has annoyed the Master one time too many.

"I'm just collateral damage. If only there was another Eldritch who had gotten their monster core at the same time as us, I would have gotten another partner and I wouldn't be here."

Orulm grunted, knowing that her words were true. He was used to working alone and had joined the Master's Organization only for the promise of furthering his evolution.

The same ambition that had kept Orulm in line until he had gotten his monster core had also gone to his head after receiving it. He had naively believed that since he didn't need the Master anymore, they were now equal partners.

At least until Vastor and his arrays had painfully reminded Orulm of the meaning of the call sign "Master". The short, fat man had given the Eldritches their new powers and he could take them away at any moment along with their lives.

"Fine, I get it." Orulm raised his hands in apology. "Since you are the straight-A student, what's our next move?"

Under normal circumstances, Orulm would have taught the insolent whelp a lesson. Yet he had no idea if he was still stronger than Abthot.

Depending on the monster core, the abilities of an Eldritch were amplified by different folds and there was still no telling which one of them had the best compatibility with their own.

Also, he knew that if anything happened to her, the Master would likely suspect Orulm and kill him even if he gave the best cover story in Mogar's history, just to be safe.

"Easy. We go to crystal and magic metal mines near enough to the outposts for our envoys to carry the materials to the Warp Gates but far away enough for our mining operations to not be discovered any time soon." The ogre-Eldritch hybrid replied.

"Also, we need to make sure there is no monster tide, Abomination, or lost city that can mess with our human associates in their proximities."

"And what if there are?" Orulm asked.