Chapter 3211 Therapy Session (Part 2)
"Hit me now so that I can overcome them with our current therapy session."
"Actually, I have good and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?" Kamila asked.
Lith knitted his brows in disbelief, tickling her skin. With Solus and the tower gone, his body in a weakened state, Orpal's return, and the inevitable fight with the World Tree, one of Mogar's most powerful beings, Lith doubted any news could be good.
"The good news." He replied, hoping that no matter how small, he could use whatever silver lining he could find in his situation to plan ahead and deal with the bad news.
"Well, after your disappearance, I called everyone, including Baba Yaga." Kamila said. "Not only did she help us capture you but she was also able to deduce the involvement of the World Tree from the fragments of Darwen armor.
"Thanks to that, Zoreth could contact Tezka and ask for his help. He says he has a way to find the Yggdrasill and has been working on that while you were still in your Abomination form."
"Tezka is one of the most ancient and powerful creatures I know besides the Guardians." Lith sighed in relief. "He is not the type to boast or pretend to care. If he said that he can do it, it means he's confident in his plan.
"Locating the Yggdrasill's Fringe is one less thing to worry about, but there's still a million to go. Anything else?"
"Yes." She nodded. "Zoreth called the Organization and Yaga reached Silverwing. It's not just the people who care about you who have assembled in the Desert but also those who care for Solus.
"You need all the help you can get to fight the World Tree and one more white core is a great addition to the team. Especially a white core with her own mage tower!" Nôv(el)B\\jnn
"Her what?" Lith raised his head from his pillow abruptly to look Kamila in the eyes and make sure she was serious. "That doesn't make sense. We visited her just a few months ago and Silverwing was nowhere near completing her tower."
"And she still is." Kamila replied. "That's why Baba Yaga gave Silverwing a big hand to complete her project in time to rescue Solus. The Silverspire tower is sitting right next to Baba Yaga's hunting cabin, about twenty meters in that direction."
"Were they to go away in force at the same time, her enemies would cross the Desert's borders and all those who until that moment didn't dare to rebel against her rule would riot."
It was the burden of tyranny. Salaark's domain was the most orderly of the three great countries, but only because she controlled the land and people with an iron fist. The moment her grip loosened, chaos ensued.
"Valtak, Sinmara, and Surtr will help you for sure but there's no telling if their children will do the same. As for the rest of the Dragon kin, they just don't care about a random human, no matter how much you care for her.
"It's your problem and without a reward, they have no reason to get involved. I didn't have much to offer, even less after discovering you've lost all your accumulated treasures." Kamila sighed.
"On top of that, I had no idea what you were willing to give away or how much you were planning to reveal about Solus and the tower.
"Without such crucial pieces of information, my hands were tied. I preferred to sit down and wait rather than make a mess that you would have to fix." She lowered her gaze in embarrassment for being so indecisive.
"Damn, I've married a genius." Lith's voice sounded sincere before he kissed her deeply. "Thank you, Kami. Since you've already done all the research and groundwork, all that's left for me to do is wait and find a way to put together a decent strike force.
"Maybe I can't defeat the Tree but that's not my goal to begin with. I just need to find Solus, get inside the Fringe, rescue her, and get out."
"Is that any different?" She asked before demanding another kiss.
"Very." He nodded. "The former would require a Guardian level offensive power and a prolonged battle with lots of casualties. The latter requires speed and intel above strength.
"Not to mention that once outside the Fringe, the strength of our enemy will be crippled. With Solus and the tower by my side, I can take on hundreds of elves by myself, let alone if I have four white cores and three more towers by my side."
"Three?" Kamila echoed.
"Dawn is no white core but if she went all out to rescue me, you can bet my scaly ass she would do the same for Solus. I don't like Dawn, but she'd do anything for Baba Yaga who in turn would do anything for Solus. It's enough for me to trust her."