Chapter 3221 Greed of Dragons (Part 2)

Chapter 3221 Greed of Dragons (Part 2)

"No, that's reasonable." He replied. "I didn't blackmail Lith or demand anything. I just asked."

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"I don't mind." Lith cut the quarrel short. "Having three more white cores is more than I could hope for."

"Three white cores and lots of Griffons and Dragons." Surtr tutted before Lith could even ask for more helpers. "I'll ask our children for help but I won't allow anyone with less than a bright violet core to participate."

"Dear!" Rethia didn't like the idea one bit.

"This is a family matter." Surtr dismissed her objection with a curt wave of his hand. "If it was you instead of Solus, do you think our children would stay still? That I wouldn't ask Lith to bring Elysia, were she old enough to fight?

"Besides, do you really expect that our older children will just stay there and watch their parents risk their lives? This way we can at least know in advance who comes with us and instruct them of the danger.

"If we don't, they are going to follow us anyway but without being aware of our battle plan. The kids would end up endangering themselves and forcing us to rescue them at the cost of disrupting our battle formation.

"It would cripple the rescue mission's odds of success."

"Surtr is right." Valtak stopped Rethia before she could object. "I know that many Fire Dragons will come just to protect me. Even without the reward, my children who love me and the members of my bloodline who owe me won't refuse their help.

"They won't do it for Lith or Solus, but for me."

"I won't allow you to come, Valtak." Lith said. "You are old and there's little left of your life force. You would be exhausted after breathing Origin Flames a few times."

"One outstanding, peerless treasure, however, could do the trick. Especially if I offer people the opportunity to give the Ears a try before making their decision. Heck, in a Dragon's shoes, I'd take the risk for just a chance to possess the Ears."

"That's not the problem. She is!" Silverwing pointed at Bytra. "She's the one who killed Menadion and stole her Fury. Look at what she's done."

The First Magus' finger moved from the Raiju to the Absolution hung to her hip and then to the Maws on her and Zoreth's necks.

Even though Silverwing made no mention if it, she hadn't missed how Zoreth's Sky Piercer bore a striking resemblance with the Hands. She had no idea how close the artifact was to the original but she counted it as half as good since there was only one gauntlet.

It was enough for Silverwing to acknowledge Bytra's talent for creating her own version of half of Menadion Set, leaving out only the Ears and the Eyes.

"Even with just Life Vision, I can tell that her hammer is superior to the old Fury just like that mask is superior to the Apprentice Mouth. Even worse, Bytra made more than one. How can you think that giving her the opportunity to get her hands on the Ears is a good idea?

"What if she cracks its secrets? What if people like Tezka and all the old monsters in the Organization get their own Ears of Bytra? What will you do then?"

"That's a problem for another day." Lith shrugged. "Right now, my only priority is to rescue Solus. Not only because she's precious to me and part of my family but also because I won't let the fucker who took her get their own Menadion's tower.

"What if the Tree crafts the whole set as well for their Chroniclers? How will we stop them then? The Yggdrasill would be free to roam Mogar and do whatever they want while Solus would be dead!" With each word he spoke his words seethed with cold fury.

"But-"

"Enough!" Lith cut her short. "Let me be clear, Silverwing. You have no say in this matter and the only reason I tolerate your presence is because I can't afford losing the aid of a white core with a tower."

"She has a tower?" Bytra said in enthusiasm but Lith's glare shut her up and convinced her to save her questions for later.

"Bytra, instead, is my honored guest and someone I trust so I won't allow you to disrespect her any further. She's not the original Bytra, she just has her memories and talent.

"She could have kept her mouth shut and we would have never known who killed Menadion, let alone retrieved the Fury.