Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1028

Chapter 1028 The Secret Tower Part 2

"There’s plenty of food for everyone. No need to brood on an empty stomach. Whatever you choose, you’ll need strength." She pointed at the six empty chairs, one for each guest plus one for herself.

Baba Yaga was about to sit at the head of the table when she perceived a low rumble in the atmosphere.

"He comes!" She said as her eyes turned into blazing fires of mana.

A wave of her hand created a double of the dining room, sending the children and the Mother away to let them dine quietly. At the same time, the Crone and her guests watched at the events unfolding on the surface through what looked like a surveillance mirror that had appeared in mid-air.

"He who?" Phloria asked, feeling hope for the first time since she had walked inside those damned mines.

"My daughter Dawn calls him the Blackest Knight, while the Beasts know him as the Scourge. I prefer calling things as I see them, so he’s the Destroyer to me. You, however, I believe know him as Lith Verhen." Baba Yaga said.

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The flaming black meteor covered the last few kilometers separating it from the mines in the blink of an eye, without ever slowing down. Even though it was clearly visible on the horizon, the people at the camp were too busy either trying to kill or survive to bother looking at the sky.

’I don’t know what’s going on down there and I don’t care.’ Thanks to his enhanced senses, Lith could see humans, thralls, and undead fighting together against regular humans.

’Solus, any trace of Phloria and the others?’

’None, but there’s a mess down there. Their energy signature might be cloaked by one of Orion’s rings, covered by their enemies, or worse. Are you sure you want to do it?’ Solus asked.

’I am. As long as no witness remains alive, we don’t need to care about hiding anything of our strength. We can go all out and beyond. Fighting so close to such a powerful mana geyser is a unique opportunity and our best chance to save my friends.’

Solus slipped off his finger and reached the ground first, landing behind a small hill located a few hundreds meters away from the camp. Her drop point was exactly in the middle of the raging stream of world energy coming from below that gave birth to the crystal mines.

She shapeshifted into her tower form and then Warped away.

Meanwhile, Lith crash-landed, opening a deep crater in the ground and killing all the nearby undead in the process. He was back in his human form and wore his Archmage robe, wielding supreme authority over the soldiers who were miraculously unscathed from the impact.

"Phloria Ernas, where is she?" Not even the dimensional sealing array could lessen the pressure that his seething anger exuded.

Traitors and thralls quaked in their boots at Lith’s sight whereas the soldiers cried with joy. That together with Life Vision showing him traces of the blood cores the thralls bore, allowed Lith to sort friends from enemies.

Seeing his hands move, the traitors pointed their weapons and wands against Lith. The formers hit his robe and cracked as the hands wielding them became numb from the impact.

The latter released spells that were instantly overpowered by Lith’s own, without buying their owners a single second before Checkmate Spears killed all those who had raised a hand against the Archmage.