Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1161

Chapter 1161 Size Matters Part 1

"Once the main army starts to move, the other two of us have to focus on killing the monsters as fast as they can so that the Abomination is forced to fight their alleged prey one on one." Olua said.

"I think you’re overestimating yourselves, underestimating Abominations, or both. I’ve seen those creatures in action and they are nothing to scoff at." Lith said while his mind replayed the combined attack of the Abominations hybrids against Night.

Even one of the Master’s chosen was enough to take down the entire cleansing team with ease.

"We are not underestimating Abominations, Scourge, but from my aerial recon I didn’t spot an Eldritch, just a Puppeteer. They are rarely old and powerful enough to be a threat to someone of our caliber." The Roc included Lith in her estimates.

A lesser Dragon capable of using Origin Flames and already with a bright blue core at such a young age was bound to have more than one ace up his sleeve.

"What’s a Puppeteer?" Lith asked.

"A newborn Abomination looks like a shadow. It lacks substance and has constant need to absorb all kinds of energy just to keep itself alive." Bodya’s words reminded Lith of the Wither, the first Abomination Lith had faced.

"After a while, they stabilize and can turn into two different types of Abominations. Empowered, who still look like shadows, have no physical body, but can talk, reason, and use magic properly." The description matched the Master’s envoy that had tried to retrieve the Orc shaman’s crystal from Lith.

"The second and rarer outcome is for an Abomination to find a proper host. Possessing a body, be them alive or dead, allows the creature to permanently stabilize its form and to get full control over the hunger.

"They are called Puppeteer Abominations because they pull the strings of their host from the inside. They are hard to identify because they don’t leak Chaos energy like the Empowered and can last longer without nourishment."

Lith recognized the creature that had taken over the dryad’s body at the academy as a Puppeteer, finally understanding why he had never met something like it until that moment.

"Puppeteer Abominations are stronger than Empowered and can use some tricks from the body they inhabit, but that’s it. Both Empowered and Puppeteer can evolve into Eldritch, creatures so strong that we wouldn’t dare face one without the help of the Council.

"Our foe, however, is so weak that he has to rely on monsters to survive. As long as we avoid getting hit by Chaos spells, it shouldn’t be our match, neither magically nor physically." Bodya said.

"If it doesn’t emit Chaos energy, how can you be so sure it’s an Abomination and not just some kind of undead?" Lith asked.

"It’s not an undead because it moves freely under the sunlight and feeds upon monsters. Don’t ask me why, but the undead find a monster’s life force to be so revolting that they’d rather feed on grass whereas Abominations are omnivorous.

"On top of that, the creature tried to drag me down to the ground with gravity magic at first and then used dimensional magic to attack me from a distance before realizing that I’m an Awakened." Olua said.

"I see. Undead can’t use light magic freely." Lith nodded.

"If you’re done asking questions, Scourge, start weaving your spells. We’ll commence our attack the moment we are all ready." Bodya said.

"I’m not a clairvoyant and you dragged me here barely a minute ago. Before I can prepare my attack plan, I need to know against who I’m going to fight and how many enemies I must expect." Lith said.

"Can’t you see from afar?" Olua looked genuinely shocked. "What the heck do you need all those eyes for then?"