Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1171

Chapter 1171 New Horizons Part 1

Meeting Thrud had been a blessing in disguise. It had given Vastor the opportunity to study a modern version of Arthan’s Madness while Manohar’s studies on her meat puppets had provided Vastor with the means to perfect his procedure for mixing different life forces.

The Master had never meant to use the Madness on himself. He planned to leave it as a gift for the future generations, like Lith who he had warned about the horrors of war or Quylla to whom he had shown the limits of fake magic.

Vastor had hoped that at least one of them would follow in his footsteps and complete his work. Yet after seeing what Lith had managed to achieve as a hybrid, after failing to protect Zinya, the Master had changed his mind.

’Unlike me, Lith never lacked conviction. He must have become a hybrid by experimenting on himself to fix the cracks in his life force. I’ve treated him as a student and I’m certain that he was just a human back then.

’If I want to be remembered as more than just a mass murderer, I must show the same resolve!’ He thought.

The flow of consciousness and the streak of defeats it carried caused the Abomination double one fit of Blood Madness after the other. Its young mind was incapable of shouldering so many horrors and so much pain at the same time.

Vastor kept pouring his life essence and memories into the creature until his external body turned into a handsome shadow with but a speck of pink on its abdomen. Then, the darkness started to crack, forming a vortex that merged with Vastor’s flesh, turning it into a shade of ashen grey.

The gene tank emitted a short buzz the moment the human-Abomination hybrid was born. It flushed out the nutrient liquid before opening the lid made of magic crystals to let the creature walk out.

Xenagrosh observed the newborn hybrid’s movements with her heart full of fears. The wobbling of Vastor’s knees could be due to the shock of the merging, but also due to the Abomination knowing the concept of walking but having no idea how to.

Its well-fed appearance was that of the Professor she knew and loved, yet there was a light in its eyes that didn’t seem right.

"Master, is that you?" She asked.

"For once, I didn’t fail." Vastor said while clenching and opening his hand several times to get accustomed to his new body.

"Now come with me to my apartments. Before I go back to the White Griffon, I need you to teach me the basics of true magic. We have much to do and little time to do it."

***

Rezar’s Fringe in the Blood Desert.

Nalrond woke up, finding himself covered in sweat.

At first, while looking at the familiar environment of the stone buildings and smelling the familiar scents of his village, he thought everything that had happened during the past year had been a nightmare.

The longest, most terrifying nightmare of all his life.

’The village is safe and so am I. Dawn-’ That name crushed his hopes, bringing him back to reality.