Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1496

Chapter 1496 In the Deep Part 2

"If the Council had mapped this place, we wouldn’t need your presence. We don’t expect you to succeed, only to do your best. This place is huge."

Lotho pointed at Urgamakka’s external walls that would have made even Lith’s Tiamat’s form look small in comparison. The air and the ground were filled with runes of power still visible even to the naked eye but both the wall and the arrays had been breached.

From the giant hole, a city the size of Valeron was visible. An underground river cut the city in half, forming several ponds and waterways that still retained part of their beauty despite the lack of maintenance.

Judging from the limited damages that the passing of the centuries had inflicted upon the tall stone buildings and from Urgamakka being as bright as day, it was clear that at least some of its arrays were still partly operational.

"My advice is to ignore the cultivated fields and warehouses. Focus solely on the living quarters of those who can be considered as skilled Awakened for their time. I wish you all good luck." Lotho Warped away, leaving the dumbstruck group still in awe.

The Awakened undead were the first to snap out of it. Unlike others, they had both the problem of the sun and of feeding. Their first priority was to secure a safe resting place for daytime and arrange for a source of life force in the case of need.

Beasts, instead, just walked through the hole and started exploring the underground city in small groups. After all, finders keepers was just another way to say first come first served. Waiting would have meant missing the best spoils.

The plant folk followed the beasts’ lead, but they used their bloodline skills to dive under the ground and the rock, in the hope to find secret storages or hidden passages that not even magical means of detection could reveal.

"Well, this sure bodes poorly." Athung said. "If this is how the Awakened army will behave, we might as well give Thrud the keys to our homes. You know my contact rune. Call me if you guys need help."

Before starting to search the place, Athung shared her rune with as many people as she could while Lith was still pondering their situation.

"Is everything okay?" He asked after noticing how pale Phloria had become.

"Entering an underground city fueled by a mana geyser and filled with untold enemies brings back too many memories from Kulah." She replied. "That place cost me my career and almost my life."

’Yes, but this time it’s just the three of us, we are all Awakened and no array can stop our Spirit Magic.’ Solus said via a mind link to cheer them up. _{freёwebnoѵel.com}

’True, but I still don’t like it.’ Phloria replied.

Everyone activated their mystical senses, noticing how old yet powerful the runes of the ancient arrays still were. Once they walked past the hole in the wall, Urgamakka shone to their eyes like a Christmas tree.

The city had been built with an odd design. The houses at the edges of the city were one-story tall, but the closer they got to the center, the taller they became until they formed a huge spire comprised of buildings leaning against each other for unknown reasons.

Everything had been enchanted and the power coming from the mana geyser below had preserved most of the arrays despite the city had been clearly been deserted for centuries.

"Who the fuck would live in such a place? It’s no wonder the cohabitation of so many Awakened failed." Phloria said with a scoff. "What point there is in having so much space if you just pack everyone together?"