Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1611

Chapter 1611 - Origin Demons (Part 1)

Just as Lith and Solus had predicted, the skeleton golems fought with no fear of death nor care for their survival. The moment they became damaged above a certain threshold, they didn't hesitate to blow themselves up.

The Phoenixes had been forced to retreat and fight only with magic, losing the advantage that their superior physical prowess granted to them. Getting anywhere near the battlefield was risky yet Lith's heart raced from excitement.

'Can you study them?'

'From this distance, no. What can I tell you even from here is that while the pseudo cores of the enchanted weapons prototypes have been shielded with cloaking spells, those of the mana crystals are perfectly visible.' Solus replied.

'It makes sense.' He thought while formulating his battle plan.

'Without the Eyes, studying an artifact during a fight is impossible and the golems are programmed to self-destruct the moment they are incapable of fighting anymore.

'On top of that, unless someone already knows that mana crystals can store memories and willpower, no one would waste their time studying them in the first place. Even Salaark had no idea that a mana crystal is more than just a power source before we shared our research with her.

'If Aylen aimed to maximize the damage output of her golems, she couldn't waste precious space with a cloaking spell. Golems cannot be stored inside a dimensional artifact unless their owner deactivates them first and the self-destruct command that she imprinted in the golems' cores is more than enough to protect her secrets.'

Lith and Solus had a hard time believing to such a lucky coincidence, but they would never look the gifted horse in the mouth when they could use that time to learn how to get as many horses as they wanted.

They had no way to know that it was no coincidence at all. Aylen had discovered the existence of the memory crystals only after one of her pets had told her about the amazing feats of a kid Necromancer named Balkor.

The Maker of Liches had dismissed the news as a lucky shot at first, but year after year the fame of Balkor's undead grew and so did her curiosity.

Not even Aylen had the skill to raise so many powerful undead in a single year so she had put her pride aside and studied the god of death's creations from a distance, even infiltrating his lab whenever he went back to his family.

It was then that she had discovered the existence of memory crystals and started to work on her golems. Balkor's Valors wasted too many materials, required the use of dangerous Abomination tissues, and lasted too briefly to be of any use.

The golems that had entered the battlefield were the first batch of prototypes that the Lich had kept stored while waiting for the opportunity to field test them.

Lith and Aylen had been studying the same branch of magic, but the source material for their research couldn't have been more different.

Lith had used the orc's crystal as a basis, just like Menadion when she had built her tower and the artifacts that carried her name, while Aylen had been forced to reverse-engineer the process by studying Balkor's suicidal method.

'Big sis Zoreth, I know that we are supposed to just spectate the fight, but if we don't help the Phoenixes, some of them might die.' Lith needed an excuse to get close enough to the golems to study them and that was the best lie he could think of.