Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1647

Chapter 1647 - Faith In Numbers (Part 1)

'What's even stranger is that everything has been properly recorded and documented.' Solus pondered while looking at the signatures at the end of each document.

'Not only did the City Lord and the nobles know everything, but they also didn't take a dime for themselves. It's as if they paid Quaron, but for what? Not protection since he's not here.'

'We'll ask them later. We have still more rooms to visit.' Lith replied.

Moving unnoticed was easy whereas using the pocket dimension took a heavy toll on him. Even though Solus shared as much of the burden as she could, Lith had to do most of the heavy lifting.

If she spent too much energy, she would either become incapable of assuming human form or be too weak to be more than a punching ball. To make matters worse, she needed much longer than Lith to recover due to the gap in their mana cores and her cracked life force.

The rest of the rooms belonged to other administrative departments and from them, Lith discovered only that aside from the money, everything else was in order. There had been no stockpile of food or weapons during the past few months as if Zeska had never planned for any kind of war.

'This is weird. They knew that the Kingdom would try and recapture the Nestrar region as soon as their rebellion was discovered yet they didn't prepare in advance.' Solus said.

'Agreed. Enough with the paperwork, it's time to pay the Armoury a visit.' Lith stood up, feeling his knees weak and his head dizzy due to the life force consumption.

'Dammit, I need to rest. On top of that, I've left the camp for a while and I have no clue if something has happened in my absence.'

'We can leave at any time you want. Now that we know the spatial coordinates of this place, we can use Spirit Magic to Warp straight to the City Hall.' Solus examined his condition with Abyssal Gaze.

The cracks in his life force were fine, but he couldn't afford to use the pocket dimension or Origin Flames any longer.

'There's no time for that. If upon my return Rudra has discovered Quaron's location, I would have no excuse to delay the chase. Besides, three days are way shorter than you think.

'If that bastard shows his face, I want to know what his endgame is and what he is capable of.' Lith replied while gulping down tonics.

'Good point. Use Demon Grasp to refine your core while you rest. I'll stand guard.' Solus replied.

He nodded, using his breathing skill to split the world energy into its elemental components before absorbing it through his seven eyes instead of his body like a human Awakened would.

The emerald eye absorbed Mogar's energy signature and replaced it with Lith's so that the pure elemental energies would turn into his own mana the moment they seeped through his life force.

This way, the mana core would offer no resistance to the new energy and assimilate it more quickly than with a regular breathing technique. The seventh component of the world energy, Mogar's essence, nurtured his body, making it grow stronger and hastening his recovery.

The use of Demon Grasp, however, required Lith's full focus, leaving him helpless.

Solus's stone ring left his finger and assumed the form of a small spider that slid under the door to patrol the nearby corridors.