Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1821

Chapter 1821: Primordial Flames (Part 1)

‘Did Meln really put all of you in his sick paintings?’ Lith asked with his lips curled up in disgust, wishing he could puke and burn that place to the ground.

'You wish.’ Friya replied, doing her best to repress a retching sound that would reveal their position. ‘I've seen a statue of Kamila and Zinya doing something that I'll never forget.

‘Another one of my Mom with Orpal, and a painting of you that I'd rather not talk about.‘

They spent the next few minutes preparing their battle plan to reach the throne room and waiting for the report of the other assault teams. Once they were done, Lith discovered that the Hand of Fate corps had found themselves in a similar situation.

None of them was a dimensional mage and with Life Vision blinded and surrounded by enemies they had been forced to move more slowly than normal.

‘The situation is unfavorable, but we can still make it.‘ Zeraka the Redcap, one of the most experienced members of the squads said.

‘Our best course of action is to follow the guards and create a diversion right before you reach the throne room.

‘This way, the guards will be taken by surprise and fall easily while their upcoming reinforcements will have to spread their forces to deal with all of us at the same time.‘

Lith nodded and his squad started to move, following Friya‘s footsteps. Her role was that of the Storm, to scout ahead as quiet as the wind yet ready to bring destruction to her enemy with hit and run tactics.

Right behind her followed Tista. She wasn't skilled enough to be called a Highmaster, but she had practiced hard with arrays to cover for Lith's weaknesses. She had learned how to cast with fake and true magic at the same time, halving the time needed to prepare an array.

It was still a long time compared to someone who could use body casting as well, but she had the lowest battle prowess of the group,

and giving the role to anyone else would have been a waste of talent.

Phloria stood in front of her, a Shield ready to protect the Highmaster and Solus the moment she came out of her ring. Lith was the Spear and closed the line, protecting their back and making sure that no one was following them.

He wasn't as quick as Friya with Scope but he was pro?cient at using it. They moved through the corridors, using Spirit Magic to both ?oat a centimeter above the ground and erase their smell.

Orpal had placed ?ve elemental sealing arrays in place that could block everything but darkness, the undead‘s greatest weapon. The magical formation turned on and off almost randomly, forcing the group to use Spirit Magic even for cant?ps and spend a lot of mana.

To make matters worse, the guards had no such problem. During her recon, Friya had noticed how they had a device that alerted them of which arrays were on or were about to be turned on at any moment.

lt was brilliant in its simplicity. On the palm of the gloves that the guards wore, there were ?ve concentric circles, each one of the color of their respective element. When an array was active, its respective circle was visible.

Also, the circles blinked when the corresponding array was about to be turned off or on, giving the undead ?ve seconds‘ notice. Enough to ready their spells and prepare a strategy suitable to the situation at hand.

lt gave the undead a considerable advantage that coupled with their innate outstanding physical prowess put them on par with the Awakened.

‘Can't you shut these damned arrays down with Domination?’ Phloria asked, not having a clue about how the ability worked. 'There's three of you with seven streaks, it must be worth something.‘