Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1948

Chapter 1948: Setting The Bait (part 2)

"You have to be more specific." Zoreth replied with a mocking giggle that made the men clench their weapons harder and sent shivers down Lith's spine. "We crossed all the borders from the Desert to here."

To a casual observer, her tone seemed playful, but he knew her enough to notice the hidden threat and feel the power building up inside of her.

"Thanks, ma'am. That's more than enough for me. The details are a matter for the Constable, not me." At his signal, the soldiers surrounded the group and the mages started chanting. _{ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm}

"If you resist the arrest, we'll be forced to put you down. It's in your interest to cooperate with the investigation and answer our questions."

The captain wasn't stupid. Someone declaring their crimes at the city guards was already odd, but having no fear while surrounded was ominous.

'Either they are insane or more dangerous than their appearance lets out.' He thought.

"I have a counteroffer, captain." Zoreth's eyes flared with black mana that made the temperature drop several degrees. "You and your dogs go back to your master with the tail between your legs and tell them that I demand an audience with the Council."

"The city council doesn't meet on the whims of a criminal. Stand down immediately or face the consequences." The captain pretended to parlay but he gave the mages the signal to attack to kill.

Explaining to the mayor why he had to kill instead of capture a group of mages would have been bad, but it still beat being dead.

A volley of tier four speel darted from the mages to the criminals in a multi-colored arc of elemental energy. Ten tier five spells would have leveled the entire city block and the foreigners had chosen uptown as their destination.

If something happened to the luxurious villas, the mages would lose their jobs and probably their lives. Hence they had conjured solely spells that they could control with surgical precision and deadly efficiency.

Zoreth replied by unleashing a shockwave of black mana that canceled the spells and sent the entire crowd flat on the ground.

"I'm not talking about the city council, you fool. I want to speak with the Awakened Council!" A black and white aura burst out of her body, pushing guards and citizens of Maraka away as she shapeshifted into her real form.

The Dragon Fear that she emitted spread like wildfire, infecting even those who were still inside their houses, oblivious of the outside commotion. Her aura grew in size along with her body, flooding the plaza and seeping inside the protecting arrays of the mansions.

Now that her Abomination, troll, and human life force were one step away from fully merging, Zoreth's Shadow Dragon form stood over 35 meters (115') tall. She was covered in black scales as big and thick as a tower shield that turned from solid to ethereal non-stop, as if they were shifting in and out of reality.

Despite the bright sun shining over her massive body, Zoreth looked like a living shadow that light could make flicker but not chase away. On the contrary, the black of her body grew deeper as it sucked sunlight and heat.

"Go back to your masters, little man." Her giant muzzle came down, stopping millimeters away from the prone figure of the captain of the city guards. "Go and tell them that if I don't get what I want, I'll bestow Dragon magic on regular people and their secrets will be worth nothing!"