Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2009

Chapter 2009 Red Sun (Part 1)

"See you tomorrow." Friya sighed. "If Raptor is supposed the easy one, I don't want even to imagine what you have in mind for Trouble."

"Lith, do you mind coming with Kami to the tower to rest?" Solus asked. "If I take one step outside, I'll fade away and I don't feel like staying alone today."

"Sure. Be right back." Lith could sense and see how worn out she was.

Solus had used the Hands, Eyes, and Mouth of Menadion during the whole procedure and was now paying the price for it.

Even with the power coming from the mana geyser, both the tower and her core were still too weak to bear the burden of conjuring the three artifacts at the same time, but she had done it for him nonetheless.

The moment Lith Warped out of the Forge, even though he had used his own mana, the distance between them was enough to weaken Solus so much that her body crumbled and she was forced to turn into her wisp form.

'Shit! Let's hope that by tomorrow morning I'll be alright. Lith sacrificed part of his honeymoon for me and I don't want to be a burden for him anymore.' While she waited, Solus felt the tower trembling from the strain.

She let the wisp fade into nothingness in order to save as much strength as she could until Lith's return.

Just until a few years ago, being without a body had been perfectly normal for her. For over ten years she had been forced to be just a stone ring on Lith's finger and had considered it everything that life had to offer her.

After staying in the Desert for so long, always keeping her human form except for short intervals, even the thought of going back to such a condition made every second of wait feel like hours.

***

Gorgon Empire, Red Emperor academy.

After the first term's exams were over, Kelia Sunbry walked through the stone hallways of the academy with her head heigh, proud of her achievement.

Even though she had enrolled a few weeks later compared to the other students and was one year older than them, she had caught up with the rest of the class in less than a month and come on top of them all.

It had taken her to sacrifice her social life and study 24/7, using Invigoration to make up for the lack of sleep and resetting its effects solely when her focus started to slip.

She had practiced magic for just a few months but her grades at the academy were so good that her Professors had already proposed to her to skip to the second year. She had aced both the written and practical tests, ranking first in all disciplines.

People pointed at Kelia as she walked, either gawking at her score or dying of envy because of her record. It was the first time in the history of the academy that a commoner had achieved the S rank from the first year.

She replied to the scorn of the nobles with a huge grin, waving the middle finger to them in greeting.