Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2038

Chapter 2038 Hidden Blade (Part 2)

The Sekhmet used darkness fusion to ignore the pain, earth fusion to limit the damage, and light fusion to regenerate her flesh the moment it burned. Life Maelstrom coursing through her body allowed her to survive, but by the time Final Eclipse finally wore off, she had consumed half of the silver lightning.

Soon she would need a third charge and after that, her reserves would be dangerously low, putting the success of the mission at risk. Yet Iata knew that her defeat would have had even worse consequences so she gritted her teeth and aimed at the Tiamat's heart.

'Are we getting desperate, aren't we?' Lith thought with a smug grin hidden by the scales covering his mouth. 'Now that I've put enough distance between us, I can dodge whatever you throw at me. Our situation is the same as before, but now it's you can't afford to wait.'

He avoided Iata's charge by a hair's breadth and she conjured the hard-light spikes again to at least return some of the damage. The Tiamat didn't move, letting them pierce through his body as he released Plague Tempest.

The bolts of darkness came out of his very wounds, using the spikes as a conduit to get inside the construct while countless others erupted from his scales. The darkness element was slow and would never catch up with the Sekhmet's speed, but that wasn't a problem.

The Plague Arrows that had gotten inside the spearhead were carried by the construct and struck Iata with ease, sapping more of her strength. At the same time, more bolts of darkness amassed around Lith like a school of hungry piranhas waiting for their prey.

'That cunning son of a bastard let me hit him on purpose.' Iata thought. 'That damn sword is still stuck in my construct and if I keep attacking, I'd be the one taking the most damage.'

Meanwhile, on the battlefield, Solus and the Demon army were retreating at breakneck speed. The short exchange with the Thunderborne had exhausted her limited reserves of mana while the Demons were starting to run on fumes.

Using the Void Flames consumed a lot of energy and many of them had been injured by Stormlight's plasma arcs. Without Lith giving them new strength, they had to rely on the Golems whose charges were limited as well.

'No matter how much damage we dealt, Thrud's army is still advancing. The first battalion is almost gone, the second is decimated, and the third is halved, but they are still coming.' She thought.

'They have quickly regrouped into a new battalion, using their breathing technique to restore even those on the brink of death. To make matters worse, I've lost the element of surprise and their mages have finished conjuring their arrays.

'If we hold our position, we'd be sitting ducks.' Solus could see the various spells that the enemy army had prepared with the Eyes of Menadion.

They were the perfect counter to the strategies that the Demons had employed until that moment. She needed time to use her breathing technique and to keep her forces away from Thrud's.

Solus was losing ground, but keeping an array at the ready was a burdensome task. She only had to wait for the mages to lose focus and then she would have to face mere yellow cored soldiers and their wands.

Leari knew it as well so she furiously flapped her wings to reach Solus before the worst happened. The Thunderborne had healed from her wounds, but she was still wary of the Fury.

'If that thing was big instead of pint sized, I'd be dead already.' She thought in anger as she released a burst of Stormlight that burned down several small magical formations that Solus had left to cover her retreat.

Varegrave still had no idea of who Solus was and how Lith could be in two places at the same time, but he didn't let such idle thoughts distract him.

"Start chanting." He ordered the mages. "The moment that big bird is within range, I want you to shoot it down. We can't let them reach the first line."