Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2039

Chapter 2039 Before the Storm (Part 1)

"In Thrud's shoes, I'd imbue the rain with just enough magical power to blind the mystical senses of us Awakened. This way, her soldiers will have no problem to Blink past the walls undetected and reach the Warp Gate." Jiza said.

"If I'm right, the only battle that matters is the one outside the city. If we lose there, we'll have no second chance and Belius will fall."

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Belius' plains, now.

Solus took one final deep breath, focusing on the Sage Staff's ability to gather the world energy in order to regain her strength. Leari had kept throwing at her one spell after another, but Raptor had the reflexes of a violet-cored Awakened and nigh-infinite stamina.

As long as Solus shared a bit of her energy with it, the Golem could go at it for days.

The Thunderborne was about to emit a blast of Stormlight, but stopped herself in time. She hadn't forgotten how the golden knight seemed to be immune to world energy-based bloodline abilities.

Even Origin Flames had been easily nullified.

"Run all you want, you can't win." The Thunderborne dived on the ground, activating the tier five War Mage spell, Tidal Crash.

The earth element turned the soil into semi-liquid so that the impact made the road ripple, bursting upward in a mud wave. At the same time, the air element produced a powerful blast of wind.

With its paws sinking in the mud and its wings almost ripped off by the shockwave, Raptor failed to dodge the spell and threw Solus out of the saddle.

She tried to land on her feet, but a sudden white flash distracted her. Several bolts of plasma were aimed at her, Raptor, and the Demons.

'By my Mom, I need to stop that, or all of my hard work will be for naught!' Solus thought.

While they ran away, she had infused Raptor with her mana so that the Golem could focus on recovering solely the energy for its Spirit Crystal and in turn restore the strength of the Demons.

Solus needed her full focus to activate Draining Grounds and neutralize Stormlight, but to do that she fell head-first on the ground. A bit of energy started to flow inside her as the bloodline ability was split into its base components and absorbed.

Oddly enough, the blast of plasma was very bright but had little substance. Then, a burst of Origin Flames engulfed her and Solus felt pain like never before. Her body, her mana core, and even her tower half were burning.

Darkness fusion couldn't stop the agony that her whole being experienced while the mystical flames eat at her.

'I knew it that the kid was as green as grass.' Leari thought. 'She was so focused on protecting everyone that she failed to realize that it was all a ruse. She couldn't possibly absorb two bloodline abilities at the same time and even if she did, I made sure that she didn't see the second coming.'

In her sprawled position and with her mystical senses blinded by the light, Solus had missed the burst of Origin Flames hidden behind the plasma. Leari didn't like leaving the front lines unguarded, but she had to make sure that the enemy was dead or they would come back after a couple of deep breaths.

While Solus screamed in pain, rolling on the ground in an attempt to smother the mystical fire, the Thunderborne prepared a new bolt of plasma to finish her off.