Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2176

"There no time for pleasantries in war. Just tell me what's going on and why you have still to heal yourself properly." It wasn't the first time that the Mad Queen took part in a battle.

Even with her Divine Beast Generals, there were few of them against hundreds of old monsters and Liches. If not for the power of her deep white core and the Arthan set, they would have lost ground at every battle.

Yet it was the first time that one of her aides called her in desperation to keep one of their best strongholds from falling. Defending from a siege was supposed to be easy, especially in a city like Belius.

Its enchanted walls were several meters thick and over thirty meters (100') high. Its arrays could scour the battlefield like a living being, targeting the enemy even from a great distance from the city.

Last, but not least, the City Gate allowed her soldiers to take the injured back to the Golden Griffon to be treated immediately and replace them with fresh troops.

Thrud usually fought solely on the frontlines, making sure that the tide of the battle wouldn't force her troops to retreat too much or leading the charge when they broke through the enemy lines.

She was supposed to be the spear and the shield that protected the weakest units of her army, not a baby sitter for Divine Beasts.

"It's easier if I show you." Iata placed her right index and ring fingers on the Queen's forehead, activating a mind link.

Thrud saw the troops of the Council, the Kingdom, and even the Empire strike at Belius at the same time. Iata and the rest of the Generals deployed there had done wonders, keeping the three-pronged attack at bay by sharing their bloodline abilities with the defending army.

Yet even they had proved to be incapable to stop the fourth player they had no contingency plan against.

The Bright Day had appeared out of nowhere, leading a regiment of undead who, unlike Thrud's allies in the Undead Courts, had no problem moving under the sun. The number of unexpected reinforcements was little, but their strength was great.

Most undead could climb the vertical walls of Belius with the same grace of a spider and the speed of a cheetah. Even the enchanted protections and arrays could do nothing to stop them since they only used bloodline abilities.

Despite all this, it would have taken any of Thrud's Generals a single tier five Spirit Spell to wipe them out of the walls if not for Dawn. The vision of the Horseman riding her steed made the Mad Queen swear enough to put a sailor to shame.

'I thought that Baba Yaga had taken back the steeds and grounded Dawn or something! What is she doing here?'

'That's not all, my Queen. Keep watching.' Instead of answering, Iata showed her an image of the Bright Day high in the sky, emitting such a blinding radiance that two suns seemed to shine over Belius.

In the memory, the Sekhmet charged at the Horseman after infusing herself and her equipment with abundant Life Maelstrom. Thanks to the silver lightning, her physical and magical prowess was increased tenfold.

The power cores of her equipment had been Forgemastered by Thrud so that not an ounce of Life Maelstrom would be lost. All the artifacts of her Generals had been designed to not be just overcharged by the silver lightning, but to reach their full potential because of it.