Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2179

Almost.

Dawn had no Domination, but thanks to her steed, she managed to control the overloading effect of Life Maelstrom and use it to her advantage. She conjured a hard-light construct right above her skin to keep the water and lightning to reach her, stopping the seizures.

At the same time, Sunrise used its abilities to heal her wounds and replenish her strength while also absorbing part of the silver lightning that was meant to send Dawn's energy signature in disarray and hurt her.

Life Maelstrom was still made of world energy and the first ability of any mage tower was to absorb and control it to strengthen their master.

'That's unexpected, but still a pleasant surprise.' Thrud thought while swinging her blade at the Horseman's crystal. 'All the more reason to keep that moron of Narchat alive and get myself a nice steed.'

'Dammit, that's why Mom recommended us to get undead as our hosts. They feel no pain and they are immune to seizures since it's not electrical impulses that move their body.' Dawn's comment was just born out of frustration, but to Acala it sounded like she was belittling him, making him lose even more confidence and feel inadequate.

The pleasant surprise was followed by another, this time nasty.

The Twilight Blade intercepted the Sword of Arthan and contrary to Thrud's expectations, it didn't budge of a millimiter.

"Surprise, bitch!" The Horseman flicked her wrist, pushing the Mad Queen's blade away and thrusting at the eye slit in her armor with a seamless movement.

'What the f-' Thrud could now see with Life Vision that the Bright Day was covered from head to hoof with a tier five Light Mastery spell, Morning Star.

The construct was infused with so much mana that it gave the spell enough mass to compete with that of a Divine Beast, bringing them to equal ground. It was a feat that required a constant expenditure of enormous amounts of mana but Dawn could afford it thanks to Sunrise.

Blades and magic clashed again and again as the two opponents moved through the air too fast to be seen even by a violet cored Awakened. They each tried to outsmart and outmanouver the other, but neither of them backed down of even one step.

The fight for Belius below them had yet to resume because the spells the Horseman and the Mad Queen conjured produced so much light that it blinded the soldiers on both sides.

The noise from their battle was deafening and each time they clashed, the sheer pressure they exuded would force even a Divine Beast to kneel.

"Is there any point for us to be here?" Many people from all the four armies on the battlefield said, no matter their race and size.

"How the heck can you do this?" Dawn was shocked seeing that none of her attacks had managed to reach the opponent.

"I'm old as well and unlike you, I spent centuries preparing for this." Thrud replied. "Every time my body experienced a breakthrough, I kept fighting until I got my ass handed to me. I didn't care about winning, only about finding worthy opponents.

"Defeat has a bitter taste, but it's the best teacher one could ask for."

"Then you're going to learn a lot today." The Horseman suddenly expanded her construct, using Morning Star's mass to push the Mad Queen away.

Matching a Divine Beast's might drained her mana faster than Sunrise could replenish it, but the mage tower needed but a second of respite to refill its master's cores.