Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2261

'If I take Verhen down, the Demons will fade and the Golems will stop. It all comes down to him and me again, but this time no Guardian will interrupt us.'

The Garuda used the speed from his wings and the Life Maelstrom to move too fast for the Awakened forces to stop him amid the chaos of battle.

Xondar was confident in taking down the Tiamat because Garudas were considered the closest thing to a Dragon's natural enemy.

They were capable of flight, had four prehensile limbs, were physically stronger, and were talented in close-quarter combat. Dragon Eyes could do nothing against raw physical might and Life Maelstrom made the gap even wider.

When a Dragon and a Garuda met, it was all about distances. If the Dragon managed to keep the Garuda away, they could win. If the Garuda came close, the battle would be over in seconds.

Despite his unusual appearance and odd bloodline powers, the Tiamat was still considered a Dragon by the Awakened community.

Lith was too busy weaving the second Ruin to cast other spells so Xondar's arrival caught him unprepared. One second the Garuda had been behind Bima's walls and the next he was in front of Lith.

Xondar lunged his spear at the Tiamat's head, forcing him to dispel Ruin and block. The charge was too quick and strong for Lith to stop it but he still managed to thrust forward with War.

The blade slid along the haft of the spear, pushing it aside and dispersing the force of the blow.

The Garuda sighed in relief as his plan succeeded.

With no time to waste, he had opted for a simple attack, easy to predict but strong enough to kill. Xondar couldn't risk performing a complex maneuver and give Lith the time to complete the Blade Tier spell.

'I'm in the air and he's on the ground. I have Life Maelstrom and he's weakened. This is already over.' The Garuda thought until something strange happened.

He was about to push War's tip away to disrupt Lith's guard when something came out of it. Life Vision didn't show him any dimensional opening, yet a golden figure was popping into existence right in front of his face.

Solus had traveled through War which Lith's lounge had brought meters away from her target. She held a Fury in each hand, hammering with both in the face of the still-flabbergasted Garuda.

'What's the point? She's so sm-' Despite her size, Solus had the mass of a Divine Beast, and her Furies' heads were made of purified Davross.

Xondar felt as if a mountain had dropped on his head while the blow threw him off balance. With no more obstacles in its path, War severed the Garuda's neck in one swing.

Solus squashed the head with her hammers while Lith pierced through the Garuda's heart until War's hilt struck the armor. Xondar's body disappeared, recalled by the Golden Griffon before it turned into a corpse and the mana core cracked.

"That was amazing!" From her Throne Room, Thrud gave the Tiamat a standing ovation. "Verhen killed a violet-cored Divine Beast in seconds. How was that possible?"

"That's Solus, my Liege." Phloria explained. "No matter where he goes or how bad a situation is. Lith is never alone. They are one in mind, body, and core. You can't face one without the other."

Despite the slave spell, Phloria was cheering for him as well. Thrud could see her new servant smile with a mix of pride, joy, and sadness.

"Really? What does his wife think about her?"