Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2299

The tower-like powers of the Golden Griffon were also the secret behind the quick advance of Thrud's army and the fact that no one survived the encounter.

The titan couldn't just move, but also cast spells and attack. A single stomp was enough to turn an army into a crater and then the students cleared the survivors on the ground and erased any trace of its passage.

Those stupid enough to take flight were massacred by the automated crystal turrets. _{freewёbn૦νeɭ.com}

'What can we do against something like that? It's just too big!' Theseus said.

'Maybe, but we aren't small either.' Lith replied. 'Besides, with no geyser, the academy can't move nimbly. I say that we hammer at it from a distance and bring the Golden Griffon to its knees. Then gravity will do the rest of the work for us.'

'Sounds like a plan. Let's give it a go.' Zoreth nodded while weaving her best spells and taking a deep breath of Origin Flames.

Solus jumped on Lith's head, mirroring his movements to conjure the Blade Spell Ruin with him.

'Do we pour everything we have, Life Maelstrom included?' She was skeptical of Lith's plan, but she didn't want to run away without a fight.

'I wish, but there are too many unknowns.' Lith replied. 'We have no clue about what an academy can do. If it has some kind of one-time barrier, we risk running out of steam before we can gauge its capabilities.

'Let's save the Life Maelstrom for a backup plan.'

The Eldritches just nodded but they actually had many objections.

Their opponent was double the size of a Guardian and its abilities were unknown. Zoreth and the others could think of several plans, but none of them could achieve more than probe the enemy's capabilities, let alone defeat it.

Unless the academy was much weaker than it appeared, of course.

The Eldritches remained silent because they had no advice to offer. The few things that came to their mind would just demoralize Lith and make his valiant effort look foolish.

'Now!' Lith unleashed Ruin, a burst of Void Flames from his mouth, and another of Blight flames from his wings.

At the same time, Zoreth activated the tier five Chaos spell Devouring Blast and the tier five Decay spell Cruel Light.

Not being able to use Cursed Elements other than Chaos, Bytra, Theseus, and Nandi preferred to employ a Chaos Annihilation each. It was a modified version of Silverwing's Annihilation that the Master had devised for the Eldritches.

They lacked Spirit Magic so they had to make up for the missing element with the destructive power of Chaos. Even though such a spell would usually require seven bright violet-cored Awakened to be cast, a single Eldritch was more than enough to conjure Chaos Annihilation.

On top of that, they all put every ounce of Life Maelstrom they had inside their respective spell and aimed for the Golden Griffon's right knee.

'Why did you do that?' Lith was flabbergasted.

'Because we have already attacked the Golden Griffon in its academy form several times in the past, little brother.' Zoreth replied. 'Remember that we can't use Spirit Magic and Chaos is no different from darkness.