Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2303

"I'm sorry, Solus. I'm so sorry." Bytra said amid tears once she could speak again. "I didn't mean to hurt you. I swear. It wasn't me."

"I believe you." Solus said. "That wasn't your fault but mine. If you didn't shield me with your body, the Unwavering Loyalty array would have never caught you. Thank you, Bytra."

"I'm so sorry!" The Raiju kept weeping as if Solus had slapped her in the face. "I'm a monster, Zor. No matter how hard I try, I'm still a monster!"

The Shadow Dragon gestured to Lith for a mind link and he complied.

'Damn, between the blood madness and the slave array, I'm afraid that Bytra's trauma has been reopened in the most painful way possible.' She said to Lith who relayed it to Solus.

'I don't think her mind is completely here. She's still lost in her worst nightmare. Please, tell Solus this for me.'

Solus caressed the Raiju's muzzle, using a handkerchief to wipe off her tears.

"It's okay, Bytra. I forgive you. The past is in the past. You can sleep now."

"Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! I've longed to hear those words for so long." Lith took War out of Bytra's body and she shapeshifted into her human form again, holding Solus' hands. "I will… I am… I feel… So tired."

The Eldritch lost consciousness yet her hands still clung to Solus. Even in her sleep, Bytra kept crying and apologizing.

"Now what?" Lith asked.

"Bytra is broken. She needs peace and rest. As for the Golden Griffon- What the heck is it doing?" Xenagrosh had turned around to follow the lost academy's advance and noticed that it had stopped.

The Golden Griffon stood tall with his arms raised toward the sky.

"Is it praying?" Solus asked.

"More like casting a spell." Lith tried to use Life Vision, but the academy was too far even for the Eyes of Menadion.

"No, if it was a spell, I would see it with mana sense." Solus shook her head.

"Wait, I feel something and I'm not supposed to feel anything." Nandi clenched the gem on his head and the one on his chest, feeling them burn just like those on his hands that he couldn't reach.

"The world energy is thin due to the Golden Griffon siphoning it yet I can hear it screaming."

"Like when you guys use your Abomination resonance, song, whatever?" Lith asked.

"No. When we do that, what you feel is Mogar resonating with our essence. This is more like an agonizing scream." Nandi said, feeling pangs throughout his body as the world energy coursed through it.

Then, something appeared between the Golden Griffon's hands.

At first, it was hazy, and visible only under its palms. As the lost academy stood still, the world energy became visible to the naked eye, forming a strand that went from one hand to the other.

After a few seconds, the strand grew in size and its reach expanded as far as the eye could see in two directions until it disappeared at the horizon.

"What the fuck?" Lith said, taking the words from everyone's mind. "Is that a magic circle?"

The strand was just a small portion of an array so big that it filled the sky in front of them. With every passing second, more lines and runes of power appeared, making part of its structure visible.