Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2341

Most of the Forgotten were humans trapped centuries ago by Arthan as the first batch of his students, and they fought in seven-man units with flawless teamwork. Each squad used solely Silverwing's Bastion to defend and combined their tier five spells to attack.

Each one of them had a violet core like Lith and they also received the power boost from the lost academy. Thrud had only thirty Divine Beasts, but they worked in seven-man units as well and used Silverwing's spells on top of their bloodline abilities.

The Golden Griffon empowered both Forgotten and Divine Beasts, making even the elders of the Council not a match for Thrud's Generals.

"Dammit!" Even Xenagrosh was having trouble fighting them.

There were only nine Eldritch-monster hybrids and forming a seven-man unit was the same as reducing their numbers to three. Bytra was acting as Solus' legs, running through the battlefield and dodging stray spells coming from every direction.

Nandi was too busy defending himself to provide the rest of his siblings with world energy which further limited their strength. Usually, the Minotaur-Orc would have had no problem hogging the elemental energy but now he was against two literal titans.

Both the Golden and the White Griffon sucked most of the available world energy to the point that everyone coming close to them could only rely on Spirit Magic.

Bloodline abilities like Origin Flames wouldn't work either, screwing up most of the Eldritches usual tactics.

They had no access to Spirit Magic and without their bloodline abilities, they were just cunning and lethal giant brutes. Yet it didn't matter against an enemy that would keep themselves at a distance and Spirit Blink away the moment the Eldritches approached.

To make matters worse, without Nandi recharging them, it was only a matter of time before the lack of a breathing technique became an insurmountable obstacle.

Thrud's soldiers had no such problems since the Golden Griffon encased them with a thick aura of world energy wherever they went, further tipping the balance in their favor.

'Any idea what to do?' Lith asked Faluel via a mind link.

The two of them fought back-to-back, with the Hydra providing him cover fire with her spells and world energy via the Hands while Lith took care of the physical aspect of the combat.

'None.' Faluel replied while Double Edge saved one of her necks. 'There's me, you, Vastor, and Tista here, but we can't cast Silverwing's spells on our own. Tista is too weak so we lack four and a half people.

'How is Ruin going?'

'I'm weaving it with the Mouth so it's faster than usual, but it still takes time.' Lith focused solely on defense, using every block and parry to conjure more runes while looking for an opportunity to counter.

"We meet again, Verhen!" Xondar the Garuda laughed as his seven-man unit unleashed an Annihilation at Lith, forcing him to Blink away with Faluel.

Alas, the spell was far from wasted. The seven Divine Beasts simply changed their target, blindsiding a unit of Council elders that had counted on Lith's protection while dealing with the Forgotten.

Two Annihilation against one Bastion made short work of the barrier and scattered the elders to the wind. The Awakened managed to save themselves only thanks to their rich battle experience and a Blink kept at the ready.

"Run as much as you want but this time things are going to go differently! No Guardian to help you, no mana geyser for you to cheat, and your army of Demons is useless against true Awakened!"

Lith had already conjured his Golems and as many Demons as he could before the start of the battle, but they were being quickly wiped out. The Demons lacked in equipment and energy compared to the Forgotten who also were constantly boosted.