Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2348

"Once I kill you, the Mouth of Menadion will be mine!" Linnea said upon recognizing the artifact from Phloria's drawings. "The True Queen thanks you for your contribution to our cause."

'Dammit, what do I do?' Tista knew to be outmatched and outnumbered so instead of wasting time fighting, she kept retreating.

The Static Field array sealed Linnea's dimensional magic as well so the seven-man unit could only fly, just like Tista. The wings of the Red Demon gave her superior speed and maneuverability that she used to keep her distance.

Two of her four eyes followed Linnea's unit every movement while the other two searched her surroundings for the nearest ally. Yet the Headmistress kept getting closer, sending Tista into a panic.

A sudden blast of True Flames missed its target by a wide margin and the Red Demon escaped the next charge only thanks to the Frozen Flames from her wings. They covered the Bastion with such a thick layer of ice that Linnea's physical and mystical senses were blinded.

"You can run, but you can't hide!" Or so she thought.

The Cursed Flames reached their target and lit the sky like a flare.

"Crap, that's our convened signal." Nyka said. "Tista needs my help. Can you keep fighting without me, Dusk?"

"No. If not for our communion, I wouldn't be able to overcome Mother's seal." He pointed at their respective weapons that were still crossed. "Without Life Maelstrom, Origin Flames, and Doom Tide, the Firstborns will be unable to fight against the seven-man units."

"Then follow me!" The Horseman of Dawn nosedived toward Tista's last known position and Kelia rode by her side.

They both had come to the White Griffon to protect their respective homes and Baba Yaga's children.

"Do your worst, lesser Verhen!" Linnea said. "You are just like Nerea. You are out of your length, width, and depth! I'll kill you just like I should have killed her decades ago."

Tista ignored Linnea and focused on body casting. The Red Demon was still limited to tier three spells, but Linnea's constant mentioning of Lith had given her an idea.

'Here goes everything!' With one last deep breath, her whole body turned into a living mass of Origin Flames.

No longer limited by her physical form, the magical runes flowed freely through her body. The Red Demon slammed helplessly against the Bastion, her rain of spells rolling off the emerald sphere without leaving a scratch.

"Do you really think you can overpower seven Awakened with that puny body of yours?" Linnea unleashed an Annihilation at Tista from too close for her to dodge.

The Red Demon had her body split into several smaller flames that avoided the emerald blast and then reformed a split second later before ramming at Linnea again.

This time, however, the Bastion was forced to a halt by the impact. The Headmistress was confused but she didn't lose focus and kept attacking. Tista split her body and struck again, making the Bastion stop and tremble.

"What the fuck?" Linnea saw cracks as thin as a hair in the barrier in front of her, but cracks nonetheless.

'I'm no different from Lith. Even if I'm not going to achieve the violet here, the closer I get to it, the more my mass approaches that of a Divine Beast.' Tista used body casting non-stop not for the spells but to bring her life forces closer.

Linnea had failed to notice it because the Red Demon had willingly kept the flames that comprised her body compact and dense to the extreme. It allowed her to both hide her strategy and focus her attacks on a single point.