Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2408

"I'm sorry." The man gave her a deep bow. "I contacted central command for reinforcements the moment the sentinel spotted the monsters, but the army is spread thin.

"The situation in Thrud's former regions is highly volatile and we can't afford to withdraw troops. We have just a skeleton crew in Ne'sra because it's supposed to be a safe area. By the time the reserve troops get here from Valeron, it will be too late."

"Then we'll have to make do." Solus nodded. "Mage Palaar, please go relay my instructions to the city guards and the rest of the mages. They won't trust me whereas, with your seniority and reputation, they will listen to you."

The Head Healer nodded, glad that the young mage had asked instead of ordering her. It saved Palaar a lot of face and made her role seem much more important than it actually was.

"Thanks, Great Mage Verhen." The Healer gave Solus a deep bow. "You heard her, mages of the Kingdom. I order you to perform your duty and I forbid you to die. We already have too much to do in the field hospital and if you dump your work on me, I'll kick your ass!"

Some of the veteran mages chuckled, others just smiled at the joke, while the youngest among them were so tense that they seemed to be about to faint at any moment.

As the mages fanned out and approached the monster horde as fast as they could, Solus offered Nyka a copy of the Fury.

"Don't worry. I have everything I need with me." The Vampire rapped over her chest, where Dawn's crystal was.

Then, she turned around and bolted toward the rear guard of the monster horde at breakneck speed.

"Don't worry about me." Tista said. "Worst case scenario, I can grow bigger and these cuties will still fit like a glove."

She wore the enchanted Adamant claws, Sunder, and charged at the frontlines, breaking through them with a barrage of magical fire and Origin Flames. Tista breathed them from her mouth but took care of disguising them among her spells.

She wanted to avoid shapeshifting exactly because they were in a friendly territory. Everyone had heard about the Tiamat bloodline but they had a hard time believing that Tista was not human until they saw it with their own eyes.

Another of the oddities caused by the War of the Griffons was that while in Thrud's regions, beasts were respected and considered to be equal to humans, in the rest of the Kingdom they were now feared.

'How do we do this?' Nyka asked.

'You start.' Dawn telepathically shrugged. 'You can use some experience whereas these guys are too weak for me. When you get overwhelmed, we can switch.'

'You mean, *if* I get overwhelmed, right?'

'I know what I said, kid. Now stop yapping and get to work.' Dawn inhaled sharply.

Nyka clenched her war mace in frustration and dive bombed to the ground like a small Adamant meteor. Her Nightshade armor covered her from head to toe not only to protect her from incoming attacks but also to hide Dawn's presence in case they needed to switch bodies.

'I wish I could use my mace. Too bad that Trolls heal so quickly that physical wounds don't matter and if I splatter them, I'll end up increasing their numbers.' She thought.