Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2409

'What the heck is going on here?' Nyka asked while unleashing a tier five Raging Sun from her body.

The mix of earth and fire generated a blast of violet flames and magma that freed the Vampire from the Trolls holding her.

'You've never fought monsters, did you?' Dawn chuckled.

'No time for riddles. I need answers!'

'Fine. Undead are the natural predators of the living, but then what about the unliving?' The Horseman replied. 'They are living masses of Decay in desperate need of nourishment and darkness element. Now, what are you?'

'A corpse reanimated by huge amounts of life force and darkness.' Nyka replied in horror.

'Don't forget how you undead can't even use the light element which is the bane of Trolls. Long story short, they are one link above you in the food chain. A single drop of your blood is worth hundreds of humans to all kinds of monsters plagued by Decay.

'Eating you will both sate their hunger and revert them to their unfallen state, even if just for a while.' Dawn telepathically nodded.

'That's why earlier you were so sure I would get bodied! You knew this would happen.' Nyka said in outrage.

'Just like I know that I, in turn, am their natural enemy. I'm comprised of light element that will further aggravate Decay and a single one of my heat rays can kill dozens of them. Mother made sure I am one link above Trolls to keep things balanced.'

'Tell me, smartass, did you predict that as well?' Nyka pointed at the Trolls who even with the Raging Sun eating at them refused to let go of her.

They had turned into a bunch of naked men and women of rare beauty with grey skin and four arms.

"Free at last!" One of them said, licking his lips in hunger. "Come, my siblings. There's still plenty to eat for everyone."

'Seriously, what the fuck is going on?' Dawn was flabbergasted. 'Trolls are supposed to be incapable of speaking and to act solely based on instinct. Yet these bastards are collaborating instead of competing for the food.'

'I'll take that as a no.' Nyka took her mace out of her dimensional amulet and smashed the reverted Trolls away before they drained more of her strength.

No tooth could pierce the Adamant of her armor yet the Trolls had managed to feed on her by mere contact. As a Vampire, she wasn't supposed to feel tired, just hungry. Yet so much of her vitality had been sucked away so quickly that she was panting.

"Don't let her run away!" A female reverted Troll said and her still-fallen comrades obeyed.

'Mindless creatures my undead ass. Do something!' Nyka was struck down by a barrage of tier three Light Mastery heat rays.

By consuming the excess light magic, the Trolls could limit the consumption of the darkness element needed to keep them stable and prolong their unfallen state.

'Okay, this is the last straw!' Teaching her host a lesson was one thing, but attacking Dawn with Light Mastery was an insult that she took up close and personal.