Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2539

Chapter 2539 No I in Funeral (Part 1)

'Even if the members of the senate were to listen to us and believe our words, it would still mean that all of their pain and sacrifices they just endured was for nothing.' Solus said.

'We'll worry about that later.' Lith replied. 'Now we need to study the defensive formations of Zelex. No matter if we choose to parlay, raid the city, or ask for the Council's help, we need to know how to safely get in.'

Solus had no trouble recollecting Eryon's path and she guided Lith to a cave on the south side of the city. From there, departed a vertical tunnel that led outside whose access points were sealed with earth magic and protected by several defensive arrays.

Lith and Solus used the Eye of Menadion to study Zelex's arrays as they moved. The city had mostly magical formations meant to keep it warm and freshen its air. The rest were about collecting and focusing the energy of the mana geyser.

The protective arrays were arranged in an outer layer, meant to protect Zelex from external threats, not from an inside attack. Aside from a self-destruct mechanism that would make the underground complex collapse if threatened, the city had no means of offense once an enemy broke past its entrance.

'It makes sense.' Solus pondered. 'Based on what the Demons found out, right below the city there is the crystal mine and below that, there's the magic metal mine. Too many arrays would destabilize the crystals.

'Glemos couldn't insulate them without also cutting the flow of world energy they need to grow.'

'Also, both orc shamans and Fomors can freely manipulate the world energy.' Lith pointed out. 'They can use the crystals to fuel their powers whereas an invader can't use powerful spells without the risk of blowing themselves up.'

The cave at the south entrance, however, was another story entirely.

Every centimeter of the rock was enchanted with spells that would sound the alarm and rain tier five spells on anyone who didn't know their deactivation sequence.

'Damn, there's enough firepower to kill even a Divine Beast.' Lith thought. 'Also, even if they survived, the spells are aimed so that they would compromise the tunnel's structural integrity and make it implode.'

'Yeah, between the spells from below and the rocks falling from above, there's no way to avoid ending up dead or buried alive.' Solus replied. 'Unless one knows the passcodes, of course.

'I memorized them when the Fomor who carried me got inside.'

'Question, are you sure that we have just to use the entry sequence in reverse? What if the exit password is different?' Lith asked.

'Only one way to find out.' Solus replied.

A deep scan with the Eyes and a massive headache later, they had their answer. To enter Zelex safely, the array had to be unraveled in a precise order and the last rune that Eryon had used was meant to reset the protections.

'Fuck me sideways, I have no idea how to open the array sequence from the bottom nor how to reset them once we get out from the other side.' Solus said after studying the collected data.

'On the bright side, once we bring this information to Ajatar, I'm sure that he'll find a way to crack the offensive arrays safely and give us a clear retreat path in case things go south.'

Once they were done studying the arrays in the cave, Lith and Solus explored Zelex, finding one more cave leading outside at each cardinal point. The problem was that they all had different passcodes and arrays.