Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2547

'I told you that you shouldn't have come here. Ajatar would have played this role better and with a lot less risk.' Valia supported the Red Demon by acting both as her protective exoskeleton and her coach.

In their shadow form, the Demons of Darkness could guide a willing host and move their body for them. The former member of the Queen's Corps possessed a greater martial prowess and a better footwork technique than Tista and was using them to ensure her survival.

'This whole mission is a risk!' Tista pivoted on the balls of her feet to sidestep a spear thrust and then was forced to weave under the fist of a Balor boosted by Ryla's golden lightning, losing the opportunity to counterattack.

'Besides, these guys are afraid of demons and I'm the only other living Demon on Mogar aside from Lith. There would be no point in my presence here if I were to just sit back and let the others do all the work!'

Back when Lith had explained his plan, he had also warned the rest of the group about the enemies' numbers. There were thousands of monsters in Zelex and even assuming that only those supposed to die in the cull would take part in the fight, they would still vastly outnumber his Demons.

Sure, Lith could make up for quantity with quality since the mana geyser provided him with plenty of energy and he had the time to bring them all up to five or six eyes. Yet the problem was that the fight had to be balanced and with minimal casualties, not an all-out war.

Their goal was just to bring the children of Glemos to compliance, otherwise they might as well have called the Awakened Council and washed their hands of it.

Tista had eagerly volunteered to act as a leader of the invasion and due to her condition, Lith had chosen her over the Drake.

Tista's conflicting life forces were a few weeks away from the point of non-return but during her fight in the Empire against the cursed objects, she had discovered a way to buy herself more time.

The human, Dragon, and Phoenix sides stopped clashing against each other every time Tista was in a life-or-death situation, focusing on survival rather than dominance.

The problem was that the opponent had to exert real killing intent, spars didn't work.

'There's no telling if Faluel and Ajatar can crack the Harmonizers in time and Forgemaster a version suitable for my life force. Those that the monsters wear are specific for their fallen state whereas I'm just a hybrid. They are useless to me.' She thought.

The six-eyed Balor charged at her, his body shrouded with violet flames and with bolts of lightning erupting from his energy wings. Tista jumped to the right to avoid the attack, but thick vines burst from the ground under her feet, locking her into place.

Reverted ogres had powers similar to plant folk, allowing them to control the ground and vegetation despite the presence of the earth sealing arrays protecting Zelex. They were bloodline abilities based on life force and Tista's lack of the Spirit Eye made her helpless against them.

Valia did her best to drain the vines with Abomination Touch as quickly as she could but the Balor was faster. He hit Tista like a speeding train, his heavy fists bypassed her attempt to block with Sunder and reached her chest, shattering her ribs.

The bolts of lightning coursed through her armor and caused a seizure that paralyzed her.

'Fucking bastards! Because of those damn arrays, Life Vision can't see below the ground and even though I'm using darkness fusion, it doesn't help against muscle spasms.'