2671 The Worst of Both Worlds (Part 1)
"You wanted my power, I'll give you my power!" The heads of the elven warriors exploded one after the other in a gruesome crescendo.
Fountains of blood gushed from their necks that grew even taller when their bodies crumpled like trash squeezed by a compactor. The broken bones snapped and crunched, turning living beings into meat sacks in a few excruciating seconds.
Morok had to stop fighting and started puking.
'How can that be chore Spirit Magic?' He could see with Life Vision countless tendrils infused with light magic that transferred every drop of stolen blood and life force to the flaming blade.
"You were willing to take our lives so we are taking yours in compensation!" Solus shrieked in fury, trying her best to replicate what she had seen her Soul Projection doing and mixing it with Creation Magic.
As Lith understood what she was doing, the Void Demon Dragon and the golden-scaled creature that still floated above their heads approached each other until they overlapped.
The thing that emerged from their union looked more than human yet less at the same time. The black overshadowed the gold and the four sets of wings were all bursting with blue flames.
'Leave that to us.'The fused Soul Projection grabbed War's hilt, using the collected elven blood plus that of the fusion between Lith and Solus to open new mana channels inside the shattered blade.
It exploited the ruined state of the blade to temporarily disconnect some Adamant pieces and soften them with controlled bursts of Origin Flames so that once they bathed in the blue flames again, they opposed no resistance to the new mana flow.
"This is the best we can do. We have bought as much time as we can. Anything else is beyond us.'
The Eyes of Menadion couldn't perceive the spells used by a Soul Projection but they could study its effects on the Adamant.
Usually, Lith and Solus would have loved to collect priceless data but in that moment they couldn't care less. The violent explosions of the spells employed and the amount of mana released during the conflict had alerted the inhabitants of the Fringe.
Dewan from the werepeople's village and elves from Setraliie had rushed to check on the source of the anomaly, discovering an appalling answer.
The area of the clearing was in ruin due to the cave-in caused by M'Rael's troops. Dozens of elven corpses littered the place and the only people alive belonged to a group of human and Emperor Beasts soaked in blood.
The High Chancellor was still alive and screaming in agony as his whole body was set ablaze in blue flames that erupted from his orifices and stumps.
Le'Ahy was among the border guards who had sounded the alarm first and was now staring at the familiar yet alien figure of the fusion.
Dewan and elves wanted to make the invader pay in blood, but the aura of the Lesser Dragons was terrifying. The aura of the other thing, however, sent horror freezing their veins.
The two species were enemies in every day's life but they charged together against a common enemy.
Until the creature had turned around, fixing its gaze upon them. The Tiamat Fear struck them down like a bolt of lightning, turning the charge into a chaotic tumble where the people in the back tripped on those in the front.
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