Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2837

Chapter 2837 Welcome Committee (Part 1)

'Magnificent!' Orion felt proud of his daughter but also envious of Lith and Solus.

"The good news is that we suffered no damage or casualty during the attack. The bad news is that if any of those beasts survived and called for reinforcements, it won't take them long to find us.

"If they keep attacking us in the open sea, we'll be forced to make multiple stops and delay our arrival."

"Thank the gods." Raagu sighed in relief.

"I beg your pardon?" Orion was flabbergasted.

"Oh, sorry. The full phrase was actually: thank the gods Inxialot can't hear anything from the Sealed Box. Otherwise at this point, his whining would have driven me crazy. That or he would have tried to kill us all and return to his lab."

Nero meowed in approval, but Raagu didn't fall for his act one bit.

'There's no way on Mogar that a normal cat talks, reasons, and even protects the secrets of its airheaded master. I have no idea how Nero's mana core is cloaked even to my breathing technique but if he's a cat then I'm a Guardian.' She thought.

"Maybe I can help." Kelia stepped forward. "I know that at my level I can't do much in a fight compared to you guys but I can still earn my spot among the Wayfinder's crew."

She placed her hands on the metal of the external wall, using her breathing technique, Sun Flare, to identify the main rune pathways that connected the mana crystals to each other and to the power core.

At that point, she stimulated her mana core and had its energy synchronize with Dusk's power core. It lasted only for a split second, but it opened a crack in Baba Yaga's seal that the Horseman exploited to release as much Life Maelstrom as he could before the seal reformed.

The seal only prevented Dusk from accessing his powers, it didn't diminish them one bit. The equivalent of one burst of silver lightning generated by an adult Griffon at the peak of his strength flooded the Wayfinder.

It was split between the enchantments that comprised the power core and the size of the Train also diluted the effect of Life Maelstrom but even then, it was enough to amplify the absorption rate of world energy by several folds.

"It's done." She panted, sweating profusely from the strain. "This way we should be able to resume our journey before the magical beasts can gather in numbers great enough to be a threat to us."

The system's mainframe confirmed her words. The recharge process would now last half an hour instead of four.

'I can finally give them both Hands.' Friya sighed in relief, feeling the power of Menadion's masterpiece at her fingertips. 'Master Faluel entrusted them to me in case of emergency and thanks to Kelia, there's no longer the risk of exposing them.'

Unbeknownst to everyone, Friya and Lith were using their respective Hands to empower the Wayfinder under the cover of Kelia's Life Maelstrom.

The power core ended up recovering in just a quarter of an hour thanks to the synergy between the artifacts and the bloodline ability and the rest of the trip was uneventful.

At least until they reached Jiera's coast.

"Shore!" Sentinels had been left outside the whole time in order to react more quickly in case old or new enemies found them. "Also, we've got several unidentified humanoids inbound. Everyone to the battle stations!"

A group of creatures covered in sky-blue scales were approaching the Wayfinder from both sides. Their webbed fingers combined with their steel-like muscles and their mastery over water magic allowed them to match the Train's speed.

"Oh, right." Lith gestured the all-clear to Orion. "They are not beasts. They are merfolk from Jiera. I can vouch for their good nature." _{freēwebnovel.com}