Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2873

Chapter 2873 Black Tide (Part 1)

2873 Black Tide (Part 1)

"Point taken." The Banshee imprinted the Home Stone and buried it right outside the Wayfinder's dimensional compressing array.

Lith took the babies out of the carrier and handed them to Kamila before removing the harness.

"Keep them close and don't leave their side not even for one second." He said while looking her straight in the eyes.

"I will protect them with my life." She nodded.

"Yeah, sure. You are totally going to protect them and not the other way around." Lith had a hard time keeping a straight face. "Be a good girl and take care of your mom, okay?"

"Mama." Elysia nodded as her father cupped her face and kissed the crown of her head before moving on to Valeron the Second.

"Be a good boy and remember that I love you. I'll be back soon." Lith put his hands on the baby boy's cheeks and Valeron gripped the fingers with all of his strength.

"No." He cried, shapeshifting into his Bahamut form to claw at Lith's skin in an attempt to hold him there. "No!"

"No?" Lith asked in confusion. "No as in, you don't want me to come back?"

"No!" Valeron cried harder, flames bursting out of his mouth and silver lightning coursing through his small body to give it strength.

Lith had failed to consider that this was the first time he had said Valeron goodbye since adopting him nor was he aware of the fact that his parting words were painfully similar to those that Jormun had spoken with his final breath.

Only when Lith shapeshifted as well did the Dragon scales solve the mystery and convey all of the baby boy's pain and fear. The violent flow of emotions made Lith reel, unable to break contact until he shapeshifted back into human form.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you worry, little one. Rest assured, I am coming back. I promise." He kissed Valeron's forehead and stepped back, gently escaping his grip.

"No!" The Life Maelstrom focused on the baby boy's hands and burst forward in a powerful stream that hit Lith square in the chest.

He opened his emerald eye to defend himself from the sudden attack and Dominate the silver lightning, just to receive another blow that put him on his knees.

Another emotional blow.

There was no aggression in the bolts of energy. They were just the clumsy attempt of Valeron the Second to protect Lith. Their violence came solely from the lack of mastery of the baby over his own abilities.

Even without Domination, Lith needed but a thought to bridle the silver bolts of lightning to his will and control them like they were his own. He could feel the emerald and the yellow eyes react to the newfound power.

It made sense since Life Maelstrom was a mix of life force and air element. The tingle in his black and red eye, however not so much.

"No." Once Valeron's mana organ ran out of Life Maelstrom, the stream of energy faded along with his voice.

The baby struggled until the strain from using so much strength made him fall asleep. Yet even after losing consciousness his inner turmoil endured and small tears streamed down his cheeks.

Shocked and confused, Elysia shapeshifted into her Tiamat form. Valeron's pain hit her like a nightmare come true and she started crying as well. She didn't know the right words and her father was out of her grasp so she cried for him to stay.