Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2874

Chapter 2874 Black Tide (Part 2)

2874 Black Tide (Part 2)

From that altitude, the group had a clear line as far as the eye could see. The light from the moon painted the scenery silver, leaving deep black lines on the horizon and wherever a shadow was cast.

"What's the m- Oh shit!" Tista shapeshifted her eyes and then opened the remaining five to get a better grasp of the situation.

"What?" Raagu asked in annoyance. "We have just left the camp and the enemy is hours away. Are you telling me someone else is going to attack us?"

"Allegedly hours away." Friya's eyesight was no better than a regular Awakened but her Scope spell worked better than a binocular, opening two small dimensional holes that allowed her to see from kilometers of distance. "Look."

She moved the entry point in front of the human representative who had to move her eyes back and forth from the dimensional fissure to make sure it wasn't some stupid prank.

The blackness at the horizon was no shadow but a marching band of living beings so tightly packed that even with Friya's spell it was hard to discern where one creature finished and another started.

The roiling mass of limbs and heads formed a compact front that moved like clockwork, as if the monsters followed the rhythm of war drums only they could hear.

Whenever one of them failed to keep up due to strain and fatigue, they would be pushed down by those right behind them. The fallen were stomped to death, their bones broken and their meat tenderized until it became a quick meal for the backlines.

Nothing went to waste, the dead were just fuel for the living war engine of the monster tide. There was no gap in their formation, with creatures of different races and heights marching side by side at a different pace that depended on the length of their limbs.

The tallest ones walked while the shortest, like the goblins, had to run. From a distance, it really looked like a tidal wave had crashed ashore and invaded the mainland.

The monster tide advanced with the smooth flow of water spilling over the ground, with different colored patches of hair for foam and tall creatures that stood out like waves amid the rest.

"How is this possible?" Raagu blurted out in surprise.

"I have no clue." Lith replied. "All I can tell you is that two days ago I witnessed the Black Tide myself and it was still roaming around the Fringe of Medolin. Is there a fallen race I'm not aware of that is capable of using dimensional magic?"

"No, there's not." The human representative shook her head. "Most monsters can't use magic at all, that's why they are called fallen. Only the lucky ones can use chore magic, let alone a complex discipline like dimensional magic."

Raagu too found the speed with which the Black Tide had reached them absurd. Lith lying to her would have made more sense and been easier to accept.

'Yet as deceptive Verhen is, there is one constant that makes him a reliable ally.' She thought. 'He would never put his wife in danger nor would he compromise the mission since the Royals are going to involve him in any future attempt anyway.'

"How far are we from the Wayfinder and how long does the Black Tide need to reach the camp?" Lith asked.

"Less than twenty kilometers." Friya replied, using the dimensional coordinates of the Home Stone to gauge the distance. "As for the how long, normally I'd say one hour and a half but at this speed, the monster tide would have needed weeks, not days to get here.

"Until we find out how the monsters can travel so fast, any estimate is a gamble."