Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2884

Chapter 2884 Old Magic (Part 2)

2884 Old Magic (Part 2)

Raagu had already faced a similar strategy and she knew how to adjust her spells under any circumstance. She just needed time to correct the runes' sequence according to the new balance.

Time that she didn't have.

The Warp Gate opened despite their valiant attempts to disrupt it and Thaymos the Eternal Fortress crossed it with a single step. The lost city stood over 100 meters (330 feet) tall, its body comprised of lustrous white stones.

For one moment, the image of the White Griffon in its White Knight form overlapped with Thaymos, but the two couldn't be more different. The Eternal Fortress had no wings and unlike the academy, each piece of his body showed clear signs of what building every piece belonged.

The head was a main keep with a metal drawbridge for a jaw and a portcullis shaped to resemble teeth. Two of the many round windows lit with orange light were supposed to be the eyes, or at least that was the impression they gave.

Tall towers stood on the shoulder pads that extended into two stocky arms formed by what looked like the west and east wings of the castle. The fingers on each hand were formed by smaller buildings like stables and servants' quarters held together by the magic animating the living legacy.

The main bulk of the castle formed the chest, with the external walls wrapped around it as a rickety armor. The legs, so to speak, were two conical, featureless stumps formed by the underground floors of the fortress after being piled up on each other.

The "feet" had no toes or heels. They were just two cylinders wider than those above to give the legs stability.

Where the White Knight looked exactly like a giant man wearing a Royal Fortress armor, Thaymos the Eternal Fortress looked like a castle that had taken on humanoid features solely for the sake of convenience.

There was nothing human in it nor was it pretending to be one.

["What's going on?"] Thaymos asked, his voice formed by the sounds of slamming doors and thudding gates. ["This is not where the Steps was supposed to appear. Where's this so-called Tea-Rain?"]

There was no word for train in the old version of Tyris' language that Thaymos spoke. Orpal hadn't bothered finding one and the Eternal Fortress had no desire to update his vocabulary so they had settled for the closest-sounding thing.

"What is it saying?" Raagu's magically amplified voice resounded above the clangor of battle even at great distance, reaching Inxialot who was her target but also those still high in the sky.

"I'm not my mother, I'm not decrepit enough to have ever learned that language." He replied. "I should have a dictionary back at home, though."

"It's saying that it was expecting to have reached the Wayfinder." Lith replied in annoyance before realizing that Tista and Friya were looking at him in surprise. "What's the matter? The accent is funny but that thing speaks clearly."

"For you." Tista said. "It's gibberish to m- Great Mother almighty!"

Instead of dissipating like it usually happened, the life force and mana that comprised the Warp Steps flowed into the gate-mouth of the living legacy and into the windows, doors, and every opening visible on his limbs.