2891 Final Destination (Part 3)
For a fake mage, the trick to perform a Blade Tier spell was to perceive the tiny specks of mana that left their body to feed their equipment and follow them to locate the power core.
Blade Tier spells followed the same principles as tier five spells and once conjured, one could pour as much mana as they wanted. In Orion's case, he had to draw the energy from the power cores and add it to Elemental Sonata while keeping the spell matrix intact.
It was both slower and more difficult than what an Awakened would do since they would add the power from their equipment while weaving the spell instead of splitting the process into multiple steps.
On top of that, due to the lack of Spirit Magic Orion's Elemental Sonata used only six of the seven elements. The silver lightning became one with the Blade Spell and the multi-colored light of his blade turned white.
Orion put every iota of mana and Life Maelstrom in Elemental Sonata. The tip of the blade traced gentle curves in the air that encompassed Thaymos' figure from head to toe.
'Based on what Solus told us, targeting the Black Tide is pointless and we don't know where that thing's pseudo core is hidden.' Orion thought. 'Instead of a focused blow that's likely to be of no consequence, I'm going to spread my energy.
'It won't do much damage but with a bit of luck, it is going to give us a clue about how to defeat it.' The white beam of Elemental Sonata burst from the tip of Grimlock, cutting through the barriers and rock in the same pattern as Orion's flowing movements.
["What?"] Thaymos yelled in surprise as the Blade Spell carved him like a scalpel, the cuts clinical and precise but also shallow.
The surprise was much worse than the damage. That whole night had been one shock after the other, making him realize how outdated his magic was.
Lith and Tista had just reached their respective positions when Elemental Sonata lit the sky. While they were still busy dodging the spell, Kelia contacted them on their amulets and informed them of Orion's intentions.
They used the Monocles of Menadion to study the reaction of the lost city, hoping to see him defend a particular area or his regeneration being slower in a specific point.
Alas, the only relevant wound on the Eternal Fortress was the one to his pride.
'Void and Blight?' Lith asked, cursing their bad luck.
'Void and Blight.' Tista nodded and drew a deep breath.
Then, the Tiamat and the Hekate unleashed a twin burst of Void and Blight Flames, aimed respectively in the back and in the front of the lost city. This way, even if Lith and Tista were to fail to control the elemental giants, Thaymos would be right in the middle of their conflict.
Just like a few minutes ago, the Cursed Flames seemed to cancel each other, forming a small sphere each. They fed upon the monsters, draining from them the element they both lacked to form bodies 23 meters (76') tall.
["Seriously, I'm still on Mogar or what?"] Thaymos' patience was quickly reaching its limits. ["How many things did that bastard gloss over? Either everyone here is bonded to a living legacy or I've been set up!"]
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Supreme Magus