Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2904

Chapter 2904 Warp Home (Part 2)

2904 Warp Home (Part 2)

"I can't believe that not long ago I was considering doing stuff like this." He sighed in disgust after pointing various strings of runes at Kamila.

Forbidden magic wasn't much different from regular magic unless one knew where to look. Then, it turned out to be a deadly trap whose cost and consequences were unknown until the spell was cast.

What doomed most mages who dabbled in forbidden magic was the fact that the runes of such spells could produce any kind of effect as long as the sacrificed life force and mana were enough but no way to know how much "enough" actually was.

Regular magic succeeded or failed based on the amount of mana stored in the mage's core. No matter how quick and skillful at chanting a yellow-cored mage was, he could never cast a tier four spell.

Every attempt would leave him exhausted and inflict upon him the effects of mana abuse but that was it.

Forbidden magic, instead, was devised to take the energy required from any external source available. If the sacrifices' mana wasn't enough, the spell would take it from anyone in the vicinities. If the mana wasn't enough, life force would do.

If not even the life force sufficed and the mage had failed to take proper precautions, the spell would spread outside their lab and reap victims until it reached completion.

A mage attempting a spell out of his league ended up exhausted. A mage attempting a forbidden spell out of his league ended up destroying everything he was trying to protect.

Even worse, the mana and life force channeled inside the forbidden spell would become part of the enchantments it conjured, damning those who had been sacrificed to fuel its effects to an eternity of suffering.

Their essence would constantly be burned by the magic and then replaced by the world energy in a cycle that could be broken only with the destruction of the cursed object.

"I can't believe it either but I can't say I'm surprised." Kamila shuddered and then kissed him on the cheek. "You have come a long way from the man you were on Earth. I can see Derek McCoy doing something like that out of spite for his enemies. _{freeweɓnøvel.com}

"Lith Verhen, however, is better than that. I'm proud of you. Never forget that." She embraced him, resting her head on his shoulder.

"Thanks." Lith wrapped his arms around her, returning the embrace.

Only the memory of the fight with the Eternal Fortress soured the moment for him.

Lith couldn't forget how easily the blue flames had answered his call. How when faced with a desperate situation, he hadn't hesitated to give up on himself to bring the Void Demon Dragon forward.

Lith couldn't help but wonder if Derek McCoy was truly gone or if he was just sitting away from the light, waiting for the darkness to fall again.

***

A week after the expedition's arrival on Jiera, the transcontinental Gate was ready.

Orion had yet to gain the trust of the elves of Medolin so he had to stay. Quylla couldn't leave her patients and Friya refused to leave Quylla's side.

Lith, Solus, Kamila, Tista, and Bodya bid their friends goodbye and returned to Garlen with a single step.