Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3229

Chapter 3229 Cogs in the Machine (Part 2)

Lith took the Suneater's hand and triggered the mind link.

Everyone understood the severity of the information when color drained from Lith's face and his eyes turned from cold to shocked as if he was about to face his own execution.

A wave of Lith's hand conjured a new set of holographic arrays that overlapped with Aalejah's scaled model, adding small but unsettling details to it.

The magical formations did more than just overlap. The runes comprising them interacted with each other like the teeth of neighboring cogs. Arrays were static by nature but those Lith was showing were capable of rotating on their respective axis.

"As you can see, this is the main issue when dealing with a World Tree." Tezka explained since Lith was too focused on studying the hologram to speak. "By changing the runes in the various contact points, each array can produce many different effects.

"It increases the versatility of the Yggdrasill's defense system, making it unpredictable. Even worse, the junction runes also allow adjacent arrays to combine their effects. Lith, if you please."

With a series of rotations, the center array assumed a gravity enchantment while each of those nearby took on offensive properties. The final result was a gravitational cage that made all spells converge on its target with no hope of avoiding them.

The main array would place its center of gravity inside its victim, making them collapse under their own weight. Everything thrown inside the gravity cage would fall toward the prisoner like a homing missile.

"If one attack doesn't work, the World Tree learns from their failure and alters the configuration of the other arrays accordingly. On top of that, know that once you are inside the Fringe, you are bound to be inside at least one array.

"There's not a single unprotected centimeter in there, I assure you. To make things even spicier, the connection between the arrays works as a mana conduit. If you try to dismantle one magical formation, the others back it up. What's inside protects what's outside and vice versa."

"Great Mother almighty!" Baba Yaga recognized the design and felt her knees buckle. Luckily for her, she was already sitting. "That's the Odi multi-layer array project. My people invented that thing millennia ago."

Those words gave Lith hope. He had faced the ancient Odi civilization and was familiar with their arrays. They were powerful but had a fatal flaw that made them collapse in a domino effect when exploited.

"How did the Yggdrasill perfect it? There is no flaw to exploit. No way to beat them but dismantle them all at the same time!" As the Maiden spoke, Lith's hopes crumbled.

"My guess is lots of time, research, and integrating the Odi project with the many Warden bloodline legacies that the World Tree acquired through the millennia." Tezka shrugged.

"He is right." Aalejah nodded. "Librarians don't just keep accounts of the Yggdrasill's knowledge. They also work full-time to improve and combine it with other suitable forms of magic.

"The greatest weakness of the Awakened community is that they don't share and don't collaborate. Seemingly impossible problems often have a solution in another bloodline legacy but the two never make contact until they both fall into the Tree's roots."

"Still, how is it that possible?" Baba Yaga was flabbergasted. "So many arrays and Golems would need a mage tower to work, minimum."

"In a way, you are right." The elf replied. "During their life, the Yggdrasill grows on top of the mana geyser and extends their roots through the most abundant world energy veins.

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