Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3549

The hardwood door shook with a boom of thunder. Whatever had hit it from the other side carried enough strength to deform the enchanted wood and make the office’s walls tremble.

"I guess we are out of time." Kugoh said as a second blow damaged the door beyond what its self-repair properties could handle and blew it off its hinges.

A black-armored figure with seven glowing eyes walked through the cracked doorframe as he handed a finely decorated hammer to a petite feminine figure.

"Supreme Magus Verhen and Great Mage Verhen, I presume." Kugoh stepped forward, pushing Shasa behind him.

Lith ignored him, using the Eyes and Ears of Menadion to scan the office for traps and arrays. A snap of his fingers conjured hard-light constructs shaped like nails that jammed the mechanisms in the room and destroyed the focus points of the magical formations. _{freēwēbnovel.com}

"I must admit, you are nothing like the rumors describe you." Kugoh felt the control crystal in his pocket shatter as the last array faded into nothingness. "You are much, much worse."

Lith kept ignoring the Behemoth, his seven eyes darting all over the room for anything that looked odd, out of place, or discordant with the rest of the office’s mana flow.

"Is there any chance we can solve this without a fight?" The Behemoth endured the disrespect, knowing that until Lith didn’t move out the doorframe there was no way out of the room. "I’ve conducted a clean business that doesn’t violate the laws of the Awakened Council.

"I’ve kept my operations out of your turf and refused to provide my services to those I knew were your enemies. There is no feud between us."

"You can answer a question." Only after Lith made sure there were no more surprises waiting for him did he talk. "Why those people? What did they do to you?"

"Why?" The Behemoth chuckled like it was a funny joke. "Because I needed test subjects. I’ve never met those people and they did nothing to me. They are just cattle. Do humans need a reason to kill a chicken or a calf?

"No. They do it because they can and because the meat tastes good. Animals are below humans in the food chain just as humans are below Emperor Beasts. The strong live and the weak die. It’s as simple as that."

"Remember those words when I kill you." Lith stepped forward, releasing the violet aura of the Full Guard enchantment of his Voidwalker armor.

Elemental crystals appeared on his gauntlets and one blade for each knuckle extended from the Hands of Menadion.

"You are indeed strong, but you have yet to live twenty-one full years." Kugoh tutted, his tone condescending as if he was talking to a naïve child. "I’m almost one hundred years old and had all the time to learn how to fight against beings much more powerful than you."

Shasa grabbed the Behemoth’s shoulder on cue and infused him with two bolts of silver lightning. One for Kugoh’s body and the second for his equipment, increasing their powers tenfold.

At the same time, the Behemoth activated his tattoo containing contaminated potions, bringing his body and fusion magic to the deep violet. Kugoh was a lesser Griffon and even though Behemoths had none of their foremother’s bloodline abilities, they had inherited Tyris’ full physical prowess.

An adult Behemoth was as strong as an adult Griffon and thanks to the Hippogriff’s Life Maelstrom, Kugoh was ten times stronger than that. When he stepped forward, the mere pressure exerted by his clawed foot dug a crater into the solid, enchanted stone of the office.

Kugoh’s speed took Lith by surprise as much as his real nature did. Behemoths were fierce and skilled fighters. With their wings and tail, they had as many limbs as a Tiamat and used them masterfully.