Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3563

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"Someone had to end up fifth." The earth tail said. "After all, I’m one of the two suckers with no equipment."

Zimer Gernoff had masterfully exploited the enemy’s lack of Spirit Magic to conjure air- and darkness-sealing arrays at the right moment to escape from the jaws of death.

Whenever the earth tail came too close, an air-sealing array would negate his flying spell and send him diving down. Whenever Tezka tried to corner Zimer with his Chaos spells, a darkness sealing array intercepted them, wasting the Suneater’s efforts and mana.

"Yeah, and there’s not much we can do against someone with Spirit Magic who focuses on running away." A second one-tailed Tezka appeared in front of Zimer, forcing him to a halt. "Sorry for the wait."

"Don’t mention it." The Awakened racked his brain for a solution but found none before the barrage of spells coming at him from every direction turned him into dust. "Time to end this."

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Bashel Gernoff tried every trick he had been taught and that he could come up with during a high-speed chase, but nothing worked. The gravity tail’s flight speed was faster than anything Bashel could conjure and Spirit Warping solved nothing.

Somehow, Tezka kept the passage open until he passed through, so the distance between them only got shorter.

’The only silver lining is that to power his gravity magic and keep up with my Spirit Flight Spell, he can’t focus on anything else.’ Bashel thought. ’That tail has yet to cast a single spell, probably to save mana.

’Unlike me, he can’t use a breathing technique and has just a fraction of the strength of the full Tezka. I only have to last until he runs out of mana and-’ Bashel slammed against an invisible wall as hard as Adamant with such violence that he almost lost consciousness.

The shock and a serious concussion disrupted his flight spell, making him plunge toward the ground with watery eyes from his bloody nose.

"Today is your lucky day, boy." Something slowed down the fall and brought the young man up in the air again. "You can relax. I’m not going to kill you anymore."

A quick breath of Invigoration cleared the concussion and Bashel’s vision. The Fylgja floating in front of him had six tails and, to make matters worse, Life Vision confirmed Bashel he was trapped inside Tezka’s Chaos Dimension.

The Awakened tried all his powers and the enchantments of his equipment, but the world energy rejected his touch. Bashel then tried to Spirit Blink but only an emerald fissure the size of a nut appeared.

"I can’t suppress Spirit Magic, boy, but I can compress space." Tezka squeezed his fist, crushing the Blink like a fly. "Now stop squirming or I’ll make you. Are we clear?"

It was no question or request. It was a promise.

Bashel swallowed hard and nodded for the Fylgja to continue.

"Good. You see, if I kill all of you, the Gernoff will only know that your assault failed and might try again in the future. Since you are the last one standing, I need you alive to deliver a message to your elders for me." Tezka said.

"You’re lying." Bashel said as Tezka’s words gave him the final pieces of the puzzle.

"About you being alive or the message?" The Fylgja said with a savage grin.