Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3599

Chapter 3599 Standstill (Part 2)

"I said careful, you moron!" The female voice sounded again. "Do you want this place to cave in on our heads? Awakened are hard to kill, not immortal!"

Nalrond inwardly cursed but kept his pace steady. He couldn't afford to trigger one of the alarms or alert the enemy of his presence.

"Can't you deactivate these gods-damn arrays? They keep getting in the way of our spells."

"Yeah, right." A male voice scoffed. "Then what would stop you from killing me the moment we catch our prize? You have brought along your precious disciples, whereas I'm alone. I won't give you any more advantage."

Nalrond turned around, his face twisted in honest confusion. His companions shook their heads. None of them knew the people to whom the voices belonged.

'Solus?' Lith asked.

'Still too far away for the Eyes, I'm sorry.' She replied. 'Mom?'

'It doesn't look good, dear.' Menadion moved ahead of the group and shared her senses via the black chains with Lith.

A large section of the mines' walls had been blasted open to reveal the Rezar's safe house. It was a space much wider than the previous hideouts, enough to comfortably host twenty people the size of an adult Rezar.

Every piece of furniture was made of clay or stone, and they all lay scattered and shattered throughout the various rooms. Two richly dressed bright violet-cored Awakened and one Rezar stood at different corners of the cave in a triangle formation.

One of the Awakened was a middle-aged man with grizzled black hair and beard who kept himself as close to the mines as he could. Tendrils of energy extended from the nearby array field, allowing him to draw upon its powers.

Yet the Rezars had built the safe house outside the magical formations and expanding their area of effect past its natural limits put quite a burden on their master who could exert only a fraction of their true might.

The other one was an old woman with white hair so clear that it looked silvery. The only colors she had left were the blue and black streaks of her elemental affinities.

She was accompanied by five bright blue-cored younger Awakened.

It was impossible to tell their age, but judging by their stunning physical appearance, they had been Awakened at a young age. Their resemblance with their mentor revealed they also had to be part of the same bloodline.

The Rezar stood at the far end of the room, cornered against a wall. He had several missing scales and open wounds that were closing at a discernible speed. Four spheres of light orbited around him, reminding Menadion of the elemental god spells.

'I don't get it.' Ripha thought. 'What may have caused this standstill? Seven Awakened are more than enough to capture a single Emperor Beast with ease. Yet, cornering Salman like this should have been impossible.

'Why does he stand there like an idiot instead of escaping by merging with the stone wall like Nalrond does?' She could only rely on her regular sight since even Fire Vision would have lit her eyes up and revealed her position.

'Excellent question.' Lith passed the Eyes of Menadion to her, leaving the Ears to Friya. 'What's the answer?'

'The Awakened have coated the entire safe house with a thin layer of Spirit Magic that insulates it from the Rezar's bloodline ability and traps him.' Menadion replied. 'Yet they failed to capture him because he's damn smart.