Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3668

"I expected worse from you. It's not like an egotistical jerk like you to risk his life for a bunch of blood-sucking parasites who'd gladly see you dead." Orpal said. _{freewёbnoνel.com}

"I owe no explanation to a slave of Meln Narchat." Lith replied. "Only death."

"I'm not Meln!" Orpal snarled. "My name is-"

"Come forth, Omega Prime!" Lith ignored him and deactivated the arrays of the Stonewall Fortress while calling upon the tower.

Without the magical formations draining the energy of the mana geyser, Solus triggered her imprint, and the tower Warped to their position.

An emerald fissure bigger than an Elder Divine Beast appeared right behind the Undead Courts' lines, and what came out of it brought the fighting to a halt.

An armored stone colossus over 40 meters (132') meters tall stretched the fissure open with its hands, taking a single step on the battlefield that made the ground quake.

The Prime Engine looked like a knight with clawed gauntlets studded with huge elemental crystals of all seven colors. An angular face mask covered its mouth, and its battle helm had triangular crystals jutting from the sides of its head where the ears were supposed to be.

"Omega. What a lame name." There were no Greek letters on Mogar, so Orpal assumed it was a made-up term. "All this fuss for an oversized Stone Golem? We'll take it down like we've done with his little brothers. Like I'll do with you, little brother!"

Lith didn't reply. He shapeshifted into his Tiamat form while Solus climbed on his shoulder and jumped back into the Engine. Yet there was no crash upon contact. The stone giant rippled like the surface of a lake and let the Tiamat in.

The Engine rearranged itself, forming an exoskeleton that fitted the Tiamat like a second skin. Thanks to Lith's mass, the Prime engine rose to 50 meters (164') of height, its body stretching in every direction.

"That's not a Golem!" The Dead King warned his soldiers. "That's an armor!"

At the same time, Solus relieved the tower from the strain of sustaining her physical body, leaving only her consciousness behind. She integrated her mind with the tower core, taking its power and giving it sentience.

She became the bridge between the enchantments of the tower and Lith's mind, becoming a living interface. Lith could now focus on controlling the physical aspect of the fight while Solus filtered and organized all the data collected by the Ears, the Eyes, and the various floors of the tower.

Their minds were still linked, sharing the burden evenly between Solus, Lith, and the tower core. Yet each one of the three was free to focus solely on their own task, delegating the rest to the other two.

The Prime Engine's exterior turned from stone gray to pitch black, and five extra eyes opened on its face. A golden light, more radiant than any mana crystal studded on the armor, sparked from the center of its chest, spreading rhythmical pulses of energy like a beating heart.

'Shouldn't we call this "The Nemesis" rather than "The Omega"?' Solus asked with a chuckle.

'Good Bohr, I've created a monster.' Lith chuckled back.

Double Edge encased Ragnarök and, in turn, was encased by the tower-sized Solus' Fury. The three weapons fused, giving the Engine a blade that fitted its hands like an extension of its being.

"Stop staring like idiots and attack!" Less than two seconds had passed since the appearance of the Engine, but the silence was deafening, distorting the fighters' perception of time.

The Upyrs knew the Dead King's reputation and didn't respect him enough to trust his words over their survival instinct. And they were right.