Supreme Magus novel Chapter 389

"No." Kamila’s voice went from surprise to worry.

"Tampering with the barrier is a capital crime. I am certain there is no detector array because the barrier already includes one that warns us if the Shadows breach through or if the Black Star is about to escape. Can you show it to me?"

Lith chanted an array revealing spell, aiming it precisely at the red string. It made the hidden formation visible. It surrounded the whole barrier while remaining at its fringes.

"I can’t believe no one ever noticed it, nor that you also know Warden magic. Do you even sleep at night?"

Lith would have liked to flirt with her a bit, but saying something like: "Only when the company isn’t good" on the army communicator could lead his superiors to change his handler with a middle aged man with a deep love for beer and cheese.

"Sometimes." He replied while smirking. Kamila’s full body 3D hologram appeared from the amulet to take a better look at the situation. She was wearing a white shirt and a pencil skirt that emphasized her slender legs.

"I’ll report this immediately. I recognize the design. Whoever left it, gets notified every time the barrier is opened. It represents a breach of classified information like the schedule of the cleansings and the Rangers’ patrol frequency. Great job spotting it."

Lith was aware that without Life Vision or mana sense, the extra array would have been as good as invisible. Its presence added another unknown variable to the scenario.

’With my luck, the b*stard is already keeping an eye on me.’ _{free𝑤ebnovel.com}

His grumblings were interrupted when the vapors surrounding the Black Star disappeared, leaving in its place a miniature sun. Wherever its rays shone, the buildings rebuilt themselves while the Shadows were slowly turned back into humans.

The blackness of their features was washed away on the ground until it became a normal shadow, following rather than possessing the body which projected it.

"Time to go in." Lith returned to his starting point, right in front of the farm belonging to the man that had weaved at him an hour earlier. He chanted the spell that released the barrier, slipping inside before it closed behind him.

The farmer looked at him with a surprised expression for a second.

<"how did="" you="" get="" in,="" stranger?=""></"how> The man said. (AN: Translated from ancient Kadurian)

Lith smiled and waved at him while pretending to have understood his words.

’Dammit. Why there is no translate spell or a convenient mind link when you need it? Things would be much easier if we were able to communicate.’

Lith’s plan was simple. He would always pick the same entry point and start killing from the inside of the city. That way, he would notice if the humans retained a memory between cycles based on their reactions, while leaving the inhabitants of the outer rims neutral to his presence.

If he started attacking from the outer rim instead, he would meet increasing resistance with each assault he launched and his chances of studying the phenomenons related to the Dark Star would be zero.

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Hundreds of kilometers away, location unknown.

The opening of the barrier surrounding Kaduria activated the red array, which signaled to its owner by lighting a small gem on one of his many bracelets.