Supreme Magus novel Chapter 406

’Solus, do you have any idea about what are those black orbs?’ Lith thought.

’Incoming at 12 o’clock!’ She shouted when Treius opened his mouth once again.

’Leave the idiot to me. I need an edge to win this fight and you are my only hope.’ A snap of Lith’s fingers made another of the six points of Yurial’s Hexagram light up with a red light as the yellow one faded away.

The tier five Raging Sun that Treius was about to unleash died out like a lighter out of gas. Even with the Black Star’s support, only a few sparks came out.

The array was a variation of Silverwing’s Hexagram that Yurial had theorized after gaining a deeper understanding of the impossible array. His take on the spell was weaker, yet in exchange it caused much less strain on the caster.

It had taken Lith years to turn his old friend’s theories into reality. Just looking at Treius shocked expression repaid him of all his hard work.

’First, he took away my flight spell and now this? What’s happening?’ The moment the ant started retaliating to brute force with technique, the dragon lost his spunk.

’You are still under the array, you idiot.’ The Black Star’s thoughts were filled with contempt. ’I have no idea what it does, but I’m pretty sure that if you get out of its area of effect it will stop working.’

Lith saw Treius muscles contract and with a thought released Yurial’s Hexagram’s full force. The array didn’t simply negate one element at the time, it absorbed the mana composing the nullified spells and stored it for later use.

All the six points of the star lit up. The magical formation was now employing the stolen energy and the array’s to generate a powerful gravity field that made Treius collapse under his own weight.

The Shadows exploited the situation to attack their enemy with all their might.

’It will not hold for long. The array drained only two spells, one of which was a cantrip.’ Lith thought.

’Okay, okay.’ Solus replied with a frustrated tone while scanning the floating orbs with all of her senses and making her brain spin at top gear to get at least a hypothesis about their nature.

’Done. We know that when a Shadow touches its victim, it saps their life force and mana. Also, after killing the Shadow, you recover your life force, right? Each of these spheres has its own energy signature, like a proper living being.

’I think that by attacking the Black Star, the Shadows are retrieving their own life force that the cursed item stole in the first place. They are still here after the Shadows’ defeat because they have nowhere to go until the Black Star absorbs them again.’

Lith nodded in understatement. Even in death, the Kadurians were fighting against their oppressor. They were clinging on the retrieved life force with all their might.

’Then maybe...’ Lith grabbed the nearest sphere. ’If I can absorb them, then I might be able to get as big as he is and regain the upper hand.’

Yet nothing happened. Lith could feel the residual mental energy recognizing him a friend, but nothing more. Like a mother that had just found her lost child, it refused to let the energy go.

’So much for all that "share your power with me" bullshit.’ Lith inwardly cursed. ’Useless humans. We are fighting the same battle yet they can only think about themselves. Every man for himself then.’