Supreme Magus novel Chapter 438

The lightning bolts conjured by the frenzied merchant were tier one spells, but their power was on par with those produced by a tier three one. Lith was far enough from the caster to not have problems dodging the attack, whereas Jirni wasn’t so lucky.

Her Royal Constable uniform was able to tank a lot of damage before she would get seriously injured, yet she couldn’t afford to get hit. It was because of her orders that no one had stopped the woman from laying waste to the building.

If the target died before they captured her, it would have been all for naught. To make things worse, Jirni hadn’t missed that the woman had been casting spells non stop since their arrival.

’If she gets me once, she’ll keep attacking until I’m dead.’ Jirni thought. She extended forward her right hand, with which she was holding in between her fingers the three needles she had planned to use to paralyze her target.

They reacted to the incoming spell by turning into lightning rods that diverted and trapped the energy making it harmless. Jirni exploited the surprise effect to get close enough to incapacitate her enemy, but the merchant reacted so fast that her movements were almost a blur.

She dodged Jirni’s needles and kicked her at the same time. The woman was no fighter. Her attack was sloppy and telegraphed, allowing Jirni to jump back to significantly reduce the impact.

The kick was still too fast to avoid and so violent that it squeezed the air out of her lungs.

Lith too was in a pinch, but of a completely different kind. After extinguishing the fire, he had no idea what to do. He had countless ways of stopping the crazy merchant, but they all required him to use magic.

’I don’t even know if I can get close without killing her.’ He thought.

’Life Vision shows me that she is sucking even more world energy than the last psycho I fought. She might be able to feed on the mana I naturally emit as an Awakened one and die of mana poisoning because of it. Any ideas?’

’Violence is not an option.’ Solus pointed out. ’If ten centimeters long blazing splinters piercing her body don’t cause her any discomfort, I doubt even fractures could hinder her.

’I can block your mana flow, but that would mean no spirit nor fusion magic. You would be left with only your enhanced body as an asset.’

Lith inwardly nodded and joined the fray. Jirni was one of the few persons he really liked, maybe too much. They were so similar that it almost scared him. Mostly because he was afraid to end up like her, with a family of his own.

Yet he didn’t want to lose her, nor he wanted her relatives to experience what he had went through with Carl. They were all his friends, even Orion. The merchant saw Lith’s approaching and reacted accordingly.

Or at least she tried.

The gap in height, training, and physique was overwhelming. Even without fusion magic, she was moving in slow motion in Lith’s eyes. His right fist struck the tip of her chin with pinpoint precision to induce a concussion that would make her faint.

The hit dislocated the jaw with a snap, but the woman kept standing. Lith followed through with a liver shot with his left that would have incapacitated a man triple her size.

The jaw fixed itself with another snap as the woman flexed her muscles turning the splinters stuck in her body into deadly projectiles. Not a single drop of blood came from the open wounds, which instantly healed.