Supreme Magus novel Chapter 445

City of Othre, unknown location.

’What the heck?’ The one controlling the Carpenter remained mildly amused discovering that their creature was incapacitated.

’It takes barely more than one second to switch the main body after the first one becomes poisoned. The little bastard must have saved a tier four, if not even five, magical ring for the grand finale. _{frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓}

’Otherwise the Ranger had no way to deal that much damage in such a short amount of time.’ They reviewed the whole fight, assessing each team member’s threat level.

’Playing with them was the right choice. Manohar is just as dangerous as they say he is. No one has ever managed to extract one of my puppies from its host before. I’ve spent a long time to make sure it’s something impossible to do, yet he pulled it off at the first attempt.

’He even managed to neutralize its assimilation abilities after less than a day worth of study. There’s no telling what he could discover if they catch another made mage and I can’t hope for the same trick to work twice.

’I need to find out the weak point Manohar exploited, or the next time they could stop me.’ Yet instead of being worried about their plan being ruined, they smiled instead.

’It’s refreshing finally meeting a worthy opponent. Fooling Constables and leading Healers by the nose becomes boring after a while. He seems the kind of man that would gladly join me, I need just to...’

When they noticed that the sun was about to set, they were forced to interrupt their plans and prepare for the evening.

’Dammit, I shouldn’t have chosen this ridiculous body. Between family and servants, I have barely the time to collect mana from my puppies. My next alias will be someone inconspicuous and with much fewer responsibilities.’

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Tista and Lith had a hard time explaining they had nothing to do with the two guards’ disappearance. It was the first time for her seeing two humans die in such a gruesome way. Compared to the Carpenter, even the Fallen races looked cute and cuddly.

As for Lith, being found with a bloodstained blade while standing right in front of a pile of ashes made him the prime suspect. Their situation improved the moment Great Mage Thane checked Manohar condition and discovered he was fit as a fiddle.

Unluckily, things took a turn for the worse when he woke up.

"Idiots! Because of those idiots, I’ve lost a unique specimen!" He yelled in a temper tantrum.

"Not to mention your life." Lith was serving a tee spiked with a strong liquor hoping to calm the mind of those present.

"Who cares about my life? I mean, I survived far worse." Manohar corrected himself once he realized he was the one they were talking about.

"If those incompetent fools weren’t already reduced to dust, I would raise them from the dead just to have the pleasure to kill them myself!"