Supreme Magus novel Chapter 484

Dozens of mages and as many tier five spells flew across the room. As chaos ensued, Lith and the others were Warped outside Thrud’s hideout.

"Don’t worry, we’ll take it from here." Said an old mage with snow white long hair and beard. Lith could see several Wardens taking down the arrays protecting the outpost one by one.

The fighters didn’t attempt to pile up on Thrud. Even in her weakened state, now that the Carpenters and their expendable vortexes were by her side, she didn’t hesitate to make them self destruct.

The Mad Queen was aware of the mana geyser’s presence and used it to overload her minions with world energy causing explosions that rivaled tier five spells. She hadn’t used it to fuel her arrays because she needed it to draw energy for Arthan’s Madness.

The Carpenters’ ability to absorb the surrounding world energy was just a pale imitation of her pseudo Accumulation skill. For centuries she had been close to perfecting her father’s creation, to the point that her core had actually evolved.

She was on the brink of turning it to purple, but she was unable to correctly expel impurities, leading her core to turn rainbow colored due to their presence. Thrud had used the mana geyser to refine her body and develop her clones before Mogar could reclaim its stolen energy.

Now she was forced to destroy her own sanctum, yet the outcome of that night’s events pleased her.

’Manohar alone wasn’t a match for me. Even this Country’s greatest genius was a mere child compared to my strength. I just have to take my time and kill him as soon as the opportunity presents itself, before he can become a real threat.

’The others were irrelevant at best. My only worry is the Ranger, but first things first. To challenge Tyris I need more power, more artifacts. Let’s see how granny dearest takes this blow to her precious Kingdom!’

Thrud made several Carpenters detonate at once, using them as cover while she retrieved the dimensional amulets from her thralls.

"Thank you for your help, idiots. This is my parting gift!" Her eyes turned purple, activating the corresponding gemstone on her sword. Space itself was torn apart by her artifact, creating a fissure which led her hundreds of miles away.

Banishing wasn’t an escape spell, though. The fissure instantly closed, leaving behind a crack that spread to all the recently opened Warps’ entry and exit points. Arthan’s Sword had made space unstable, turning dimensional magic spells into suicide.

"Fly away!" Yelled many mages at once. Yet a few of their companions didn’t manage to disengage from their opponents before it was too late. The fissure Thrud had left behind caused a domino effect.

Each crack made the fissure grow more and more volatile, until it exploded. The resulting flash was visible for miles, allowing both the people at Othre’s Mage Association’s branch and the members of the Courts to witness it.

When the dust settled down, where once the old outpost stood, now there was only a crater. The Mad Queen had made sure to leave behind no traces of her passage and no clues about her future plans.

Luckily, Lith’s group had been Warped back to Othre right after their rescue. Vastor and Kilian were in dire need of medical attention, while the others had left since they weren’t able, or in Lith’s case willing, to take part in the fight anymore.

"A simple rescue mission, eh?" He said while a couple of Healers treated his and Jirni’s wounds.

"Okay, I stand corrected." She shrugged. "I may have actually jinxed it, but we are alive and that’s all that matters."