Supreme Magus novel Chapter 548

Zolgrish ignored the pain from his skeletal limbs being constantly crushed and regenerated, focusing on the adamant forge.

’Yozmogh and Dann’Kah are too close to the amplifier for me to open the control panel and shut it down. Dann’Kah’s obstinacy to keep it open means they needed me to activate it. Their control over my essence must be poor.’ He thought.

’I don’t get why Luigi wants me to shut down the lab, but since he is likely to die, I might as well grant his last wish.’

The lich stomped his foot on the power line of the array fuelling the lab. Everything that didn’t have his own pseudo core went dark.

’We’re back baby!’ Lith and Solus thought in unison as most of the interference from their surroundings disappeared, making Life Vision and mana sense useful again.

Lith had managed to survive up to that point only thanks to his multiple layered barrier. The wall of vines made up by the reverted ogres limited his movements and the trolls would strike at him with their enchanted tools whenever he tried to escape the encirclement.

Their staves emitted blue flames which reached thousands of degrees, capable of turning a man into charcoal with just one hit. Even when they missed, they made the air too hot to be breathable unless Lith cooled it down with water magic.

To make matters worse, up to that point Yozmogh had neutralized the spells Lith had conjured to defend himself with his wings. Not only did he almost cause Lith’s death multiple times, but also all of his eyes were brimming with stored energy.

’I’ll deal with him later. First I need to get rid of the trolls.’ Lith thought as he Blinked right behind one of the reverted creatures. With Life Vision working again, the wall of vines no longer blocked his line of sight.

"Behind you." Yozmogh warned them as the Ranger came out from his exit point. Lith had Solus keep an eye on him, he couldn’t afford any distraction in the task at hand.

His arms moved like snakes, striking at each troll multiple times. The trolls laughed at his wasted efforts and unleashed new jets of blue flames. With their thick skin and powerful muscles, that kind of attacks didn’t even tickle. On the contrary, they felt full of vigor.

Or so they thought before falling to their knees, writhing in agony.

Lith’s hits were weak because he knew brute strength and normal magic were pointless. Normal trolls’ regenerative abilities made them hard to kill, whereas those in front of him would resurrect in a matter of minutes.

Lith had to save his strength for and from Yozmogh. He couldn’t afford the Balor stealing any more of his mana, so the strikes were merely a vessel, each one imbued with a light spell.

Healing magic was the trolls’ bane, overloading their already too efficient metabolism that caused their perpetual hunger. Lith’s spells had pushed them to the brink of starvation. Their massive bodies shrunk like each passing second was a day spent fasting.

"Impressive." Yozmogh gave him a nod of approval.

"Let’s see how you fight when even your eyes betray you."

Yozmogh revealed that he was holding a small mirror in his left hand. He pointed it at the wall of living vines and then to himself, making them both disappear.

’There was no dimensional door and I can still hear the ogre-dryads slithering on the floor. Is that invisibility?’ Lith asked.

’It must be that mirror’s effect.’ Solus pondered.