Supreme Magus novel Chapter 587

"Please, no." Ailia said even though she knew that the Ranger couldn’t hear her.

She was a smart girl. Ailia could easily guess what was going to happen. The moment the spell hit her, Lith would be free to cut her down with his swords while she was too busy defending herself from the storm.

A mage couldn’t be hurt by their own spell, so the Ranger could disregard Stormnado’s effects and focus solely on attacking.

Jaren too understood that her friend had a few seconds left to live. He had no idea how a fake mage could hold her ground against Pelion, but he knew that the moment one of them fell, the rest would soon follow.

The Emperor Beast had no skill with his weapon, but each of his strikes had the weight of a mountain. The only time Jaren had blocked with his broadsword, not only did the blade almost break, but the impact also numbed his hands.

"Benyo, keep him busy! Ailia needs help." He yelled as he dived below to the rescue.

Benyo released a strong cyan aura and went all out. Up until that moment, Protector’s strikes had been shallow because he had to shift his attention from one Awakened to the other, but now he could focus solely on her.

’There’s a silver lining in being alone. Here goes nothing!’ She unleashed a tier five spell, Shattering Star. The space around her was now filled by ice shards as big as a man, each one infused with several lightning bolts worth of electricity.

Protector dodged the magical hail like it was moving in slow motion, but then Benyo snapped her fingers and the ice constructs exploded into a heavy rain of smaller crystals.

The damage each one dealt was negligible, but they were almost impossible to dodge and sharp enough to cut through Protector’s thick fur. They would also release a jolt of electricity so strong that they would cause a seizure even to someone using earth fusion.

Protector cursed his naivety and conjured a small tornado around himself to escape from the jaws of death. Shattering Star ended up inflicting him only scratch wounds, but it had never been meant to win the battle, only to stall for time.

Benyo smirked at her turtled up opponent and cast more spells while using Invigoration. She considered Emperor Beasts dangerous only because of their physical abilities. Due to their primitive brains, their magic lacked finesse.

Or so Benyo thought until she noticed that the tornado didn’t deflect the ice crystals, so much as capturing them. She could feel the Emperor Beast’s mana flooding her spell and make it his own.

The shards grew in size by the second and so did the electrical current they held. When Protector released half of them, they had become ice lances which moved as fast as bullets.

Benyo had no defense that could stop that kind of firepower and was forced to Blink away. The moment Protector spotted her exit point, he released the other half while he called the first volley back.

Benyo was ready to Blink again, but the ice lances hit her barriers like a truck, making her lose her focus. By the time the second volley arrived, all of her protections were exhausted.

The first spear pierced through her lung, the second through her stomach, and the third through her shoulder. Each one opened a gaping hole into her flesh, so big that Protector could see through them the events unfolding at Benyo’s back.

The number of holes in her body increased until it was turned into a burst of blood, skin, and guts.

"Me and my big mouth!" Since he couldn’t attack, Jaren weaved several barriers in front of himself, just to be safe. _{ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm}