Supreme Magus novel Chapter 620

The magical beasts started moving at a speed the humans could follow while keeping their spells at the ready.

Scarlett could feel that each one of them was grieving and was filled with hatred. Yet there was no bickering nor disrespect between the different races. It was enough to give her the creeps.

"We can’t afford to stop. If you want answers, you’d better follow us." The Ry said.

"We are all that’s left of the entire Gheluan forest. The others have either already escaped or died. To answer your earlier question, Mogar has turned against its children and none can escape its fury." His words made Scarlett sneer.

"Very dramatic. I never heard of a Ry with so much talent with words. Do you mind being a bit more specific?"

"It’s hard to explain. One day the natural order was simply turned upside down. You could see a plant eat a deer, the deer hunt a wolf, and the wolf attack his own pack. Humans too were affected by the phenomenon, but them attacking their own or killing for sport is hardly a novelty. No offense." The Ry said.

"None taken." Replied a middle aged magician who was sitting on top of a Cingy, a boar type magical beast, to be able to cast the Life Sensing array from time to time. It had allowed them to identify the enemy hidden among the grass and escape from several ambushes.

"Whatever it is, it’s capable of taking any form it wants. A flower, a Ry, a human, anything. Even its smell is almost identical to the original. I had to almost die twice to learn how to distinguish the anomaly it holds."

"What anomaly?" That word reminded Scarlett of Lith, making her fear that her decision to spare him all those years ago had finally backfired.

"It’s a hybrid smell. Part beast, part Abomination, part undead." With each word the Ry spoke Scarlett’s stomach churned stronger, at least until she heard the last part.

"Undead? Don’t you mean human?" She asked.

"No, I’m sure of it. For once humans are innocent." The Ry shook his head.

"Ambush!" The Warden yelled one second before black sprouts emerged from the ground. They grew at an unbelievable speed, draining all life from their surroundings to sustain their existence and turning the grasslands into barren earth.

Like the group they were chasing, the creatures mimicked the appearance of members of different races. Their age and gender appeared to be random. There were even children and elderly among them.

The creatures were a pulsing mass made out of bones, of the Chaos energy typical of Abominations, and of black vines instead of flesh. The red light of undeath burning inside their eyes revealed a desperate hunger.

Yet as fast as they had appeared, their forms became indistinguishable from the living. Vines turned into flesh, and the red light was replaced by normal pupils as their skin or fur turned from pitch black to what it was supposed to be.

"Why did you abandon us, mom? We miss you. We promise to behave if you return." Said two little kids to the Warden. They had big watery eyes, like those of a child too naïve to understand what they have done to anger their beloved parents.

"You’re not my real children! I’ve seen you die." Rage and grief boosted the power of her darkness magic spells. Two black bolts erupted from her hands turning the two kids into rotten mush among high-pitched screams of agony.

"Don’t run away, my love." Said a female Ry to the leader of the group.