Supreme Magus novel Chapter 637

They were too regular as if someone had carved directions in the stone to not get lost. Lith pointed them to Yondra, who carbon-copied them with a piece of paper and chalk.

"How the heck did you notice them?" She blurted out after calling the rest of her colleagues to take a look at his discovery.

"Secret of the trade." Lith replied since revealing his Fire Vision was out of the question. The humidity in the cave had filled the carvings with water, making them stand out like a sore thumb to his thermographic vision.

After studying the carvings, the unanimous conclusion was that they were indeed some kind of ancient language.

"If I’m right, our expedition will go in history books." Said Professor Ellkas from the Fire Griffon. "I recognized this alphabet! It’s an ancient dialect of the Odi language." Cheers and applause to both Lith and Ellkas erupted from the group as everyone took their books out of their respective dimensional items to decipher the writings.

"The Odi!" Most of the Professors and their Assistants repeated enthusiastically so often that it almost resembled a chant.

"Who the heck are the Odi?" Morok said, followed by the soldiers.

’Fuck me sideways! The Odi.’ Lith thought.

They were the reason he had chosen to be assigned to the Kellar region in the first place, but he had never predicted to stumble into their legacy with so many people to babysit.

Worse than that, the Professors could actually do more harm than good, so he started to think of a way to ditch them with no consequences for his military career.

"What’s wrong Lith?" Quylla asked. "You’re doing your ’I’m screwed’ face."

"Seriously, we have spent too much time together!" Lith didn’t like being read so easily. Phloria he could understand, but Quylla too?

After setting a perimeter to defend the blabbering Professors, Lith took Morok, Quylla, and Phloria aside to share with them the history of the Odi Kalla had taught him about.

According to the books in Scarlett’s lab, they were an ancient and powerful race that had conquered all illnesses. They had reigned above the other races until they had become so conceited to resort to forbidden magic in the attempt to become immortal.

They had developed spells able to move the conscience of an individual from one body to another, achieving eternal youth. Their plan had backfired for two reasons. The first was the fact that the new body was younger, but the talent for magic wasn’t carried over.

The second was that their victims and the Odi lower class had rebelled to such use of their children, leading to a revolution that had wiped the Odi from the face of Mogar.

On top of that, the Odi were considered to have laid the foundation for Lichhood.

"Let me get this straight." Morok said.

"If any of this crazy ass story of yours is true, then rather than ruins we might stumble into a populated city since those guys are supposed to live as long as they got a spare body. Also, they might have access to technology as good as ours if not even Liches?"

Lith nodded in reply. He doubted the Odi could have actually progressed that much, but it was better to be safe than sorry.

"Okay, I’m out of here. I’ll call my superiors and abort the mission. I’ve got plans! I’m too young to die just a few months before retirement and in the company of a group of fossils at that!"

Phloria waited for the Ranger to be far enough before saying.

"Anything else we should be aware of?"

"Yes. The Odi were incredibly arrogant and racist." Quylla said. "They believed to be the master race and that everything besides magic was below them. They were divided into caste according to their magical talent.

"Goddammit! The high command ordered to continue with the mission and seal all the communication with the outside." He took a small device the size of a glass marble out of his dimensional amulet. _{freewebnoveℓ.com}