Supreme Magus novel Chapter 668

The Gate opened in the bottom right corner of the room, allowing them to examine its contents. There were several thanks filled with a transparent liquid, similar to those Lith’s group had found in the first building.

One cylindrical tank held a female Tek in what they could only hope was a state of suspended animation. Her exoskeleton was pierced by tubes in several places, flooding her body with liquids of different colors.

The liquids’ nature was a mystery, but their purpose was as clear as the day. The poor creature was forced to produce eggs non-stop. Each one was the size of an orange and was made of a translucent pearly substance holding a smaller golden sphere at its center.

The second tank held another Tek that had to be a male. Based on the extra tube on his nether regions, he wasn’t faring any better than his unwilling breeding mate.

Another tank, this one shaped like an aquarium, contained several Tek younglings the size of a ten year old child. Their diet seemed to be based on defective Tek eggs, deformed Tek younglings, and the corpses of those who died in the constant struggle for food and space.

The white of their chitinous bodies looked blue due to all the Tek blood spilled inside the tank. The battle for survival was so fierce that the water filters weren’t capable to keep up with the bloodshed.

The younglings were currently chopping a newborn Tek with their pincers and eating its remains.

"This is a nightmare! Those poor creatures are being turned into cannibals, only the most ferocious and the strongest among them have any chance of survival." Her blade shone of a black light, ready to unleash several spells, but Lith stopped Phloria from crossing the threshold.

"We can’t risk triggering more alarms, also we don’t know if we can safely open the portal from the other side and get back into the caves." Lith said.

"Also, you have yet to explain to me what do you think happened after Syndra used Corona Discharge."

"As if you don’t know it already, but thanks." Phloria said while regaining her cool and clutching her estoc so hard that her knuckles turned white.

"The lightning must have struck in-between waves, otherwise you would have seen the Gates. That way, it could fry the Teks and destroy the runes.

"When the system attempted and failed to open the Gates again, it must have tried to open them in succession from the closest to the farthest, riding along the wave until it beat Corona Discharge to the punch and swallowed the spell."

"It makes sense." Lith nodded, trying to think about something to say to keep Phloria’s mind occupied. The procedure taking place in front of them was something disgusting to the point that any sane person would have their stomach churning.

’It must be because of people like the Odi that magical beasts prefer suicide and filicide to let themselves captured.’ He thought.

"What do you want to do, Captain Ernas?" Lith used her military rank, to remind her of their situation, but most importantly, of her status.

"If we go inside an activate traps that block even one of the elements, we might not be able to escape with dimensional magic. We can destroy the tanks from here, but there’s no telling what defensive mechanisms are in place."

"I had no intention of doing either." Phloria’s eyes were as cold as ice. "I just wanted to take a peek inside and check if we can use the ancient gates to raid the place. Arrays?"

Lith waved his hand, and several magical formations became visible to the naked eye.