Supreme Magus novel Chapter 781

Chapter 781 Loyalty or Wisdom Part 1

"Just as I thought. You know squat, that was simple mastery, something that even fake mages know how to do. Hit me." Faluel said. Lith flicked his finger, sending a small shard of ice against her.

Faluel’s eyes turned blue and the shard went through her as if she was a ghost before turning around and hitting Lith’s forehead with enough strength to make him bleed.

"What the fuck?" He blurted out.

"Dominance is the ability to not only take control of a spell, but also of its mana." Faluel explained.

"With Dominance, I can return the spells sent against me to their casters, killing them on the spot. Most mages are so used to be immune to their own mana that they don’t even bother defending against it."

Lith then told her about the God’s Will array he had faced in Kulah and how it had been even stronger than Arthan’s Sword.

"That’s exactly what Dominance is, but as you witnessed yourself such a perfect form requires too much energy to be of practical use." Faluel couldn’t believe such an ancient and idiotic race could have stolen the Hydras’ secret.

The idea of how many of her kind had to have suffered and fallen at the hand of the Odi, made her wish to be able to resurrect them just to kill them over and over again.

"Dominance is a great tool, but it’s not all-powerful. As you have noticed, only spells without willpower can be easily highjacked, but that it’s only the first step. The second step consists in injecting your mana along with your will into a spell.

"You must use enough to make it harmful for the opponent, but not so much to replace all of its mana with your own, like the Odi did. Otherwise it would be much easier to dodge and cast it yourself since the mana cost would be more than doubled.

"Another thing that you must consider, is that Dominance can rarely be used to affect spells imbued with willpower. That’s because just like the Odi, you would need to inject it not only with mana, but also with enough will of your own to overwrite that imprinted in the spell.

"Since most tier five spells are as fast as they are lethal, standing still is not a wise move. Unless you’re suicidal, of course."

Lith had experienced the fear of losing control of his own spells against Thrud and the Odi, so he immediately realized how powerful dominance was. Tier Five spells were uncommon and most of them could be used solely if certain prerequisites were met.

Most magical battles were based only on tier three and four spells, with tier five magic used mostly as finishers. Dominance could easily turn the tide of a battle.

"So, are you going to teach me Dominance?" Lith asked.

"Yes and no. I’m going to teach you how to activate it only because it’s the only way you can learn how to avoid using it in the presence of witnesses. You must always kill those who see you use Dominance.

"Us Hydras are considered to be part of the lesser Dragons because we lack Origin Flames and flight, but no one knows about Dominance. I’d like for things to stay that way." Faluel said. _{ƒгeewebnovёl.com}

"You’re not going to teach me even if I become your apprentice?" The words ’waste of time’ were appearing in Lith’s mind again.