Supreme Magus novel Chapter 789

Chapter 789 Weeds Part 1

The members of the Fallen Races had an astounding spawn rate. It gave them an appetite for food matched only by their thirst for battle.

Yet Friya didn’t expect to find a bald area of that size. It surrounded the caves for a space of over 100 meters (328 feet) and to make things even more unsettling, it wasn’t just trees that had been cut down.

Even the grass was missing, along with any trace of wildlife. Friya’s hand emitted two consecutive short pulses of light, signaling everyone to stop.

"Doesn’t this remind you of something?" She pointed at the familiar scenery.

"It looks like the place where I killed the Abomination in the White Griffon forest." Lith replied. "Yet too many things don’t add up, I doubt this is the work of an Abomination."

"What do you mean?" Phloria asked. Abominations were rare creatures, even rarer than Awakened. If not for Balkor using them for his revenge, they would have still been considered just a myth.

"A newborn Abomination would have eaten much more than that, whereas an adult Abomination would have never been so obvious. They are apex predators, not morons."

They all had seen what had happened to the academy’s forest and the Trawn woods. Years had passed and they both had yet to completely recover.

"Could this be one of those hybrids you told us about? Like that thing you’ve fought in the mines? After all, the report mentions the presence of an unknown race of monsters. What if they are just a known race mutated by an Abomination?" Friya said.

"Unlikely." Quylla had just finished casting a Life Sensing array.

"I’ve studied lots of samples from both Balkor’s minions and captured hybrids. They all have one thing in common. While undead are not detected by Life Sensing arrays, all creatures who have Abomination blood gets detected as a negative life force.

"It’s something that doesn’t make sense but at the same time makes them incredibly easy to find. I can clearly sense a lot of life forces below us. They are unusual, but that’s to be expected. Each race has its own life force and that of monsters is usually twisted beyond recognition."

The group landed gracefully, without making a sound. Lith activated Life Vision and Solus started to scan their surroundings. They both agreed with Quylla’s evaluation. There was no trace of black cores or Chaos magic in the air.

Also, if it really was the work of a hybrid Abomination, Lith knew that it would have attempted to train its thralls to hasten its development whereas the creatures he could spot through the ground had weak cores.

Too weak for Awakened creatures that had already had enough time to practice Accumulation.

Everyone prepared their spells before discussing what to do. The caves had more than one access, making it easy to fall victim to an attack from behind. Three small stone arches lead into the ground and were covered in footprints.

The lack of grass coupled with the soft soil gave them plenty of clues about the nature of the threat at hand. Whatever it was, they were heavy, with claws on their feet and each individual weighted at least 100 kilograms (221 pounds).

"What’s the plan?" Lith asked.

"Usually, I’ll have you guys go down while I searched the forest for ingredients." Phloria said while digging from the ground the remains of what once was a precious Stoneflower.

She preferred to take them on while she had still plenty of stamina. Also, that way she would be able to kill many monsters with a single spell. _{fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm}