Supreme Magus novel Chapter 815

Chapter 815 Life Poisoning Part 1

’Undead using light magic spells is beyond odd. It’s utterly dangerous. I must quickly inform the others!’ Kalla rushed downstairs, where everyone but Lith was done with their own research.

"I made an amazing discovery." Friya said. "The mold is indeed negatively affecting the tree, but the tree’s life force has been unaffected by the infestation thanks to an external life flow that helps it to heal and adapt. _{ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom}

"It’s just a matter of time before the tree develops an immunity and the parasite gets destroyed. It explains why no one bothered killing it."

"Yet I think the mold played an important role in weakening the tree-house." Phloria pointed at the still lingering silver ghosts. "They have been placed on purpose between patches of mold, but I have no idea why."

"If only my amulet worked, I could take scans of the devices they used and ask Dad or the army about their runes.

Lith ignored both of them and kept following the flow of life force inside the tree-house. It took it a long time to do a complete round of the house and on top of that, he had found several odd spots.

The ones in the basement where exactly where Phloria had conjured the echoes of the magical devices, but since Lith was too busy with his work, Solus collected all the information and started to make sense of it.

"I don’t know what I’ve just seen." Lith said once he lost his focus. It happened the moment the treehouse’s life force interacted with an unknown source from below. It was a presence so powerful that it scrambled his spell.

To avoid sensory overload, Lith had been forced to cancel Scanner. He had withstood the massive source of information as long as he could, discovering that its energy signature was similar to the treehouse’s and yet different.

"I’m no expert in plants, but my guess is that this wasn’t a hideout at all. This was their lab." Lith said.

"If it was a lab, my spell would pick up more than a few magical devices." Phloria said.

"I think you are both right." Kalla explained her findings to them and had Phloria cast her Forgemaster spell on every floor of the treehouse, just like the Wight had done.

"What the fuck?" Phloria blurted out in surprise. The higher they got, the more the magical devices she managed to track. Moreover, they got bigger and more powerful, to the point that she managed to read and recognize some of their runes.

"What use can undead possibly have for medical equipment?" She asked. "More importantly, why did they apply life support machines to the tree, and if I’m right how the heck is this poor thing in such poor shape?"

Lith cast Scanner again, to make sure that Solus’s explanations were correct. She believed that the places where the tree’s life force was still twisted and turned matched the position of the magical devices spotted by Phloria, but it was just a guess.

The tree was too big and its life flow too alien for her to properly mentally visualize what was where.

"This is bad." Lith said every time he checked the bark underlying one of the ghosts, his voice becoming grimmer with each result.

"This was indeed a lab, but its purpose escapes my understanding." Lith said. "The only thing I know is that those machines altered the tree’s life force, forcing whatever fuels its magical and self-repair properties to fight their influence.