Supreme Magus novel Chapter 834

Chapter 834 Traitor Part 2

The darkness element coursing through their bodies exacerbated those feelings, requiring sheer willpower to keep them in check.

What focus they had to employ to control their basal urges, the undead couldn’t use it on the task they had at hand.

"Unlike the lesser races, us plant folks cat take any shape we want. My personal guards never left the castle in the first place. Those outside are just body doubles." Leannan’s words planted the seed of the doubt in the Draugr’s mind.

He had wondered why their battle of wills regarded only the control of the Sapling and the dimensional magic coming from outside Laruel, whereas Leannan didn’t seem to care about the inability of her internal allies to Warp.

He would have liked to stop blocking dimensional magic inside of Laruel, which would give him enough focus to overwhelm his opponent.

Yet after falling for two traps, Erlik was afraid of jumping feet first in the third as well.

’Curse you, woman. If I drop the array and you are lying, your army will turn the tides of the battle. If I don’t and you’re telling the truth, then I’m wasting my limited energy in a fool’s errand.’ Erlik thought.

’I must believe in my plan. Leannan’s Fae can’t amount to just a few dozens. This must be another of her deceptions!’

The Draugr roared his challenge and tapped into the Sapling’s energy to restore his dwindling mana.

Leannan was flabbergasted seeing that the ancient tree seemed unable to distinguish between its loyal vassal and the invader. The tendrils of wood stopped attacking the undead and turned against the Sovereign’s allies.

Leannan did her best to protect the Healers and the Fae, but she only managed to slow the tendrils.

’Fuck me sideways!’ Lith thought. ’I knew that plants were psychos, but I only feared they could reach such level. The moment Leannan explained to us that a Sapling is a dying tree, the undead invasion assumed a completely different meaning.

’Erlik isn’t forcing the tree any more than Leannan does. His plan has never been to take control over the Sapling, but to cut a deal with it. Erlik needed time not to complete his experiments, but to sway the tree with his bait.

’Eternal life in exchange for unlimited power.’

’Ugh, I really hate you being always right.’ Solus said.

Erlik’s arms flared up, the bark covering his shoulders opened up and revealed a set of runes identical to the one Leannan was wearing.

"Guess you didn’t see this coming." The Draugr said, echoing the words Leannan had used to open their fight.

All the undead were capable of recovering their strength, both physical and magical, simply by feeding. Killing their prey wasn’t a necessity, only newborn undead would fail to control their hunger.

Erlik sent some small tendrils of the Sapling to his minions, so that they could feast upon them. It was one of the reasons why the thralls had been discarded. Their sires had no time to feed them in the heat of the battle.