Supreme Magus novel Chapter 855

Chapter 855 Parasite Star Part 1

Lith couldn’t spot any surveillance device, so either they were cloaked or he was within the range of the Wyvern’s senses.

Now that he was without Solus, his memory alone might not be enough to capture so many complex, unknown runes. Sure, she could access his memories, but just like for the technological blueprints he had studied during college back on Earth, a single blurred area was enough to make the whole thing useless.

It was the reason why they always took their time to copy unknown runes like they had done while flying along the mountain.

’Xedros must be pissed off because I avoided all of his sensing arrays while arriving up here or maybe he helplessly watched me studying his workings.’ Lith flew inside, noticing that the energy gate reassembled right after his passage.

The tunnel split into two or more intersections several times, some going upward and others below, making him wonder if the entire mountain wasn’t actually hollow. Lith had no problem moving along the maze since upon his arrival only one passage was open while the others were sealed by mystical barriers.

The room he entered at the end of the road was nothing like he had pictured in his own mind. After visiting Gadorf’s and Faluel’s homes, after hearing so many things about a Wyverns’ greed, Lith would have never expected to find Xedros curled up in a completely bare cave.

The First Wyvern wasn’t much bigger than his late son.

If the creature stood on hind legs, Xedros would have been over five (16’5") meters tall, with his long neck taking a quarter of his eight and ending into a long reptile snout as big as a barrel.

His tail was about 1.67 meters (5’6") long, ending with a thick bone spike that resembled the sting of a giant wasp. Two golden membranous wings extended from his forelegs, connecting his little fingers to his hips.

The wings were a few shades paler compared to the scales that covered Xedros’s upper body and made it shine like a masterfully cut gemstone under the mystical lights illuminating the cave.

The raw splendor of the Emperor Beast almost made Lith fail to notice how Xedros’s gaze was filled with rage and envy.

Almost.

Envy because Lith’s wings came out of his back, like those of a true Dragon. Because the dimensional aura surrounding the Wyrmling was a clear tell that he possessed an omni pocket.

A treasure that the Wyvern had long coveted and yet it had always eluded him.

Most of all, Xedros was envious of the infant’s vigorous mana flow that betrayed Lith having a blue core despite his young age, whereas the First Wyvern had spent decades to achieve it.

Xedros’s rage, however, didn’t derive from Lith’s possessions or talents, but from the fact that the Emperor Beast blamed him for the pitiful state he had been stuck in for over a year.

Xedros had yet to fully recover from Tyris’s punch, his punishment for watching a forbidden magic ritual unfold instead of stopping it like his duty as Lord of the region required.

"You’ve become much stronger from the last time I’ve seen you Ranger Verhen." Xedros’s voice was warm and gentle as if he was a teacher complimenting his dearest pupil, yet his words reeked of mockery.

"You can drop the act and take your human form if it makes you more comfortable." The Wyvern clicked his tongue multiple times, wearing a smile that seemed more a pretext to bare the row of pearl-white fangs filling his mouth rather than a friendly gesture.