Supreme Magus novel Chapter 888

Chapter 888 Mother Lode Part 2

’They didn’t seem so strong when we fought them.’ Lith thought.

’Probably they were holding back, to lull you into a sense of false security and keep you from escaping. You instead went all-out and killed them all before they had a chance to retaliate.’ Solus pointed out.

’As for the second wave we faced, we got the upper hand again, but only because they weren’t aware of my existence. Their teamwork was seamless and their plan would have worked if you didn’t have a third arm.’

"Wait a second." Lith said to both his allies. "How long has Dawn been fused with Acala?"

"Five months, 16 days, and six hours, more or less." Nalrond gritted his teeth as the memory of his village burning at noon, when Dawn’s strength was at her peak, flashed in front of his eyes.

"And how long has she been sealed by your people?"

"A couple of centuries. Lady Sinmara, one of Overlord Salaark’s daughters, brought the Bright Day to us after she failed to destroy it. Her mother..."

"I didn’t ask you for a history lesson." Lith cut him short.

"We are on the clock so shut up and listen. I might have found Dawn’s weak point. Her knowledge about modern magic is limited to what Acala knows, that’s why she kidnapped those people.

"Caravans always bring bodyguards and the best bodyguards are always mages. You told me that she doesn’t retain the knowledge of her victims after they die, so if we take out her spawns before she gets to us, she’ll be much easier to handle."

Lith pondered if to take out the undead or the thralls first. The vampires were bound to have a lot more knowledge, but they were probably useless in terms of dimensional and Forgemastery magic.

The thralls, on the other hand, held the knowledge Dawn wanted for whatever she was planning. Also, Lith had already witnessed how losing the humans seemed to weaken her hold over the vampires.

"She has another weak point." Nalrond said, derailing Lith’s thoughts. "She is in a weakened state during the night because the only sources of light element are the stars and the moon.

"Dawn always took undead as her host to compensate for it, but this time she has bonded with a human."

"You are not making any sense. You told me that she can be buried underground and still access to the light element, so what difference does the solar cycle make? On top of that, Mogar’s world energy holds all the light element she might need." Lith replied.

"Elements have a physical manifestation. Just like it’s easier to practice water magic near a river and you can’t practice earth magic without actual earth, sunlight provides us with pure light and fire elements, whereas world energy belongs to Mogar.

"To access a single element, you need to use your mana as a focus to connect with the elemental energies surrounding you. If Dawn tried to absorb huge amounts of the light element from the world energy, the resulting imbalance would kill her."

Nalrond’s words made Lith reflect further on the nature of his Accumulation technique.

’He has a point. As a tower, Solus absorbs all of Mogar’s life-breath and so do I with my breathing techniques. Maybe, if I find a way to split the world energy into its single components before absorbing it, I could exploit the released energy to accelerate the growth process of my mana core or channel it into...’ Lith thought before Solus snapped him out of it.

’There’s no time for enlightenment, only for planning.’