Supreme Magus novel Chapter 889

Chapter 889 Sorcerer’s Apprentice Part 1

Nalrond was speechless. Back in his village, he was considered one of the best Light Masters of his generation, yet even he had no idea how to answer Lith’s question about Dawn’s ability to keep so many hard-light constructs active at the same time.

"Be careful. There’s so much magic in here that you could hide one hundred arrays and I wouldn’t be able to sense them." The Rezar said, aware that a single mistake would spell death for both of them.

Nalrond cast an array revealing spell that projected into his mind so many magical formations that his knees buckled from dizziness.

’By my maker.’ Solus thought while trying to identify the presence of traps. ’Dawn used light-based arrays to replicate a state-of-the-art magical lab down to the last detail.

’I wouldn’t have ever thought it was possible to combine the Warden and Light Master specializations to such degree. If I ever become able to incorporate them into the tower’s defense systems there’s no limit to the applications...’

’No time for enlightenment, remember?’ Lith cut her short. ’Just tell me if there are traps waiting to blow us up or not.’

After his experience at Laruel, he had learned how to apply Invigoration to a complex system, be it living or magical in nature, without puking his guts out, but to quickly process the information acquired he needed Solus’s help.

’Right, sorry. We can enter the room, the lab is clear.’ She replied.

’Are you serious?’ Lith performed a second check, just to be sure.

’Yes.’ Solus emitted a stressed sigh as she examined everything again to calm his paranoia. ’If there were any trap, the books and the machine would need to be protected by the effects of the traps.

’Also, to build her lab, Dawn needed a lot of arrays and there’s only so much space in here. Runes cannot overlap and it took her quite the effort to arrange everything so that it didn’t mess up with the array that connects the mana geyser to the machine.’

Lith stepped inside and as Solus had predicted, nothing happened. The stone floor and ceiling were the only things not covered in light. Several tunnels departed from the cave.

Some were made of metal and seemed to go upward while others looked of natural origin and went deeper underground.

Lith didn’t know whether to focus on the Odi machine in the middle of the room or on the tomes that were still open on a nearby desk. Both piqued his interest and would be lost the moment the army responded to his distress call.

’I’m sorry, Lith.’ Solus thought. ’There is enough energy coming from the mana geyser for me to assume my tower form, but not enough space. Even if I keep it as small as I can, I would still need to get rid of many constructs, and by doing that I’m sure that Dawn would notice our presence.’

Nalrond couldn’t understand why Lith was staring at the lab instead of moving forward, nor did he like the place. Now that they stood on solid ground capable to withstand his weight, he shapeshifted into his animal form.

"I liked those clothes." Lith snarled.

"Me too. Sorry." Nalrond sniffed the tunnels for any sign of their pursuers.

"I’ve got good news. From the south tunnel comes a faint scent of grass, so the exit is that way. Also, I’m pretty sure that we have enough lead on Dawn that, by the time she gets here, we’ll already be outside the blocking arrays’ range."