Supreme Magus novel Chapter 952

Chapter 952.3 The Apprentice Surpasses the Master Part 2

Bytra performed a sharp turn to her left, creating an ash cloud out of her fallen enemies and reliving her memories as an Emperor Beast.

After evolving and learning the Forgemastering arts of the Raiju bloodline, Bytra had gone to put them to the test against the first and the greatest Ruler of Flames, Ripha Menadion.

She had lost in both experience and skill, but not in talent nor love for Forgemastering. The two master artisans admired each other's creations, so Menadion offered Bytra to become her apprentice.

The Raiju accepted and soon, thanks to Menadion's teachings and her own talent, Bytra became the 4th Ruler of the Flames. It was a highly coveted title that identified her as the best Forgemaster of her generation, but the number one spot overall still belonged to Menadion.

Bytra had lived in her tower and watched her work with Menadion's Fury long enough to understand the reason why she was incapable of surpassing the first Ruler of the Flames.

No matter how much Bytra tapped into her potential, without the tower she would never be able to craft something like the Fury. To come out of Menadion's shadow, she needed to even the field.

With each failed attempt to close the gap between them, admiration and respect turned into sour envy that poisoned Bytra's life as well as her creations.

The memory ended, making Bytra neigh in fury as if the events she had witnessed didn't happen centuries ago, but yesterday. Uria the White Lady exploited her confusion to hurl a mass of water the size of a river.

It covered the ground, dispersing the electricity it stored and making the Raiju crash onto the ground. The living bolt had finally stopped and the undead didn't miss their chance to regain the upper hand.

Wights and Wraiths drained Bytra's life force simply by touching her while the rest of the undead used their claws to aim at her vitals. They were now cursing their own dimensional sealing array that left them with nothing but what they wore. _{freewēbnoveℓ.com}

To shut it down, they would need to reach the control panel that was just two corridors and three rooms past the Shadow Dragon.

"Don't stop! Memories are everything for a mage." Xenagrosh said. "They bring you pain, but also power and experience. Remember who you are, Byt! Remember and come back to me!"

Bytra whined in pain, torn between the visions of the past from the blood madness and the present threat. Prompted by Zoreth's words, the Raiju embraced the suffering coming from both sources and shapeshifted again.

Another burst of lightning, Chaos, and blood allowed her to stand up.

Her humanoid form resembled that of a woman covered in small black scales, with horns on her head and long blood-red hair dancing in the air as if she was amid a storm.

A burst of emerald flames enveloped her body, covering it with one of her prototypes for the Master's Dominator armor, and making Menadion's Fury appear in her left hand.

The mystical hammer amplified her natural abilities, turning Bytra into a living Tesla coil that unleashed lightning bolts as powerful as natural ones against her enemies. Some undead burst into flames, others died on the spot, while the rest bled from all their orifices.

The flow of blood and mana triggered the red drums in her head, showing her another glimpse from the past.

Even though Bytra's breakthroughs with Runesmithing had allowed the Forgemasters around Mogar to bring their crafts to the next level, it still was not enough to quench her ambition.