Supreme Magus novel Chapter 4015

Chapter 4015: Corrupted Life Force (Part 4)

"Let them go." Orpal shook his head. "The life of those kids is already a nightmare, while the adults are unworthy of our wrath. Besides, we need to leave someone alive if we want the entire Mogar to hear the details of the day of our reckoning."

The Dead King called upon the power of his steed, Moonlight, to reach the army base of Akarn, where he had served in the military with a single Warp Steps. Orpal had been honorably discharged, but he had terminated his service when it became clear he would never be promoted past first-class private.

Akarn fell and burned as Orpal rained spells from the sky, leaving his Upyrs to dirty their hands for him. They slaughtered the cadets and soldiers, saving the drill sergeants and commanding officers for their lord.

"And you said I was unfit to lead." Orpal said while dismembering the military officers he didn’t recognize and slowly suffocating the others with tendrils of Spirit Magic. "You were wrong, Sergeant Pholl.

"So wrong, and so was our dear Commander Carkus." The Dead King ripped the heart out of the sergeant’s chest and shoved it inside the Commander’s mouth. "I want you to die while witnessing the consequences of your actions, Carkus.

"I want you to die knowing that if not for your colossal lapse of judgment, if only you had given me the honors I deserved, none of this would have happened. I would have happily continued to serve in your army instead of building my own.

"I would have brought the Griffon Kingdom to new heights instead of crushing it under my heel."

Carkus tried to say something, but his voice came out muffled and incomprehensible.

Even worse, the spark of defiance and outrage ruined the moment for Orpal. He wanted his enemies to cry in despair and beg for his mercy, but the old soldier denied Dead King that pleasure.

"Burn everything to the ground." He said in annoyance as a snap of his fingers broke Carkus’ neck. "It’s time for the grand finale. Next stop, Lutia."

***

Meanwhile, back at the Starry Lagoon village, Menadion was doing her best to help Solus hide her condition and find a way to activate the tower’s many enchantments without further hurting her daughter.

’I can push the corrupted world energy away with the Hands, but how do I keep Frost Soul from infecting it again?’ She kept racking her brain. ’The spells stored in the Cannon Vault are safe, but what is going to happen once we run out of them?

’There’s no telling how many Upyrs are out there, and those blasted bloodline abilities hinder the tower’s targeting system! I can’t hit Meln’s goons if I can’t see them.’

’Lith is right. There is something wrong with the world energy.’ Ryla said via the mind link that still connected her to Lith’s family and friends. ’I don’t know what it is, but I think I can do something about it.’

She activated her bloodline ability, Swirling Wind, and used it to stir the world energy and separate it from the corrupted spark of the Upyr’s life force that turned the water element into Frost Soul.

The tower absorbed the pure world energy avidly, channeling it into the self-repair enchantments of the tower. The power core thawed, and so did Solus’ arms.

’Keep it up, Ryla.’ Solus said while feeling her condition improve by the second. ’How far can you expand Swirling Wind? We need to free the frozen merfolk before they die, and there are too many injured people to treat them with just a few Healers.’ 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

’Not as far as you think.’ The Fomor shook her head. ’I can’t absorb whatever the source of the anomaly is, so the more world energy I purify, the more the anomaly becomes concentrated.’

’Not only is the concentrated anomaly harder to repel, but it might easily kill anyone who tries to use magic instead of just incapacitating them.’ Ryla said, unaware of Solus’ worries.

’Then keep it up for us, and we’ll remove the root of the problem.’ Solus said. ’Lith. Tista. Swirling Wind is a natural counter to Meln’s bloodline abilities. All of them.’

’The basic skill of evolved humans is the bane of the powers of those who turn their backs on their humanity? This is poetic justice at its finest!’ Tista tried and failed to activate Swirling Wind in her Hekate form.

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