Supreme Magus novel Chapter 4216

Chapter 4216: Hidden Enemy (Part 1)

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Banks of the Tikusha River, a few minutes ago.

Ygri was still engaged in a furious battle with Imosi, leaving Solus, Nyka, and Loma to deal with seven wounded yet Life Maelstrom-empowered Isharas, while Kalla brought the fungus folk to safety.

’No matter what happens, kid, stick close to me and hide as many spore stashes as deep as you can.’ The Wight said via a mind link. ’I will protect you to the best of my abilities, but I might need to throw you under the carriage a couple of times if we both want to come out of this alive.’

’How is that even supposed to work?’ The fungus folk had little trust in their protector, but did as bidden anyway.

’I don’t plan to die a heroic death, kid.’ Kalla replied. ’Those guys won’t hesitate to kill me, but they need you alive. When push comes to shove, I will use you as a spore shield to force the enemy to hold their spells.’

’It makes sense. Why the spore stashes, then?’ The fungus folk asked.

’Because if one of those morons doesn’t follow the script, your decoy body will take the brunt of the damage and we’ll both survive.’ Kalla tapped into the white crystal at her neck, slowly opening a channel for its energy that would soon allow her to exceed the limits of her bright blue core.

She weaved spell after spell, focusing the Eyes and Ears of Menadion on detecting and identifying any incoming threat.

Meanwhile, Solus gestured her allies not to move.

’Let the Isharas break free of Permafrost on their own. There is no air inside my spell, and they can’t use Invigoration. The moment they force their way out, they’ll create an openin,g and the debris will cloud their senses. That’s when we need to strike.’

The seven elemental crystals orbiting over the Sage Staff spun quickly as she talked, but only the orange, silver, and emerald gemstones lit up. Their facets collected and amplified sunlight, shaping it into a curved blade in a single heartbeat.

The combined effect of the elements of creation and Spirit Magic granted the hard-light construct the hardness of a diamond and a mass of several hundred kilos.

’I’m sorry, Staff. This might hurt.’ Solus shared her plan with the Sage Staff, afraid that the artifact would misunderstand her actions and refuse to follow her orders in self-preservation.

’No worry, Mom. Me protect you!’ The honest affection in the artifact’s thoughts hurt Solus more than it reassured her.

’By my Mom, it’s so naïve and pure." She thought. ’The Staff would do anything for me, yet I’m about to endanger it to protect myself. Have I become like Lith? Is this how he felt whenever he put my life on the line?’

Permafrost exploded with the violence of a volcanic eruption, snapping Solus out of her daze. Frozen Horizon had amplified the effects of Permafrost by several folds, but the Isharas tore it apart as paper.

Their colossal bodies crackled with silver lightning, and each one of their pincers held a powerful tier five spell ready to be unleashed as soon as they spotted the enemy.

’Now!’ Solus conjured a copy of her hammer and threw it with all her strength before activating the Furies’ Flight enchantment.

The hammer split into seven more copies whose enchantments worked in unison to generate a powerful gravity field that gave the eight small Davross hammers the kinetic energy of a meteor.

’I’m really sorry!’ She kept the Sage Staff floating horizontally in front of her and hit its heel with the true Fury as if she were hammering a nail in a wall.

’It’s okay!’ The Sage Staff moved the orbiting crystals from the head to the bottom of the haft, lighting up the yellow and orange gemstones.

’It’s just another artifact.’ Minkura said. ’They want to fool us into wasting our spells and depleting our mana cores. The enemy is aware that they have no chances in a fair fight.

’They plan to rain spells upon us from a distance and keep us from using Invigoration. Preserve your strength and combine your Spirit Barriers.’ Upon his signal, three Isharas activated the barriers in the armor and boosted them with a spark of silver lightning.

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