Supreme Magus novel Chapter 4251

Chapter 4251: Unfettered Might (Part 1)

’Aside from that, the situation is resolved.’ Solus said. ’Once Faluel, the Kings, and the Corps finish rounding up the remaining assailants to interrogate them, we’ll have our answers.’

’I don’t have time for interrogations!’ Lith snarled. ’Soon, the news of the attack will spread, and everything we learn from the prisoners will become useless because their accomplices will have all the time they need to disappear without a trace.’

’You are right, but not even Jirni can make someone talk that fast.’ Solus said.

’Then she won’t need to.’ Lith replied. ’Tista, stay here and call me if anything else happens. Solus, keep the tower ready to Warp on my signal and keep everyone safe in my absence. I’ll deal with the rest.’

***

On the outskirts of Lutia, Captain Pheren’s team was dealing with one of the surviving Awakened. Taking a mage alive required much more skill and finesse than killing them, so things were dragging on.

The members of the Corps attacked the blue-cored Awakened relentlessly, never giving him the time to weave a spell with true magic or recover his strength with Invigoration.

As the wounds piled up and his vigor bled away, the circle tightened.

At least until Sergeant Xaryon slipped on the wet ground. The opening in the formation lasted for less than a second, but it was more than enough for the Awakened to charge through it and Blink away.

Now that he was safe, he could use Invigoration and prepare a Spirit Steps that brought him far away from Lutia.

"Xaryon, what was that?" Pheren’s eyes almost popped out of their orbits in outrage. "What are you, a cadet? How could you make such a rookie mistake?"

"Captain, I-"

"He made no mistake." Lith appeared rather than landing among the members of the Corps. "I used a spell to make Sergeant Xaryon slip."

Six streams of elemental energy orbited around Lith, flowing inside his energy wings just to reemerge from his eyes.

"Why did you do that, Magus Verhen?" Pheren needed sheer willpower to speak.

The Tiamat’s unfettered might and the bloodlust that he exuded weighed so hard on Lutia that anyone without at least a blue core fainted on the spot.

"Because I’ve memorized his scent. He’s mine now." Lith’s face mask opened to reveal what could be called a smile only for the lack of a better term.

The back end of his maw was twisted up, but there was no joy in it nor in his eyes, only fire.

Before staging the Awakened’s escape, Lith had already taken a full scan of his energy signature with the Eyes and Ears of Menadion. Even after the man had crossed the Spirit Steps, the Tiamat could see the runaway as clearly as if the Awakened stood right before him.

The cloaking device the man wore could do nothing to hide him from Menadion’s masterpiece from a distance of a few dozen kilometers. The distance Lith had chosen to keep to avoid detection.

He bolted forward with a single flap of his wings, generating a strong gale that blew the members of the Queen’s Corps off their feet.

"What was that?" Xaryon said, echoing the words of his captain.

"I guess that was a very angry Magus." Pheren replied.

***

’Nobody knows that the kidnapping attempt failed, and with so many powerful enemies on his tail, that bastard doesn’t have the time to think clearly.’ Lith thought. ’He’ll go straight to the place where he feels the safest.

’Where he knows there are people like him who he believes can protect him, or at least help him leave Garlen. If the bastard has a hideout or if he has more accomplices that didn’t take part in today’s raid, he’ll lead me to them.’

It was even harder when the Voidfeather Dragon led the charge with such fury that even the Void could only follow. Lith’s family was his treasure, and Lutia was his lair. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

’A bit longer.’ Lith muttered. ’Just wait a bit longer.’

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