Supreme Magus novel Chapter 4511

Chapter 4511: Lifting the Veil (Part 1)

’Moreover, the Infirmary can only help us to understand the illness, and we already know what it is. Finding a cure is up to us anyway.’ Not knowing what else to do, Lith stopped breathing the Dread Flames and fighting the voices in his head.

The Voidfeather Dragon spoke the loudest. He guided Lith to flood his eyes with the power of the elements and then focus on what he saw through his Spirit Eye.

Spirit Vision showed him the Dryad and the Upyr life forces, where they overlapped, and brought into focus what the Ears of Menadion perceived as a thin fog.

A sickly black substance moved from the Upyr side to the Dryad, attacking Althika’s original life force and retreating as soon as her regenerative abilities triggered in response to the invasion. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Orpal’s fragment moved with purpose, striking at the first moment of weakness and hiding behind the Upyr life force whenever it was attacked.

’That’s why I failed until now.’ Lith was flabbergasted. ’That thing is not static. I can’t just pin it down and burn it to the ground. I need-’

’Not burn. Kill!’ The Void cut him short. ’Like this.’

The crown of fire on top of Lith’s head turned blue as he opened the cracks in his life force just enough to ignite Death Vision and a spark of Scourge Flames. Spirit Vision showed him the different aspects of the Dryad’s life force, while Death Vision showed Lith how they could die.

He took one last deep breath and exhaled three tiny streams of fire. The Scourge Flames advanced toward Orpal’s essence with one stream of Dread Flames on either side.

The blue fire ignited the black substance, and it once again tried to escape. This time, however, there was no way out. The Scourge Flames never let go of their prey, while the Dread Flames flanked both hunter and prey.

Orpal’s essence could run, but it couldn’t hide any longer. The Scourge Flames marked its position at all times, and the Dread Flames kept it from moving inside the healthy tissues.

The first black droplet died with an agonizing scream, and the hunt began anew. Baba Yaga’s assessment of Althika’s condition was correct. Orpal’s essence had spread all over the Dryad’s life force, infecting every nook and cranny of her body.

It covered her healthy tissues like a spiderweb. Thin, but incredibly sturdy, and easy to burn. Lith cleansed the black substance one rivulet at a time, until Althika’s head belonged to her again.

The Dead King had no influence over her anymore, and resisting the hunger became easier. Then Lith cleansed her chest, her arms, and her right leg, leaving the left leg for last.

"Clench your teeth. This is going to hurt a lot." Lith waited for the Dryad to nod before letting the Scourge Flames run wild on the Vurdalak foot. They burned the deformed flesh and bones, purging the Dryad’s life force of its corruption.

Althika held on for a few seconds before she screamed at the top of her lungs. Her flesh burned, her blood boiled, and her very soul seemed to have fallen in a pool of lava.

The Vurdalak flesh blacked into a charred mass and fell to the ground in a pile of ashes. Althika’s body regenerated the missing limb as soon as the Scourge Flames went out, shaping it out of fast-growing vines.

"That’s my foot!" The Dryad opened her eyes to admire her delicate toes and the uniform green of her skin. "That thing is gone! I’m me again!"

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