Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1797

Chapter 1797 - Conflicting Bloodlines (Part 1)

"Really? So it's just a coincidence that someone infiltrated the City Hall despite the protective arrays that only you can control." The bestial voice snarled. "I don't care what the Queen says, I'll have you all eaten by a Skinwalker, just to be safe."

A few voices from the inside pleaded mercy while some swore eternal allegiance to Thrud. Others reminded their tormenter of the help they had provided to the invading army in taking Mandia and a few mentioned how they were under the protection of the Undead Courts.

"These weaklings wouldn't dare to betray us, Dhenma." A silvery feminine voice said. "What if it's the Corpse? Those fake Awakened could have easily gotten here with Spirit Magic."

"Unlikely." The snarl turned into a male voice. "They don't have breathing techniques. They might easily get inside the city, but they know that they would quickly run out of mana if they rely on Spirit Magic alone.

"Besides, according to our intel, they have been assigned to protect major cities like Belius. Even if the Royals did send them here, they would never let themselves be discovered by amateurs. This is clearly an inside job."

"Wrong." Lith said, slowly walking through the door while a barrage of tier one Spirit Spell killed the Thralls of the Courts and all those who had admitted to having betrayed the Kingdom.

Even a wannabe Ghoul would die if their head was removed while they were still human.

Everyone turned toward the intruder, using Life Vision to understand his identity.

"I don't know nor care if your oath of allegiance to Thrud is real or not. By aiding this scum you've become traitors and have only three paths ahead of you." Lith said to the humans, ignoring the three Emperor Beasts and the Fae.

"One, stay here and die. Two, get out of here and die anyway the moment this battle is over. Three, get out of here and start fixing the mana cables of the Gate for me."

Thrud's soldiers saw Lith's yellow core and powerful human life force, knowing that he had to be wearing a cloaking device. No one with a sword as powerful as War could be that weak.

The one called Dhenma grabbed a richly dressed man by the throat, forcing him to activate the protective arrays of the City Hall against the intruder. The blocks of stone that comprised the walls and the floor bolted toward Lith, accompanied by a hail of fire and lightning.

A moment before they struck, he revealed the golden seal in his palm and the arrays froze in time.

The Royal Override controlled both the Warp Gate and anything that carried the energy signature of the Royal Forgemasters, sending the blocks back to their place no matter how many times Dhenma squeezed the City Lord's neck.

He threw away the useless noble and jumped at the intruder as his body swelled into a black striped golden mass of feathers and fur that could only belong to a Sphinx, a lesser Griffon.

The man called Dhenma shapeshifted so quickly that his movements were just a blur as he jumped at Lith's throat with his Adamant coated claws. Despite the limited space of the room, the compressed form of the Sphinx still carried the same mass of a Scorpicore.

'He's not just wearing a cloaking device, he is also a very heavy Emperor Beast, if not a Divine Beast. Be careful.' The woman shapeshifted into a lesser Garuda who had received ambrosia and gained Life Maelstrom as well.

'I'll try to keep him busy. Dhenma, you step back and go call reinforcements at the first opening you get.' The woman, Ienta, was a Harpy, but she kept her human appearance to both not appear threatening and retain her charms.