Supreme Magus - Chapter 318

Chapter 318






Valesa Nalear had gained the upper hand, yet she couldn't stop cursing her eternal bad luck . Lith had yet to die, she had no idea if her plot against Constable Ernas succeeded, and it was only a matter of time before the academy's power core rebooted .

When that happened, the Warp Gates leading to the White Griffon would open again, allowing the royal forces to restore order . Nalear needed to make sure that by then the stage was perfect . Not a single detail could be overlooked or her death would be as slow as agonizing .

She was way behind schedule and the time at her disposal was quickly running out . Blinking consumed a lot of mana, but it was nothing compared to Final Sunset . She had already used Invigoration a lot of times .

To heal from the poison, from the damage she had exchanged with Lith, and lastly from Farg . She needed to eat and rest soon, otherwise she was bound to collapse . The raw amount of mana she was handling put a heavy burden on her body .

Lith was in her same boat, but his situation was even worse . His body had still to fully recover after he consumed so much life force to save Protector . To make things worse, he had spent the last night being tortured and his core was weaker than Nalear's to begin with .

Lith timed his Blinks with extreme precision, leaving behind darkness blasts whenever Nalear closed in . Another weak spot of her tactic that he had found, was that Blink's dimensional door would always appear very close to the mage .

It meant that a huge part of the sphere Final Sunset created was temporarily cut off until the spell reformed it . By leaving his spells near Nalear's exit points, Lith was sure he was chipping her strength bit by bit .





Even with Solus's help, it was still a mammoth task .

'Damn, if it keeps up like this I'm bound to lose . She knows even true dimensional magic, so while she can use Invigoration, I'm forced to keep moving to avoid getting incinerated and prepping my traps . Any idea, Solus?'

'None . ' She snarled . 'We can't leave the sword in front of the exit point . She always keeps a fire spike in front of her before Blinking . The sword would be thrown away and I would take heavy damage . '

Lith nodded . He preferred to attempt to escape rather than putting Solus's life to risk .

'I can't believe there is only us fighting . Where is everyone?' For the first time since he started the academy, Lith wished for his companions to be by his side .

He needed only an opening to turn tables, but until he was alone, Nalear could focus on him . She was doing a damn fine job getting closer and closer . In a corner of his mind, Lith was afraid he had failed to prevent the vision from coming true .

Another exit point appeared in front of him . Lith was about to leave another Darkness bomb when Solus warned him .

'Behind you!' Thanks to being temporarily fused, he could actually use all of Solus's senses as his own . The warning was unnecessary, she did it only out of habit . A second exit point was forming at his back almost at the same time . Lith had no idea which was the real one .


If he picked the wrong direction to Blink, it would have been like throwing himself in the maws of the beast .

Darkness imbued flames came out from both dimensional doors at the same time, engulfing both ends of the corridors without leaving him no way out .

'F*ck, that's not Blink . She actually opened two Warp Steps at once . How powerful is she?' Lith inwardly cursed while their minds were spinning at top gear for a solution .

Alas, there was none . His line of sight was blocked by the flames and there was no one alive and close enough he could use as a benchmark for Blinking .

At least until Solus's mana sense spotted human figures closing in . They were still far, Blinking there was a big risk . The dimensional jump would take a huge toll on him and Lith could find himself surrounded by Nalear's puppets before having the time to react .





'In for a penny, in for a pound . "Maybe dead" always beats "dead as a doornail" . '

Lith used most of his remaining energies for the farthest Blink he had ever attempted . Bending the fake spell limits put a huge strain on his mana and willpower, almost making him faint from the extortion .

Luckily, he found himself among friends . To find Nalear, the Ernas had moved towards the battle that produced the most noise . They had encountered and neutralized a few Professors before spotting Lith from a distance .

"Beware of her . " Lith was wheezing, he was almost out of breath . The fresh air rejuvenated his lungs and reminded him how bad his throat was after being so close to a miniature sun for too long .

"She can silently cast any spell . " He said while looking Phloria in the eyes . Seeing her alive made him happy beyond what words could express . Not seeing the other three sent a cold shiver down his spine, hence he warned his new allies at once .

Lith was risking to expose part of his secrets, but if he didn't, they wouldn't last long and neither would he . Just like the wyvern, Nalear was an opponent he couldn't face alone . The gap between the two of them was too big .

Phloria was brimming with joy too . She was starting to fear it was too late . That just like Yurial, Lith was lost to her . The relief she noticed when their eyes met told Phloria how worried about her he had been .

Jirni and Orion were surprised by finding him in such good shape after fighting an academy's Professor . Normally they would consider his words just a bunch of nonsense coming from a traumatized student .

An enemy capable of perfect silent casting outside first magic was more than unbelievable, it was something out of a nightmare . Yet they knew Lith better .

Even if what he said was absurd, it had to be the truth .

"Thanks, kid . Don't worry too much, in such an enclosed space most of her War Mage spells are useless . Also, Mage Knights are the natural counter to Battle Mages and I'm a Spellbreaker (AN: a mage experienced at killing other mages) . "

Orion didn't believe much in his own words . Hunting down mages usually required a team of professionals, while his party was formed by two students and a non mage . As much as a formidable opponent Jirni was, she needed to get close first .

"Drink potions . " Lith said to protect them from Nalear's first magic . He could see she had spotted them and he had barely regained two Invigoration breaths worth of energy .

"Thanks, but it's not our first job, Lith . " The Ernas gulped down an oddly colored potion each . Lith could see their bodies brimming with mana .

Orion unsheathed his sword while his free hand composed the signs for a tier five spell at unbelievable speed . He had recognized Final Sunset's dark flames and knew how to stop it .

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