Supreme Magus - Chapter 315

Chapter 315






Thorman used his conjured tower shields to block the whole corridor and Binlow hastily activated a spell from one of his rings to conjure an ice wall one meter (3 . 3 feet) thick to stop the blast .

Lith could have used the diversion to escape, but charged forward instead . He imbued the Gatekeeper with water magic to conjure a cold aura and himself with earth magic . The combined effects were supposed to protect him from the brunt of the damage .

The fire pillar crushed the shields and melted the ice, yet it still had enough power to turn Binlow's constructs into gas . Nalear gritted her teeth, activating once again the magic shield of her sword while her minions conjured more protections .

Lith struck them from behind with the Gatekeeper, overloading Nalear's sword core and interrupting the Professor's spells . The barrier shattered and the explosion engulfed the four of them, but Lith made sure to stand right behind Nalear .

With the barrier down, she could either protect herself from the blast or from him, but not from both . She would also become his human shield, making it a trade worth Lith's while . Lith released all the spells he had ready, only to see them crushed by Nalear's glove .

Its magic could be used as a sword but also as a shield .

Then, the blast struck them and the four mages were slammed against the walls . As soon as the smoke dissipated, the corridor was peaceful again . Farg was satisfied with the results of her sneak attack . Every enemy was down and accounted for .

There was just one thing that didn't add up .

"Why didn't you run away?" She asked Lith . "Throwing yourself in the middle of my spell was incredibly dumb . You could have di…"





Despite Solus's force field and light fusion, Lith's ears were still ringing . Solus had no such problem allowing him to understand what was happening and cut Farg short .

"Don't let her recover, you idiot! She's the mastermind!" Lith pointed at Nalear's body .

Only then Farg reactivated Life Vision, noticing that Lith and Nalear both were getting stronger by the second, their wounds closing at a speed visible at the naked eye .

'Another Awakened one? This is a nightmare!' Farg unleashed all the spells she had left, but it was too little and too late .

Nalear raised her iron glove, hitting Farg with a series of shockwaves which crushed her attacks and sent Farg sprawling on the floor, bleeding from the nose, ears, and mouth .

"Seems it's just the two of us again, dear Lith . " Nalear smiled without stopping to use Invigoration . Lith was still sitting on the floor, clearly the blast had somehow dealt him more damage than she had expected .

Lith took a deep breath . Talking was cheap while spells spoke loudly .

"Arise . " He carefully avoided breaking his use of Invigoration, while all the fallen one rose on their feet to serve their master .

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As soon as Quylla was freed from the slave ring, her mind collapsed under the weight of her actions . Ever since the previous weekend, her life had turned into a nightmare . The moment she wore the ring, she had been under Nalear's thumb .

She had fought the ring's influence the whole time . Yet her struggle didn't prevent her from feeling Jirni's blood and guts cover her hands nor Yurial's flesh tear up like paper under the enchanted blade .

Quylla stopped struggling . She broke into tears while desperately trying to apologize .

Meanwhile, Friya was already deadly pale . Regenerating Jirni's heart and lungs also required her to share part of her life force to prevent her mother from dying of weakness .

'How the f*ck does Lith to make it always look so simple?' She inwardly cursed . She was doing alone something that the academy trained her to do with two teams of three persons each .

"Feel free to take my life force . " Orion had already done all that he could to stabilize Yurial . Friya thankfully nodded, taking only what she needed to keep her and her mother alive .

Phloria only wanted to hug Quylla tightly, to calm her down and tell her that it wasn't her fault . That everything was going to be all right . Alas, there is no time for kindness in war .

Phloria slapped her instead, hoping to snap her out of it before it was too late .





"Quylla, you are my sister and I know how this is hard on you . " She held Quylla's face with both hands, forcing her sister to look her in the eyes .

"Now it's not the time for tears . You must decide how you want to remember this moment . If as the day when you saved your friend's life or the one when you killed your first human . "

Quylla nodded her head, choking back the tears and the snot running down her face .

She placed her hands on Yurial, activating her diagnostic spell to understand how deep the damage was .

The spell gave her no reply .

She cast it a second and a third time, before finding the strength to put her hand on his heart . There was no pulse, Yurial was gone .

Quylla stood there for a few seconds, incapable of answering to their expectant looks . She felt something die inside of her . She had betrayed her family, her friends .

'How could I be so stupid to wear an enchanted item without even knowing what it did?' She thought in hindsight . None of the group had ever heard about slave items, otherwise Lith would have warned them .

Even his paranoia could do nothing against what he was unaware of .

Quylla joined Friya, giving her life force to both women to help them to recover .

Phloria and Orion understood what had happened, but there was no time for mourning their loss . They stood guard against the chaos surrounding them, blocking anyone that could threaten the ongoing treatment .

For Orion they were just kids, for Phloria were familiar faces she had seen every day for the past two years . Yet they killed them nonetheless . Only death awaited those who ignored their warning and entered the range of their spells .

Jirni regained her sense, coughing out the blood that had invaded her lungs .

'What happened?' Her mind immediately recalled the events leading to her near death experience .

'The wound was deep, yet I feel good . Too good . ' Lady Ernas swiftly struck Quylla's stomach, making her faint and preventing her suicide attempt .

"My poor child, what have they done to you?" Jirni hugged her daughter's small body and kissed her head . Quylla was reduced to a pale husk, her skin was deadly cold .

Jirni stood up, letting her family embrace her . There was relief in their faces and warmth in their touch, but no joy in the reunion . Watching Yurial's corpse, Jirni knew there had never been a chance to save them both .

She could tell by looking at the guilt in Phloria's eyes that it was her taking an impossible decision in the heat of the battle .

'I don't know if Phloria or Quylla will be able to live with what happened today . I can't do anything to change the past . The only thing I can do is to make Phloria's choice matter . '

Following her directives, Friya stored Yurial corpse in her dimensional amulet . They wouldn't let anyone harm him anymore . Then, she had Phloria open a Warp Steps to the forest, to send the girls to safety .

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