Supreme Magus novel Chapter 284

Gadorf had met the Master only a few years prior. Unable to assume a human form, the only way he had to acquire new techniques and materials was stealing them.

Even if descending from the bloodline of an Evolved monster granted him the use of true magic on all six elements, the wyvern was still too weak to attack a major noble family or important merchants.

Gadorf had already nearly got killed multiple times after raiding small cities. The Association responded quickly to threats, sending several mages at once to deal with him. Gadorf managed to survive only thanks to his mastery of light magic and arrays.

In over two hundred years of practice, he had reached a level in those fields that very few mages could even start to comprehend. It was exactly because of his stubbornness that the Master had taken interest in him.

Fighting the Master had been a humbling experience for Gadorf. Despite their experience gap, despite them being a fake mage, Gadorf’s defeat took less than a minute.

"You’re lucky the Association put you on priority C until now." The Master wheezed. The fight had been brief, but exhausting for someone not used to fight like they were. Especially because they wanted to take Gadorf alive.

"Me? A proud dragon, just a C-lister?" Gadorf’s rage made the ground tremble, but the array keeping him prisoner didn’t even budge. _{freewёbnoνel.com}

"A dragon? You?" The Master guffawed.

"Good gods, your ego is bigger than Lady Tyris’s a*s! Don’t tell me that’s the reason this dump you call home is full of gold and pieces of art?"

Gadorf’s reply was breathing fire with all the strength he had. The act almost resulted in suicide. The breath of a wyvern, just like those of a dragon, was neither normal fire nor a magical one.

It was a unique effect caused by the mix of their life force with the world energy, no mana was involved. It was a similar effect Balkor had developed for his Valors, allowing them to emit rays of darkness from their eyes, without them being affected by slowness that affected all kinds of darkness magic.

The downside of such powers was that just like a body can damage itself, so that kind of attack based on life force, no matter how little was employed, would harm the user as well as anyone else.

Gadorf’s screams of agony only made the Master guffaw until small tears of hilarity streamed from his eyes.

"Conceited and stupid. It’s a miracle you managed to survive this far. That’s a good piece of news, Lizzie." The Master simply replaced the most consumed magic crystals with new ones. The array was back to full force in a split second, adding despair to the wyvern agony.

"I’m not a lizard!" He roared. "I’m Gadorf, son of Xedros the first wyvern! One day I will evolve into a dragon and feast on all those that belittled me. Be it you or my father, you’ll end up the same way! Burned to death by my hand!"

"The good news, Lizzie..." The Master continued after silencing their noisy prisoner.

"...is that I believe that just like me, the gods don’t play dice. We were destined to meet. My research can’t go any further without a willing subject who allows me to study true magic, just like your pathetic daddy issues fueled quest can only get you killed if you keep acting on your own.

Our interests are aligned. If you stop with your temper tantrums, we can make a deal."

After summoning by their side an Eldritch Abomination to keep in check Gadorf’s mood swings, the Master brought him to one of their labs. Gadorf was able to learn about Arthan’s Madness and study its blueprints. The insane contraption turned out to be an endless source of inspiration for him.