Supreme Magus novel Chapter 312

Nalear’s own words echoed in her head, but now they sounded more sarcastic than triumphant.

’Like heck the heavens are on my side. What’s happening here?’

The entire world seemed to have turned upside down in less than a minute.

Lith’s corpse was supposed to be hung to a wall, yet he was jumping with the bastard sword aimed at her neck. He was also wearing the Skinwalker armor that until a moment ago she was certain it was safe inside her dimensional amulet.

Nalear had no way to know Lith and Solus shared a pocket dimension and thus the dimensional amulet he always carried around was merely a decoy. After Lith had lost consciousness, Solus had stored away the Gatekeeper, making it appear as it was Lith’s final act before fainting.

When Nalear had taken away the rest of his equipment, Solus had bid her time, letting her store away the magical rings while mana sense allowed her to study the timing with which Nalear opened her dimensional space.

The moment Solus saw with mana sense the glow preceding the opening of the dimensional rift, she had recovered the Skinwalker armor just a split second before it could be stolen.

Nalear never bothered checking her loot because until Lith was alive, the magical items would bear his imprint, making it impossible for anyone else to use them.

The Professor was shocked by the sudden turn of events, yet she managed to activate the barrier in time, blocking Lith’s first attack without a scratch. She still felt the impact, realizing that his strength was above hers.

’This doesn’t make any sense. I Awakened almost nine years ago while he can’t be Awakened from more than six years. It can’t be just because he is a man. It doesn’t matter. He is still just a student while I practiced magic for almost twenty years.

’While he spent the whole night getting stabbed, I had a good sleep. Whatever that stupid piece of stone does I still hold all the advantages!’

Nalear’s reasoning wasn’t wrong, but it wasn’t entirely right either. Having graduated from the academy seven years prior, she indeed had a stronger core and more experience with using high level true magic.

However, Lith had a stronger body, all the knowledge from his previous life, and a rich combat experience. Not to mention that fighting Linjos and patching up Wanemyre had already cost her quite some energy, while Lith partially recovered from feeding on her little lambs’ life force.

Nalear infused herself with air, fire, and earth magic, intercepting Lith’s sword with her own. The impact made her slid a few meters backward, almost making her lose the grip on the weapon.

"What the f*ck are you?" Nalear extended her left hand, pointing the iron glove against him. A series of shockwaves struck Lith, like several cars were ramming against him one after the other.

Solus used her spirit magic to create a force field while Lith used his own air magic to disrupt the attack, making it lose part of its strength. Yet the remaining force was enough to make him crash against a wall, bleeding from his mouth and nostrils.

’F*ck! It’s the first time I fight an Awakened with this much experience. Magical beasts were always limited to two elements while the Clacker Queen was as inexperienced as Protector.

’In a battle between Awakened ones, experience and equipment can easily turn the tables. I have yet to create a single damn tier five spell!’ He thought.

’Do you think we should retreat?’ Solus didn’t like the idea one bit. She wanted Nalear to suffer an agonizing death, but the short exchange had shown her a gap between the two that fury alone couldn’t overcome.