Supreme Magus novel Chapter 320

Never before someone had fought his battles. In all his three lives, Derek McCoy AKA Lith had always been on the frontlines, be it to protect his brother Carl from his father or working his a*s off to give his sisters some meat and bread.

Sitting limply in a corner was a new experience for him. It moved something inside the rotten heart of his. In a way, the Ernas where the family he had always dreamed to have when he was a little child.

Super powered beings that fought the bad guys together, no matter the odds. Spectating their battle almost made him feel like he had found somewhere he belonged.

Almost.

What really amazed him was how quickly everything was happening. He and Solus barely had the time to appreciate Orion’s strategic prowess, Jirni’s amazing reaction speed, or Phloria’s swordsmanship that the combat had already shifted from one side to another.

’F*ck. In those damn action movies, the actors dance with bad guys for minutes, while I only got four breaths worth of energy since the fighting started.’ Lith knew that in such a short time frame Nalear couldn’t have lost much of her strength.

She was an Awakened with a lot of mana and a deranged mind. He knew all too well what kind of nightmare she could unleash if she was given the slightest chance. Lith knew because he was one as well. _{fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com}

"Why don’t you just die?"

Nalear’s scream was his cue. That and the blue aura that enveloped her body like a blazing flame. Lith quickly stood up, weaving several spells at once while imbuing the Gatekeeper with part of his strength.

He was ready, yet he didn’t move. Orion had reminded him of the importance of timing and precision against a superior opponent. Instead of charging blindly like a bull, Lith choose to wait for his opportunity to appear.

They had the situation under control, so he kept chanting while using Solus’s senses to not miss a single detail. The information she could get by spending her mana was overwhelming.

The slight alteration in the room temperature, the mana density, and even things like neural pathways flaring up whenever someone was about to do something. Lith had no idea what most of it meant and neither did Solus.

The only thing he was certain of, was that if they weren’t one, with Solus acting both as a source and as a filter, all that information would have burned his brain.

Nalear tried to snap Jirni’s neck with spirit magic, but the mana running through her veins thanks to the potion reduced the pressure to an itch. Cursing Constable Ernas once again, Nalear unleashed a spirit magic blast by making her aura detonate.

It didn’t inflict damage. It was just a very strong push, yet being invisible it took Jirni and Phloria by surprise, giving Nalear a moment to catch her breath.

Or at least so she hoped. Lith was already in front of her, releasing five different tier three spells, each one aimed at a different body part. Nalear was still weaving her next spell while drawing a deep breath. She had no time to move nor hidden card to play.

She used spirit magic on herself, moving her body as a puppet and raising her left arm in the nick of time. The iron glove emitted another series of shockwaves, blasting away Lith’s spells before proceeding to do the same with him.

Nalear realized too late that a similar thing had happened earlier. Lith falling for the same trick twice was unlikely.

Indeed it was.