Supreme Magus novel Chapter 334

"I always wanted her to be strong and independent, but now that she’s gone, I don’t give a damn about all that cr*p. Why didn’t Lith stop her? He was still a bit young, but he could still marry if his parents gave their approval."

"That’s rich coming from you!" Jirni scoffed. "Maybe if instead of messing with my plans you had helped me, things would be different. Or maybe, Lith knew her well enough to understand he couldn’t stop her.

"Nothing is lost, yet. She is in the army and he will join the army in the future. Now, enough sulking. Quylla needs us more than ever."

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Lith’s house, same moment.

After over six months, Lith and Phillard had reached a critical moment in their endeavour. The impurities in the Kroxy’s body were so close to his bright cyan core that they could almost touch.

"Okay, I’ve done all that I can." Lith said.

"I’ve brought you over a mana geyser for your training, I have used Invigoration to help you feel the world energy, and pushed the impurities closer to your core whenever it wasn’t painful for you. The last step it’s on you."

"Don’t worry, I can feel resistance but no discomfort." Phillard replied.

Even after all that time, he still had to learn Invigoration. The Kroxy’s mana perception was even worse than Lith’s when he had just started the academy.

It was only thanks to Lith’s training schedule and his natural attunement to magic that Phillard was able to crudely stimulate his own core.

"I swear, this thing feels like I’m taking the biggest sh*t of my life!" Phillard couldn’t stop laughing from excitement. He was filled to the brim with an unknown energy that made him euphoric.

Suddenly, the night sky cleared. Phillard’s body emitted a blinding radiance, but unlike normal light it didn’t spread in all directions, only upwards. Even using darkness magic and his hands as a shield, Lith could barely stand the intensity the light pillar emitted.

It slowly grew in height and width, until a second light pillar descended from the sky. It connected itself with the smaller one coming out from Phillard. The phenomenon gave Lith an oddly familiar sensation.

’This feeling it’s too similar to what I experience during my transformations to be a coincidence. What the f*ck is happening?’ He thought.

’Beats me.’ Solus replied. ’The only thing I know is that Phillard’s core is evolving.’

The Kroxy’s body started to expand in all directions until his arms became as big as small trees. After that, it only grew in length. When everything was over, Lith was staring at a ten meters (33’) long serpentine body covered by emerald scales as big as a small shield.

The head resembled that of a dragon from Earth’s fairy tales, with several small horns surrounding the neck area like a mane. Phillard’s legs had been replaced by a long tail, while his clawed arms seemed able to rip even a stone house to shreds.

"Yes! I knew it! I always knew I was destined to become..."

The light faded and so did the Evolved Monster’s awareness.

"What am I?" He asked to Lith while scratching his gigantic head.

Lith accessed the bestiaries he had copied from the academy and stored inside Soluspedia before answering.

"You are a Lindwurm." He said while clicking his tongue.

"All this work and you’re not even a new species. Protector at last isn’t derivative."

"I’m not derivative!" Phillard roared. He had no idea what the word meant but he was sure it had to be some kind of insult.

"I’m a..." He stuttered a few times.

"What am I again?"