Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3811

Chapter 3811: Hidden Weapon (Part 2)

’My old army had no Silverwing’s Bastion and would have been decimated by a single Death Fountain as powerful as the one we’ve endured today.’

’Why are you wasting such a powerful spell on foot soldiers?’ Gyrwin Isaar, Human Representative of Jiera, asked the First Vampire via a mind link. ’You should protect your fellow Awakened. Without us, there can be no victory!’

’Save your mana to cast another Bastion instead of wasting it to whine!’ Vladion replied while the emerald cannonballs ravaged his body. ’Without our troops, there can be no victory either, and those people don’t have the means of an old hag like you to protect themselves!’

His armor’s Blood Barrier had been shattered into pieces by the first salvo and its enchanted Davross by the second. The First Vampire would have died as well, his head blown out and his heart pulverized, if not for Dawn’s prism.

Vladion focused all his mana and attention on protecting the white cube, knowing that as long as it remained intact, he would regenerate any wound.

’Vladion has a point.’ Raagu Drerian, Human Representative of Garlen, chimed in. ’If he helps us, he can only ensure the survival of seven people. If he helps the soldiers, we still have a chance of victory.’

’How can you put victory above your own survival?’ Gyrwin grunted as she poured more mana into Silverwing’s Bastion.

’Are you insane?’ Raagu glared at her Jieran counterpart. ’If we can’t defeat Ruugat now, then what do you think will happen once he becomes even stronger? Jiera will capitulate, and sooner or later this monstrosity will come to Garlen.

’Victory and survival are the same thing. Run away, if you want, but it will only buy you a few years at most.’

Raagu conjured a dozen Warping Arrays from her tunic that she arranged into a single uninterrupted line. When the next barrage of Spirit bullets arrived, she activated the arrays and Warped the emerald missiles hundreds of kilometers away.

So far away from their caster and intended targets, the projectiles were akin to soldiers stranded on a deserted island. They wandered aimlessly until their mana lost cohesion and they faded away.

Gyrwin and the other five Awakened in the seven-man unit used the respite to fix the cracks in the Bastion, looking at Raagu in admiration.

’I’ve never seen a dimensional array used like that.’

’I’d be surprised otherwise.’ Raagu drew a deep breath of Invigoration as she readied the magical formations to intercept another salvo. ’Warping arrays are supposed to last a few seconds and have someone stabilizing them on the other side.

’I’m no dimensional mage and I wouldn’t be able to do this if not for the cover of the Bastion and Ruugat’s spell having no finesse.’

’Somebody do something!’ Syrah, the Hati Queen, begged. ’We are getting slaughtered!’

She used the collective magical power of 100 Wargs to conjure the sturdiest earth, ice, and wind walls she could, but Mana Storm shredded them. The Wargs formed a living shelter, surrounding the other members of the Fallen Races with their bodies, but it was barely enough.

The orcs blessed the Wargs on the outermost layer with their crystals while the Balors covered them in the protective aura of the earth element. The Wargs then passed their wounds on to those forming the innermost layer, whom the Traughen healed to the best of their abilities.

Whenever a Warg felt death nearing, they would take upon themselves all the injuries suffered by the rest of the pack, relieving them from the burden and prolonging their lives.

The synergy between the different Fallen Races limited the casualties to a minimum, but they were still dying. All it took was one lucky bullet to kill those inside the living shelter, and the formation would crumble.

’She’s right.’ Lith cursed. ’I don’t think even the Engine can take this for long.’

’Agreed.’ Aalejah said. ’If we don’t play our trump card now, we’re all dead!’

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