Supreme Magus novel Chapter 4001

Chapter 4001: Phantom Mirage (Part 2)

He could feel the Vurdalak blood he had left running thin with each blow he suffered and delivered. Keeping Frost Soul active drained him even faster, so he launched himself in a last, desperate attack.

Hassar charged at the Agni with the full weight of his violet-cored Upyr form in the hope of squashing him like a bug.

Nalrond took several steps back, exploiting the speed gap to avoid the attack, but his constructs weren’t so lucky. Hassar struck the multiple layers of Phantom Mirage like a hammer, and shattered them like glass.

His khopesh, however, hit only air. The chieftain saw the sphere of emerald light coalescing between the Agni’s hands only when it was too late. Nalrond shot the Spirit Spell forward, and Hassar’s momentum was too great for him to alter his course.

The Upyr raised his crossed arms, hoping it would be enough to resist the unknown attack and trample the Emperor Beast to death.

’Wait, what?’ A refreshing feeling washed all over the Upyr’s body, closing his wounds and mending his bones.

Hassar’s panting became much heavier, and he watched the floor rising to meet him in confusion. Nalrond’s tier three Spirit Spell, Breath of Life, had robbed Hassar of the little strength he had left.

The chieftain had stumbled and tripped on his own feet, hitting the ground with enough force to produce a small, localised quake.

"Stay down, or I’ll make you." Nalrond would have loved to kill the chieftain of the Yellow Wind tribe, but he needed answers.

Hassar opened his mouth for one last curse when the last drop of Vurdalak’s blood faded from his body and his newfound mass and powers disappeared. He lost consciousness immediately, and his life almost followed.

Nalrond had healed most of the damage, but not all. What was left was more than enough to kill a human man, let alone one with little to no vitality left.

’This is great. All this effort to kill this bastard, and now I have to save his life.’ The Agni scoffed.

"I need help! Now!" He actually said.

Lith and Solus joined him immediately, while Friya arrived a few seconds later. Without Frost Soul hindering her powers, it took her but a thought to conjure a flame to warm herself and a pulse of darkness magic to cleanse the blood covering her.

"Great work, Nalrond." Lith said while activating the Immortal Body array to stabilise Hassar’s condition. "If we manage to keep him alive, we can interrogate him and discover how and when he met Meln."

"Thanks, but a bandit turning into an Upyr was the last thing I was expecting." The Agni sighed. "I was lucky he sucked as a Divine Beast, or the first surprise blow would have killed me."

"Same here." Friya used Quylla’s Injection spell to send nutrients straight into the chieftain’s bloodstream and save him from death by consumption. "Even worse was the Frost Soul. I don’t think I would have survived it if I weren’t just half Hydra.

"Which begs the question, why didn’t you help me?"

"Why?" Solus answered in honest confusion. "Because you kept saying all that stuff about this being your fight. Also, we were waiting for you to say something. You carry the Monocle, and our mind link wasn’t affected by Frost Soul."

"Gods, I’m so dumb!" Friya slapped her forehead in frustration. "I’m sorry guys. It all happened so fast, and the cold must have numbed my brain."

’Years and years of relentless training and practice of magic made useless by a single bloodline ability.’ Friya shuddered at the memory of the feeling of helplessness she had experienced while under Frost Soul’s effects.

’That woman was one of the lousiest fighters I’ve ever seen, yet she was still a threat to me in her Divine Beast form. Gods, if life is unfair.’

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