"By the Great Mother! This is a Dimensional Mage’s life dream. You bent and stretched space, creating matter out of nothing! Can you teach me? Pretty please with a cherry on top?" Friya said.
"You are right about the space distortion part, but I didn’t create anything. I just reshaped the tower according to my memories. Everything you see it’s just a copy made out of stones after I adjusted their density and composition.
"As for the teaching, sorry but I can’t. I didn’t create those enchantments, I just manage the place. All my memories about master Menadion are lost and we found no records nor even lore about how she made this tower." Solus said.
The Ernas spent quite some time customizing their own rooms and after that, Solus gave everyone a tour of the tower after making them take an oath of secrecy.
"Oh gods, you have your own crystal mines?" Friya said. "I thought you only recently gained these new floors. Are you really capable of growing purple crystals this fast?"
"I wish. The crystals you see are either spoils of war or bought. This way we skip the gemstones’ condensation phase energy and focus the world to enhance already formed crystals.
"As you can see, only the weaker yellow crystals show already some green vein, whereas the purple crystal grew new branches but remained of the same quality. I wonder if it will ever turn white and how long the process will take."
Lith’s pessimism had rubbed off Solus who saw the glass half full, but to everyone else the mines were beyond their wildest dreams.
"Girls, shouldn’t you contact your father? Orion must be worried sick. He’s the reason we came to your rescue in the first place." Solus said once the tour was over. "Friya, shouldn’t you reassure your guild members as well?"
"Oh, gods, Dad! I almost forgot." The Ernas said in unison.
"Can you bring me back home, please? Right now Selia is all alone with three kids and I’m worried that if we wait any longer, I’ll find my house in shambles." Protector said.
Quylla and Friya had no idea what he was talking about until they felt a low rumble. Suddenly, the scenery outside the tower changed to the familiar Trawn woods.
"It’s been a pleasure meeting you all, but I can’t wait eight hours for those guys to wake up. On top of that, I bet you have a lot of personal questions for Solus." Nalrond shook their hands before throwing a kiss at Tista. "Bye, darling."
"Call me!" Tista replied.
"I’m now Lith’s neighbor. Feel free to visit me anytime you want. Selia loves company and the kids love roughing up new people." Protector and Nalrond left before the Ernas could recover from the shock.
"Are you two really dating?" The two women were beyond speechless.
Tista was even more gorgeous than Friya which made her life even harder. The idea that she had found someone before them despite her looks and her brother’s looming menace made the Ernas sisters sick with envy to the point that they temporarily forgot about the marvel of the tower warp.
"No. It’s just a joke between us, like yours with Lith, Friya. Nalrond had to act as my boyfriend for over a week during our stay in Jambel so that I could enjoy the vacation as well." Tista replied. "Why? Are you jealous?"
"Of you, a freaking goddess among mortals with the Lord of Destruction as your brother? Sure thing. As for Nalrond, I don’t know him enough to care." Friya said.
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