’Okay. First, we need to stabilize Lith’s human life force. I know that the Abomination side looks ugly, but the Beast side keeps it under control whereas if the cracks on the human life force spread any further due to the ongoing conflict, Lith might die.’ Solus said.
She showed them how to listen to the melody of the different life forces and how to use it to find their real patient. Solus’s Scalpel spell produced golden tendrils that bypassed the hybrid life force and found the human side that was getting weaker by the second.
The blue flame evaporated the black ooze, but the human life force had no defense against the noxious gas produced by their battle. Lith’s original life force was supposed to look like a mix of red lego bricks and structures formed by an erector set, but now the dark mist dulled the red.
It seeped through the small gaps that allowed the single pieces to move and coated the surface of the red blocks with an ooze that poisoned Lith’s body from the outside. Solus used the golden tendrils to form a blanket that stopped the fog from reaching the bricks.
She needed to constantly spend mana and vitality to fight the erosion caused by the Abomination side to Lith’s life force. As soon as the golden barrier stopped the onslaught, the human side started to purge the black ooze and regained its vitality with a speed visible to the naked eye.
’Okay, this is the most important part. We need to keep Lith’s human side stable and protected.’ Solus said. ’Remember that we can’t consider his life forces as separated as it happens with Nalrond. Here any action on one of them affects the others.
’On the one hand, it makes Lith incredibly resistant to effects like Huryole’s slave spell. On the other hand, however, it means that the moment I start the procedure on the Abomination side, the other two might mistake me for an enemy and attack my spell. If that happens, I’ll need your help to keep them at bay.’ Solus said.
’Good gods! Do you really have already found a cure for his condition?’ Phloria asked.
’That’s what I hope. Even though I could do nothing to stop it, I watched the whole process of Lith going Abomination and back. While you’re trapped in a stone body, incapable of doing anything, seconds seem to last hours.
’Despite the pain I endured, I never stopped thinking about how to help him. On top of that, I’m pretty good with the healing arts. My Mom even said that I’m blessed by the light.’ Solus chuckled, thinking back at Menadion’s words.
’By my Mom! That’s it.’ Solus suddenly realized how to further improve her technique. ’Earth and light are the elements of creation that balance darkness and fire, the elements of destruction. Chaos is still darkness, after all.’
She used earth fusion, but instead of making it circulate through her body, Solus used the earth element to coat the light that comprised her barrier. The orange energy of earth formed an external layer, greatly reducing the strain on Solus’s mana consumption. freeweɓnøvel.com
’Can someone relieve me from keeping the human side stable?’ She asked after sharing her discovery with the others. ’That way I could fully focus on the hybrid life force and greatly increase my odds of success.’
’I’ll do it.’ Tista already had a splitting headache that only Invigoration and light fusion managed to relieve, but she didn’t hesitate to further increase her burden.
Feeding Solus with the vitality she needed while also sustaining the information exchange necessary for the treatment via the mind link weakened her body and poisoned her core.
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