Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1209

Chapter 1209 - Faluel’s Ploy (Part 1)

Even smelting Adamant was an expensive and difficult job. After being mined, the metal would be simply molten with regular flames and turned into ingots without any purification of sorts just to make them easier to sell and move.

’F.u.c.k me sideways, if this works like Orichalc.u.m, the smelting will reduce the weight by at least one-fourth. That before using Origin Flames.’ He thought.

"As for your two apprentices, Tista performed only minor missions so her contributions don’t amount to much. On top of that, Olua and Bodya feel guilty for what happened to you and never leave her side.

"Sending three Awakened for a mission that a veteran could perform alone is a waste of manpower." Xoth gave Lith a single ingot for all her trouble.

"Phloria, on the other hand, is making an excellent job with the humans. Her merits are outstanding. I look forward to thanking her in person." Eight ingots appeared in front of Lith and his hands almost reached the Nue’s throat.

Almost.

"Are you telling me that teaching a few words to a bunch of morons is worth four times my life and eight times my sister’s?"

"Phloria did more than that." Xoth shook his head.

"Some of her students now perform their civil duty not because they are forced to, but of their own free will. They are leading the others by example and once the others see the benefits that being an active member of the community provides, many more will follow.

"Son, you’ve been sent here to learn how to act like a beast, yet you keep reasoning like a human. Killing is cheap whereas keeping the balance is priceless and the human race is an integral part of it. We need them just as they need us."

"Are you telling me that if Tista and I joined Phloria’s efforts we would have gotten three times as much?" Lith pointed at the ingots.

Once properly purified with Origin Flames, the Adamant ingots would provide him with just enough metal to craft a sword and some rings. And that only if he got lucky. Lith had to take into account his average of failures and prototypes.

Assuming that every craft would go well, especially while trying his own original blueprints, would be more than optimistic, it would be straight-out foolish.

"No. You wouldn’t have received any. Teaching Tyris’s universal language is something that anyone can do. Your companion is being rewarded because she succeeded where we all failed.

"Phloria managed to make the humans of Jiera come out of their mourning and start their schooling. It will take some time to see if her method will yield results, but she has already achieved more than we did in months." Xogh said, making Lith sigh in relief.

All of his sufferings were only worth two Adamant ingots, but it was still two ingots more than what he would have obtained wasting his time babysitting the refugees.

"If you want to get some more resources, I’ve got just the mission that’s tailor-made for you." Xoth took out eight more ingots, hoping to arouse Lith’s greed, yet all he obtained was a suspicious glare.

"Look, as much as I’d like to double my rewards, you’ve already proven not being big on generosity. What’s the catch? Do I have to fight an Eldritch? An Elder Dragon?" Lith asked.

"Nothing of the sorts. It’s just a recon mission." Xoth said, trying to sound reassuring.