Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1383

Chapter 1383 - Eyes and Charms (Part 1)

"The others here are your own friends so I can’t speak for them." Baba Yaga said, noticing that Scarlett was still wary of Lith and Kalla.

’The runt is no friend of mine. A colleague at best. As for Kalla, it’s her mouth I don’t trust.’ The Scorpicore thought.

’Solus?’ Lith asked via the mind link.

’Sorry, I don’t recognize them nor do I have any idea how they work. Mana sense perceives them and their power core, but that’s it. We need to get closer.’ She replied.

"Would you mind showing me your mastery over the Eyes?" Baba Yaga snapped everyone out of it. "I’m really curious if the genius of the late Menadion manages to outshine me yet again despite the passing of centuries."

"Did you know Ripha Menadion? And I mean in person." Lith asked, too curious to hold back.

Baba Yaga had been nothing but a friend to the Ernas girls and now even to Scarlett despite having met them just once.

’If she knew Ripha and Solus/Elphyn, then she might be able to help us. She doesn’t seem as biased against me as Silverwing and with already a tower, Baba Yaga is likely unable to control another.

’One can bond with only one living artifact at a time and a tower is the greatest artifact of all so the same principle should apply.’ He thought.

"Yes, I did. She was a great person and a wonderful colleague. Now hush, child. There are too many lives at stake to waste our time with memories of the past." Baba Yaga replied.

Scarlett first used her breathing technique, Aura, to establish a connection between the Eyes and the altered Emperor Beasts. Then, she tapped the right lens, triggering the deep scan mode.

"Whatever it is, it didn’t reach their skin. Before opening them up, there’s something I want to try." Scarlett took blood and fur samples, cutting the hair and feathers into small pieces to expose their insides as well.

"I think we are unto something. Take a look at this and tell me what you see." She handed the Eyes to the others who took turns using them to study the fluids.

Each one of them used their breathing technique, hoping to grasp the secrets of Menadion as well as that of the invaders, but to no avail. The cloaking runes coupled with the complexity of the power core made a mess of their readings.

The Eyes, however, allowed them to perceive deeper than even Invigoration could. It revealed traces of a mysterious liquid amid the blood that had uncanny properties and an unknown composition.

When Lith’s turn came, the moment he touched the Eyes with Invigoration, a spark triggered between the relic and Solus’s tower half.

As if the tower had met its long-lost twin and realized how similar they were, mana sense unraveled in front of Solus, showing her its true nature. Until that moment, the tower’s weak power core had kept mana sense from revealing its full capabilities.

Just like her glove form was the tower version of the Hands, mana sense turned out to be the equivalent of the Eyes. Yet it was too complicated for a human mind to handle and without the power core, it had been reduced to its simplest form.

’I feel I can assume a glasses form now to mimic the Eyes, but it would reveal my presence.’ Solus said.

’What if you don’t?’ Lith asked.

’It’s like with the gloves. Unless I divert all of my power to a specific function, I’m can use only the simplest abilities of Menadion’s relics.’