Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1426

Chapter 1426 - Filling the Void (Part 2)

"I have my own means, don’t worry about me. Also, I’m not drunk nor has pain turned me into an idiot. I’ve already lost Lark and Mirim. Jirni can’t use them and my Professors have their own means to defend themselves.

"You’re the only Awakened I know that has received the Present card and I trust you enough to know that you won’t abuse the Hands nor ask me questions I’m not ready to answer." Lith said.​​

"I’m giving them to you because if the bastard who killed my friends decides to stick close to Lutia, you’re their next mark. I couldn’t live with myself if something happened to you even though I could have prevented it."

"I’m speechless." Faluel said while imprinting the Hands and testing their powers.

The Hydra now only needed a flick of her fingers to conjure all kinds of Forgemastering circles and keep them stable for a long time like only a mage tower could.

"I need a mana geyser to tap into their full power but they are an amazing tool as they are already." Faluel put them away before taking Lith’s hands into her own.

"Thanks for the beautiful gift. I can see what Kamila sees in you and why she stuck with you for so long."

"Saw." Lith corrected her.

"Sees." Faluel insisted. "As someone older than you who has gone through a lot of breakups and failed relationsh.i.p.s, let me give you an unsolicited piece of advice. No matter your race, death is part of the cruel game that life is.

"Lark, Mirim, and Sedra are dead but Kamila is not. I’m not telling you to wait for her nor to forget about her. Only time will tell whether your goodbye will last for a while or forever.

"Just don’t give up on your feelings solely because they bring you pain. Otherwise, all that will be left of you is a Lich who remembers nothing but the nature of his work." Faluel took a pause to let Lith ponder her words.

"One more thing." She said once his deep meditative state brought Lith to snoring. "Now that you’ve reached the violet core, it’s the perfect time to develop a more complex breathing technique.

"There’s nothing wrong in those you used until now, but once you start practicing Acc.u.mulation again to further promote your mana core, you’ll discover it incapable of tapping into the auxiliary cores’ full potential.

"Invigoration will suffer from the same problem, turning out to be subpar especially during battle. The Mother of all Hydras invented Lifestream after achieving the violet core as well, and all of us work to improve it once we reach your current level.

"Our breathing technique is so powerful thanks to the collective work that Awakened Hydras share among them for centuries, keeping us from being forced to rediscover the same principles over and over again." Faluel said.

"Wait a second. I remember that Scarlett had a unique breathing technique even when she was still bright blue. Was she a genius or what?" Lith asked, fighting against his drowsiness.

"Neither, she was just way older than you. Scarlett remained stuck at bright blue for centuries and even though vortexes don’t work as well as auxiliary cores, with enough time, talent, and effort, one can research a powerful breathing technique like her Aura even at the bright blue core." Faluel replied.

"Now, before you go back to your secret hideout to sleep, can I have some more, please?"

She held an empty bowl of ice cream like a beggar asking for spare change.

’F.u.c.k me sideways, that Red Dragon is really something. I must buy some for myself and keep it away from humans or they’ll die of alcohol poisoning.’ Lith barely managed to go back to the tower and ask Solus to wake him up for dinner before falling asleep.

’My nourishment has improved greatly since he got the violet core and by spending almost all of our time together in the tower, my power core grows stronger by the day. Yet everything else is at an impasse.