Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1537

Chapter 1537 Menadion’s Apprentice Part 1

"I'll tell the boys to shave often, then." Salaark chuckled. "Now that you guys have an idea of how things work in my cities, all that remains to do is to show you your living quarters now and the market in the morning. Things get quite busy at sunrise."

"By the Great Mother!" The Verhens said after entering the Overlord's tent. "This place is like Solus."

"It's called dimensional displacement." Salaark said. "It's the only way to have all the space I need without making a tent so big that it would collapse under its own weight."

The inside of the palace extended as much as Valeron's Royal Castle, but everything was placed on the ground floor, requiring an internal network of Gates to not get lost and to quickly reach any destination.

The curtains that separated the rooms from the corridors were as thin as regular cloth yet also as hard as enchanted stone.

"You can set up your tower here, Lith." Salaark pointed at the biggest and most powerful mana geyser that he had ever seen. "I want Solus's stay to be pleasant as well so I chose a spot that will allow her to keep her humanoid form inside the entire camp."

"How could I not notice it earlier? Solus?"

"It escaped even my mana sense's detection." She sounded as surprised as he was.

"That's because under this place there's not only a water source, but also a crystal mine and rich Adamant veins. The three of them together absorb most of the world energy and keep it contained." Salaark said.

"Really?" Lith asked.

"Really. What my country lacks in food, the Desert abundantly makes up for it in natural resources. We keep what we need and sell the rest to purchase whatever we lack from the merchants."

Solus turned into a small stone spider that quickly dug through the sand, making the tower emerge from the ground. The tent's ceiling was so high that the third floor of the tower didn't even come close to it.

Then, Salaark showed them their rooms. Each one of them had a colorful gold-embroidered carpet covering the entire floor, a king-size bed, several closets, a bathroom, and a small thermal spring big enough to comfortably host three people.

"I thought that water was scarce and precious!" Lith blurted out in surprise.

"It is, but I'm a Guardian so both living beings and nature have to follow my rules." Salaark shrugged. "I want you to respect my people, but I also want you to enjoy your stay. I expect you to sweat a lot and hence to need a good bath more often than at home."

"Can Abominus use it too? I can't bring him to my bed if he smells or if his fur gets filled with sand." Leria asked.

"Of course. Your spring, your rules." Salaark ruffled her hair. "Now, do you want dinner, to try and sleep a bit, or would you like some magical lessons?"

"I'm not tired and I'm still full from breakfast. Can I explore your palace?" Aran asked.

"As long as you don't break anything, dear."

The kids jumped on their respective steeds and trotted away before their mothers could say anything.

"Before we start, do you mind giving me a tour of the tower? It has been centuries since the last time I saw Menadion's masterpiece and I'm eager to see how Ripha bonding the tower with Elphyn- I mean, Solus changed it."