Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1605

Chapter 1605 - Odd Friends (Part 1)

'And you dare say that I'm the greedy one.' Despite his reproachful tone, Lith's voice lacked conviction.

He too wanted to discover what abilities the remaining two pieces of Menadion's set possessed. Yet unless they managed to meet their current owner or found some clues about how they looked like and worked, there was no way to trigger the transformation.

Only once the tower regained its full power would Solus achieve the full scope of her skills and the memories related to the artifacts that she was capable of reproducing.

'Yes, you are. I blame you for turning me into a Scrooge. You-'

The Shadow Dragon swept down from the sky, interrupting their friendly quarrel and cutting Solus short. They were so caught up with studying their latest discovery to have almost forgotten about the reason they were in the middle of nowhere.

Luckily for them, Xenagrosh didn't have Life Vision and Solus had made the Hands disappear the moment she had perceived the Dragon's energy signature.

Had she been one second slower there would have been too many explanations to give.

"Sorry for the scare, but speed is of the essence." Xenagrosh said to Lith while carrying him on her massive right hand. "Sinmara is on the clock and Salaark doesn't seem to have told the member of her nest about our deal.

"I had to dodge a couple of Phoenixes on my way here and I can't afford getting caught."

She opened a Chaos Steps, piercing through space for hundreds of kilometers to lose the pursuers that were still on her tail.

"How long will the trip take?" Lith could use a bit of time to study the Sky Piercer glove that Xenagrosh wore on her left hand with the Eyes.

It resembled the Hands of Menadion a lot and if the two artifacts shared similarities beyond the mere appearance, then the Shadow Dragon might know something about the fall of the First Ruler of the Flames.

Yet Lith couldn't introduce the topic without a good reason, otherwise he would risk exposing his knowledge about Menadion's legacy.

"We are already to our destination." She replied, making him inwardly curse.

'I have good news and I have bad news.' Solus said. 'The bad news is that I have learned squat about her glove due to the lack of time. Also, I tried keeping both the Hands and the Eyes active at the same time, discovering that it causes a drop in their respective abilities.

'The good news is that, once I took off the Hands, the burden on our minds while studying Xenagrosh's equipment, her life force, and black core, is the same as when we split the Eyes into Monocles.

'The tower core is now strong enough to act as an auxiliary brain. Which means that the next time we use the Monocles, their efficiency will be greatly increased.' Solus said.

Sinmara, the Phoenix of the Darkness, was waiting for them atop a mountain clearing. She was currently in her human form, that of a stunning redhead about 1.83 meters (6') tall with emerald green eyes.

She had cute little freckles under her eyes and on her nose. She wore a white cotton shirt over brown linen pants and leather boots, but to the Eyes of Menadion those simple clothes shone akin to a Royal Fortress armor.

'I guess that the Skinwalker armor must be pretty popular.' Solus said. 'Everything Sinmara wears is actually Davross shapeshifted to resemble a regular attire. I've never seen such enchantments so studying them might take a while.

'Another good news is that I can isolate and ignore an energy signature much more quickly than before which allows me to focus solely on one of them. Take your pick.'