Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2005

Chapter 2005 Memory Crystals (Part 1)

The second array stored inside Solus' Mouth of Menadion acted as an external circuit that sapped the excess energy of the partial cores. The temporarily weakened fragments managed to match with the others, forming a perfect sphere.

While Solus and Lith worked on the power core, the others used Menadion's Mana Well technique to strengthen the Light Cocoon array.

With each blow of the hammer, their mana passed from the Fury into their Forge which stored and amplified the mana by mixing it with the flow of world energy that the magical metal constantly drew in.

A second strike of the hammer would recover the amplified energy and change its signature into Lith's. Once a Fury was close to being overloaded, its wielder imbued the accumulated mana inside the Cocoon, bringing the power core one step closer to completion.

The partial cores slowly fused into a single energy mass where countless strings of runes completed each other and flowed in unison, like musicians who played different instruments to form the same melody.

Once the power core became stable, the Light Cocoon array returned the stolen energy, making the sphere grow to the size of a bull. Yet it was too big even for the Vagrash's corpse to contain so they had to compress the power core until it was reduced to the size of a bowling ball.

"I don't know about you guys, but I've already used Invigoration several times." Quylla said amid pants. "Can we take a break?"

"I wish." Lith replied. "That array and my focus are the only things that keep the power core together. Even if you rest, Solus and I can't afford it. Holding so many enchantments in place drains me by the second, I can't wait hours."

"What about putting it in stasis like we did before?" Protector asked.

"It doesn't work like that." Faluel shook her head. "The partial cores were stable enough to be controlled by just willpower. If we put the power core in a stasis array, once it's dispelled the residual energy would mess with the Light Cocoon array and boom."

"Out of curiosity, how does Orion manage to craft pieces like War without Invigoration?" The Hydra asked.

"He always uses pseudo cores, not power cores for that." Phloria replied.

"When I helped him craft something with a power core, however, I noticed that he uses three arrays at a time. One to fill the vessel with world energy, one to keep the power core stable, and another of which I failed to understand the purpose."

"Couldn't you study them?" Lith clicked his tongue in disapproval.

"First, Dad never lets me get near anything but the basic Forgemastering circle. Second, I'm too busy pumping the world energy he needs to pay it attention. Third, I'm not going to steal from my father." _{ƒreewebηoveℓ.com}

Her tone didn't leave space for arguing so Lith raised his hands in apology.

"Okay. Use Invigoration one more time and then we'll move onto the final phase." Solus said.

Once everyone signaled her to be ready, Solus dispelled the Light Cocoon array, redirecting the world energy that had been fueling it into the Golem. Then, she and Tista combined their Mouths to conjure a series of concentric arrays.

In its broken state, the tower couldn't handle the full power of the mana geyser. The arrays gathered the excess energy around the Forgemasters, boosting their recovery abilities.