Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2596

2596 Tower Upgrade (Part 2)

"Now on top of our turns to keep an eye on the kids while they play with Garrik, we also have to keep Selia company. The only silver lining is that at least I can use Accumulation during a movie so it's not a complete loss." Lith said.

"What about me?" Kamila asked.

"You don't know Light Mastery and you can't use Accumulation either." Lith shrugged. "Grandma expressively forbid you to put any more strain on your core and you know it."

"I meant that you didn't include me in the list of your activities, smartass. What am I, a hobby for when you have time to spare?"

"Those are the things I have to do." Lith gave her an "I got you" smirk. "Spending time with you is something I want to do."

The answer made her squeal with joy, turning her frown upside down.

***

Trawn woods, Lith's tower, a few days later.

Lith and Solus were working in the Forge, using the Workshop to create from Davross and elemental crystals a setup similar to the one they had witnessed in Glemos' lab but that worked for his Tiamat's eyes as well.

"The concept is brilliant. If we manage to replicate it, we'll be able to tap into the world energy that exceeds the tower's capacity and greatly reduce the burden on my core while Forgemastering a difficult piece.

"It would be like having a second pair of Hands of Menadion. Not only would it relieve you of part of your burden so that you could take a more active role in the actual enchanting phase, but it would also simplify the procedure of imbuing elemental spells."

One of the current limits of the tower's Hands that the corresponding piece of Menadion's legacy didn't have was the lack of a full set of elemental crystals.

Solus' Hands were still incomplete and while they could control the world energy to perfection anyway, when it came to conjuring single elements, things would go awry if the artifact had yet to recover the corresponding crystal.

Sure, they could borrow the complete Hands from Faluel whenever they wanted, but the artifact lacked both a Spirit Crystal and a direct connection with the tower. The former made them useless when crafting Spirit artifacts while the latter meant no support from the power core, requiring greater focus to achieve the same effect.

Glemos' device instead was capable of fuelling Lith's Spirit eye and since the world energy was filtered through his body, it answered to his will like his own mana.

"Agreed, but I wouldn't be so optimist if I were you." She replied, conjuring and dispelling one prototype after another in quick succession.

As soon as Lith's eyes failed to establish a connection with the elemental crystals, she would adjust the design based on the readings of the Eyes of Menadion and the intuition she garnered from the Sage Staff.

"What do you mean?" Lith used Demon Grasp, his Accumulation technique, non-stop. This way he split the world energy into its basic components and gave the Eyes of Menadion a baseline that the artifact could compare with the current apparatus' performance.

Every setup that fell below or slightly above Demon Grasp's effectiveness was discarded as a failure. Those who showed a better output or at least a strong synergy with the Tiamat's eyes, instead, were put aside for further studies.

The eyes in the picture were half open, yet Lith could almost feel them staring at him. _{ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm}