Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2597

2597 Push Boundaries (Part 1)

Lith's mind then pictured the moment after his own funeral, with Elysia crying in Kamila's arms and later blaming her for being incapable of saving her dad. He saw Elysia grow like Solus, marked by her father's death and estranged from her mother in an attempt to pin the blame for her loss on someone.

Lith felt like a colossal jerk and decided that he wouldn't try to trick Solus into changing the terms of their deal.

"I'm sorry, Solus. You are right." He said. "But now please remove that picture or I won't be able to focus on anything. I feel like Elysia is judging me."

"Please, she doesn't even know who you are! Solus said with a scoff. "What you feel is your own judgment as you are forced to remind yourself that your life doesn't belong just to you anymore. Which is a good thing"

At a wave of her hand, the picture shrunk to a much more acceptable size, something that a dad would keep on his desk at work. Something that now sat on Lith's desk inside a frame shaped like a heart with "I can't wait to meet you, Daddy" engraved along its edges.

"Seriously?" Lith knew that neither the frame nor the engraving was Elysia's doing yet he felt even worse than when the picture covered the Forge's walls.

"Yep." Solus cheerfully nodded. "You can always destroy it if you don't like it."

Lith waved his hand and every fiber of his being screamed as if he was about to physically harm his daughter instead of a picture.

"Fine, you win, dammit." He flipped the frame down, incapable of standing Elysia's gaze one second longer yet incapable of putting the picture away. "By the way, during the last Void Magic lesson I had an idea that I'd like to run by you."

"Sure." Solus gloated, knowing from his expression and moving the topic to a non-controversial matter that Lith wouldn't try to change her mind about Glemos' device or pull something funny behind her back. "I'm all ears."

"I was thinking that maybe our current understanding of Void Magic is both shallow and short-sighted. If I'm right, it is possible to turn any element into many others at the same time."

"Wait, what?" Her mind went blank in confusion and surprise. "Are you serious? "Think about it." Lith Warped them both to the Firing Range floor, where the arrays of the tower would counter the effects of every spell that he would cast whether direct or indirect. And I mean like someone from Earth, not a Mogarian.

"What does a fireball do?" He cast a tier three spell, releasing a sphere of fire ten meters (33) in diameter that exploded with the strength of several hand grenades.

The Firing Range neutralized the boom, the blinding light, and the scorching heat that releasing such a spell in a confined space caused.

The fire generates light that can be converted into darkness." Lith cast a second fireball, but this time it spread a black corrosive fog instead of radiance.

"The detonation releases shockwaves that can be either enhanced to conjure bolts of lightning or switched into earth." This time he cast two fireballs, the first one releasing whip-like jolts of electricity and the second one forming restraints around the hypothetical enemy.