Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2608

Ryman pointed at the refreshment stand where noble youths behaved no differently from his much less refined kids after tasting a few flavors. Many adults were ignoring the known cold and hot dishes in favor of the exotic treat as well, forcing the house staff to constantly refill the various bowls.

"It's not worth it." Lith shrugged. "The moment I disclose the recipe, every idiot with chore magic can do it."

'Luckily, Mogar's chocolate isn't toxic for animals once they evolve into magical beasts or things would get tragic here fast.' He actually thought, glad to have made sure of it in the past before offering ice cream to any of his non-human friends.

"Can I borrow Lith for a minute?" Nalrond asked.

"Sure." Protector nodded, taking his leave to have a conversation with the Hati Queen.

Ever since his first clash with the Hati in Ajatar's mines, he had felt an odd kinship with them and he was curious to understand how similar they were to Skolls.

"Wow, you look like shit." Lith said without mincing words.

"Thanks." The Rezar replied with a snarl. "But you don't look so hot either."

"It's nothing." Lith sighed. "I'm just having more and more difficulty developing the auxiliary cores I need to reach the bright violet. My whole body hurts every time I try to condense more and I think I'm reaching my limit.

"If I don't understand what's wrong with my Voidfeather Dragon life force, I'll be stumped again. What's your excuse?"

"I'm not even Awakened, I'm nowhere close to even the bright blue, and my body feels like it's going to fall apart any moment now." Nalrond was pale and clammy, needing his meditating technique just to keep the symptoms in check.

"Are you telling me that you've reached the same point Tista did after fighting with the cursed objects?" Lith's eyes went wide in surprise.

"No, I'm nothing like her." A few deep breaths stabilized the barrier that kept his human and Emperor Beast sides apart, making the pain stop. "Tista's life forces naturally wanted to merge and she was willingly stopping them.

"I, instead, have struggled until now to try and make them meet, but I'm facing an impossible conundrum. If I keep the barrier standing, I can't make my life forces interact or attempt to merge them.

"Whenever I try to weaken it past a certain point, however, due to my age and the power they have both accumulated, my life forces repel each other with so much violence that they start to tear apart what's left of the barrier on their own."

"Isn't that a good thing?" Lith asked.

"No, it's not." Nalrond replied in exasperation. "I've spent years trying to understand my beast life force and getting in touch with it. During the past year, I've whittled the barrier bit by bit by spending my free time as a Rezar, enjoying what it has to offer me.

"The problem is that all of this just made my beast side stronger, it didn't bring my two life forces closer. I can feel that they are not trying to overcome the barrier to merge.

"They are like two hungry caged predators throwing themselves at the bars, each sent into a frenzy by the smell of the other's blood. Once they met, I won't have months like Tista to make up my mind.