Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2734

2734 Menadion's Genius (Part 2)

"Okay. But please, guys, do not judge. You are our family and friends and we trust you deeply. Otherwise we wouldn't share this with you. Keep an open mind please."

Once again, Solus' raw talent with words made everyone think of a sex dungeon or something along those lines.

Contrary to their expectations, it was just the Thievery.

"That's it?" Elina took a deep breath in relief. "What does this even do?"

She had been expecting straps, chains, beds, mirrors, and maybe the contraption that had helped Solus take part in Elysia's conception.

'I should have known that Morok's words were just crap. Why did I let him sway me?'She inwardly thought.

Once Solus explained to them how it worked, her words finally made sense in an even more unpleasant way than her guests had expected.

"Damn, Ripha, this explains a lot!" Salaark snarled. "A Forgemaster's pride my a- ant! That's why you kept borrowing stuff from me. Were you still alive, I would never let you hear the end of this!"

"Thank the gods I never let Valeron lend her the Saefel set." Even Tyris was mildly annoyed.

A scowl was an unusual appearance on her usually smiling face.

"By the way, old lizard, did you know?" She turned toward Leegaain.

"I beg your pardon?"

"You said you have the full schematics in your brain. Was the Thievery a part of it?" Tyris asked.

"No. Ripha kept it redacted but I won't lie to you. I had my suspicions. All those questions about my Eyes and the energy she poured into creating her own was suspicious at best." Leegaain replied.

"Wait a second." Solus interrupted the flow of family-friendly proto-swear words. "How could Mom craft the Eyes before the tower? It doesn't make sense."

"Easy." Leegaain shrugged. "First, she built the tower's basic levels, just like you guys did. Then, she used its powers to craft the various pieces of Menadion's set. Then she used them to achieve a greater degree of mastery and understanding of magic.

"At that point, she brought the tower to Baba Yaga, she reset it with Creation Magic, Ripha rebuilt it strong with her newfound knowledge and the help of the set. Then, she had the set disassembled as well and she rebuilt it with the power of her new tower.

"Rinse and repeat. She devised the tower and the set together, but she crafted them separately until her power and mastery reached the level necessary to fuse them into one single artifact." Leegaain pointed at the tower.

"The pieces of the set that Menadion gifted to her apprentices were just a copy of the originals that she modified to make sure that they could never threaten the tower nor match its power even if all four of them were combined.

"There's a reason she kept the Fury for herself and never gifted anything like that to anyone. It was to keep the set incomplete for everyone but her."

"This is amazing!" Solus said with her mouth agape. "So Malyshka is behind Mom's success."

"Obviously." Leegaain shrugged. "She's not on the level of sweetie pie here..."

He pointed at Salaark who blushed at the moniker a bit and cooed like a girl at her first crush instead of like the God of Forgemastery.

"But she's the next best thing. Also, your mother never hesitated to ask for Lochra's and my help. Your mother didn't let pride blind her and that's why this tower was and is the most powerful mage tower on Mogar.