2735 Seed of Change (Part 1)
"Lith would take the Fury. That much is obvious." Quylla said.
"Hey!" Solus said. "I mean, it makes sense, but still, hey!"
"Shush, short one." Friya said. "Now that the angry one is fixed, you should definitely take the Eyes due to your observation abilities and your shady past."
Solus wanted to argue at both her title and the insult, but she was too embarrassed to speak. Everyone knew how she had spectated at Lith's private life in the past and how she still did via the fusions.
"I'm going to take the Hands for obvious reasons as well." Friya pointed at her multi-colored streaks that matched in kind the gems on the artifact. "Also, it's only natural since Master Faluel is the inheritor of the other Hands.
"I was going to suggest myself but, fair enough. The Hydra chuckled. "I guess that you can take my spot when I'm not available."
"And I take the Mouth." Tista stepped in. "I own the other Mouth, I'm Lith's sister, Solus' best friend, and a member of the Tiamat species.
Cut me out of this and I'll do the same with your heads!"
"Well, none of that truly matters. Quylla said. "We still lack the Ears and anyway, I'm more suited than you for a fusion. Unless we want to dazzle the enemy with your beauty, you don't have much to offer."
"Hey!" Tista replied in outrage, starting to list her known bloodline abilities.
As everyone quarreled for the last open position, Lith walked out of the room and guided everyone to the Grimoire. It garnered lots of questions and interest, especially from the Guardians.
"Damn, Ripha. First the Thievery and now this? You were a true genius." Leegaain said, his voice filled with admiration. "You managed to outmatch even my children's Dragon Eyes."
"Really?" Lith and Solus asked.
"Yeah. I mean, sure, basically the functions are the same. Nothing stops a Dragon from studying an artifact they've conquered or practicing a spell they've witnessed but that takes time.
"Time that a Dragon can't dedicate to refining his body or to his magical research. These rooms are automated, meaning that you can delegate the research and just collect the fruits.
"Something like this could help even me in finding a cure for Zoreth." Leegaain sighed.
"It would also save me a lot of experiments to improve my Forgemastering spells." Salaark nodded. "Maybe making a mage tower for ourselves wouldn't be the waste of time and materials I've always believed."
"Agreed." Tyris checked the crystals on the walls, trying to understand how they worked.
The tour of the tower ended with the Greenhouse that not only had become bigger and its soil more enriched in world energy. The ceiling that acted as a fake sky now also collected the light element released by the sun and made it seep inside the plants.
It both hastened their growth and enhanced their metabolism, making them more resistant to diseases, mutations, and countering the destructive effects of a vigorous flow of world energy, allowing the tower to send more to the Greenhouse.
The abundant light element helped the plants to fix any damage as soon as it appeared. By balancing world energy and light element, the damage and healing cycles made the mystical ingredients grow more resilient.
A property that their seeds inherited and that would tolerate an even stronger flow of world energy. The future generations would either possess stronger magical properties or be subject to mutations that might turn them into new and unknown natural treasures.
"Farm me sideways! That's why the Greenhouse is on the top floor." Lith said after checking the new specs of the floor on the tower's interface. "It's just like Grandpa said.
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