Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2828

Chapter 2828 Two Minds (Part 2)

'I know. I've attended an academy as well.' Solus smiled at the memories that those words evoked.

Back then things were much simpler, but also more painful. Lith was still alone and no one but Protector knew the truth about him. Solus was without a body, trapped in the stone ring and reduced to a voice in Lith's head.

Her smile disappeared as she remembered all the hardships they had endured. Yurial's death hit her the hardest and the pain of his loss felt deeper now that Phloria was dead too.

'Only three members of the old gang remain. I wonder if we'll lose someone else before this mess with Jiera ends.'

'What gang?' Keila asked.

'Nothing!' Solus inwardly cursed her slip of the mind and quickly changed the topic. 'What can you teach me about offensive telepathic abilities? I mean, in case another M'Rael gets my ring, how do I turn the table on him?'

'There are countless ways to destroy someone's mind, but if you are in a rush or if like in your case you can't refuse your host, there are two things that you must prioritize learning.' Dusk said.

Unlike the Horsemen who had been created by Baba Yaga to be independent, the tower wasn't allowed to be picky with its host due to the damage in Solus' life force and core.

Its first priority was to ensure Solus' survival and to do that the tower needed external help. The host had to voluntarily imprint the tower to establish the bond whereas Solus had no say in the matter.

It was like Silverwing first and M'Rael later had tried to snatch Menadion's opus from Lith's hands, even though for entirely different reasons.

'The first thing you have to master is the skill to hold onto your identity and remember that you are a part of the bond as much as the host. Your stone ring and my red crystal are no different, they are just mediums to our minds.

'The artifact component tends to be compliant but you hold the same authority as your host over it. No matter what they order you to do, you can resist their will, but only as long as you remember that you are not a thing.'

'If that's true, then how could M'Rael stop me even from thinking?' Solus shared the memories of her experience via the mind link, making both Dusk and Kelia shudder.

'He managed to do it because your telepathic defenses are weak and because, from what I can see, you still consider your stone ring as your real body. The former allowed M'Rael to taint your willpower with his own while the latter made you submit simply because you believed you had to.'

'What do you mean?' Solus asked in confusion.

'Our respective bodies are indeed an artifact but they are imprinted by two different people with two different minds. To put it simply, it's like the artifact is a tier five spell that you are trying to Dominate.

'It's a tug of war of willpower. You lost against M'Rael because the Yggdrasill explained to him how to fight whereas you didn't even know where to start. Also, you never fought the orders he gave to the tower because you thought you had no choice.

'You only resisted his will and that was your biggest mistake.'

'I see.' Solus had already wrestled control of the simple features of the tower off Lith when they teased each other, but she had always assumed that he was just letting her.