3109 End of the Wick (Part 1)
Valtak collapsed in Lith's arms as the light of consciousness faded from his eyes. Lith shrunk the Fire Dragon to human size with Body Sculpting and checked on him with Invigoration, discovering that Valtak was in perfect physical health.
Between the Life Maelstrom still empowering the Fire Dragon and the healing effect of the golden flames, most of his wounds were already gone.
Yet Valtak was still dying. The Elder Wyrm had consumed most of his remaining life force to conjure the Immortal Flames and what was left wasn't enough to keep his heart beating.
Not with the strain that suffering so many injuries had inflicted upon his old body. Not with the exhaustion from withstanding the effects of Valeron's abilities. Not with the blue flames consuming more of the Father of Fire's life force every time they hit.
"Solus, where is the tower?" Lith used his best healing spells, Invigoration, and also gave Valtak some of his vitality, but the condition of the Fire Dragon kept deteriorating.
"On the geyser!" She pointed in the direction they had come from and opened a Warp Steps.
She and Lith alternated opening dimensional doors, entering the range of the Warp Mirror in seconds.
"Aren't you worried about what Valtak is going to say when he wakes up in the tower?" Solus asked.
"I'll worry about that if he wakes up." Lith replied. "Valtak almost died for me and Elysia when he could have just turned around and left. I'm not letting him die without a fight!"
Lith called upon the enchantments of the tower, activating the Immortal Body array and adding Valtak to the list of apprentices. The magical formation would fix every imperfection in his body while the mana geyser nurtured the Elder Wyrm by infusing him with world energy.
Lith dripped highly concentrated nutrient potions in Valtak's mouth, ensuring that his body wouldn't weaken further due to the healing process.
While they waited for the treatments to take effect, Lith used a mind fusion to share what had just happened with Solus and she used a mind link to share it with Kamila to not distract Lith. With his bright violet core, he was the best healer of the two.
Tista was doing her best to calm the babies but they could read the tension in the room and kept crying.
"It's not working. Plan S!" Lith used the energy accumulated in the tower to Warp inside Salaark's palace in the Desert where the Guardian was waiting for them
"Grandma…"
"Yes, I know what's happened." She cut him short and took the Father of Fire from Lith's arms. "Also, my promise still stands. I won't let one of your friends die under my roof."
Salaark activated her breathing technique, Mother Sun, to study Valtak's condition while she stabilized him with Rebirth Magic. It took her a few seconds to perform a full diagnostic check-up.
It was the longest time Lith had ever seen her need with the least visible effects.
"I'm really sorry, Featherling." Salaark said while never letting go of the Father of Fire. "There's nothing I can do for him. Your Immortal Body array fixed him almost as well as I could. You have nothing to blame yourself for.
"Valtak is just spent. He used the last embers of his life force to save you and what's left is not enough to sustain his fire. The best I can do is let him regain consciousness long enough to say his goodbyes."
"Is there anything that anyone can do?" Lith clenched his fists until they bled while the babies kept crying.
"Maybe Tyris' Life Maelstrom-" freёwebnoѵel.com
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