When they defended, the mana would flow back into the defensive artifacts, increasing their effectiveness by several folds.
"This… this is amazing!" Ayleen the Lich had jumped out of Bloodhaven to receive the blessing of the First Ruler of the Flames.
She knew Ripha only by name but with her phylactery stored inside the tower, Ayleen had nothing to lose.
The aura surrounding her staff, Lighthouse, followed her every command, attacking with the swiftness of a whip and the violence of a hammer. If an enemy dodged her blows, a mere thought was enough to recall the energy and turn it into an impenetrable defensive dome.
Thanks to her quasi-Blade equipment, her bright white mana core merged with her artifacts, turning them into the perfect means to both attack and defend.
"Blade Spells can draw power from multiple cores, but they still lack the destructiveness of an anti-Guardian spell." She mused out loud, uncaring for who or what heard her thoughts.
"On the other hand, anti-Guardian spells can only draw power from the mana core and that's why they usually require seven violet cores or one white core. What would happen if I were to apply the principles of Silverwing's Spells to Blade Magic?"
'What indeed!' The World Tree knew the answer to that question.
The Yggdrasill had witnessed the defeat of Argantyr the Elemental Lord through the eyes of their Chronicler and remembered all too well the runes that Soul Vision spotted coursing through the colossal hybrid.
'Until a while ago, I would have dismissed Ayleen's idea as crazy talk.' The World Tree inwardly cursed. 'People like Surtr have a bright white core and know Blade Magic, but even the Dragon of Light failed to improve on Silverwing's spells.
'That's because even if every piece of equipment he wears is enchanted with a power core, the mana they provide is nothing compared to the endless energy of his white core. Power cores are just tools to support their master's strengths and cover their weaknesses.
'On top of that, Silverwing's spells require seven kinds of mana to be in synch while Blade Spells accept only one unique mana flow. Even those under the When All Are One array can't combine their Blade Spells.
'There is supposed to be only one way to exceed the power of an anti-Guardian spell and it requires seven white-cored Awakened to cast Silverwing's spells together. Baba Yaga has a white core, a mage tower, and the ability to cast Blade Magic but she still resorts to casting multiple Annihilations as her trump card.
'Verhen is the only one to have ever succeeded in fusing Blade and Silverwing spells, but I have no idea how he did it.'
The secret behind Lith's Tower Blade Spell, Extinction, was that not only was it fueled by the tower core, Lith's bright violet core, and Solus' bright blue core, but also by all the weapons stored in the Armory, the crystals in the Mines, and the metal in the Crucible.
Unlike any white core, unlike even Baba Yaga's tower, Menadion's masterpiece drew power from multiple sources at the same time and amplified them all through the Menadion Set.
'Verhen defeated a lost city on his own just by using the so-called Prime Engine like a golem while in possession of four pieces of Menadion Set.' The Tree shuddered at the memory. 'Now he's fused with Elphyn and the tower has become part of his body.
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