Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3345

Chapter 3345 Seeds of Progress (Part 2)

"Why do you think many mages learned Light Mastery over the millennia yet none of them bothered organizing it in a manner anyone could learn like Dawn did?

"And don't get me started about the rivalries between Awakened belonging to different races. It took Lochra's legacy to give fake mages the edges they needed to finally broaden their horizons and get one step closer to true magic.

"It's because of my runes that artifacts considered impossible to craft without Forbidden Magic became accessible to the Council and fake mages managed to develop more than flashy toys.

"Once the wheel of progress started to spin, stagnation would last only until the second Magus and the second Ruler of the Flames appeared. In the short three hundred years of my existence, there have been four Rulers of the Flames and many more Magi.

"The seeds Ripha and I planted allowed fake magic to improve by leaps and bounds. In turn, the explosive progress of fake mages forced the Council to put aside their differences and start working together.

"I preserved and spread the pieces of the Set because I wanted them to act as catalysts for the development of magic. Thanks to their help, my apprentices were supposed to build a legacy of their own and share it with the rest of Mogar like I did.

"Instead, those morons ended up dead due to their arrogance or hid like rats, afraid they would end up dead like me. Bottom line, I don't need the Ears and make no claim on it. Feel free to give the Ears to the Fire Dragons if that's what you want.

"My hope is that they'll combine it with their mastery over Origin Flames to craft marvels of magic but my cynicism tells me they'll tear each other apart over it." Menadion sighed.

"About Origin Flames, is there any floor of the tower that can make them or Life Maelstrom? I'm okay even with Elemental Flow." Lith said.

"Thanks for the vote of confidence, but not even I could replicate the powers of the Guardians." Ripha replied. "I had no opportunity to study their mana organs and even if I did, crafting something that can mimic a bloodline ability is beyond me.

"I'm not a Healer like Baba Yaga. Also, consider that the Spirit Crystal necessary to emulate a life force would make the artifact useless to anyone but me. Yaga made Dusk exactly because he was sentient and could share his powers by bonding with a host."

"So it's a Horseman-level of complexity? Even for a single bloodline ability?" Lith asked.

"No, for a single powerful bloodline ability." Menadion said. "There's a reason Yaga

gave Dusk only three powers that all work by adding a spark of life force to the world energy."

"I see. Thanks for your advice, Ripha. Now I know what I have to do."

The following day, Lith had Salaark undo his imprint over the pieces of the Apprentice Set and returned them to their rightful owner.

"Thanks, Scourge. Kalla the Wight said. "I was starting to get worried saving Solus might take weeks."

"Mom, Uncle Vlad told you about the success of the mission back when he got back home and every day after that when you pestered him about the Eyes!" Nyka the Vampire, Kalla's daughter said. "How can you forget about Solus and remember about a trinket?"

"That's not hard, dear." The wannabe Lich answered the rhetorical question with the soft, gentle tone of an adult talking to a naïve child. "I miss the Eyes every time I sit down to work whereas I don't miss Solus unless I'm the mood for a social call.

"Don't get me wrong, she's a lovely young woman and your dearest friend, but her contribution to my research amounts to nothing."

"Mom! How can you be so rude? Solus is standing right there!" Nyka pointed at her friend who was chuckling.