Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3455

Chapter 3455 Steady Development (Part 2)

"Much better." Solus nodded. "It doesn't look magical but it sure has dignity now. Come on, follow me. We'll start from the basement, as usual."

The Crucible and the Mines had changed only in size and mana flow. After the breakthrough, the development of the magical resources was even faster and the two floors could hold larger quantities of metals and crystals.

The first of the new floors was located right above the mines.

"This the Cannon Vault." Solus opened a solid wooden door leading to an empty room split between seven displays along the wall.

Six were empty while one contained a sphere of highly compressed energy the size of a person and it was still growing.

"What's the purpose of that thing?" Lith pointed at the energy mass.

"It's similar to the arm cannon of the Mechatron." Solus explained. "That's the first of seven bullets the tower is currently loading with world energy"

"And it needs a whole floor? Just for this?" Lith asked in surprise.

Menadion tried to step in but Solus stopped her.

"Yes, Lith. An entire floor 'just for this'. With 'this' being the ability to store and use seven spells of our choice at a moment's notice, no matter if Tower Spells, Tower Blade spells, Anti-Guardian spells, or even Extinction."

"I still don't follow." Lith noticed her anger and opted for a softer approach. "How is this different from the Heart?"

"It's completely different, Lith." Solus sighed, shaking her head. "The Heart's function is to store powerful and complex arrays and unleash them instantly. Yet they still drain the energy reserves of the tower core and, in Extinction's case, the Blade Spell component needs to be cast and takes time.

"The spells contained in the Cannon Vault, instead, are always ready to be shot at any time and consume no power because the tower conjured them already. You can see this floor as a giant magic storing with no limit to the tier of spells it can contain and seven of them at that."

"Are you telling me I can use an Annihilation and a Bastion from the Cannon Vault while conjuring two more from the Heart?" Lith's eyes narrowed as he considered all the possibilities.

"No, it's better." Solus replied. "I'm saying you can shoot seven Silverwing's Annihilations at the same time or six Annihilations and one Extinction while doing whatever you need with the rest of the tower."

"That's amazing!" Lith's eves lit up with glee. "Let me guess. You mentioned only one Extinction instead of seven of them because not even the Cannon Vault can make up for the energy consumed by our equipment."

"Correct." Solus nodded. "We could store seven Extinctions, but after three of them, our equipment's power cores would be depleted and completely useless. Which includes the weapons stored in the Armory and the Menadion Set of the tower.

"We would lose half or more of our combat prowess so I don't recommend using more than two Extinction."

"Three of your Anti-Guardian spell?" Leegaain, Tyris, and Salaark didn't like hearing that at all. "It's much more powerful than Lochra's Annihilation and if it strikes an unprepared Guardian without their equipment, they might die on the spot.

"An unprepared white core would die in one blow even if they wore their best equipment 24/7"

"That was the idea." Lith shrugged. "I'm tired of people like Thrud, the Golden Griffon, or the lost cities kicking my ass because they are functionally immortal. What spells are you storing right now, Solus?"

"Extinction, obviously!" She pointed at the glowing sphere. "I picked it first because it takes a while to charge it while maintaining the tower's full functionality. I wanted to decide the rest with you."

"I'd say two Extinctions, two Annihilations, and three Bastions." Lith replied. "We can always cast the third Extinction on our own with the Mouth while buying time with the Bastions. A good defense can give us the time to plan our offense."

"That's just three defensive spells against three offensive spells. Shouldn't we switch their numbers?" Solus asked.

"No, if you consider that each offensive spell also reduces the number of enemies, if used properly. Offense is often the best defense." Lith said.