Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3501

"I see." Lith nodded. "But even with this knowledge, I still don’t see what we missed while we studied Creation Magic."

"I was getting to that." Menadion replied. "First, I had to explain the why or you wouldn’t understand the how. Time for a simple exercise."

She took two silver coins and two red crystals from the tower’s pocket dimension. Then she bonded them together before handing the coins to Lith and Solus.

"Why did you do that?" He asked in annoyance. "You could have conjured the materials from the Workshop."

"Because in that case you could have simply dispelled them and started over like you always did in the past." Menadion said. "If you keep doing the same thing, the result will always be the same, young man."

"You could have at least let us study the coins before performing the bonding process." Solus grumbled.

"If I did, I would have given you the starting and the ending point. I want you to study this problem from a completely new perspective hence you need to go in blind." Menadion replied. "Begin."

Silver was the least among magical metals just like red crystals were the weakest. The task was too simple to be straightforward so Lith and Solus studied their respective coins with Invigoration before making any move.

’There’s nothing special about this.’ They thought, each on their own yet at the same time. ’The red crystal is so small and weak that it created a single mana vessel instead of a mana circulatory system. This is easy.’

They used the tier one Creation Magic spell, Dismantle, to undo Menadion’s work. Darkness magic eroded the contact points between the mana vessels and the metal, allowing light magic to draw the tendril of energy back into the crystal.

The inside of the coin was left with an internal scar that they removed by alternating pulses of darkness and light. The former scrambled the inside of the scar while the latter reorganized it until it matched the structure of the rest of the coin.

"Done." They said in unison.

"Excellent." Menadion had a wicked smile that didn’t bode well. "Now exchange your coins and study them."

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They did as instructed and the moment their breathing technique showed them the results of each other’s work, they grimaced.

"Well? What do you think?"

"No offense, Solus, but this is a sloppy job." Lith said.

"No offense, Lith, but this is a patchwork at best." Solus said.

"Wait, what did you say? Give that back." They said in unison while returning the coins to their owner. "Are you out of your mind? There is nothing wrong with it."

"Children, stop. There’s no point arguing." Menadion stopped them. "I’ll be the judge of your work."

She took both coins and examined them before saying:

"You are both right and you both did a poor job."

"How is this possible?" Lith asked in confusion.

"We’ve done this countless times in the past. How could we never notice?" Solus couldn’t believe her own eyes.

"Each one of you has done their best but as you’ve seen, your best is actually pretty bad." Menadion said. "You have never noticed it in the past because you worked together and fixed each other’s mistakes to the best of your abilities.