Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3656

Valeron didn't like consuming Life Maelstrom. Even though he was just a baby and had never faced any real danger, Valeron instinctively knew that his measly reserve of silver lightning was his lifeline.

That by using it, he could make himself or one of his parents faster and stronger in order to fight or escape. He had no problem helping Quylla with her research because he trusted her and because it took place in the Verhen Mansion.

Surrounded by his family and in the familiar environment of his house, Valeron felt safe and confident. Helping a couple of strangers in a weird cave was another matter entirely.

"Dad?" Valeron clung to Lith.

"Yes, son?" Lith gave the baby boy his hand and Valeron entrusted a spark of Life Maelstrom to him.

"Gods, I feel awful." Faluel sat on the nearest pile of gold while holding her head. "I'm so bad even a baby can't trust me further than he can throw me."

"I hear that." Ajatar exhaled sharply.

"It's not that bad." Lith replied. "Valeron didn't give me much Life Maelstrom. It means he doesn't think you are a threat. Also, he knows I can do this."

Lith took a deep breath and activated his emerald and yellow eyes. The spark of silver lightning grew in size, losing only a fraction of its potency.

"Let's test your theory right away." He gave half of it to Ajatar and the other to Faluel.

Both Lesser Dragons quickly sat down cross-legged and focused on directing the Life Maelstrom into their atrophied Dragon Eyes mana organ along with the world energy. Faluel's Apprentice Hands fueled her while Solus' Master Hands helped Ajatar.

At first, there was no noticeable difference from the previous attempts to reach Dragonhood. The world energy and silver lightning reached the atrophied mana organ, making it swell and develop faster, but that was it.

Then, Faluel noticed that the silver current smoothed over the imperfections in her life force and flowed solely through the solar bubbles.

As for Ajatar, the Life Maelstrom moved ahead of the world energy. It established visible connections between the Dragon Eyes and the neighboring still-atrophied mana organs while ignoring everything else.

"It's working!" Ajatar said. "The Life Maelstrom is drawing a road map. Not only is the process faster, but now I also know where to channel the world energy after I'm done with the eyes to awaken the rest of my mana organs!"

"I have Dragon Eyes!" Faluel blurted. "For the first time in my life, I have Dragon Eyes!"

Tears misted her vision as she felt a missing piece of her being finally falling into place. Until that moment, Faluel had never understood what it was and had grown so used to it that she had stopped caring.

Now her whole body brimmed with energy, and an inner fire was spreading through and out of her.

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Verhen Mansion at the same time.

"What's wrong, babe?" Nalrond asked. "You've been rubbing your eyes for a while."

"They kind of itch." Friya replied. "I've been feeling weird for a few seconds now. Like there's a fire in my gut."

"Good gods!" Nalrond put his hand on her shoulder and activated his breathing technique.

"Do you know what this is?" She asked.

"I thought so, but I was wrong." He sighed. "You're not pregnant."

"You think I wouldn't know that?" She sneered. "I'm a Healer and an Awakened. I- Gods, the armor Dad made for you is a masterpiece, and so is mine!"