Supreme Magus novel Chapter 398

’I’m so proud of you.’ Lith could almost see sparkles in Solus’s eyes while she thought those words.

’You are willing to help these people for good instead of taking the easy way out.’

Truth to be told, Lith empathized with the Kadurians. Their situation, pain, and struggle were similar yet much worse than his own. Yet he didn’t care that much. Lith had just got carried away with his act while pointing out the clerics’ stupidity.

’Helping them also means helping us.’ Lith replied. ’While I listen to their explanation, you look into the blueprints for clues about the body and soul preservation process.’

Solus was too happy about his sudden change of heart to notice how quickly he changed the topic.

After Lith finished learning and practicing the spells necessary to disable the Black Star, Solus reported her findings.

’The Black Star is indeed a masterpiece. It can draw power from the mana geyser and use it to empower all the arrays that run through the city. Just like the academy, any damage the building takes can be repaired this way.

’It also possesses an amazing number of skills, but nothing out of the ordinary. Even after reading five out of eight blueprints, I have yet to find a single rune pattern that’s not about a combat spell.’

"I have a question." Lith had no time to beat around the bush. He needed some answers and he needed them before it was too late.

"Who came up with the idea of granting the High Lord the ability to restore your bodies? I’m a Healer and with such a spell I could save countless lives."

"No one did." The clerics replied in unison. _{freewebnoveℓ.com}

"If we could do something like that, there’s no way we would lose a war. The High Lord purpose was to destroy our enemies and supply our mages with the mana coming from the mana geyser that is underneath Kaduria." Ruka said.

"That’s not entirely true." The high cleric Meru said while caressing his chin.

"We were outnumbered, so we gave the High Lord the ability to cast tier four light magic. That way it could both heal our troops and replenish their life force. The idea was to make our army unstoppable as long as they were within the city."

’There’s something amiss. I can do everything they just mentioned yet I can’t even fix a single damaged mana core, let alone recreate a whole body from scratch.’ Lith thought.

’Yeah. Based on what they said, the Black Star would simply allow them to use Invigoration.’ Solus pondered. ’Do you think it’s possible that somehow they forgemastered something that’s greater than the sum of its parts?’

’No way. We have forgemastered countless items, seen incredible artifacts being crafted by Professor Wanemyre while we were at the academy. Yet not once the final product diverged from the specifics. What we have seen so far is an unprecedented anomaly.’

Despite the situation was still dire, Lith burned with curiosity. There was a thought scratching at the back of his mind. He couldn’t put his finger on it, but he believed that the answer was getting closer with every possibility they discarded.

Lith cast Ruka’s Invisibility spell. The cleric’s creation clouded the artifact’s perception, making Lith able to get close to it without risking his life.

The clerics accompanied him downstairs to the main temple. They formed a circle around the Black Star, pretending to pray out loud while they actually covered the artifact’s line of sight.