Supreme Magus novel Chapter 603

"I can’t believe it. I’ve worked on the armor for less than an hour and I’m way more tired than after we crafted the hammer." Lith said while checking his pocket watch.

"It’s perfectly normal. The hammer required a single core, whereas this time you fused four cores of the same power together." Solus said.

"Handling that kind of energy for an hour while repairing any deformation the clash between five different kinds of mana induced is much more difficult than working six hours and a half on a single core. By the way, I’m beat too. I need time to recuperate." Solus wheezed.

Lith had never heard of a tower being out of breath, but he could feel the energy in the tower being somewhat diminished.

"We’ll continue tomorrow." Lith said.

"What about Zinya’s procedure?"

"Fine! The day after tomorrow."

"You have an appointment with Vastor scheduled for that day." Solus said, making Lith erupt in a streak of swear words.

Lith went inside the bathroom for a long bath. He had over an hour of time and planned to make it count. He arrived at Kamila’s early, using the time before she returned home to run simulations with Solus to understand how to compensate for the unexpected complication.

’The boost the final pseudo core receives from the Orichalcum makes it impossible for us to succeed. What if we lower the output of 30%?’ Lith thought.

’It would be enough if we were using a single core. There’s four of them, so you have to take into account the energy necessary to keep them both merged and in the correct shape. I’d start with 50%. It leaves you enough mana in case another unexpected complication arises.’

’50%? It’s a waste of blue crystals, Orichalcum, and ingredients!’ Lith rebuked.

’Yeah, but so is another failure. 50% is a reasonable amount and allows us to test the waters. If we succeed, at least we’ll have a starting point, whereas another failure would teach us nothing.’

Lith was pondering Solus’s words so hard that he completely missed Kamila’s arrival. Seeing him brooding with a dejected look threw her into a panic.

"Lith are you alright? It’s everything okay with your family?" Knowing his talent at risking his life at least once a day, she was worried he could be hurt. She touched his shoulder, chest, and arms searching for injuries.

"I’m fine and so is my family, don’t worry." His answer only made her worry more since he kept staring blankly. Light magic could heal any kind of wound, but not those to his wallet. Lith was almost grieving for his most recent failure.

"Is it for Zinya? Is her situation so bad? Did Fallmug beat her or something?" She shook him, to force Lith looking her in the eyes while answering.

"No, no, and no." He checked his communication amulet, just to be safe.

"Then what’s the matter? Speak to me, please" She asked.

Seeing how worried she was for him, almost on the verge of tears, made Lith feel like a jerk.

’I can’t tell her I’m grieving for a failed experiment. She would think I’m a self-centered, stingy, idiot. Solus, analysis!’ He thought.

’If you ever plan to reveal to her at least as much as you did with Phloria, you can’t hide your flaws. Just be honest with her. Besides, she already knows about the stinginess and you’re not very self-centered.’ She giggled.

Lith told her the truth. She waited patiently until he finished expressing his gripes before saying:

"Idiot! You made me worry for nothing."