Supreme Magus novel Chapter 656

Meanwhile Lith and the others were taking through scans of the tanks, Morok could now understand what could have possibly made two elite soldiers yelp like little kids. The second building had an antechamber similar to the one in the first building, but filled with wonders instead of horrors.

In front of the chairs reserved for the visiting guests, there were several weapons racks, each one filled to the brim with weapons crafted from the finest materials.

"I call dibs on Adamant stuff!" Morok said while darting towards the shiny mass of sharp metals. Professor Gaakhu snapped her fingers, hitting him with the wind blow equivalent of a punch to the stomach.

"We have yet to scan the room for danger, you fool! Also, what makes you think we can use any of those weapons? I doubt the Odi would let them be imprinted by a member of the ’lesser races. It’s more likely that you’ll trigger some trap."

At those words, Morok snapped out of his greed fit, finally noticing that there was nothing to prevent intruders from seizing one or more of the weapons.

’If back in the day slaves cleaned this place, leaving an arsenal within easy reach would have been beyond idiotic.’ He thought. Despite the epiphany, his greed and self-preservation instinct were battling to the death.

Some weapons were made out of metals he had never seen before, while others had intriguing shapes. They seemed to be made by two rectangularly shaped blocks of metal, joined to form a 90° angle with some kind of small lever in-between.

The longer block had a sight on its top and a cylindrical hole bigger than Morok’s thumb right in the middle. All of them had a magical aura so strong that it made the hair on his body stand up.

When the array revealing spell was complete, the whole place lit up like a Christmas tree, especially the weapon racks.

"Ingenious." Professor Neshal said admiring once again the Odi’s craftiness.

"The mana crystals imbued in the weapons have been arranged to form an array that is probably meant to preserve and protect them from hands that are quicker than the brain of their owner.

"There’s no telling what would have happened if you triggered it."

"Yeah, okay. Lesson learned. My bad and all that stuff. Let’s get down to the important part. Can you break the array? Is any of those weapons good?" Morok asked. _{freewebnσvel.cøm}

Professor Gaakhu would have liked to give him a snarky remark, but the Ranger wasn’t completely wrong with his observations. Even in all her years as a Forgemaster, she had never perceived such a powerful magical aura.

All more the reason to be extra cautious.

She was unable to identify most of the metals nor the design of what Lith would have instantly recognized as guns. To make matters worse, despite them being spotless, the weapons had a peculiar smell.

Something Gaakhu was certain to know but she couldn’t put her finger on.

"I can but I won’t." Professor Neshal replied. "I had no time to make sure they are not linked to some kind of alarm. There are too many arrays here, so it’s better to add one more formation rather than removing one."

He placed the mana crystals she had taken from the door at the four corners of the room and another one at its center, chanting a powerful spell that enveloped the room in a purple light.

"There. If anything happens, the barrier I placed on top of the Odi’s arrays should give us plenty of time to get to safety. I also arranged it so that it will slow down the activation of the other arrays. I’m done underestimating the enemy." Neshal said.