Supreme Magus novel Chapter 687

"Such an extensive automatic breeding facility like the one you described couldn’t be used to just breed warriors in case of an assault. The magical beasts were probably used as prototypes for the Flesh Golem project as demonstrated by the brains embedded in the constructs we fought. _{fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm}

"Hence they have probably been moved to the underground lab." Neshal said.

The other Professors nodded, cursing at their own stupidity. It was now too late to enter the underground complex. Even though they had fought no enemy, deactivating arrays and constantly scanning their surroundings was quite a tiresome job.

Still, to Lith it hadn’t been a fool’s errand. They had now cut off enough mana cables that Solus was almost able to assume her tower form.

Lith used that forced break to use Accumulation a lot and call Kamila again. After seeing her in such a bad shape, he had decided to try and support her to the best of his abilities despite the distance separating them.

Lith spent dinner with her and thanks to his company, Kamila managed to eat a full bowl of soup instead of just nibbling at her food before sending it back to the kitchen.

"It sucks having no one waiting for you but Mom and Dad, uh?" Quylla asked Phloria. She was knee-deep in sheets of paper filled with her notes about the Life Merging reports they had managed to find.

"Well, at least you have Anathor." Phloria said, realizing she had been staring too much at Kamila’s hologram and averting her gaze from the couple.

"I don’t know. I haven’t thought about him once since we got here. I think it’s a pretty bad sign. Are you interested in hearing a crazy theory of mine?"

Seeing that Quylla wouldn’t stop working even during dinner unless someone actively conversed with her, Phloria nodded.

"I think that all the three successful projects were means to prolong the Odi race’s existence. Life Merging probably exploits their artificially identical life forces to avoid rejection when assimilating one another, just like Thrud does with her meat puppets."

"Flesh Golems should be a perfected version of the constructs we have already faced, capable of implanting their minds in a Golem’s body, whereas the Mana Reactor should be related to convert mana into life force." Quylla said.

"Is any of these three things even possible?" Phloria was suddenly very interested in the matter. The first two were revolting, but the third option might allow them to give Lith a normal lifespan if they found its blueprints.

"In theory, yes. In practice, maybe. The only problem I have with my crazy theory is that it doesn’t explain why the Odi disappeared even though all three projects worked. I mean, I get that the rebels might have killed those on the surface, but what happened to the Odi residing in Kulah?

"Also, I don’t get how they were supposed to find life force donors for the Life Merging project. If Lith is right and the Odi were sterile, then their numbers could only decline with time."

"Couldn’t they use Body Sculpting on the Teks and absorb their life force?" Phloria asked.

"No, that’s impossible. Even with heavy modifications, a magical beast’s and a human’s life force are too different. My hope is that we find enough about the Mana Reactor to at least repair Lith’s life force since it’s the only way to help him that doesn’t involve forbidden magic." Quylla replied.

There were few things that she wouldn’t do to help her friend, but killing people was among them.

Lith tried to give Kamila his undivided attention, but his enhanced senses heard Quylla’s words and he got curious. When he listened to her reasoning, he couldn’t disagree more with her.