Supreme Magus novel Chapter 742

"Great thinking! My control over Origin Flames is still crappy, but since Adamant is very resistant and hard to find, we might as well try and see if it can withstand the flames.

"Maybe Adamant will be destroyed like normal metals, but maybe it could be just cleansed from the previous incantation. This will have to wait though. I’m not going to use Origin Flames for a while.

"I don’t want to take any chances of weakening my life force before it fully recovers." Lith said.

"Right. I’m sure that your decision has nothing to do with you not getting laid once since your return." Solus’s voice oozed sarcasm.

Lith dodged the question by starting to craft runes, stumbling upon their first hurdle. Engraving one rune at a time seemed to have no effect. They would retain his mana just for a few seconds before turning into just a fancy inscription.

He then tried to use Bonding to give the blades a mana flow of their own, yet the runes engraved before the Bonding remained inactive, whereas the ones engraved after the procedure would actually weaken the item’s mana flow.

"Seriously, what the fuck?" Lith said after wasting quite a few crystals. He could buy the blades in bulk, but mana gemstones were another story entirely.

"Yondra said that Runesmithing is part of the preparatory phase, then why does nothing work?"

"Remember that we are attempting to reproduce the work of fake mages. They can’t do things in steps like we do. Maybe if the network of runes isn’t complete, it can’t hold the power they are imbued with." Solus pondered.

"I disagree. Look at this junk." Lith showed her the blueprints of the only three rune-engraved swords they had, pointing at the old blades.

"I could understand if we were talking about Orion’s blade but the others? Both swords are covered in so many runes that I can’t think of a single fake mage with enough mana to carve them all at once. Sure, the Odi had the Reactor, but this blade was clearly crafted before its construction was completed

"With runes, Adamant, and infinite mana at their disposal, the Odi would have never settled for such a small pseudo core." _{frёeweɓηovel.coɱ}

"Fine. Do you have any better idea?" Solus tapped her foot, her hands were planted on her hips.

"No."

"Then give mine a try."

Since it was still early in the morning and runes were his new priority, Lith did as instructed. He reproduced the runes of Huryole’s sword, which had the simplest rune pattern among those at his disposal, on a new one down to the last detail.

The result was impressive. All the runes shone with power, not only retaining the mana Lith had employed, but also absorbing the surrounding world energy to empower themselves.

Soon they were even stronger than both Lith and Solus had predicted they would be.

"Told you so!" Lith said throwing his latest failure inside the safe room. Any decent Forgemaster had their lab connected to a room where to throw their faulty products in case they detonated.

Unlike most of his colleagues, however, Lith had Solus put a reinforced glass between the lab and the safe room, so that he could observe the deterioration process of his creation until its bitter end.

It had allowed them to more easily understand what had gone wrong and why. Lith used the technique he had learned during his stay in Kulah, making Invigoration move through the stone of the tower so that he could study the sword with his breathing technique from a safe distance.