Supreme Magus novel Chapter 986

Chapter 986 Struggle for Power Part 2

After they were done checking the mines, Solus Blinked them to the second floor of the tower to continued their work. Just like its underground twin, the new floor was as powerful as it was demanding.

Lith and Solus called it the Heart, and they had spent quite some time deciding how to use the room to its fullest.

The Heart was the tower’s control panel for its arrays. Being part of Solus’s innate abilities, both Lith and she could switch the magical formations on and off with a thought, giving them a powerful tool against whoever tried to attack them inside their home.

The problem was that because of Solus’s regression due to spending centuries without an owner, all the arrays Menadion had imprinted into the tower were gone. Moreover, the tower was far from being completely restored, which limited the number of arrays that could be stored inside the Heart.

Activating a magical formation already imprinted required but a split-second, whereas replacing one array with another more suitable with the task at hand required to cast it from scratch.

"Luckily, your ability to turn the tower invisible and to hide underground are not related to arrays so we have all four slots open." Lith said. "Since arrays don’t discriminate between friends or foes, we have to choose carefully.

"I’d set both Silverwing’s Hexagram and the Darkness Blocking arrays for defense."

"Agreed." Solus nodded as her Skinwalker armor kept shapeshifting between her favorite day dresses. "The Hexagram is mana expensive, but it’s the only array we have full control over, allowing us to hinder only our enemies.

"The only issue with it is that the Hexagram requires our focus and will drain most of the energy from the mana geyser whenever we face a powerful opponent, making it impossible for us to Warp or use it in combination with other arrays.

"As for the Darkness blocking array, it will also block dimensional magic and protect us from Chaos magic. If we meet again one of those monster-Abomination hybrids, we can’t risk them destroying with a couple of spells the years of hard work we spent restoring the tower.

"That said, we can’t win any battle just by defending, and running away from an enemy who discovered my real nature must be a last resort. We need arrays capable of attacking without turning us into a crisp."

The Heart could even store impossible arrays, but none of those Lith knew were suitable for their purpose. The Mirror Hall already revealed all kinds of magical devices and formations better than any array could, while the tower Warp made all mass transportation arrays obsolete.

"Will you stop that? You’re giving me a headache." Lith grumbled as Solus changed her dress once again.

"You wear your Skinwalker armor ever since you graduated from the academy, but this is my very first personal relic and one you made for me at that. I can only wear the armor while we are inside the tower, so can’t you cut me some slack?" Solus replied.

Now that they were off duty, Lith and Solus spent a lot of time inside the tower, where she could take her physical form. No longer limited by time and space, Solus was developing her personality while experiencing what life had to offer her.

Even the smallest things filled her with joy and wonder. Unfortunately, her naïve enthusiasm annoyed Lith who considered any delay on his timetable like a personal offense.

The prolonged cohabitation and conflicting personalities made them bicker quite a lot.