Supreme Magus novel Chapter 998

Chapter 998 Treasure from the Past Past 2

"That’s annoying, but once one knows the basics, the rest comes easy. I can still work my way up to a proper energy field." The Lich said.

"You mean we can." Feela and Faluel stood between Inxialot and his prey as one. "Lith is one of us, undead."

"Yes, whatever. I don’t care who does it as long as those runes get preserved and shared with the Awakened community. I can give you a couple of centuries, child. After that, either I get my ring or you and I will have a problem." Inxialot said.

’Guess what, you moron. 200 years from now I’ll either be dead or powerful enough to not care about your kin anymore.’ Lith thought.

"Seriously, though, where did you find it?" Feela said. She cared for Lith more by the second, but her curiosity burned as strong as Inxialot’s.

Lith told them about the fungal creature he had met in Kulah and the present it had given him.

"Damned be the Odi!" Lotho roared. "My brethren must have lost all hope and their mind to part from such treasure."

"More likely they thought it to be still a common item. They were cut off from the rest of the world and had no idea that what once was just a parlor trick is now so valuable. Also, I doubt they would have kept an Odi artifact anyway." Leegaain said.

"Look at the bright side. If you find your fungal brethren, they are likely to know everything about this energy field you talk about." Lith said, eager to ease the pressure of the gazes fixated on his hand.

"Genius!" Inxialot clapped his hands. "I’ll immediately start looking for them. We’re done here, right?"

"Yes, we are. However, -" The King of Liches disappeared, leaving Lotho talking to himself. "- Searching the entirety of Mogar for a single being is not an easy task. Gods if I hate Liches."

"Will you really share it?" Despite her age, the Behemoth was giving Lith the lovely smile of a kid in front of his Christmas presents.

"I’ll give it a thought, but first I need to understand what an energy field is and what benefits I’d receive from the Council in exchange for such knowledge." Lith politely but firmly replied.

"Now I really need some rest and to speak with my mentor, if you please."

"I told you not to show off your damn crafts until your apprenticeship started, kid." Faluel said the moment they were back in the safety of her lair. "I’ve already got a dozen orders for a blade like yours and even more for that ring."

"According to your plan, there should’ve been some kind of riddle, not a fight." Lith replied.

"If I lost, Solus would have been trapped inside her ring for years, Raagu would have used Phloria’s Awakening to keep me on a tight leash, and I would’ve been nothing more than a dignified slave."

"Point taken." Faluel sighed. "Still, why didn’t you show me that ring earlier? We could have still found a way to let you use it undetected."

"Because I thought it was crap. The runes are decrepit and they don’t do anything different from the others I studied from Huryole’s booklet." Lith threw the gravity field ring to Faluel, who promptly examined it with Invigoration and her Forgemastering spells.

"By the Great Mother, what a piece of crap! Runes carved with mana crystal’s powder instead of being infused with mana, a messed-up mana circulatory system, and I could shape a better pseudo core with my feet." She blurted out.