Supreme Magus - Chapter 601

Chapter 601
"How nice of you! It's your second day leave and I haven't seen you except for collecting your packages and eating . Would it kill you to spend a few hours with us? Do I have to invite Kamila to have you grace us with your presence?" Elina wasn't happy with his time table and had no qualms rebuking him .





'Now I understand why some mages become Liches . How am I supposed to spend time with my family, practice magic, help my girlfriend, and continue my research all at the same time?' Lith thought .

'It's impossible . To achieve something, you have to sacrifice something else in return . ' Solus said .

'You can always ditch your duty as a Ranger and your loved ones . You just have to content yourself in becoming like Zolgrish, who has nothing but his work and a demented assistant . '

Just the thought of it made Lith shiver . He was still fighting to keep his sanity and he knew that Solus's had been slipping for years . If he forced her to stay away from any form of human interaction, Lith knew that sooner or later she would snap .

He walked to Lutia instead of Warping, to take a minute for themselves and appreciate the scenery . Winter in Lutia was about to end, but snow still covered fields and trees . There was no one around, giving Mogar a peaceful appearance .

When he reached Zekell's workshop, the blacksmith looked really tired .

"I'm sorry, Lith, but even with Senton's help this work is huge . Smelting the Orichalcum is the easy part, same for the hammers since I can directly pour the molten metal into the mold .

"The problem is the chain mail set . I've never worked on something so tough and I need time to get used to it . I can either work on the chainmail or on the smelting, not both . " Zekell had bags under his eyes and a raggedy breath .

"Can Senton take care of the smelting while you create the chainmails?" Lith asked .





"Yes, of course . I thought you wanted me to do it . " Zekell knew that Lith only wanted perfection . Senton had worked with him for over a decade, but the skill gap between them was still huge .

"It's fine . Even I can do it, so I doubt someone like him will make any mistake . How many chainmails are ready?" Lith asked .

"Four, but their design is terrible . I'm ashamed of how bad they look, but I couldn't do better with so little time . " Zekell lowered his eyes in embarrassment .

"You are dead tired and four are plenty . Take the day off, I have 18 days leave left . I have all that I need for my experiments and I prefer perfect materials for my real crafts . I want you at your best .

"Have Senton keep smelting, I have no idea how many times I will fail . " Lith gave Zekell another crate and a few silver coins for his troubles . The blacksmith's eyes shined like stars, his body was full of energy again .

"No seriously . Take a rest . " Lith placed his hand over Zekell's shoulder to check on his condition with Invigoration . The blacksmith was on the verge of collapsing .


Zekell nodded with a big yawn . A sprinkle of light magic had relaxed his muscles and burned the last shreds of stamina he had . Zekell was in for a long power nap .

Lith took four horrible chainmail that looked like they had been made by a child assembling spare keychains and stored them inside his pocket dimension .





'Eww . ' He thought .

'Enough is enough . We have to think about the design too . ' Solus was outraged . Her pride as a craftsman was horrified at the idea to work on something like that .

Lith was about to reply when his communication amulet drew his attention .

"What is it now? This is the busiest leave ever!" He groaned noticing that it was Quylla's rune .

"Lith how could you do that to me?" Her hologram looked quite pissed off .

"Do what? It seems I'm pissing off a lot of people these days so I need you to be more specific . "

"Don't get smartass with me! Vastor told me everything since I'm his assistant . Why didn't you call me for help? You know I majored in Body Sculpting and I'm working my ass in the field . " Quylla said .

"You are really cute when you're angry . " Lith's reply managed to make her turn beet red from a mix of embarrassment and rage .

"Jokes aside, the case is complicated . I believe in your skills, Quylla . You know I always considered you a genius, but I need the help of an expert . No matter how good you are, you have graduated a year later than me .





"You have less than two years of practice . Even if you healed one person per day until now, you would be nowhere near Vastor's level of skill and experience . Messing with a person's brain is a serious matter and you know it . "

Quylla took a deep breath . As a friend, she felt insulted, but as a Healer, she could only agree with him .

"Point taken, but after spending a week with Friya, how could you not even give me a call for a consult? I've seen you for just one day for almost two years . I miss my best friend . " Her last words struck at Lith's conscience, making him feel guilty .

He also considered once again becoming a lich .

"I'm sorry . Do you want to join the team? With your talent, you could spot any issue Vastor or I could miss . Maybe even find an easier way to treat Zinya . "

"I'd be honored to!" Her anger disappeared like a snowball thrown into the sun .

"By the way, you absolutely have to teach me how to create holograms . The level of detail in the patient's model was astounding . " There was a bit too much enthusiasm in her voice, making even Solus wonder if she missed more Lith or his teachings .

"How is it going with Anathor?" Lith promptly changed the topic .

"Oh gods, you remembered! Very well . He finally mustered the courage to meet my parents . I was starting to think he was just playing with my feelings, but it turns out he was just scared . He almost fainted facing dad's gaze . " She chuckled .

"Glad to hear that, but don't lower your guard . He might still be a jerk . You deserve someone who treats you right, otherwise you'll end up with a jerk like my current patient . " Lith Warped back to Trawn before telling her about Zinya's background .

"Poor woman . Her situation couldn't be any worse . Between her husband and her condition, it's hard to tell which one is worse . " She said .

"Any ideas?"

"Well, I read a lot of papers and I agree with your evaluation . Her case is as bad as she was missing part of her spine . What makes this case difficult is that the problem doesn't lie in a malfunctioning part of her body but in a complete lack of it .

"Creating an optic nerve is very dangerous . Things can go wrong when you create it and also when you link it to her life force . Both times you have to manipulate her brain . The slightest mistake could affect her personality, her memories, everything .

"Asking Vastor for help was the best thing you could do . I'm forwarding you all the papers on similar procedures I found . "

Watching at the double digits appearing on his communication amulet, Lith was glad to have such a dear friend . Quylla had done a thorough job, giving him everything he needed .

He also was once again glad of having Soluspedia . He only needed to write all that stuff down with water magic to save himself two days worth of reading .

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