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Supreme Magus - Chapter 616




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Chapter 616
The first part of the operation required to make space for the new nervous tissue without harming the patient . Lith had no experience in the field and the brain was too sensitive an organ for a rookie .





Vastor took the lead, removing what he could and using Body Sculpting to slightly alter Zinya's skull to create more room whenever he had no other choice . The changes were so subtle that only a detailed diagnostic spell like Scanner could detect them .

When he was done, he stepped out and made space for Lith .

"Remember, the best approach is always to go from easy to hard . Start by creating the optic nerve from the eye end and leave the connection with the thalamus for last . That way, we can immediately check if the brain receives the right stimuli .

"If we worked the other way around and make even just a few mistakes, the sudden massive flow of wrong inputs might cause permanent damage . Plus, we would need to destroy all the connections and redo everything from scratch, since we would have no idea what went wrong . " Vastor said .

Lith did as instructed and created the optic nerve, the chiasma, and the optic trait . Then, he used his Probe spell to create small tendrils of semi solid mana that stimulated Zinya's visual cortex following Kamila's optic nerve pattern .

The tendrils would carry the electrical impulses that light generated by hitting Zinya's eyes and allow Lith to check how the brain processed the acquired information . That way Lith could make sure that the impulses would travel through the right pathway before making a physical connection .

"Zinya, I need you to keep talking during the entire procedure . I don't care what you say, I just need to check your cognitive functions and your mood . If you feel anything weird, just tell me . Don't hold anything . " Lith said .

Zinya nodded and started to recount whatever she remembered from her youth . As long as everything was okay after testing with Probe, Lith would grow the optic nerve, yet more than once he was forced to stop and backtrack .





Sometimes the electrical impulses would cause her small spasms . Other times fits of pain or uncontrollable mood changes . Every time that happened, Lith had to quickly disconnect the tendrils and search for another point of access to her brain .

Luckily, the more the procedure progressed on the right track, the more Zinya regained her sight . It gave Lith a clear indicator of his progress and gave Zinya something useful to talk about .

At the beginning she could only see a white light, but every time Lith found a proper pathway she would start to see small dots of colors appear .

"Dammit, Lith . Your Probe spell is amazing . It saved us a lot of mana and the patient a lot of pain . " Vastor said . Even with his expertise, he would have missed the right connection more than once .

Yet his help proved to be invaluable for Lith . Whenever he had no idea how to proceed, it would take the Professor just a couple of tries to find the right pathway among hundreds of seemingly identical alternatives .


"You are doing great, son . I'm really proud of you . "

Lith nodded, not having the luxury of wasting his focus to reply . What Vastor had no idea of, was that to be able to carry a physical stimulus, Probe required a great expenditure of mana .





It was one of the reasons Lith couldn't hold it for long back when he had used Probe for the first time on Zinya . Such a huge amount of energy would have burned her brain and left him weakened in a matter of minutes .


Now, however, he was only creating the extremities of the optical nerve with Probe, lessening the burden on both Zinya and himself . The procedure took a few hours, forcing Lith to take some rest .

Vastor or Quylla stepped in to check on the progress, keeping the patient's conditions stable while Lith consumed a tonic and used Invigoration to regain his mental focus .

Mana wasn't an issue, but he could feel his concentration declining . For a normal Healer, it would have taken several minutes for a tonic to give them back their focus, but Invigoration had no such problem .

By the time everything was over, Zinya could see better than most .

"Is it over?" She asked when she felt the straps being removed .

"Yes . Can you touch my hand?" Lith offered her his right hand, keeping it low and on the right . Zinya had no problem with depth nor distance perception . She managed to grab Lith's hand easily no matter where he placed it within her field of view .

"Thank you so much . I know it isn't worth much coming from a blind person, but you all are the most gorgeous people I have ever met . " Zinya embraced and kissed the entire medical staff and the nurses that had taken care of her until that day .





Kamila and Zinya hugged in joy while Lith and Vastor planned together her physiotherapy . Zinya still needed to learn how to move normally, read, write, and even to associate a name to common objects .

"One more thing . " Vastor cleared his throat to get everyone's attention .

"We can keep Zinya here for a couple more days to make sure that there are no post-op complications, but then she has to leave . We need the room for the next patient . "

"How much do I owe you?" Kamila asked .

"I'm sorry your sister isn't part of your family register, otherwise the army would cover part of the expenses . " Vastor handed her the invoice .

Kamila owed the White Griffon much less than she had feared . Two gold coins for Vastor's consultation and Body Sculpting, 30 silver coins for Quylla's research job, and 70 silver coins for Zinya's stay at the White Griffon, for a total of three gold coins .

It was still a huge amount of money considering that Kamila was paid two silvers per week . Body Sculpting was the most difficult technique, after all . Most people would more easily afford a magical item to compensate for their handicap rather than having it treated .

"That's it? I expected at least ten gold coins . " It was how much the cheapest and less competent Healer would have asked, the same price of two communication amulets .

Kamila wouldn't have been able to afford her own if the army hadn't gifted it to her when she had been promoted to First Lieutenant .

"You would be right if the lead Healer had charged you with something, but he didn't . " Vastor pointed at Lith . He knew how Kamila hated to feel indebted, so he didn't ask for favors to Vastor nor the academy .

Otherwise the whole procedure would have been free of charge .

'I respect Kamila's desire to save her sister and I can't take it away from her . If I stepped in and solved everything by myself, she would feel useless . All of her struggles and fears would be for nothing .

'This way, she can still feel like she has done her part because she did . Even without me, Zinya would still have got her sight, it would have just been more expensive . ' Lith thought .

"How much do I owe you?" Kamila turned to Lith repeating her question .

"I'll cut the workmanship and charge you only at cost price . So, it's 50 silver coins for the amulet and dinner for the procedure . "

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