Supreme Magus - Chapter 629

Chapter 629: 629
"Or maybe it was just the result of a failed experiment . The really important question is: do you really want to spend your birthday working or do you have anything in mind?" Lith asked .





"I actually do . " Solus took a small package from a secret compartment in the walls .

"Happy anniversary, Lith . "

He destroyed the gift paper, revealing a cylindrical ring made of an alloy of gold and Orichalcum, with a blue mana gem set in the middle of it .

"The cloaking ring! That's why you didn't rush me making one . Does it have any special abilities?" Lith's Orichalcum armors had proven to be better than he had planned . The adamant was able to enhance a pseudo core in unexpected ways .

"Not that I'm aware of . " Solus said .

Lith imprinted the ring before slipping it on his right forefinger .

"How does my mana core look like now?"

"Red, and your life force appears to be at human levels . "

"Interesting . Normal cloaking items do not affect the life force . Maybe it depends on the fact that I'm wearing two at once . Let's see if it works the same for you too . " Lith put the ring on Solus's right hand, but she felt her heart pounding anyway .





Her light body disappeared with a pop and her dress fell to the ground .

"Fuuuuu…" Solus's voice made the tower's wall tremble for several seconds until she managed to make her body reappear .

" . . . ck! That cost me a lot of stamina . We can't check the effects on me until I return in my gauntlet form . To add insult to injury, I don't have much time left before I need to rest . Taking human form drains a lot of energy . " She said, her mood was getting worse by the second .

"Then revert to your wisp form . I don't want you to disappear in the middle of dinner . We've waited for too long for the moment when we could share a meal together . " Lith said with a sigh .

They spent the time before supper studying the unknown blade . The metal it was made of was nothing special, the mana crystals it was fused with were just cyan, and its pseudo core was rather simple .

If not for the runes, Lith wouldn't have given it a second look .

"I don't get what purpose can engraving runes have . There's nothing special in this blade . Its mana pathways, its mana circulatory system, and even its pseudo core is insignificant . "

"Maybe they have a special effect . We should try it out . " Solus was out of options . She couldn't find any reason to waste time engraving runes as well .

Lith reluctantly imprinted the blade with his mana . He would have preferred not doing it, because the weapon would have no market value until the moment he died . Solus created a test room, using earth magic to shape several dummies of different durability .

The sword made short work of those as hard as wood, but was unable to put a dent on rocks . Lith channeled his mana through the pseudo core and activated its effect . The pseudo core suddenly grew in size and power, yet the mana pathways remained stable .






The excess energy was drawn to the runes and spread across the entire weapon . A split second later, several air blades cut down all the remaining dummies, even the ones made of stone, before hitting the tower walls .

"Damn, that was unexpected . Are you alright, Solus?"

"Yeah, don't worry . That thing is too weak to hurt me . Do you think what I think?"

"Yes . The runes somehow compress and stabilize the pseudo core, allowing even common iron to withstand such a powerful magical energy . Also, despite the cyan mana crystals, the spell had the same firepower that normally would require blue gemstones . " Lith had determined the strength of the spell with Life Vision .

"The problem is that we have no idea how to carve them, nor if their number, kind, or position holds a special significance . " Solus said .

"Nor we know when they have to be applied . Before or after the Bonding spell? Before or after the Forgemastering process?��� He asked .

Lith opened the booklet, but he couldn't decipher a single word .

"We need a library, an archaeologist, or both . "

"I doubt there are many dead language experts . Most of them are likely to work for the Crown . " Solus said .





"Sharing our discovery will be the last resort . If this kind of knowledge spreads, Awakened ones will be able to convert it into true magic, just like us . I don't want to lose our edge on the competition . " Lith put away both the sword and the booklet, searching his memory for someone trustworthy they could ask for help .

"Maybe and maybe not . Remember that Awakened ones have a long life . This knowledge might be lost to fake mages, but it could be common among the Council or whatever it's called .

"The Crown might actually be aware of it as well . Do you remember the insanely powerful weapons Thrud had? Or Vorgh's staff? They are impossible to make, even at our current level, at least without the runes . " Solus pointed out .

"Are you saying that I'm the only idiot who doesn't know about it?"

"No, more like you are part of the 99% population who doesn't have access to it . Also, the book is damn old . Magic makes progress over time, so the method described might be good for you who are starting from scratch but it's likely to be old news .

"Unless we evolve it into something unique by combining it with your talent for Forgemastering and my abilities as a tower, of course . " Solus was intrigued by the idea .

Mana geysers gave them an edge that no other mage, even Awakened ones, had .

Lith took it less gracefully . Having spent hours exploring Huryole, risking his life, and almost facing a dragon for almost nothing made him want to scream .

Almost .

"Fine! It's dinner time . Let's eat something and then I'd like for us to do something I always dreamed about ever since I've seen your light body form . " Lith said .

Solus needed sheer willpower to not blush . Lith's dirty mind plus seeing him with his girlfriends too many times had rubbed off on her over the years .

When they moved to the dining room, Solus discovered that Lith had stored a small banquet inside his pocket dimension .

He had no idea what Solus liked or disliked, so he had bought a lot of stuff from his favorite restaurants . Most of them were meat dishes, but there were also vegetable soups and grilled fish .

Solus ate to her heart content, brimming with joy . Usually she could only consume food already stored in the tower, but aside from pastries and meat, Lith didn't carry much along with himself, at least not already cooked .

Solus had no idea how to prepare a meal and neither did Tista, so her eating habits until that point had been pretty repetitive . Solus lived it more like a date rather than as a birthday, having all of Lith's attention for herself .

He asked her all about her new body . How it worked, how much she could feel, and experience .

"It doesn't feel like skin, but it's soft, warm, and pleasant to the touch . " He said while touching her naked arm while using Invigoration on her . Lith wanted to check if there was any way to speed up her recovery process .

"No . I mean, yes . I mean, thank you . " The situation was getting more awkward by the second . Solus was swallowing non stop out of stress .

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