Chapter 735
To make matters worse, each breakthrough was harder than the previous ones and since it was the first body refinement Lith would experience with a blue core, he couldn't take any chance, not with his life force already cracked .
'I was thinking about Yondra's words, she actually left us a big clue about Runesmithing that we have overlooked so far . ' Lith thought .
'She used our Skinwalker armor as an example, saying that after the Bonding process, the Orichalcum's mana flow becomes too vigorous to be Forgemastered . Which means that runes have to be applied before Bonding the material with mana crystals . '
Lith took the sword and the booklet he had acquired from Huryole out of his pocket dimension .
'While we wait for Orion to fulfill his part of our bargain, we can start experimenting on the swords . We have two blueprints, after all, and we can even try out the patterns in the book . '
'Well, yeah, but those are all old-ass runes . I mean, the Odi's Adamant sword is much better than the teaching prop we found, but its runes are even older . The materials needed for the experiments are cheap, but I'm afraid we might just waste our time and learn outdated methods . ' Solus replied .
'True, but we can try and experiment with the new runes we know and see how different the outcome is . Orion isn't wrong when he says that it's unlikely for anyone to accept us as a disciple .
'I doubt that the Hydra will take us in with no strings attached, so the more we know before we meet her, the more knowledge we can squeeze from her even just by a few hints . '
Lith spent the rest of the time until lunch in the Ernas library, consulting tomes about Wardens . Arrays were the only form of magic that used runes and by comparing old and new arrays, Lith could expand the number of runes from the booklet that he was able to convert into modern magic .
Jirni and Kamila returned to dine with the family, but since they were following a delicate case, they left soon after, leaving Lith alone with his worries . He would have loved to sneak out and go back to his tower, but each time he watched at his impurities nearing to his core, he was reminded of how little time he had left for a complete recovery .
There wasn't much he could do without magic and on top of that, Quylla had also forbidden all kinds of physical exercise to him .
"This is going to be the longest day of my life . " He groaned .
'That's not true! You can spend your time with Phoria and Quylla, or you could call Friya . I mean, how long has it been since the four of you have done something together?' Solus objected .
"Good gods, Lith, you look wonderful . " Friya said . "When Quylla told me that you were on the brink of death, I returned home as fast as I could, but you look damn dandy . "
Lith had already regained the lost weight, but his body had rebuilt itself better than before, with the result of him being less lean and more muscular than before . He suspected that Quylla was right and that his two life forces somehow communicated .
His muscles weren't much thicker than before, but way denser, like they were in his hybrid form to not get hindered by the scales .
"Friya, it's so good to see you . Not only because you're even hotter than I remembered you to be, but also because I'm bored as heck!"
"Are you coming on to me?" She chuckled . "Because the compliment sounded a little too honest for our usual role play . Has something bad happened between you and Kamila?"
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