Supreme Magus novel Chapter 4142

Chapter 4142: Over 10,000 (Part 1)

Yet with each change, Menadion’s Wrath grew stronger, and Solus weaved more runes before encountering another obstruction and being forced to stop.

By dinner time, she could almost cast the Blade Spell to the last rune.

"I’m beat. Even with you keeping the elemental crystals and the eyes stable, handling the data flow of the Ears and a Blade Spell is exhausting." Solus leaned on the Sage Staff like it was a walking cane. "I’d say we stop here for today."

"Just a few more seconds." Lith took a thorough scan of the final configuration of the various components of the pseudo-Sage Staff before dispelling them. "Done. I’ll compile the data and leave it in the Library.

"If the tower finds a way to improve on our current design, tomorrow we’ll find it waiting for us."

"Gods, I can’t believe that just until a few months ago we had to come up with a crafting method for each prototype and rely on the Factory to manufacture dozens of variants until we found one that worked." Solus stored the Yggdrasill wood in the Armory, enhancing the tower’s computational abilities.

"It took us weeks just to make the same progress we’ve achieved in a single day with the Ears." Lith nodded. "With a bit of luck, tomorrow we can already move on to crafting a working prototype."

"Why a prototype and not go straight for the real deal?" Solus asked.

"Because we’ve never put together so many pseudo cores, nor do we have any idea how powerful the setup of Vorgh’s staff is." Lith replied. "I’d rather start small and see how it works than go big and be too focused on saving my life to worry about what went wrong."

"Isn’t this jinxing it?" Solus said.

"Solus, do you remember the last time we crafted a masterpiece on our first try?"

"I don’t, because that never happened." She replied.

"My point exactly." Lith shrugged. "I didn’t jinx anything. I was just stating the obvious."

***

The following day, it took Solus most of the morning to find the perfect configuration for the Sage Staff. Once she was done, the mana flowed from the power core and through her body like an extension of her mana core.

She could use the power coming from the staff to cast spells, to strengthen those conjured by her mana core, or to sustain her Blade Spell.

Lith recorded every change she made to the runes and adjusted his calculations accordingly.

"There’s not enough time to work on the crafting method." Lith said as he checked his pocket watch. "We’ll resume this later."

"Great idea." Solus nodded. "I’m going to take a bath. You clean this mess, please."

Several pieces of paper recording Solus’ impressions about the new version of the Sage Staff and her suggestions for further improvements were scattered all over the room.

Lith stored them all inside Soluspedia and discarded those regarding outdated designs or theories that had already been tested and proved wrong.

When they returned to the tower after lunch, their mana cores were full again without the need for Invigoration.

"This is always my least favorite part." Lith sighed as they worked on the elemental crystals. "It’s so much easier using those conjured by the Workshop."

’I could use Swirling Wind to make things faster and easier, but I have no idea how my Indech Wings work with Crystalsmithing, and I don’t want to waste time with more experiments.’ He thought.

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