Supreme Magus novel Chapter 4227

Chapter 4227: Final Preparations (Part 2)

"But how can the Hordes fuse their multiple mana cores?" Menadion asked. "Aren’t they supposed to reject each other as Nalrond’s did?"

"They most likely would." Solus scratched her head in confusion. "If one can’t have more than one core, then the obvious answer would be to develop more auxiliary cores, but that’s impossible as well."

"Indeed, I’ve never met someone with more or fewer auxiliary cores than anyone else in their own race." Lith replied. "The number of auxiliary cores one develops depends solely on their size, and it never exceeds what’s needed to spread the mana evenly.

"Moreover, how is anyone supposed to know where an extra auxiliary core will fuel your abilities instead of blowing you up? From my experience with the violet, I can assure you that there’s only so much mana a body can hold. Past that point, it goes boom."

"Still, I think we are on to something." Solus pondered. "Think about it, the undead’s blood core is more powerful than the bright violet core, yet they can’t reach the white. None of Malyshka’s children even did. What if it’s because the undead have no auxiliary cores?"

The group thought long and hard about the issue before they gave up, unaware that they had come one step away from the answer. Yet like many before them, more pressing matters required their attention.

On top of that, Lith, Kalla, and Quylla saw no point in pursuing the uncertainty of the white core when there were so many branches of magic that they could practice that would surely improve their strength.

***

Kalla, Nyka, and Nok returned to Lightkeep as soon as the Wight fully recovered from her wounds and had compiled all the data collected by the Infirmary about Loma.

"Thank you very much for everything, Scourge." Kalla said. "Feel free to bang your head on the white core issue. I’ll trust my research about Lichhood and move in that direction. See you in six months." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Why? What happens in six months?" Lith asked.

"I’ll have to return the Eyes and Ears to the Fire Dragons, silly." She replied. "You can’t expect me to spend half a year without proper research tools. I’ll need to borrow your tower to continue my work."

"Mom!" Nyka growled.

"I mean, you can’t expect me to spend half a year alone. I treasure your company." The Wight would have sounded a bit more convincing if she weren’t reading those words out of a piece of paper with a flat voice.

After Kalla’s departure, Lith and Solus spent the time before the gala for Elysia’s birthday perfecting the manual about tier five Void Magic and experimenting with the Sage Staff’s newfound abilities.

At the start of spring, the six great academies would reopen, and Void Magic would be officially introduced as a secondary course for all the fourth-year students. Fifth-year students would be allowed to attend as well, but by graduation, their education would stop at tier three Void Magic.

To access the upper tiers, the fifth-year students would need to prolong their stay at their respective academies, or at least return there every day until they completed the rest of the course.

As a secondary discipline, just like it already happened for Necromancy and Dimensional Magic, a failing grade in Void Magic wouldn’t preclude graduation, but no student would be rated above B tier unless they managed to master it.

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