Supreme Magus novel Chapter 4272

Chapter 4272: Steep Cliff (Part 2)

"I knew it! This thing has a personality of its own!" The Hydra said.

"No, and that’s part of the problem." The Guardian shook her head. "As Ripha pointed out, Gungnir is too good for a complete novice like you. Without a personality that would allow your glaive to support your lacking skills, Faluel, you are a threat to yourself and others.

"I suggest you don’t practice Blade Spells outside the Firing Range."

"I’ll follow your advice." The Hydra stared at the glaive in suspicion, unconvinced by Salaark’s words. "Also, I’ll have even more trouble once I reveal the existence of my weapon. To move forward with Lith’s plan, I can’t keep it a secret."

"Indeed, but that will come later." A snap of the Overlord’s fingers brought everyone back to the ground floor of the tower. "We have more important things to worry about now."

Solus stood alone on one end of the living room, while everyone else was on the opposite side.

"Why did you Warp us here, Grandma, and why am I-" A violet pillar of light erupted from Solus’ body, and the tower started to quake.

"Because the massive flow of world energy that Lith’s Forgemastering technique generated did more than craft Faluel’s Blade Weapon." Salaark answered the incomplete question.

"It also filled every nook and cranny of the damaged tower core with mana, giving it the energy it needed to repair its lingering damage and correct several imperfections. Until this moment, the tower just fed upon the world energy it didn’t need to fuel its existing floors.

"During the Forgemastering process, instead, it developed a mana flow that improved its recovery speed. You are about to have a breakthrough, Solus."

"This is great news, but I still don’t see the point in going this far." Solus shrugged. "I-"

She doubled over as searing pain spread across her skin along with what looked like golden fissures leaking energy. Solus felt as if someone were burying her under dozens of woolen blankets, making it hard for her to breathe as she sweated bullets.

Her whole body felt hot, hurt, and itched at the same time, yet for some reason, she wasn’t afraid. Quite the contrary, the heat felt like a fever, the itch like a healing scab, and the pain like a dislocated joint put back into place.

It was an intense and unpleasant experience, but necessary to get better. The pain quickly subsided as the energy fissures shrank, lessening the energy bleeding.

’It’s as if I’m getting stitched while under partial anesthesia.’ Solus thought, recognizing the familiar pattern of the wounds. ’My life force is healing! The cracks left by Bytra’s murder attempt are slowly disappearing!’

Alas, the process wasn’t slow. It simply wasn’t meant to reach completion.

The violet pillar faded, and with it, the damage in Solus’ life force stopped healing. The energy fissures were now much thinner, but they still ran deep, reaching her mana core.

They disappeared under her skin the moment the energy pillar faded, but Solus knew they were still there.

"Again, thanks, Grandma, but that was overkill nonetheless." Solus said with a bright smile, feeling lighter and stronger than ever. "My breakthroughs are never a big deal. I already have perfect body refining, so it doesn’t hurt when-"

Salaark limited herself to a shrug when Solus doubled over again. This time, the pain didn’t come from her skin, but from her heart and lungs. Everything inside her chest seemed to have caught fire, and it was quickly spreading to the rest of her body.

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