Supreme Magus novel Chapter 4286

Chapter 4286: Lodestar (Part 2)

"Since you are talking about me, know that I resent this!" The Hydra appeared out of thin air. "You should have called me. I deserve to be part of the opening tour of the new floors of the tower, and so does my mother!"

"Tell them, sweetie!" Fyrwal arrived a split second later. "Sorry for the intrusion, but Fanny listened to everything through her mind link with Friya. We are both offended for being left out of this."

"I know, and I’m sorry, but I wanted this to be a family tour." Solus bowed to the Hydras in apology. "If I called Faluel, I also would have to call Malyshka, Dawn, Loka, Zoreth..."

"And it would have been a crowd, not a family event." Faluel sighed. "Sorry for the outburst. I’ll take my leave, then."

"Please, stay." Lith raised his hand to stop her. "This is just like when you taught us Domination. There is no point in keeping you out if you’ll learn everything from Friya anyway."

"Don’t mind if I do." Faluel nodded. "I agree with everything Lith said, Ripha. You made the Lodestar into a perfect learning tool rather than a substitute for a mage’s brain."

"Thanks." Menadion nodded. "For your information, I didn’t invite people like Fyrwal to the opening because she already knows how the new floors work. She used them in her time as my apprentice."

"Mom?" Faluel glared at her mother.

"She’s right." Fyrwal shrugged. "I never talked to you about the missing floors of the tower for the same reason Ripha doesn’t. There is no reason to make you drool for something that you couldn’t see or use anyway."

"Sadly, it makes sense." Faluel replied. "How long does charging the Lodestar take?"

"About one hour." Menadion said.

"A one-for-one rate?" The Hydra was flabbergasted.

"Yeah, and during both hours, the tower is barely operational." Menadion nodded. "Last resort, remember? Also, it made it impossible for one of my apprentices to use the Lodestar behind my back.

"Anyone inside the tower knew whenever the floor was being used because everything else suddenly stopped working. Any shady business was immediately reported to me, and several mad mages were stopped before they could abuse the Lodestar."

"I hate it when someone else is right." Faluel grumbled.

"There’s nothing else here. Let’s move on to the upper floors." Solus said, taking point.

The crystal mines and the Crucible hadn’t changed much. The two floors had gotten bigger, and their efficiency had improved, but turning silver into Adamant and red crystals into violet would still take years.

Davross and white crystals would take even longer.

The same had happened to all the underground floors, with the exception of the Cannon Vault. It could still store only seven spells, but now it took the single units less time to recharge.

The floor improved the most after the breakthrough was the Factory, which could now craft anything that Lith and Solus had a blueprint for and required the power of a single violet-cored Awakened.

The second new underground floor was located above the Workshop, but beneath the Forge.

"A fair warning." Solus sighed heavily. "You are going to hate this floor’s guts, Lith."

"Is it fluorescent pink?" He asked, receiving a shake of the head in reply. "You lost me, Solus. Unless this thing is about cheesy romance stories, I don’t see why I should hate it."