Supreme Magus novel Chapter 4314

Chapter 4314: The First Mage (Part 2)

"Or rather, I did once, after you got me drunk on Red Dragon. Luckily for me, you’ve lost your memory. What’s your last question, Lith?"

"I’m a bit worried about Elysia." He replied. "She has learned the basic runes for all the Cursed Elements but light and earth, the elements of creation. Does it have something to do with her natural affinities, or do you think Decay and Corruption scare even her?"

"You are overthinking like usual, child." The Crone smiled. "Elysia is a healthy baby who enjoys the protection of the Guardians. How many times has she heard the magic words for a healing spell?"

"None." Lith pondered. "We either use Invigoration or conjure healing spells with true magic."

"Also, Elysia spends most of her time indoors or in the air with her friends. Do you think she had many opportunities to witness someone conjure earth magic?" Baba Yaga asked.

"I see." Lith nodded. "She learned the chore magic Cursed Runes for the elements we use to perform house chores. Darkness to disinfect, fire to light the fireplace, and so on."

"Exactly. Use earth and light magic in front of Elysia, and she’ll learn their Cursed counterparts in a jiffy." The Crone said.

After putting his paranoia to rest, Lith devoted his full focus to deepening his understanding of the Cursed Elements.

Before the Lodestar ran out of power, Lith and Baba Yaga managed to test tier four spells and arrays with Dread Magic. The good news was that it turned out to be feasible. The bad news was that they made little progress on it.

Unlike the lower tiers of magic, tier four and above required several runes. So many that even the simplest tier four spell/array they could think of made Lith fall to his knees with a splitting headache and gave Baba Yaga a panic attack.

Dread Magic was true to its name, and the sight of so many Cursed Runes at once was more than even the Red Mother could bear. Combat spells were simpler, but adding a second element more than tripled the challenge.

Lith had to separate normal and Cursed Runes, weave them together, and control the three elements that tier four Dread Magic conjured. The scattered Cursed Element was the key element to protect not only the caster, but also the tier four spell as a whole, and keep it from imploding on itself.

"I’m glad the Lodestar takes so long to charge up, and it’s a hassle to use." By the end of the 24 hours, Invigoration had lost most of its effectiveness on Lith. "If this were a Fringe, I’d only need a good night’s rest before resuming our experiments."

"If this were a Fringe, either the voices would have driven you insane, or Mogar would have summoned you to have a chat." Small pearls of sweat shone on Baba Yaga’s forehead.

"She would probably be curious to know why you are calling upon her bad side and might even give you a taste of the medicine you’re so stubbornly looking for."

"Let’s follow your advice and take a break, Malyshka." Solus said. "You and Lith can use a bit of time to master the control over the scattered Cursed Elements. Also, you should try to get used to Dread Runes.

"Maybe you can’t get rid of the primordial fear they inspire in you, but I’m sure you can learn an effective coping mechanism."

"My thoughts exactly." Baba Yaga nodded. "Until I find a way to handle more than three Dread Runes at a time, I can’t teach you, Solus, and Lith has to work alone. We are not able to help him, and he would waste his time.

"Yet I have to admit that I’d pay your weight in Davross to see a perfect tier four Dread Spell."

"Why my weight? What about Lith?" Solus grunted, yet the Maiden ignored her.

"Do you have any idea what that blue light you produced earlier was?" She asked.

"I’m not sure, but I have seen it in the past when I was visiting a Fringe. and I have a theory about it." Lith replied. "Only time will tell if I’m right."

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