Supreme Magus novel Chapter 4408

Chapter 4408: Matter and Mana (Part 2)

Solus diverted enough world energy to the Lodestar to preserve its effects while also ensuring the Firing Range’s maximum efficiency.

"How are we doing this?" Baba Yaga asked. "I hope you don’t want us to shoot spells at each other."

"We’ll aim at the same point, just like Teneb’s Golems." Lith and Baba Yaga fired their respective spells a few times to get used to their different speeds and gauge the timing necessary to make them reach a set spot at the same time.

The Firing Range used Ekrasu to neutralize the Decay and earth magic to stop the lightning bolt. Once Lith and Baba Yaga were done with their tests, he Warped a large rock in the middle of the Firing Range.

"Even if we mess up, the tower will suffer no damage." Lith said. "Let’s stick to the walls. I have an idea of how Decay reacts with elements other than darkness, and it won’t be nice."

Baba Yaga unleashed Jolt, the first lightning spell any young mage would learn, while Lith conjured the tier one Decay spell, Blightspark, a heartbeat later.

Thanks to their practice and experience, Lith and Baba Yaga succeeded on the first try. The two spells met centimeters away from the rock with disastrous consequences.

The elemental forces clashed, collapsing on themselves into what looked like a pristine ball lightning. Then, the energy mass exploded into a corona effect with a radius of over 10 meters (33’).

The countless bolts of lightning that streaked across the stone walls carried the power of Decay, leaving thin, shallow gouges in their wake only because the gold-veined white marble that comprised the floor repelled the mystical energies until the Firing Range managed to counter them.

When the combined spell disappeared, the tower had suffered minor damage that Solus perceived as an itch, while the rock Lith had Warped in the room was broken into pieces no bigger than a finger.

"Impressive damage." Baba Yaga looked around the room as the fissures in the floor repaired at a speed visible to the naked eye. "A tier one spell exceeded the Firing Range of the legendary tower of Menadion."

"Not really." Lith pointed at the area past the rock. "We programmed the Firing Range to counter our two spells, not the energy released by their interaction. The tower was caught unprepared like us, but only because it lacked data.

"The Firing Range neutralized our pseudo tier four spell before it could come close to us, and we are talking about something as fast as lightning. If we tried again, I doubt the tower would suffer so much as a scratch."

A quick glance at the updated defensive protocols of the Firing Range confirmed Lith’s words. The tower had analyzed the phenomenon and found a way to counter spells comprised of Decay and air magic.

"Was that what you expected?" Menadion asked.

"Yes." He nodded. "I noticed that Tezka’s Decay Gates explode as soon as something goes through them, so I assumed that the other elements would react the same way. I had underestimated the violence and the range of the resulting explosion, though."

"If you have some other experiment with the Dread Elements in mind, you should input your hypothesis in the Firing Range." Menadion snorted. "It will allow the tower to create a tentative defensive protocol instead of improvising from scratch.

"My baby got hurt, you numbskull!"

"Mom, it wasn’t even a scratch!" Solus replied. "It hurts more when you pinch my belly to remind me that I need to lose weight."

"And it’s working." The First Ruler of the Flames patted Solus’ stomach, producing a duller sound than usual.

"Mom!" Solus blushed hard.

"That’s impossible! How did you do it, Ripha?" Baba Yaga was in utter shock.

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