Lith and Solus needed only a few minutes to put on paper all the information Quylla had sent them. After that, Soluspedia did the rest. Once something was stored inside of it, they knew its content by heart, as if they had an eidetic memory.
Lith and Solus discussed together all the possible approaches to give Zinya sight, taking into account the degree of risk/success rate each procedure involved.
’Even though none of those who have the fewest failures have shared their spells, they all described in detail how they work. Thanks to true magic, we can follow their lead and even combine their techniques together.’ Lith thought.
They spent a few hours using holograms to simulate the procedure. Lith created a replica of his own optic nerve while Solus would tweak and twist the hologram at random, to cause complications he had to deal with on the spot.
All the while he actually used Scanner on both himself and Solus while using Chisel on the hologram. Triple casting tier five spells while keeping the hologram active proved to be quite tiring.
"Dammit, this is hard. I made over thirty attempts, succeed twelve times, partially succeeded five times, failed eleven times, and killed Zinya at least four times!" Lith said.
"Calm down. This is the first time we deal with such a complex case. You got too used to true magic making healing the impossible possible. Don’t forget that you are working non stop since you returned home. Follow your own advice and take the day off.
"Tomorrow we’ll practice the procedure until we are satisfied with the results. Now it’s too late and you are too tired. There are less than two hours before you have to be at Kamila’s place." Solus’s wisp rubbed against his shoulder, spreading her mana around him in a warm embrace.
"I think you are right." Lith replied.
"I’ll take the day off as soon as I’m done with the Skinwalker." He Warped inside his Forgemastering lab, taking the WellMert hammer and the keychainmail out of his pocket dimension.
He placed them over his obsidian Forge while Solus demonstrated an outstanding creativity in mixing English and common language insults to express her feelings about Lith’s stubbornness.
First, he used Invigoration to go back to what was now his peak condition. With just an hour nap and after practicing the medical procedure many times, Invigoration wouldn’t last for long.
"Necro or Bloom Forge?" Lith asked.
"Neither! Go to sleep dammit!"
"Necro it is!" Lith said, making her emit a loud and unladylike groan.
Lith had acquired the blueprints for the Skinwalker Armor when the Crown had elevated him to the status of Great Mage. They had even provided him with all the ingredients needed to make a new one.
Yet only now that he also had the Orichalcum at hand he had the opportunity to improve its properties. Tista had already received her own as a reward for her services in Othre, whereas the rest of the family had no need for it.
Not after Lith had given them all of his Skinwalker prototypes and Forgemastered for them magical protections in the form of rings, bracelets, or necklaces.
"Whenever people ask me why I joined the army, I always have to spew a bunch of lies about how much I love the Kingdom. The truth is that it’s much better than the alternative. I get to rake merits, rewards and get paid for it.
"To obtain ingredients, I would be forced to travel Mogar with my own money and risk my life. Not to mention the necessity of doing missions for the Association to obtain the blueprints.
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