Chapter 2956 Matching Pieces (Part 2)
"Do you know how to improve it after listening to it once?" Nalrond was flabbergasted.
"No sh- shop, genius." Elysia's presence triggered the auto-correct for family-friendly language. "As your friend said, I've studied the Rezars for a long time and my expertise in light magic made Manohar look like a child in comparison."
"I'm/He's not his/my friend." Lith and Nalrond said in unison.
"Really?" Dawn furrowed her brows. "Going through so much trouble to help you heal in the body and the mind sounds like something a friend would do."
"He did?" Nalrond was flabbergasted.
"Lith informed us of your arrival and asked us to go easy on you in case things got out of hand." Dawn nodded. "Anyway, off the top of my head, there are two points that you have to reconsider.
"First, you can't just let your life forces meet and hope for the best. That's something that regular hybrids are forced to do because they have no idea when the barrier between their life forces is going to fall apart and make them clash. This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com
"In your case, you can make it happen any time you want. You might as well be prepared. Weakening your life forces by wounding your bodies will weaken their clashes and make them more receptive to your will, but that's it.
"If your goal is to merge your life forces, you should use Body Sculpting to create an artificial link between them. This way, their energies are going to flow into each other and reduce the friction between them.
"It's the same thing a Forgemaster does when applying runes during the preparatory phase." Dawn said and Lith nodded for her to continue. "Second, cracking both your cores is unnecessarily dangerous.
"You'd better try and see if they merge along with your life forces. Then, if that fails, consider cracking solely the mana core of the life force you are more willing to discard.
"Even if you can't make the mana cores merge, as long as you have a perfect life force and one healthy core you should survive."
"This is very interesting." Kalla said while taking notes with water magic and adapting the process for Lichhood. "According to my previous and almost lethal failures, however, it's better to collect data before attempting the actual procedure.
"Why did you force me to meet Dawn and Acala? You know what they did to me. If you thought we needed a second opinion so badly, we could have had that conversation through a communication amulet." Nalrond asked.
"Because you remind me a lot of how I was until a while ago." Lith replied. "So focused on what I've lost that I disregarded what I had and, more importantly, what I could have if I just pulled my head out of my ass."
He shapeshifted into his Tiamat form while holding Elysia's little hands. The baby girl shapeshifted as well, smiling from ear to ear as the Dragon scales transmitted the love that her father was unable to express with words.
"Let me guess." Nalrond sighed. "In my shoes, you wouldn't put at stake what I have with Friya nor go on with the procedure."
"No. That's why I say we are not friends. You don't know the first thing about me." The Tiamat snarled. "In your shoes, I would absolutely try the procedure. The idea of not being able to protect Kami and Solus is unbearable to me.
"And don't get me started about dragging Elysia in my sh-op. What I wouldn't do is let my pride get in the way of my survival. I don't care who or what I have to ask for help. As long as I ca come back to my family at the end of every day, the rest doesn't matter."
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While Nalrond sorted out the mess that his mind was, Lith and the others worked to synch the various pieces of the Set of Menadion. Luckily, they already knew how to connect the two Eyes and with the help of the artifacts, synching the Mouths and the Hands was just a matter of time.
"If my hypothesis is correct, this is going to more than double our magical prowess." Solus explained. "You see, after the last upgrade, the tower has recovered a few floors that need the pieces of the Set of Menadion to work.
"Even though the single external pieces can't connect with the tower by themselves, the problem should be solved by synching them with their respective tower twin."
Since Lith and Solus had nothing noteworthy for the Grimoire and the Thievery to study, Solus activated the Spark. It allowed them to further refine the pieces they had already Forgemastered without the need to break them down with Creation Magic and then enchant them again.
Solus put the tower's Hands on the stone pedestal, channelling the vigorous flow of world energy necessary to activate the full power of the artifact and start the refining process.
Ragnarök was already comprised of Davross and elemental crystals so it had no need for the Spark. The Voidwalker armors, the Sage Staff, and Double Edge, instead still had a long way to go.
