Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3923

Chapter 3923: Countdown (Part 2)

’I don’t need your thanks, child.’ She replied with a smile. ’I need your help. Now get back to work.’

The group of Healers consolidated five more gray stars during the third session of the procedure and ten more during the fourth.

The connection between the fragments and the main life force, coupled with its constant evolution, allowed the next fragments to transform into more gray stars faster and faster until taking a break was no longer an option.

Baba Yaga had to consume her breathing technique to replenish the strength of the other Healers, often giving more Spirit Magic to Lith than to the newborn gray star.

Once the emerald tanks in the Elemental Storage ran out, she gifted him her own life force through careful, slow infusions via his Abomination touch. The vitality she lost in the process would have reduced many Divine Beasts to empty husks, but she could afford it.

’I’d say our work is almost finished.’ The Red Mother said after they cut another unstable fragment and the healthy life force pulled itself together, assimilating what was left of the damaged areas. ’The problem is the almost. We are not done yet.’

Zoreth’s life force now looked like a massive gray star containing a gemstone almost as big that was wrapped in a thick bundle of threads. Smaller gray stars formed a circle around the main life force and were connected to it through the threads of the human aspects.

’The countdown has increased by a few days, but it’s still ticking.’ Tista pondered. ’What are we missing?’

’A lot of things.’ Faluel said. ’This is nothing like any Divine Beast life force I’ve ever seen. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be. We don’t have to complete the Master’s work, only ensure that Xenagrosh can have a normal life.

’She’s supposed to be part Dragon, so what do you say if we rearrange the gray stars to form a constellation similar to Lith’s?’

’Good idea, but it won’t work.’ Tista said. ’My Divine Beast side is a Bloodwind Phoenix and looks nothing like Lith’s Voidfeather Dragon. It’s likely that Zoreth’s Dragon form will be just as different.’

’Maybe, but if you have a better solution, I’m open to suggestions.’ Faluel replied.

’You are both right, but also wrong.’ Baba Yaga said. ’There is no right answer, so we won’t look for one. We’ll let Zoreth find her own answer. Watch and learn.’

She focused the energy accumulated inside the Hands of Menadion into small forceps that she used to move the small gray stars around one at a time until the perfect ring surrounding the massive star had turned into a jumbled mess.

’Why did you do that?’ Solus looked at the plummeting countdown in worry. ’You should have moved the second star once the first had found its position. You made everything worse.’

’That’s the whole point, Solus.’ Baba Yaga shook her head. ’The previous arrangement was perfect to our eyes, but not good for Zoreth. We positioned the gray stars where we wanted, not where they needed to be.

’If I did as you suggest, the repulsion between the stars would have kept them from finding their rightful place. The stars can find their right position exactly because I did such a terrible job. You should trust me and your mother’s work more.’

’What do you- Damn, Malyshka, you are right.’ Solus slapped her own forehead. ’I forgot about the Ears and the Skull.’

’This is not the end of Zoreth’s evolutionary branch, but it’s the end of our work.’ Baba Yaga pointed at the countdown increasing of days, weeks, months, and then centuries until it disappeared. ’We didn’t give her a perfect life force, we just made her a better hybrid.’

’Seems good to me.’ Lith pondered.

’Look better, child.’ She replied. ’In your life force, the threads of your human aspect connect the auxiliary stars between them, not just with the main one. This way, the entire structure rests on one element of the life force.

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