Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3896

Chapter 3896: Priceless Lesson (Part 1)

"Rank 1 human?" Tista said. "How is that possible? When did it happen? More importantly, how did no one notice?"

"Because we are all idiots." Lith replied. "Big Sis told us her story. She gave up on her Dragon nature, and she was a human back when she became an Abomination. Somehow, becoming an Eldritch restored her Dragon bloodline, but her base form was still human."

"You are right!" Solus said. "Zoreth told us that she knew about human evolution when we went to Verendi with her, and that her four eyes were proof that our theory was correct."

Everyone turned to Bytra, who just shrugged.

"I don’t see how this is relevant. Zoreth’s eyes have no powers, and her human side has never been of much help to her. Why are you making such a fuss?"

"Because this changes things a lot." Tista paced the room. "We always considered Zoreth like a Dragon-Eldritch-troll hybrid. If we want to find a cure, we need to take her human side into account as well. When did she evolve?"

"She was already like that when she found me." Bytra replied. "According to her, however, she developed the two extra eyes only after consuming her troll clone."

"This doesn’t make sense." Faluel bit her lower lip. "Odi and humans are two different species, and trolls are evolved Odi. How could gaining a troll life force affect Zoreth’s human half?

"On top of that, we don’t have the time to research how the Odi’s evolution is supposed to work and what their life forces are supposed to look like at their various development stages. We need an expert, or we’ll never make it in six days."

’Doesn’t this make Kigan an evolved human, too?’ Bytra thought. ’He’s a Phoenix- Balor hybrid and- Who cares! This can wait.’

"I agree with you and Tista, Faluel." Lith nodded. "To heal Zoreth, we need to take into account her human side, but we also need a specialist in troll life forces. How much does the Master know about them?"

"Enough to breed them and mix their life forces with a little amount of Chaos with his Harmonizer spell, but that’s it." Bytra replied. "You know how the Master’s technique works, Lith. He never had a reason to work on Fallen life forces.

"His goal has never been to revert monsters to their natural state. He needs our monster half to stay Fallen, so that it can withstand our Eldritch side and merge with it to form something no different from a normal life force."

Vastor’s Harmonizer spell worked on a simple principle. He would transplant a small fragment of Eldritch life force into a test subject until it gained a resistance to Chaos. Once that happened, the final transplant would take root and be left to grow.

Eldritch tissues had high vitality and could sustain themselves on any form of life force. Left to their own device, the fragments would grow over time, finding a balance with the host life force.

Most of the time, the test subject died consumed by the Chaos, but monsters reproduced quickly and their offspring carried the Chaos fragment as well, developing a natural immunity.

It was only a matter of time before a monster with perfect compatibility with the Eldritch was born. When that happened, the resulting clone would possess a stable hybrid life force ready to merge with the original Eldritch’s.

Lith had watched the Master using the Harmonizer spell on Theseus and knew that it would be useless on Zoreth. Raum had separated part of her life forces long enough to revert them to their original state. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

They were not compatible anymore, and a successful transplant would lead to two new life forces, not restore them to their previous condition.

"Quylla?" Lith asked.

"I’m sorry, Lith, but I know about trolls a little more than any Professor of the White Griffon." She shook her head. "I’ve learned what the artificially unfallen life forces of the trolls and Traughen of Zelex look like, but I’m no expert.

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