Chapter 2914 Price of Failure (Part 2)

Chapter 2914 Price of Failure (Part 2)

One prototype was a tower made of Darwen, coated inside and out with Davross.

The former would grant the tower nigh-immunity to magic while the latter would provide the artifact with magical conductivity and protection from physical blows since Darwen was brittle by nature.

The second prototype was made of a single white crystal and was shaped like a Raiju, reminding Vastor of the Horseman's steeds.

"Let me guess. This one is the standard tower that can't move from a mana geyser, like Menadion's." Vastor pointed at the Darwen miniature.

"Correction. It can't function without a geyser but it can move." Bytra said. "Menadion had crafted devices similar to Home Stones that she used to mark mana geysers and Warp the tower from one to another.

"After the first visit, the tower recorded the coordinates of the geyser and the Home Stone was no longer necessary, leaving no trace of her passage."

"Brilliant! Warping a building of that size at will must have been a work of pure genius." The Master's eyes sparkled like those of a kid listening to his favorite fairy tale.

"More like sheer necessity." Bytra dismissed his enthusiasm with a scoff. "A tower in a fixed position is a security nightmare. Those who want to steal it from you can lay in an ambush while those you want to kill will never come near it the tower would have no offensive value.

"On top of that, it's not like you can shrink a building of that size and put it in your pocket." Bytra said, unaware of how wrong she was. "Without the Warp, the tower would be a sitting duck the moment its location is exposed.

"This is why Baba Yaga made her tower and those of her Horsemen capable of moving freely." She touched the crystal Raiju with a finger. "They still need a geyser to reach their full power but unlike Menadion's, you can use them anywhere.

"In my opinion, Menadion's tower was more powerful but Baba Yaga's is way more practical. If I had to pick, I'd choose hers."

"If you've already made up your mind, then why are you researching both?" Vastor took the two models in his hands and studied them with his breathing technique, Beyonder's Eye.

The two miniature towers were both imprinted by Bytra and utter failures. The different pseudo cores that were supposed to merge into a powerful power core overlapped badly and their mana flows were out of synch.

Unbeknownst to the Fourth Ruler of the Flames, she was just one step behind Lochra Silverwing in building a tower with modern magic.

"Any idea how to achieve that?" Vastor asked.

"I have several theories but no concrete leads." Bytra sighed. "I need more time and materials."

"I'll make sure you get everything you need. Dismissed. I'll see you at dinner." Vastor put away the documents belonging to the Organization and pulled the paperwork of the White Griffon out of his dimensional amulet.

The first trimester would soon finish and he had to pitch ideas for the exams, allocate funds to the various researchers of the Light Department, and write the report cards of the students attending the Healer specialization.

He was barely done arranging everything he needed when he raised his eyes and noticed that the hybrids were still standing in front of him.

"What?"

"What about your report?" Zoreth asked, taking one step forward and out of line. "How is the process of merging your cores going?"

"I've made no progress." The Master sighed. "I can now make them overlap at will, but I failed to conjure any element but Decay and Chaos."

He made his eyes light with mana and his wings pop out of his back.

"The black core made it easy to stabilize the Decay, but I think that the other Cursed Elements are going to be-"

"Who cares about that?" Zoreth cut him short. "I want to know if we can hope for a little brother."

Vastor's face became flushed and his eyes widened from embarrassment but it lasted a second. Then, color left him and he went back staring at the paperwork like it was a matter of life and death.