Chapter 3033 Sparring Partners (Part 1)

Chapter 3033 Sparring Partners (Part 1)

"By lunchtime, I hope." Valeron screamed in Kamila's ears, being older than Elysia only made him louder.

His fear of abandonment made things bad for him as well. Going from glued to Lith 24/7 to not seeing him for hours at a time terrified the baby boy. After all, it was the same thing that had happened with Jormun.

"Shush, Val. Daddy is fine." Kamila rocked the baby before turning to Elina. "With Meln's threat and the search for those guys who stole the Ears, Lith and Solus can't delay their training any longer. They need to master the Prime Engine."

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Blood Desert at the same time.

Practice also required secrecy. It was of paramount importance that whatever Lith and Solus learned about the tower's offensive form remained a secret.

This way, as long as they killed their current enemy, they would always have the element of surprise on their side when facing the next. It was the reason they asked Salaark for a secluded spot with a powerful mana geyser and a suitable sparring partner for the Prime Engine.

"Well, little brother, what can I say? I hate you." Sinmara, the Phoenix of Darkness, had volunteered for the task, and her brother Surtr with her.

Lith was a Divine Beast with a bright violet core so only someone with a white core like the twins or a Guardian could get him on the ropes while the tower supported him.

Yet Guardians were too powerful and Lith wanted to test the Prime Engine against someone who would actually get hurt by his spells, not just pretend to. So he had accepted Sinmara's and Surtr's offer even though there was still rust between them.

The twins wanted to make up for not helping him to rescue Phloria. As for Lith, he knew that unless he worked on their relationship, he would hold his grudge forever.

He took the Mouth off next, then the Hands, and lastly split Ragnarök from the Fury. Then, he tried to stand up from the stone throne but discovered to still feel dizzy and disoriented.

"I did." Solus leaned her head back against her throne with her eyes closed, getting used to moving her real body instead of the Engine again. "Guess we know where Pharek took his inspiration for his secret lab.

"I bet that if we had the Ears, the Engine's controls would be much easier to handle."

The stone thrones connected directly to the hosts' brains to allow them to move the tower's battle form like their own bodies. The thrones also linked the pieces of Menadion Set to the tower's floors that fueled their abilities.

While sitting on the control seat of the Prime Engine, the enchantments of the various floors could be used like spells and conjured in an instant as if they were part of the power core of the artifact with which they were connected.

Also, since world energy was used instead of mana and it flowed through the tower instead of Lith's body, casting the most powerful spells of his grimoire didn't consume his energy and didn't cause mana abuse.

While in the Prime Engine, Lith and Solus could use Tower and Blade Tier spells with no burden on either their cores or bodies. At the same time, however, the sensory overload caused them a blinding headache.

The Eyes collected information about everything around them, the Mouth constantly suggested them spells and tactics that they had to approve or reject, while the Hands required them to choose which floors keep active and which depower based on the situation at hand.

The tower core made things even worse. It flooded their vision and minds with status updates about the Engine's structural integrity after every hit and prompted them to use some enchantments and avoid others to redirect the energy needed for the repairs.

"So do I." Lith sighed. "I bet that Menadion gave the Ears synaesthesia exactly to avoid the sensory overload from using too many enchantments at once. As it is, we can process information only through our eyes which burdens our brains a lot."

He had fused his mind with Solus, hoping that everything that the Void had learned during his brief use of the Ears was enough to retrieve its blueprints, but to no avail. The tower had simply produced an artifact that looked like the Ears but had none of its functions.

It was a hollow shell based on their memories.

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