Chapter 3347 Real Change (Part 2)

Chapter 3347 Real Change (Part 2)

"I'll think about that." Menadion shrugged. "Right now, the Eldritches are not a threat and I'm back for just three days. Forgive me if I want to spend a bit of time with my daughter before disappearing into my Forge for the gods know how long, mister workaholic."

"I didn't mean right now. I just-"

"Mom is right, Lith." Solus grunted, cutting him short. "This lesson could have waited, instead here we are!"

"Ripha, if you please." Lith raised his hands in apology and stepped back.

"You have already learned the basics so this won't take long." Menadion took the Hands from Faluel and wore them. "As you know, the Hands can draw in the surrounding world energy and control it as the orc shamans do.

"Your hypothesis was correct, Lith." She said while giving a demonstration of how to create an elemental imbalance. "I studied the orcs and developed enchantments capable of imitating their abilities in order to craft the Hands.

"You were wrong about unfallen orcs, though. If there's any out there, I didn't find them."

"Does this also mean that by studying Nandi Bytra can replicate the Hands?" Solus asked.

"Replicate, no. She never so much as touched it." Menadion shook her head. "She can make something similar, though. If she follows a line of research parallel to mine, she can reach a similar yet different conclusion.

"Back to the Hands. They can also conjure elemental arrays through the gemstones." As she spoke, the air and darkness crystals combined their powers to generate the Dark Air array.

Then she spread her arms and the array grew in size, covering the room.

"Two elements at a time is the limit for normal mages and the same applies to the Hands, but only in their locked state." The fire crystals lit up as well, adding two points to the magic circle and forming the Dark Firestorm array.

"A Nova spell?" Lith was flabbergasted. "And without consuming one drop of your mana at that?"

"Why so surprised? The principle is the same as your Nova spells." Menadion chuckled. "You know that we are standing above a powerful mana geyser and that the abilities of the Hands to control its world energy are almost a match for the tower, right?"

"Almost." Faluel echoed with a sigh.

"Doing differently would have been idiotic and impossible." Menadion replied. "Even if I were dumb enough to give away an artifact that could threaten my daughter and me, the difference between a power core and a tower core is like heaven and earth."

"Point taken." Faluel nodded. "Please, continue."

"By the gods!" Faluel clapped her hands in excitement. "What about the blades?"

"They are a last-ditch but very useful weapon." Solus replied. "If you infuse them with the right elements, you can use them to neutralize the enchantments of the enemy's weapon and sever their spells from the world energy."

"Oh." Faluel was mildly disappointed. "But that requires either the Dragon Eyes or the Eyes to react in time and I possess neither."

"That in battle." Menadion said. "In your lab, while casting your most powerful spells, you already know their elemental composition. It doesn't matter if something goes terribly wrong or someone ambushes during an experiment, the blades are the final

safeguard.

"In case of danger, you can screw up your spell on purpose and unleash it on your enemy while the Hands shield you from the conflagration."

"Mom, since when are you that paranoid?" Solus asked.

"Since I had many disciples living under my roof and no guarantee every one of them was the good person they pretended to be, Solus." Menadion replied. "You can't remember it, but I had to kick out and kill people on a regular basis.

"I expelled those who tried to rob me and eliminated those who mistook my kindness

for weakness. People knew where we lived, who we were, and what we had. Anyone who dared raise their hand on us couldn't be allowed a second chance."

Ripha returned the Hands to Faluel who immediately tried to put Menadion's

teachings into practice.

"How do I handle three elements at once?" The Hydra grunted in exertion.

"The pieces of my Set are different from all other artifacts you have handled in the past." Ripha replied. "They are akin to a partial mage tower. Their enchantments aren't supposed to be used on their own but to complement and enhance your abilities.

"To cast a Tower Tier spell, you must combine your mana flow with the energy channelled by the Hands. Then, you use the elemental gemstones to stabilize and amplify the spell.

"It's a delicate process that needs balance. Focus too much on one energy flow and the

others will dissipate. The trick is to use the world energy conjured by the Hands like your own mana. You need to practice until you can manipulate them with the same

case."