Supreme Magus novel Chapter 259

"Despite Linjos’s best intentions, the academy is still a ’survival of the fittest’ environment. If you go in there with a weak mentality, you will not last even a month. Chore magic is your sword and shield against humans, since it’s quick and effective. Practice it until you get as good as I am."

Lith had expected for Tista to be shocked and to need some time before making her decision. He was only half right. She immediately asked Lith’s guidance, to the point of requesting homework to improve her control over the elements.

After a month passed, her magic foundations had improved by leaps and bounds. Because of the harsh weather, she could spend most of time indoor practicing. Lith’s training course focused more on finesse and surgical precision rather than use magic for bashing stuff.

It allowed them to safely perform sparring sessions inside the house by fighting for the control of the color of candles, changing the temperature of a glass of water, or use earth magic to juggle with an increasing number of pebbles.

When the weather was good, Lith’s family would use Warp Steps to visit their neighbors or the village. Elina was the only one with a communicator amulet, so she could always call Lith to have them Warped back home anytime they wanted.

Lith used those days to go back in the forest and conduct experiments with Forgemastering. It had taken a while, but the package from Linjos had finally arrived. After learning of his ranking, Lith had spent almost all his points immediately. _{freēwebnovel.com}

He had purchased a Skinwalker armor and several magic crystals of different purity. The Skinwalker armor was similar to his uniform, but better in every way. The elemental and physical protections were stronger. Also, by injecting mana into it, Lith could boost its self-repair speed.

The armor’s best trait was its adaptability. It could shapeshift into different forms, the only requirement was for Lith to provide the enchantment a sample of the clothing he wanted it to reproduce.

Thanks to the Skinwalker armor, Lith now had a whole wardrobe of enchanted clothes. They would all offer him a great degree of protection and he wouldn’t remain naked for a second like it happened when he switched between clothes via the dimensional pocket.

Lith stored inside the gemstone his farmer clothes, the hunting suit, the academy’s uniform and the expensive noble clothes that Lark had bought him.

"Now this is the only suit I’ll ever need!"

Lith had chosen the Skinwalker armor not only because it greatly improved his defensive abilities, but also because it made possible to easily blend in with any crowd and provided him a sample of magic crystal imbued clothes.

He had now an enchanted item he could study with Invigoration, which properties he could attempt to replicate and improve by using true magic.

Lith had spent the rest of his points to buy mana crystals. There were too many unanswered questions about them. He was eager to perform experiments with the mana blade away from prying eyes.

Realizing a mana blade like the one he used during the Magic Crystal class had been an easy feat. It was just a handle made of solid silver enchanted to have mana pathways but no pseudo core.

The only issue was the price. Lith had to pay for both the material and the craftsmanship since he was no blacksmith. Lith managed to cut his losses by exchanging his forgemastering works with Zekell’s.

The blacksmith was eager to acquire dimensional rings to safely store his possession and enchanted tools to make his life easier, just like Lith was eager to get his hands on free materials.

Thanks to his experiments, Lith discovered that if instead of cutting along a magic crystal’s lines he used the mana blade on the cracks that Invigoration revealed, he could recharge the low quality ones or increase their purity by one tier by providing them enough mana.