“I said we don’t talk about that.” Lith snarled. “Get off my back. Go do something useful that doesn’t involve mocking me.”

“Damn, that killed all my list of daily activities.” Protector chuckled. “See you later, then.”

The Tower Warp had already brought them back to the Mansion, and Lith let his friends off before taking a short trip to the Blood Desert to drop his prisoners.

“I’m going to practice control over the scattered Cursed Elements. Do you want to join me? I could use an extra set of eyes.” Lith asked once they returned to Lutia for good.

“I wish. Now that the Fusion Reactor is at full capacity, I have to start hunting for Adamant scraps with the Watchtower.” Solus groaned. “I’ll travel back to all the mana geysers we know and mine everything I can.

“The more Adamant we have, the faster the Crucible works. Even if we stumble into a Divine Beast’s corpse or we kill one, it would be useless until we have enough metal to coat its skin and bones.

“You stay here and keep researching Dread Magic without me. Anyone can use the Eyes to study your progress, and there’s no point in wasting your time keeping me company. I’m not looking for a fight, and I don’t expect trouble.