"Yeah, too bad that I gave Lith that sword two years ago. If you humans can't raise disciples trustworthy enough to gift them real artifacts, it's none of my problems." Faluel replied, making the human representative almost choke on envy.
"Manohar went from Assistant Professor to Archmage without ever becoming a Great Mage. Lochra Silverwing turned from nobody into a Magus at twenty-five, when she shared with the world her discoveries about magic, and Ripha Menadion when she was barely twenty."
"I might be stingy, but all of this stuff costs way less than a single one of my failed experiments." Lith cut her short, making the merchant's eyes shine like stars at the idea of having caught a whale.