Chapter 86 - Magnus Tempestria (1/2)
XXXX Continent, Seraph Kingdom, within Kelsey's smithy.
”I trust you that you can do just that, right?” Dane looked at Kelsey with expectation since she was the only blacksmith within the Seraph Kingdom that could handle both of the materials he brought out with great proficiency and skill. Kelsey looked at the Gale Dragon Wood and Spirit Star Steel Dane brought out and pondered for a bit as a slight frown appeared on her face. After about a minute or so, Kelsey clasped her hands together and nodded with a smile towards Dane, saying, ”Alright! I can do what you want me to do.”
Just as Dane wanted to head towards Kelsey's furnace and start the crafting process, Kelsey raised two…no, three fingers up in the air as a grin appeared on her face. ”Of course, you know the rules of this establishment…”
”Right, Dane?”
Dane looked at the number of fingers Kelsey held up and let out a sigh as he snapped his fingers after placing both items on a nearby table. A few seconds later, a rift was opened in front of Kelsey as gold coins started to pour out of the rift, forming a pile of gold coins in front of Kelsey's feet.
Cling! Cling! Cling!
After a while, the last gold coin was poured out of the rift, prompting Dane to close the rift as he looked at Kelsey and said, ”Here you go. Thirty thousand gold. Is that enough for you?”
Kelsey became speechless at Dane's decisiveness to pay up at the first instant she mentioned money. She could not help but look at the pile of gold coins in front of her that spanned around five meters in diameter and had a height that was equal to her waist. Mind you that she's a tall person, being 1.83 meters in height.
'Oh man, I just did as a joke, but now…' Kelsey could not help but shake her head and mutter to herself, ”Oh well, I'll just make sure that the product is going to be something I put my heart into.”
”Come with me then,” Kelsey put on a light smile on her face as she urged Dane to follow her to the furnace found in the smithy, which was also the only furnace that could withstand temperatures of over 8000 degrees Celsius, befitting of Kelsey's title as the best blacksmith.
Without delay, Dane grabbed the two items he brought and followed Kelsey to the furnace, wherein he gave the Spirit Star Steel to her and said, ”I want you to craft a blade with this material that is best suited for fighting. Can you also create a few grooves on the blade so I can imbue it with mana?”
Tying up her hair into a bun, Kelsey examined the Spirit Star Steel for a bit before giving a thumbs up as she sat down on a chair near the furnace, where an anvil laid in front of the chair. ”Got it. Is it a one-handed magic blade or a two-handed one?”
”One-handed,” Dane replied without thinking twice as he sat down on a chair, facing the Gale Dragon Wood that was placed down on a nearby table. It was fortunate that the table Dane was working on was close to where Kelsey was working, allowing them to speak with each other.
”Hmm…since it's one-handed and meant for fighting, then nothing can beat a saber,” Kelsey decided on the type of blade she was going to craft in just a few seconds. ”Also, since you mentioned it a while ago, there are a lot of types of grooves for imbuing mana. Is it to increase its attacking power, increase its mana regeneration, or…”
As a magic circle started to appear in front of Dane's right palm, Dane thought for a bit before responding with, ”Create a hybrid groove on the blade that can increase the user's mana regeneration, as well as their perceptivity towards elemental particles.”
”Got it.” With Dane's input, Kelsey easily formulated a blueprint for the blade she was going to craft, placing the Spirit Star Steel into the furnace as she fanned the flames, allowing the temperature of the furnace to reach greater heights.
While Kelsey was starting to melt the Spirit Star Steel, Dane was bringing out the full properties of the Gale Dragon Wood, especially the incomplete soul found within the piece of wood he bought.
'With this incomplete soul, this will allow the Ninth Prince to cast more Level 3 and Level 4 spells from the [Wind Dragon's Four Forms] spell I created.' With this thought in mind, Dane started to chant the words needed to do just that.
”2nd Circle. Aule Supris Vitalis Singulus. Nihil Opse Trigitas Maximus.”
”Soul Siphon.”
Swoooooshhh…
As a sucking sound started to softly reverberate around Dane's surroundings, a small shriek coming from the Gale Dragon Wood could be heard, which made Dane happy as he knew that this shriek came from the incomplete soul found in the Gale Dragon Wood.
Pinpointing the location of the incomplete soul of the Gale Dragon Wood, he then used a large amount of his mana to affix this soul in a certain spot as he casted another magic circle.
”1st Circle. Gravitas Supris Widus.”