202 Magic Ship Part 1 (1/2)
Dragons enjoyed longevity, and their dragonshards would also grow as the dragon aged with time. The core of this enormous piece of dragonshard contained twenty-four facets by nature. Nailisi segmented the core before Saleen carefully stored it into his Ring of Gifts.
Nailisi had not handled the exterior layer of the dragonshard perfectly. She could only segment several large pieces for Saleen to put away before cutting out the materials required for the mosaic.
Without any help from alchemical machines, some parts of the dragonshard were wasted with this cutting technique. Each time a twenty-four faceted piece was cut out from the dragonshard, some useless shards were produced in the process. Since these shards were also too small to be made into rings, it was better for Saleen to collect them for now.
Since they could not be made into rings, producing earrings or even dentures with them would be good too.
There were nine gems inlaid into the grooves of the demonic bracelet. This bracelet was solely used for replenishing magic as there were no magic arrays carved onto it. After mosaicking the dragonshard, Saleen said to Nailisi, ”Your bracelet has already been fused, right? I remember there was a magic array on it. Was it the crystal guardian?”
”I cannot utilize it yet.” Nailisi shook her head in response. She could stimulate magic arrays, magic scrolls, and even spells within a magic staff. However, all of her equipment was limited by Saleen himself. Nailisi would be able to use the spell in the bracelet only once Saleen had advanced to grade-7.
”Nevermind. Let’s do the mosaicking first.” Saleen forced Nailisi to mosaic all the grooves before replenishing the spells in the bronze magic book.
There were glaring differences between different spell storing equipment, such as magic books, magic scrolls, and magic staffs.
The magic book was the most practical item, but it was also the hardest to obtain. The spells in the magic book were identical to the spells which a mage could cast. Take Saleen, for example. He was a grade-4 mage, so at most, he could store level-5 spells into the magic book. The disadvantage of the magic book was that a person could only utilize spells which they themselves had stored inside.
Lex could not help Saleen store any spells in the magic book. Saleen needed to rely on himself.
Magic scrolls did not have this limitation. Anyone could store a spell into a scroll, and other mages would still be able to use it. However, a magic scroll could only be used once, and would be useless after a single use. Magic scrolls had two disadvantages. Firstly, if a mage cast a spell which they were not familiar with, they would not be able to control it once it was released. Secondly, the success rate for producing a scroll was low.
A grade-4 mage could easily produce level-3 scrolls. However, if the mage wanted to produce level-4 scrolls, they would be glad to have even a fifty percent success rate. Furthermore, if they tried producing level-5 scrolls, the success rate would be less than ten percent.
The disadvantages of other spell storing equipment were mostly the same, such as magic staffs and Nailisi’s bracelet. Most of them needed to be mosaicked with high grade magic nuclei, and the frequency with which spells could be cast was also strictly restrained.
Saleen possessed a large quantity of blank scrolls, all of which had been taken from Raphael’s magic tower. If he went ahead and started producing scrolls, he would only be able to make low level scrolls which were level-3 and below. For level-4 blank scrolls, Saleen would only have a success rate of about twenty percent, which meant that out of ten blank scrolls, Saleen would only be able to produce two successfully, and the remaining eight would be wasted.
Alchemy City had businesses which specialized in producing scrolls. As long as the customer provided the blank scrolls, the city would receive thirty percent of the production costs. Alchemy City could guarantee the success of the production because there were grade-1 to grade-9 mages in the city.
”Saleen, Saleen!” Sika ran over excitedly with her weapon in hand.
The appearance of Sika’s cudgel had completely transformed from a crude Caucasus weapon into an exquisite military weapon. The bulky cudgel had become slender while the metallic top had become thicker, and the two angular ends now contained six sections each. When Sika rotated the grip of the cudgel, the metallic portion at the top also began rotating. Ka! Dozens of sharp dragon’s horns popped out.
”Come, let’s try it!” Sika waved her cudgel around, causing Saleen and Nailisi to back away in fear. The sharp dragon’s horns at the top of the cudgel were no joke. A simple scrape from them could potentially cause serious injury.
”Sika, go easy!” Nailisi hollered. In the past, Nailisi had not been afraid of Sika because Sika could not hurt her. But now, if Sika used her cudgel to attack her, she would not dare to block it anymore.
”I will know when to stop. Saleen, come on!” Sika could not contain her excitement and began waving her cudgel with more intensity. An air of frostiness from the dragon’s horns caused Saleen’s alchemy laboratory to become unusually cold.
Saleen was helpless. Thus, he cast a water shield, and the giant bubble stood in between him and Sika. Then, he said, ”Come and try it out, but don’t ruin the floor.”
Sika grinned before raising her cudgel and striking the water shield. Pu chi! The dragon’s horns which protruded from the cudgel managed to penetrate Saleen’s water shield and freeze it. An important aspect of the water shield’s defenses was its elasticity. The air of frostiness which accompanied the dragon’s horns had caused the water shield to become rigid. Cracking sounds were heard, and the water shield shattered into pieces.
Chi! Sika had not held back and the cudgel smashed into the floor. The sharp dragon’s horns pierced into the floor, creating multiple holes in the ground.
”Ah! That was too much… I still have to get used to it.” Sika’s face turned scarlet red when she noticed that she had destroyed Saleen’s floor. Then, she quickly ran out of the alchemy laboratory.
”Master…” Nailisi pointed to the holes in the ground, while Saleen simply shook his head helplessly. Fortunately, Sika’s weapon was not too overbearing. Had it penetrated the floor, a conflict might have ensued with the tenants living on the story below.
After living in the alchemy tower for about one month, Daniel’s puppets were going to be completed soon. The team had also grown familiar with Alchemy City, and they no longer drew unnecessary attention to themselves.
”Nailisi, go and look for Sumano.”