Chapter 83: Mana Gems (1/2)
Things seemed to have gone quiet the next day as either Shingi or Anna detected no watchers at either the shop or Aneta's place or Shingi's house.
Shingi was confident that this wouldn't last for long, and they were getting prepared, but it would take some time for them to do so.
He had many things to prepare until then, but now his shop was back in business as the rumor of the Guild leaving the town spread quickly, and they started bidding for slots for items to be crafted for them.
Volig had prepared more blueprints in the meantime, and some Illusion shows Enchantment to make some drawings on it appear as a 3D Illusion for one to take a better look at it but won't be able to touch it.
He had Karemon's and Little Phoenix's help, mainly for the Blessed One to take some more experience.
This way, some could order some of the simple design ones, while the ones with the slots would take some of the more complex ones and higher quality and make adjustments for the person ordering them.
Greg seemed to have found some access to some materials for them to work through some old pals of his father, and that way, Volig had some materials to make a few more weapons ready.
The materials bids were better than the first time as people had more time to be prepared, as many of the Players were hoping for this situation of being forbidden on the shop to end soon.
Volig had started on the designs of the special orders while Shingi was working or producing more of the simple design ones that were getting ordered.
They were trying to keep a stock so that they sell the simple ones right away, but the number of players was more significant than expected, and some seemed to buy more than one to share with others who weren't here at this moment.
They had to limit the number of items one could order; otherwise, it would be too much even for the two of them.
He had HASTE active as much as he could and using MP Regenerations potions and even used some of his Mana Seeds; he had four left unused in the end.
They were able to make each of the simple orders for today even if there were some delays. As for the rest of the orders, they had it that it would be ready at most in a week, which would be more than enough time for Volig to craft them.
With the money, they made today, Greg's sources, and Volig's almost Master skills, they didn't have to worry much.
Shingi needed to help only today as Volig would continue as the organized things and most people came in the first day, but most likely, more will come soon.
After resting for a bit, he went to the Dungeon to meet Zhen and start making the rechargeable Light Mana Gem design as some updates on Earth Mana Gem design. The one Zhen had made could be improved using the mana produced from one's Mana Pool and not just the environment.
He also let Little Phoenix and Mizuneko join the production of Mana Gems for their Element.
Zhen didn't need sleep, but he wasn't working on this research all the time as he had some more personal research to do.
Zhen has left some Oozes in the secret room, so when they detected one knocking on the secret door in a specific way, they would use the lever to open the secret door.
That way, Shingi didn't need to have Phoenix of Anna to get in there every time.
He was planning, though, to make a Spell similar to SHADOW FORM, but its Light Mana Version.
Although it didn't count as a spell by the System, he had partially succeeded in the past when he did something similar to get free of Annoue's grasp.
Shingi noticed that the Oozes in the glass spheres were at their Ooze form this time and seemed that their color to be a little darker than the last time he saw them.
”Oh, you are here. Should I assume that your plans worked?”[Zhen]
”Something went differently than we discussed, but it is probably something we can use to our advantage. So ready to work on my Element Mana Gems?”[Shingi]
Zhen nodded but seemed to look behind Shingi like expecting someone to join him.
”Is it you alone this time? What about the rest? You know it is proven through my research the more people around, the faster a job is being done, especially if the majority are beauties.”[Zhen]
Shingi just ignored him.
”So, what do you want me to do?”[Shingi]
Zhen decided to start with the Earth Gems since that should be the shorter and then move on to the Light Mana Gems design.
Shingi had to release his mana as a ball at his hand but only of the selected Element.
Zhen then had to manipulate this mana with some of his Special Mana which Shingi still didn't know what elements were using.
He probably had air since it was taking the form of mist and possible water or fire.
He doubted having Earth even if his majority of Mana Gems he created was of that Element; otherwise, he wouldn't ask to check for making improvements on its design.
Zhen didn't tell him what Elements his mana was part of and didn't explain why he wouldn't say.
With his mana, he could somehow turn the mana of others into a liquid form and have it pretty similar to ink, just different color depending on the Element.
Shingi's Earth Mana was green while his Light was bright yellow.
He started designing different Enchantment Runes on pieces of rocks the Oozes have brought him with that ink.
The rocks didn't seem to be any different than a regular one, and it didn't need to be for this part of the production.