Chapter 295 Dark Mana (1/2)
After Eisen finished changing CF-1's body into a version that could be used during the Dark-Elemental mana retrieval, the old man continued and started working on something else that he would be using for it.
”Alright, I have a few Dark Elemental Gems here…” The old man muttered to himself, and Stahl and Komer, who had chosen to stay and watch for a while, looked at the old man in surprise.
”Why do you need those?” Komer then asked curiously, before Eisen turned around and grabbed some mana crystals. ”Well, I'm going to make a mana crystal that can properly conduct Dark-Elemental Mana, and then turn that into Magic String, and then attach that to the enchantment that you two made. And also, I'll be using them to make proper Elemental Mana Batteries, like you also did with the other batteries.” Eisen explained, so Komer nodded his head in understanding.
”Gotcha…” He replied, and then, Eisen did just that. He swiftly merged the dark elemental gems with some mana crystals, and then turned those into magic string that would be able to properly conduct mana while being relatively 'mendable' and easy to use in such a situation, while being a quite strong type of string. The type that he made was actually quite thick, because he didn't want it to be able to just suddenly rip up.
And after the Magic String was done, Eisen swiftly created the mana batteries that he needed and hooked them up to one end of the string, before hooking the other end up to CF-1.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
”Alright, we should still have a little bit of time before we get in range of the Mana Source… Until then…” Eisen said to himself, before grabbing a small needle, which he swiftly cleaned and sterilized, as well as a few Health Potions, heating the tip of the needle up with his fingertips, before then pressing a small piece of cork to the back of his ear, simply pressing the needle through it. And of course, everyone was watching in surprise.
Stahl knew that his grandfather had earrings, but he didn't expect him to just pierce his ear all of a sudden like this!
”Huh? What's wrong?” Eisen asked as he looked at especially Komer's expression, and the young merchant looked at him with a wry smile. ”Wh-What are you doing..?” He asked, and the old man just returned a frown.
”I pierced my ear? And now I'm putting a mana crystal piece inside of it so that I can easily stretch it out to the level of the tunnels I'm used to.” Eisen explained right as he was doing just that, simply using transmutation to fill the hole with mana crystals, and then repeated the same thing for his other ear.
”And… What do you need those health potions for?” Komer asked, and Eisen just shrugged.
”Just testing something out, really. I want to keep slowly drinking them to have my ear-lobes repeatedly heal and get used to the shape they're at while I'm slowly increasing the size.” The old man explained, before he placed one of the open health potions against his lips, slowly letting it pour down his throat as he placed his fingers against the two mana-crystal pieces, slowly letting them extend as the potion took effect.
And so, after a few minutes, Eisen's earlobes were at the size that he was actually used to!
”So, why exactly did you do this all of a sudden?” Stahl asked, and Eisen replied with a smirk. ”For one, because I like wearing them, and I haven't been doing that at all for a while. Then, because I have an ability that lets me store my tools inside of this type of accessory. And at last, for a little bit of a last surprise for a special someone.” Eisen explained, and then went over to the Forge that he created with his element beforehand, swiftly throwing in a small steel ingot. He wouldn't ever do this kind of thing in real life, but in the game, his ears were most likely able to take such weight without issues.
After they heated up properly, Eisen turned the pieces of metal into small rings, also preparing bases for other parts such as other simple earrings as well as other rings or different types of accessories while he was at it. And when they were done, Eisen looked at them with satisfaction, after making sure they were able to actually fit properly wherever they were meant to go, and then made the forge disappear swiftly.
”Hmm, why aren't you putting them in yet?” Komer asked confused, and Eisen just smiled. ”Because they aren't done yet. I want to have Evalia carve something out of them, and then work further with that in some other ways.” The old man explained, before the two young boys nodded their heads, and Eisen swiftly picked Caria and Melissa up after carefully setting Sal down on his thumb, and then asked Stahl and Komer to bring CF-1, the Elemental-Mana Battery, as well as the cable connecting the two of them.
And then, they all made their way to the main deck, where the others also already seemed to be waiting.
”Huh? Eisen, what did you do with your ears?” Brody asked surprised, and the old man replied with a laugh. ”Just making some accessories. Evalia, here they are, by the way. You remember the designs we talked about before?” The old man asked, and the young artist nodded her head as she received the different rings and parts, before smiling at the old man. ”You got it!” She replied, before looking at Eisen's ears.
”Yeah, I think I'll make the tunnels first…” Evalia said with a light chuckle, and Eisen nodded. ”Thanks, I appreciate it. So… Are we close enough now?” Eisen asked as he turned toward the black area that really wasn't all that far away from them any more, and Xenia replied with a nod.
”Yes, now we just need to put whatever you made into the water and somehow get it to the Mana Source…” She explained, and Eisen just shrugged as Stahl brought out CF-1.