Chapter 614 - Success and Failure (Part 1) (1/2)
”You are right and I know it.” Solus said. ”That's the reason I brought you here. Every time we Forgemaster a magical item, I can feel something scratching at the back of my head. Lith's the only one who performs magic, though.
”I want to Forgemaster something myself, but with a weak ass core like mine, I can't do it alone. I need your help to keep the mana circle filled with energy and I'll do the rest. If I'm right, I'll regain another chunk of my memories.
”If that happens, I'll have no choice but to come clean with Lith. If I'm wrong, nothing will happen and we would have just wasted an hour of our time. Are you with me or not?”
”I'm with you, sister. No matter what.” Solus was special for Nyka. She was an 'immortal vampire', just like her, and was also the first friend she had ever made.
”Let's do this. I always wanted to learn true Forgemastery.” Tista said.
”What are we going to make?”
”A cloaking ring. Without it, Lith and I can never separate without risking someone spotting my life force. If that happens, our lives would be in constant danger.
”To make one, I need only basic ingredients. An alloy of gold and silver would suffice, but I'll go with Orichalc.u.m instead of silver to achieve a stronger pseudo core than Orion's.
”It's a very simple pseudo core, so even with a deep green mana core like mine, I should be able to make it. Even if I fail, it's no big deal. The materials for one ring are negligible. Except for the mana crystal.” Solus whispered that last part, but everyone heard it distinctly.
Tista knew how stingy her brother was and she doubted he would miss the disappearance. As for Nyka, she couldn't care less. Her mother provided everything for her, so she never thought about how much something would cost.
Solus took the Bloom Hammer out of her pocket dimension. Both hammers had the same properties, but since she was going to use Bloom Forge for the ring, it seemed the proper choice to her.
Solus used a crucible to melt a nugget of gold together with one of purified Orichalc.u.m and then she poured the liquid into a mold, giving the ring its shape. She cooled it with water magic, taking the still white hot metal with tongs and placing it on the Adamant Forge instead of the usual Obsidian one.
'In all of my memories I work with a silvery hammer, using a silvery Forge to enchant something. My guess is that it was all made of adamant, but since I don't have any, Orichalc.u.m will have to do.' Solus thought.
Another thing that bothered her was the runes of power engraved on all the enchanted items that appeared in her memories. Fake Forgemastery used them to create and stabilize the mana pathways, but they would disappear forever once the process was over.
The true Forgemastery Lith and Solus employed didn't use runes at all, only pure mana. She was certain that master Menadion wouldn't have all of her creations engraved with runes just to make them look cool.
The problem was that even if Solus was right and runes could help to step up their creations, she had no idea what they did nor how to engrave them.
'Carving random runes is bound to make a big boom. Let's hope to regain some memories of them. It would be a wonderful anniversary present for Lith.' Soon it would be the anniversary of Solus's awakening from her slumber.