âHow did it go? Lith was now panting as well and his violet mana ran on fumes.
It went great!â Solus gave him a telepathic applause. âYou really are a talented Forgemaster. By my Mom, I wish I had a violet core too. At my current level, I lack the raw power that good Creation Magic requires.
âEven using Domination to simplify things can only bring me so far. â
âWait, you managed to mix Domination with Creation Magic? Lith blurted out in surprise, receiving a nod in reply. Also, are you telling me that I just succeeded?â
âDefine succeedingâ
A cracking noise had him turn back to the dagger as the first fissure appeared on its surface. The Davross screeched like an agonizing beast as the internal pressure due to the compressed metal and faulty spells built up.
âWas that sarcasm? How do you call this talent?â
âAre you kidding me? Solus replied with equal outrage. âNot only did you make everything by yourself instead of splitting the tasks with me like we are used to, but you also managed to stabilize the dagger for much longer than before.
Usually the Davross would crack right after the Creation Spell is completed and crumble in an instant. This time, instead, the cracks have yet to reach the mana crystals She had just finished thinking those words that the damage teared the gemstones apart, making them explode.
A snap of Lithâs fingers returned the conjured materials in their energy form that couldnât hurt them due to bearing Lithâs signature.
Way to jinx it. He snorted. âWhat were you saying about Domination?
First, I didnât jinx anything: Solus pouted. The Forgemastery succeeded, but the Creation Magic failed hence it wasnât a matter of if it would explode, only of when. Second, using Domination during the process is not that hard if, like me, you donât have enough mana to conjure powerful enchantments.
âI use it to cleanse the materials from darkness magic before imbuing the pseudo cores and aligning them with the mana circulatory system. I also use Domination to nudge the Forgemastering process in the right direction whenever I feel Iâm losing control. She sighed both physically and telepathically.
âIf you can do this much already then why are you sighing? Lith asked.
âBecause Iâm still behind you. She replied. âMy core greatly limits the number the enchantments I can conjure with Creation Magic so I have enough focus left to use Domination as a crutch.
âYet despite that, my creations blow up the moment Iâm done Forgemastering. It doesnât make me feel better, it just makes my failures more aggravating Solus was so angry with herself that she dispelled her human body and went back into the stone ring to hasten her recovery.
âWell, what did I do wrong this time? Knowing there was nothing he could say to make her feel better, Lith just changed the topic.
You failed to completely remove the darkness element and the pseudo cores didnât overlap properly: She replied while showing him a replay of the Creation Magic process as she had seen it through the Eyes of Menadion.
Using Davross as a base material presents another unexpected complication. You did factor in for its amplifying ability but you failed to take into account that Davross has its own flow of world energy.
âWhen you exploited its ability to channel the single elements, part of the darkness magic you used to destabilize and reshape its form got carried along with the world energy. It created a flow of impurities that escaped your detection.
âEven if you didnât fail to align the pseudo cores, the dagger would have collapsed the moment the lingering darkness clogged the mana circulatory system and sent it into overload.
âHow did I fail to align the pseudo cores, exactly? Lith tilted his head while replaying in his head the different steps of the Creation Magic spell. Itâs something Iâve done countless times in the past and this never happened before:
Thatâs because you are used to doing things one step at a time: Solus replied. âBonding, runes, then pseudo cores, and lastly mana pathways. With Creation Magic, instead, it all takes place at the same moment.
âEach pseudo core experiences a different level of resistance from the mana circulatory system so even if you push them with the same force, they end up in different positions.
A misalignment means that the pseudo cores donât receive enough energy from the mana crystals to sustain their existence or that when two enchantments are activated simultaneously, they short-circuit each other.
In the former case, the pseudo core fades after a while. Its disappearance disrupts the balance of the remaining enchantments and triggers a domino effect that leads to the destruction of their vessel.
In the latter, instead, the artifact would appear stable but blow up in your face when activated.â
âSince I didnât even have the time to imprint the dagger, I made the first kind of mistake, right?â Lith asked.
âActually, you did both: Solus highlighted the various parts out of alignment. âBut yeah, the first one caused your piece to crumble.
âDamn, this is hard!â
âWhat did you expect? She chuckled. That we would breeze through something that baffles even millennia-old beings?â
âYes! I mean no. I mean, heck, this is still tier one Creation Magic and the so-called âeasy partâ. Dismantling is much harder than Forgemastering because it requires undoing enchantments and imprints made by someone else without ruining the base materials.
If you consider that after over a month we are still stuck at this level and we still have no clue about Rebirth Magic we
âSlow down, Lith: Solus cut him off. âIn less than a month we have tackled Creation Magic and Void Magic. Do you think is wise to also worry about Rebirth Magic?
âDonât you think we are already doing enough? We spend our mornings teaching and the afternoon experimenting
âDo you want to abandon your family, stop sleeping, or what?â Her question remained unanswered so she continued.
Also, weâve learned from experience that itâs pointless to bang our heads against an unsolved problem non-stop. You always get your best ideas while you are relaxing because you finally give your brain the time to unwind and piece together everything we learn through our failures.
âWe have amassed a crapload of data that needs unraveling. Adding more will do us no good. We need a break:
âYou are right, Solus. I think we should- She came out of the ring, conjuring another block of Davross that she tried and failed to enchant with Creation Magic. âWow. Hypocritical much?
âNo, smartass. She panted even in her mind. âMy blue core also limits the amount of practice I can do before getting tired. With this, I just performed half the number of your experiments. Now Iâm ready to throw in the towel.
Thanks to the tower and Lithâs presence, Solus would quickly recharge her body, but the mental exhaustion had reached the point where any further exertion would make her fall asleep.
Just half a day had passed and her breathing technique had already lost most of its efficacy, needing a full night of rest to reset.
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