Chapter 102: Small Dragon Iron Ingot!
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The blonde witch frowned, looking like she was thinking it over before giving a sigh and signing the sheet, "Here."
"Thank you," I said using another mana string to bring it over to me, "Oh by the way, I'd like to ask you for something."
"More books?" she asked almost as if expecting it.
"Not this time, I'm afraid. I'm looking to buy an invisibility cloak."
That got her attention as her eyes lit up, "Oh, and what would you need an invisibility cloak for I wonder?"
"Just something I have to take care of. So, do you think you can help?"
The corners of her mouth hitched up, "I have one remember."
"That's why I asked."
"Unfortunately, I'm rather fond of it," she said, looking to enjoy this too much, "though I could be persuaded to part with it."
Sighing I rolled my eyes, "Alright you made your point, what do you want?"
"200 Galleons," she responded casually.
I raised an eyebrow, "Nice try Princess, but if you want to win our game you're going to have to do better than that."
"Worth a shot, no doubt you already have something prepared or else you wouldn't have mentioned it," the witch said with a shrug.
I gave her a small clap, "You're learning. But yes, there's a project I'm currently working on that I think you'll like. I should be down by this weekend."
"Oh goody, more surprises," she said sarcastically, rolling her eyes.
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Plant Dungeon:-
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I watched as my bronze spiders mined the blue magical ore from the walls of the cave, which I had finally renamed Dragon lron.
They would spray the stored-up potion in their abdomen to melt the surrounding rocks and use their pincers to collect the exposed metal veins in baskets.
The baskets were then carried over to a workstation where my sole remaining doll, from my old mob squad, tirelessly used a mallet to crush the brittle metal into smaller pieces until it was a powder the consistency of sand.
It would then fill rectangular molds using this sand and leave them to wait until I chose to transfigure them into ingots.
Grabbing one of the already finished products I walked over to a separate workstation.
[Small Dragon Iron Ingot- Rank: Special
Description: An ingot made of a magical metal only found in the Arctic Wastelands of the [Plant Dungeon]. Dragon Iron is a natural occurring magical metal capable of withstanding extreme temperature. It has a high magical conductivity making it an ideal material for magical objects.]
My schedule for today was empty meaning I had the whole day to experiment.
Putting the ingot down, I retrieved the wand crafting manual from my inventory and placed it on a stand to use as a reference.
It was a shame that it wasn't a skill book, as it contained mostly theories, but it did help me understand the mechanics behind the process a little better.
What surprised me was that the process was similar to [Doll Creation, where you basically instilled life into an object.
The key difference though was that unlike [Doll Creation]where I could program the mind to follow a set of rules, wands got their personalities from whatever core and wood was used to make them.
As a result, they tended to be picky in who wielded them. But once they did pick an owner, the wands would be learning alongside them, growing stronger with each spell it was used for. Professional wand makers would train their senses for years to spot the so-called essence of different materials in order to predict their combined compatibility.
Well, I've done everything I could to prepare, nothing to do now than to give it a try.
Grabbing a piece of chalk, I drew the alchemic circle mentioned in the book on the surface of the workbench.
The core of a wand would act as a focus, amplifying any magic that it came in contact with. The wood on the other hand acted as an insulator, helping to stop magic from accidentally leaking out.
Or at least that was how it was supposed to be.
Reaching into my inventory I took out a single piece of Trent wood, shaped and polished to look like a miniature wand. Though if I was being perfectly honest, it looked more like a single chopstick.
[Trent Wood- Rank: Rare
Description: Wood taken from a tree that is inhabited by a forest spirit. Years of absorbing ambient magic has given it mystical properties making it an ideal material for magical foci. Wands and staffs made from this wood will be many times more powerful than others.]
After learning [Mana Reinforcement Technique] I've been able to sense magic more clearly. The wood was actually a better wand core than an insulator, constantly taking in magic from its surroundings before releasing it into the air.
Unfortunately, that was also one of its drawbacks as just touching the wood would cause your magic to be siphoned off.
Thankfully I had already come up with a solution. By coating the outside of the wood with Dragon Iron, it should absorb the escaping energy and guide it like a regular wand.
Normally metal wasn't used for wands as it was considered a 'dead' material by wandmakers everywhere, unable to bring out the core's true potential and overheat when used. But Dragon Iron as a magical metal didn't have such problems.
Taking my wand in one hand, I placed the wooden stick on the right side, where normally the wand core would go, and the ingot on the other side.
I tapped the four sides of the formula and began the process, the chalk sizzling before erupting in a white flame that gave off no heat.
Levitating the wood over the fire, I waved my wand in a circular motion causing the fire to spin rapidly until a mixture of fire and tornado engulfed it.
Switching over to the iron I started to use transfiguration to shape it into a wand. Taking it with my free hand I pointed the end of the handle toward the tornado.
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