A yawn tore past my lips as I stared down at the page, blinking away the ntal exhaustion as I finally set down my pen and allowed myself to stand up from the bedrolls and blankets for the first ti in... quite a long ti, if the way the shadows were being cast were anything to go by.
The bliss that ca with standing up and stretching was borderline orgasmic, my bones popping as I cracked the joints while the muscles were basking in the rush of blood as I moved once more, the tissues reaching for their full length as I just wiggled around in the center of our tent.
Each movent was accompanied by a crack as my joints thanked , creating a chorus of rather welcoming pops as I made sure each part of my body was loosened and ready for the next part of the day; training.
Since we weren't doing anything today as the Sultana continued preparations even further for the upcoming siege I decided that I would go ahead and give these various scribbles I had co up with a fair shake outside.
Nothing too crazy and definitely not to the full effect just in case the enemy was watching our encampnts closely from a myriad of angles, but still enough to get an understanding of what I was doing and figure out if I could control these spells.
To start though I needed to get hydrated again with sothing that wasn't liquor, though the empty bottle beside wasn't going to be magically filled now that I was in need of sothing for my parched tongue.
Once that was done I found myself sowhere open and unoccupied so that I could begin, and the process of beginning to trace out the runes for the Ritual Circle was a relatively long one; not because I wasn't able to complete the spells, but instead because I just... was trying to cast a spell that simply didn't work.
One ti a beam of light shot out of the Ritual Circle, wiggled around in the air before slamming into the sand and sending up a cloud of it before burrowing down below and exploding; another ti a glob of golden mana simply appeared in front of before dropping to the ground and sitting there, doing nothing at all even as I tried to control it.
Running down the list different variations of the sa spell I had made, I eventually found the right combination of runes that would create the thing that I wanted; a Ritual Circle that I could control which summoned a 'limb' of Light Mana.
I could even go ahead and give the Ritual Circle a static location to remain in while controlling it, though I couldn't be far away from it nor could I be in an area where the mana between and it was going to be disrupted or outright blacked.
Not that I wanted to throw the Ritual Circle sowhere else; I just wanted to have it attached to either my shoulder or my back so that I could have an additional arm to play around with, and specifically it would help if I had an extra weapon to utilize alongside my great sword and the new tower shield.
Being able to hit soone with both at the sa ti while blocking with that giant shield would be quite sothing, especially once I get them enchanted with so premium spells hand tailored for dealing an incredible amount of damage.
Until I could get to the point of controlling the limb though, I wasn't going to be dealing any damage at all...
Anput Pov
"Gods be damned..."
I dropped the hamr onto the anvil and dragged in a deep breath of hot, stuffy air as I finally finished shaping this piece of armor, that action not doing much at all to help as the sweat continued to pour off of my skin and soak my clothing.
The forge needed to be indoors for the best possible temperatures and to give the focus I needed for everything, but damn did it keep all the heat inside of its walls while only getting hotter thanks to the sun beating down on us from above.
It was absolutely abhorrent and I knew for a fact that Kat would be lting inside of here, though I guess she would've increased the airflow, created giant blocks of ice to cool everything down, and otherwise made this a bearable situation, but she wasn't here... sadly. I wanted to get another asurent of her...
Well, until then I had a more pressing thing than what I wanted to do to my mate in this room, and that was to go ahead and finish up this piece of armor already, which was by using so of the leather and weaker - yet still strong - tals to further strengthen this giant, glorified bowl I had made.
It was Jahi's pauldron, which I thought I could get away with making first before going into the rest of the pieces of armor I needed to make, so I began to open up the forge to give myself so airflow and enjoy living while I worked.
The idea was to make it an optional piece of armor that she could use if she so pleased, but I also wanted it to be almost like another shield for her to rely on should she need it, which ant I needed to test a few things right now.
Primarily I wanted the inside to be cushioned - that was already the plan anyways - but I also wanted a way to use the strap that would connect it to her cuirass as a strap to wrap around her arm, and doing that was a bit more complicated than it sounded, especially since the pauldron was pretty gigantic... to , anyways.
The size difference between the Demoness and I was never more apparent then when I was making her armor, and I could practically use this as a helt if I wanted without needing to worry about much, so...
There were a few things I needed to do, but a new challenge being placed in front of while I waited for the next sheet of tal to heat up was definitely sothing I needed right now, especially before a big battle.
What better place to test anything than in a hard fought battle against so worthy opponents?
I needed the data to make better armor, and I also needed the experience in fighting to make better armor too since I was slowly becoming accustod to what was a more lethal approach to fighting compared to normal.
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