"I think these will make the blood explode, while the others give it more stability, which is very important so more power can be funneled into it. That’s what I believe these runes are doing. The only negative thing is that you won’t be able to reform the blood once it’s hardened through the whole process," Lucan exclaid with gleaming eyes.
They had been working for over half a day, and much had happened. The first major news was that the palace had finally been found. It was far out in the desert, but a massive skyship equipped with a portal was already on its way, accompanied by a fleet of smaller vessels for protection just in case. Once the ship was in position, the offensive would begin. Thalion wouldn’t join unless there was massive resistance, he planned to arrive at the palace shortly before the grand treasure spawned. That one, he would claim for himself. No one dared to argue. He needed every bit of power if he wanted a chance to compete against E-grade chosen in the upcoming system events.
The palace’s discovery wasn’t the only developnt. Evelyn, after another day of torture, had finally killed the Blood Witch. Thalion had placed the black pillar in the entrance hall of his tower, where orcs were now being shocked to death. The pillar’s aura had grown so strong that mages couldn’t electrocute the prisoners for long anymore and after a maximum of an hour, they had to retreat. Thalion had also ordered that the orcs be kept close so they could already be filled with fear and despair about what awaited them, which should make the pillar even more effective.
It seed that for the pillar, it was irrelevant whether you were trapped inside, being close enough and in despair was enough for it to feed on and empower itself. A terrifying artifact… and sothing that should probably have made Thalion cautious about fusing it into his own body. But for him, it was the opposite. He couldn’t wait to rge with the pillar and empower the crippled Eclipsari even further. The fear effect would be invaluable. The fusion would be hellishly painful, and it might be tricky with the elental, but he still had two more system shops to consult for advice.
What he and Lucan had accomplished so far was solid work, and the ti spent crafting had been a good distraction from what happened to his first party. He had already drawn designs for his sword and armor. Both he and Lucan fully understood how the hardening and blood-empowernt runes worked. Now they wanted to add an additional feature, one that could be activated and deactivated at will, that would detonate the blood.
This was important because there would be vampires on New Earth, and throwing normal blood-based skills at them would only empower them. The detonation would consu all the energy stored in the blood, making even the lingering mist useless for vampires. He wanted the enchantnt on both his armor and sword. For the sword, he was nearly done creating a ring that could recall it to his hand if he ever threw it. He was also integrating the ability to control the sword remotely so he could wield skills with both hands while the sword fought independently. If kept hidden, this could be a ga-changer in a prolonged battle against an opponent who pushed him to his limits.
They had already tested the explosive runes on a few low-quality armors, because Thalion didn’t want to ruin the entire design, or blow himself up, by integrating unstable runes too early. A major bonus was that he finally had a use for the blood crystals he’d collected from the vampires he’d slain and from the raid on the final base.
"Yes, I think you’re right. I’ll go upstairs and start fusing the blood crystals so we can test them with the armor. Could you try the explosive runes on the test armors and swords?" Thalion asked, fully in crafting mode.
"Yeah, that sounds great. I’ll tell you when I’m ready," Lucan nodded, clearly excited about finding a new way to blow things up.
Thalion quickly moved upstairs to begin his work. It would cost a lot of essence blood, but it would be worth it. He currently had twenty-six blood crystals of varying quality and size, and he planned to fuse them into three. He had already adjusted his armor for this, convinced that three extrely powerful crystals would be better than five smaller ones.
The downside was that the process would take at least half a day, which in the grand sche, was still fast for what he was accomplishing, but it was still precious ti, and there were many things to handle before the tutorial ended. He wasn’t worried about the likely upcoming fight with the female elf. If she challenged him before his armor was finished, he would simply use the crippled Eclipsari. Thalion was confident in his power and doubted she could defeat him. It would certainly be a hard fight, and he might need to dodge around at first, but in his mind, losing wasn’t an option.
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