Age of Adepts

Inside the magic chamber.

Bright and non-glare pure white magic lamps illuminate every corner here.

In front of a sophisticated high-level alchemy table, Greem was carefully and carefully pouring the molten liquid pyrophoric iron from the magic crucible into the metal mold. When they were in a semi-condensed state, they picked up the carving knife and carefully carved magic patterns and rune lines on them.

This kind of fire-sparing refined iron is the best metal material that Greem can find to create the magic armband, and its melting point is as high as 9327 degrees. Due to their high hardness and extraordinary magic resistance, Greem could only smoothly engrave the grooves of the flame witch array on them when they were in a semi-molten state.

Moreover, in order to avoid being quickly analyzed by the clever wizards to the contents of the above wizard formations, Greem needs to add some decorative patterns and lines to the entire wizard formation system in addition to the normal attacks on the wizard formations, energy-gathering magic circles, and auxiliary runes. to conceal its original function.

And all of this must be done when the liquid fire-drained refined iron is in a semi-condensed state.

Greem estimated that it took about 210 seconds for this set of armband molds to be completely condensed from being poured. And during this time, Greem had to complete 13 attacking magic circles, 25 energy-gathering magic circles, 421 auxiliary runes, and the engraving of 74 magic patterns.

One can imagine the difficulty of engraving so many contents in miniature on a metal armband with a diameter of 70 cm and a width of about 30 cm. And more importantly, the whole process must be done in one go without any pause in the middle. Otherwise, once the fire-sparing refined iron cools down, even with a magic carving knife enchanted with 'sharpness' and 'armor piercing', I'm afraid it won't be able to cut a single bit of it.

"The temperature of the magic flame is reduced by 7 degrees..."

Greem split a little spiritual link to the central control crystal of the alchemy platform, and lowered the 9800-degree magic flame by an insignificant 7 degrees.

"The No. 3 Auxiliary Wizard Formation activates..."

Greem regained his spirit and adjusted the settings of the alchemy table according to the instructions of the chip.

"The magic carving knife has been infused..."

After activating the sharpness and armor-piercing effects attached to the magic carving knife with mental power, Greem then, under the instruction of the chip, gently carved the tip of the knife on the surface of the semi-molten armband with astonishing residual temperature. With the slight movement of the wrist and the flexible control of the fingers, the hard magic carving knife exuding a hazy yellow light began to move and turn imperceptibly on the surface of the armband.

The lines and grooves carved by it are thin and weak, but dense and continuous. An ordinary person would not even be able to see clearly without the help of a high-magnification magnifying glass, but Greem often needs to carve a complete three-dimensional witch array in an area the size of a grain of rice.

In order to complete this arduous task, Greem's blue eyes were as bright as stars in the depths of his black pupils, and he had brought the chip's scanning and magnification functions to the extreme.

The surface of the armband, which was originally only 30 centimeters wide, has been magnified 3000 times by the chip. In Greem's eyes, it is already wide enough for him to use it freely. However, correspondingly, the magic carving knife with a thin tip like a cicada's wing, now looks like a thick stone pillar, which looks clumsy and unusually heavy.

Greem used his nimble fingers and wrist to control the magic carving knife, allowing it to move quickly on the surface of the armband according to the blue lines indicated by the chip. During this process, the force of Greem's wrist and fingers must be consistent, otherwise the lines and grooves carved by the carving knife will be of different depths, which will greatly affect the function and effect of the future finished product.

However, at this moment, the bottom tire of the armband is still under the terrifying high temperature of six to seven thousand degrees. Touching and controlling the armband at such a close distance, the fault is that Greem is a second-level fire witch, and it may be difficult to persist accurately. .

Due to the magical properties of the fire-hate iron itself, it has excellent resistance to scorching rays, which makes Greem only choose to carve manually. Fortunately, with nearly a hundred years of experience in etching golem nuclei, Greem completed his work without any risk.

Heaving a sigh of relief, Greem carefully held the semi-finished product in his left hand, and with his right hand, he picked up a puff of golden yellow quartz sand powder and spread it on the surface of the armband. With bursts of bright golden light flashing, most of the quartz sand was absorbed by the armband, and the surface began to turn yellow, which looked extremely dazzling.

Quartz sand is a more commonly used energy-gathering material in the production of witchcraft, and it can also be perfectly fused with fire-drenched iron, and there will be no elemental repulsion effect between each other.

After all this was completed, Greem began to browse the semi-finished Fire Emblem armband in his hand with confidence. Yes, this is not the final form of the Tier 2 witch weapon, the Fire Emblem Armband, but just a semi-finished product.

This is an exquisite armband made of dark red iron-based material. The energy-absorbing material embedded in it echoes the free element particles in the environment, making it always surrounded by a layer of bright red. light film.

Its exquisite shape and appearance are the final solution determined by the chip after referring to tens of thousands of witchcraft of the same type, and the complicated witch array engraved on it has been optimized and adjusted hundreds of times by the chip.

Looking at this exquisite work of art, Greem's eyes were a little intoxicated!

After playing with it fondly for a long time, Greem reluctantly placed it gently on the velvet tablecloth of the alchemy test bench.

The bottom tire of the Fire Emblem armband has been completed, and the next step is to completely melt the top-quality fire agate, and use a special technique to inlay it into the dense grooves on the surface of the armband. Of course, before that, the fire dragon blood needs to be prepared into a suitable neutralizer in advance, which is also a very labor-intensive task!

After a preliminary estimate, if I want to finish the Fire Emblem armband as soon as possible, I will have to work hard for at least a month. After the last expedition, Greem fully understood that only by equipping the two-piece Flame Throne suit could he be more confident in his plan to explore the Fire Elemental Plane.

While thinking about his daily schedule for the next month, Greem gently rubbed his forehead with his hands, and felt a sharp pain in his head.

Although the refining process just lasted only 210 seconds, it made him very nervous, and the work of refining the bottom tire of the armband was quite exhausting. So at this moment, once Greem relaxes, he will be mentally exhausted.

Waving his hands to extinguish the magic flame on the alchemy table, cutting off the magical energy supply from the Wu Tower to the alchemy table, Greem yawned, rubbed his eyes and walked out of the alchemy laboratory, ignoring the messy alchemy props and utensils.

It's time to take a break!

…………

Snake Cliff.

The afternoon sun shines on the grass under the cliff through the lush branches and leaves.

Three anhinga cubs are fighting and playing on the green grass, while the other two anhinga cubs are lying tired in a grass nest, sleeping soundly and beautifully.

Most of the adult anhingas have gone out to look for food, only two females are still on the high cliff to guard the nest. They are lazily crawling in the cliff cave, basking in the sun beautifully, poking their heads out from time to time to check the cubs at the bottom of the cliff.

And in the corner of the innermost hole wall of the nest behind them, seven or eight white anhinga eggs with some light yellow spots covered the entire grass nest, and some gnawed animal bones were scattered scattered around.

Seventy or eighty miles around this cliff is a hunting area for snakes, birds and beasts, and those beasts or monsters that are too ferocious have long been expelled to farther places by them. So even though most of the adult anhingas have gone out to hunt, the two remaining females are still not worried about the safety of this anhinga cliff.

"A good chance...a good chance..."

Pushing aside the wormwood in front of them, several apprentices of the Shadow Light Squad peered at this peaceful and peaceful world with sly eyebrows, and their hearts were bubbling with beauty.

There are no adult male snakes, birds and beasts, and there are only two female beasts in the house. This is really good news!

After waiting nearby for two days, the apprentice team finally found this opportunity and immediately started working without hesitation.

Gomogomogomogomo...

Following a strange metallic sound, a metal chick emerged from the black forest with stiff steps, and appeared on the green grass within a radius of half a mile.

The three playful anhinga cubs immediately attracted attention, stopped chasing, and crawled down to look curiously at this strange guy they had never seen before.

From it, the little ones didn't feel any danger or fear, so they didn't immediately flee back to the nest.

The metal chick flapped its metal wings, swayed its golden body, wandered around the edge of the grass, then turned around and fled back into the black forest with a scream.

Seeing this, the three cubs who were so happy to kill immediately flapped their thin wings excitedly and chased after them.

The three big ones and one small one quickly disappeared into the black forest...

A moment later, a female beast lying at the mouth of the cliff lair poked out its snake-like head again. This time it was horrified, and was horrified to find that the three cubs were missing from the grass.

The female animal immediately raised its neck and screamed, the strange shriek was very crisp like a bird creature, and also had the hissing sound of a snake creature.

The shrill hiss immediately echoed for a long time near the high cliff.

The next moment, two anhinga females flew out of the nest, and began to fly high and low around the anhinga cliff, anxiously looking for the three missing cubs.

After the two sleeping cubs woke up, they fled back to the nest in panic.

And the two female beasts landed on the grass, with bright red snake letters constantly swallowed in the snake-like heads, and soon detected the whereabouts of the three cubs in the air.

After the two females hissed and exchanged, one rushed back to the nest to stay behind, while the other soared into the sky, chasing after the cub's scent dissipated.