Master Of None

Chapter 2374: 2374. Gathering The Materials

The materials were not the issue. While Su could understand that they were very spread out when it came to the different storehouses they were in, that was no issue. She could easily handle that.

The dwarven storage in the underground sections had been set up to protect the strongest earth elemental materials. Most of them even needed to be kept in earth mana formations so that the mana within them did not deteriorate.

The theoretical spatial mana alloy had to be made using a purified steel. Made up of three different metals that had all been purified to only contain earth mana. This was not because the heart mana itself was important but the lack of other manas within.

The purity would allow for a stronger and more intricate rune formation to be carved in to the item that would not degrade over time. From there, it could also be able to withstand the high mana flow from unique mana gems.

The way that Su saw this, the mana gems made or used would end up being larger. She partially believed that the wandering blacksmith would end up making her an entirely new armor set with the unique ability to store more items within. A spatial armor that only focused on storage? It might be worse since it would not help her defenses but that was fine.

An item that stood out to her though were the dragon talon shavings. It was an odd material to need since the dragons did not even see value in them. Nor did many blacksmiths. Who would usually? The entire talon was more valuable from a dragon since there was the fact that it could be shaped and altered in to a weapon similar to the shape and size of a dragonʼs talon.

But the shavings were less so, they had no structural integrity. The only thing that Su could think of was that they did not need to be added for any structural aspects. Instead, for the fact that a dragonʼs mana was very resilient. Especially for a light dragon.

Since many materials from the various races were saved now since Genesis was becoming a use everything and anything to its fullest mentality, these shavings were saved. This waste not mentality was perfect though. It meant that any wasted food was made right in to compost to provide the farms with another batch of food later. Something that many of the representatives were prideful about.

As Su moved to the alchemy hall, she was immediately asked if she was there to see Remey. She was slightly surprised to find that Remey and Gil were in closed door processing. Therefore, Su did not inquire much about it. She simply stated to the attendant that she was there to gather several herbs that were needed by the wandering blacksmith.

This had not been the first time someone came at his request. The burst fire dandelions that he had requested were known for exploding in to flames during the dry seasons and causing small field fires. A natural part of their fire affinity herb lifespan that allowed their seeds to have the right amount of nutrients when they were to get rain after the dry season ended.

”Not this time, I need the coiled serpent flower, a chilling plum branch, and the bark from the black timber pine.” all of these had different elemental affinities. This left the attendant at the alchemy storehouse confused. Not many people came asking for a variety of unrelated herbs like that. Even Remey usually has a theme and her research was expansive.

The coiled serpent flowers were a bud that looked like a serpentʼs head. Underneath were small vines which moved in a spring shape. They were actually the roots of the next generation of seeds within the flower beginning to grow before they would touch the ground and the flower would bloom and die within a day. Their earth affinity was strong and usually used to calm the heart mana within a potion.

The chilling plumb branch needed to be harvested from a tree called the chilled plum blossom in the colder parts of the world. They grew absorbing water mana so dense that it became ice. Their sap would freeze once exposed to the slightest bit of open air. A tough thing to gather. But the branches themselves would trap that mana and allow for a very useful herb to cool a potion while enhancing the viscosity.

The black timber pine was something that almost no merchant would carry. It radiated a lot of dark mana because the core of the wood itself stored it. While in transit, the decaying mana could cause all other goods to break down in quality. This included the carriage that was carrying the material itself. The cause of many different schemes revolved around this material.

While it was uncommon today, some merchants in competition with one another would hide pieces of this wood in the carriages of their competitors. When they would be out on a long journey, the wheels or the important structural components of the carriage itself would break down. Losing the methods of transportation. Then the competitor would come to save the day and buy the goods at a lower price due to the emergency.

A large quantity of water and oils from seeds were also grabbed but they were less of a talking point. Su just had to organize them to be brought to the wandering blacksmith. All of this running around caused her to spend several hours rather than the few she expected. Not just because the materials had to all be prepared, but because they were unique and needed their own formats of transport to ensure the quality.

The wandering blacksmith needed the proper quality and Su was not playing any games with that. If she mistreated the materials she knew very well that the wandering blacksmith would make her item and then not give it to her. Or that the forging process would fail entirely.

On her way back a quick stop at the cathedral gave her a few purification to her body along with a purified plan set of robes. She felt odd without her armor and shields to carry, but she had been asked to come without those since they carried many manas with them. The plain robes were not attached to any mana strongly and with the purification magic most manas had been forced away leaving a somewhat clean slate.

Her body also had been cleansed of impurities that she would have picked up throughout her day. Whether it be mana or dirt, she had been cleaned up well enough that when it came to the forging process she could barely attribute any error to contamination.

Aside from this, her arrival at the forge made her realize the true level of what the wandering blacksmith had prepared. Buckets of dirty water from his cleaning were outside. He had brought out different rune sewn cloth tapestries and placed them on the wall as well. All circulating certain manas in the rim while isolating the other forges that he would not be using.

This was to perfectly isolate the area he would be forging. But Su had not yet considered the depth of danger they could be in. The wandering blacksmith was not one to experiment with certain manas just yet. The knowledge needed was important and the risks were too great.

If he were to fail making something that dealt with space mana, he knew there might be consequences. He and Walker had spoken about these forges and their unique flames when they were made. While they had just gone back and forth while working on everything, he realized that Walkerʼs fears of these flames were warranted.

The potential that they could cause damage was very high. Spatial mana could alter the world itself to a much grander degree than many other manas. They were seeing this now with the many areas that were affected due to lack of mana and how space mana condensed the world so to speak.

Those around when an item trying to utilize space mana let alone create a spatial storage failed could be subject to untold damage. Their very being could be altered or torn apart in unrepairable ways.

Those risks were what Su did not grasp until she saw the level of care. The eternal codex had Walker to control mana flow and protect the area while the wandering blacksmith worked. It was bound to Walker in a deeper way. This would need Suʼs very being to act as a base for it to remain calm and stable.

A different a more dangerous method. Hopefully with a better reward though. Su just had to be ready to work carefully with the wandering blacksmith.

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