Chapter 146: 146
The runes began to coalesce in the air, bringing with an intense movement of Worldly Energy .
Since Draco appeared to be done with the self-destructive part of his crafting, Hikari allowed Rila to see Draco's work . Both females were slightly astounded but mostly extremely… unimpressed .
Rila even hid her face in Hikari's chest and Hikari herself looked away with shame .
As an Origin Goddess and a White Dragon, they were both able to tell that Draco was doing something profound . However, the way he manipulated Worldly Energy was far too crass, to the point they couldn't afford to look .
It couldn't be helped, as the two were heaven blessed entities, with Worldly Energy behaving like their trained pet . They also had never seen anyone else mobilize Worldly Energy, otherwise, they might directly vomit .
Compared to the normal playerbase, Draco was like a master of Worldly Energy manipulation, but compared to his two onlookers he was no different than a grade-schooler trying to impress a university student with his maths knowledge .
The runes transformed into 6 symbols that were arranged in a row of 3x3 . The symbols on top were slightly similar to the ones below, but they were actually different and most importantly, they were separate .
The top runes were Sin, Heian, Rera Fukai - Sword, Darkness, Strike Deep .
The bottom runes were Sin, Kong, Rera Toi - Sword, Void, Strike Far .
Draco concentrated as these runes were developed . He directly removed an Aether Crystal from his inventory, or rather two of them . These two were medium grade Aether Crystals that had been produced by his passive skill over the past few hours .
Since he passively created one every hour, he already had almost 10 of them . Removing these two for an experiment that he was eager to test would be worth it .
In his past life, Aether Crystals were too rare to be used foolishly, but in this life, Draco could make them just by living . Of course he was eager to discover all the hidden uses of the item this time around .
Draco was however anxious . Using Aether Crystals as a substitute for Soul Stones could either work perfectly, or be a disaster of unknown proportions . He really had no precedent to draw upon here, so he could only grit his teeth and begin the process .
He started merging both enchantments with the High Iron shortsword at the same time, as once an enchantment was applied, a new one could not be added . As such, this was where the difficulty with enchanting Epic and above items lay .
Merging one enchantment with the Epic weapon was hard enough, much less having to do two at once, while simultaneously providing ample power for it at the end .
The resistance Draco met when he tried to merge the two made his mind quake . It felt like he was speeding down a highway and had suddenly crashed into a wall .
Blood leaked from his nose, but Hikari's autocast was still on, so he was instantly healed . The moment he was healed though, he trembled as the second attempt at merging brought him pain .
This was not only a test of willpower, but a test of mental fortitude . If Draco didn't have his rebuilt body with the Dark Angel Inheritance's effects, he would have failed immediately .
Draco continued to attempt a merger with the Epic weapon, repeating the harming and healing process once again multiple times .
Since his back was facing Rila and Hikari, only Hikari could tell that Draco was being hurt through their connection .
Rila had no idea .
The more times Draco attempted it, the more progress he made . The Epic weapon's resistance began to weaken slowly, and each push by Draco brought the enchantments closer to the surface of the blade .
After an hour of this grueling battle, the Epic weapon finally faltered as the dual enchantments landed on its surface, trying to take a proper hold and merge fully .
Draco took a deep breath and began infusing the enchantments with energy . The Aetheric Energy emerged from the crystals and entered the enchantments slowly .
At first, Draco prepared for worst, assuming the Aetheric Energy could either explode the enchantment or outright erase it, but his eyes brightened when he saw the enchantment light up greatly .
The moment the Aetheric Energy went in, the Epic weapon's resistance died out and the merger was complete . Now, Draco kept infusing it with power in order to make sure the effects would be great .
For the first time since Draco had discovered enchanting, he had to cut off the flow of Aetheric Energy to the enchantment after using almost 10 Crystals, which was everything he had acc . u . mulated .
Although they were medium-grade and were even weaker than the top-grade ones he also had in his possession, medium-grade Aether Crystals were still extremely valuable .
It was the low-grade Aether Crystals that were valued at 1,000 platinum apiece mind you, so one could imagine the price for the higher quality crystals .
Even when Draco had been enchanting the Mana Sword, he had burned almost 30 top-grade Soul Stones and had barely managed to activate the enchantments . For scale, 1 top-grade Soul Stone was 1 platinum .
Yet with 10 medium grade Aether Crystals, he had nearly overfilled the enchantment to the point where it could take no more .
Draco eagerly waited as the last stages of assimilation were on-going . The enchantment's glow darkened slowly before it fully activated itself and integrated with the spirit of the short sword .
Just as Draco was about to collect the weapon, he froze as he saw a black mist emerge from the short sword . This black mist instantly filled his super mini small world room with darkness, and only the weapon and the residents could be seen .
Above the short sword, the form of a female appeared, though it was not like Flora that was s . e . xy . This one looked average, with her most prominent feature being that its dark body contrasted with its glowing red eyes .
It had claws for hands and two wings on its back .
The female energy lifeform screeched in a heart chilling manner before swallowing all the mist back into its body and returning to the weapon after glaring at Draco coldly .
Draco took a deep breath when all this was over, and he gazed at the now pitch-black short sword that had its crossguard resemble the claws of that beast . At the pommel was a visage of the female lifeform, with a black head and glowing red eyes .
Before he could pick up the weapon, the system alerts cascaded into view .
「Boundless System-wide Announcement
Player Draco has performed a Legendary contribution to the human race by creating a new set of practices for the Enchantment Tradeskill! Player Draco will become the first Grandmaster of Enchanting in this age!」
「System to Player Announcement
You have developed a new field of practice for a Tradeskill, as such, you have been directly promoted to Grandmaster of that field . For every Tradeskill, there are 10 Grandmasters, 5 Gods, and 1 Primogenitor .
You are currently the only Grandmaster of Enchanting in this era, and are the 7th Grandmaster of Enchanting of all time . Congratulations!」
「Congratulations on creating new weapon: Unnamed (Shortsword) (Epic)
Rewards:
1,000% Exp
1,000% Tradeskill Exp
100,000 gold
1,000 reputation with the Tradeskill Association」
Draco looked through the announcements with a blank expression . His mind quite literally paused and took a few seconds to reboot, just in case there was a system malfunction making him see things .
Draco had been capped at Master Rank in all Tradeskills during his past life, just like the majority of players back then . It was the same on the combat side, that the talented players had been trapped at Rank 6 .
This was because their foundations were too weak . They had spent their early stages wasting resources and doing things improperly . By the time they had figured out the right way to go, they were already too high up .
However, reincarnating had allowed Draco to build his foundation from scratch and with his knowledge, he was able to do everything to utter perfection . In fact, he went above and beyond what was expected .
Now, he had finally shattered the limits that had shackled him and achieved something no player in his past life had, even with hundreds of thousands of people with unlimited talent and skill .
Draco naturally knew about what lay above Master Rank, but it was like Legendary items to the old him . A thing that existed, but would be impossible to acquire in the foreseeable future .
While Draco was confident he would reach Grandmaster Rank in any Tradeskill this time, he figured it would be when he reached Rank 7, not this early . At this stage when he was Rank 1, reaching Grandmaster Rank was unprecedented and eye-catching .
. . . .
"Heh heh heh…"
Richmond drooled lewdly as he rubbed his face against the peachy and soft skin of a woman who wore mage robes . Her face was averagely pretty but she had a look of extreme discomfort on her face .
However, she closed her eyes and bore with it, allowing this old sc . u . mbag to abuse her soft thighs for a few minutes . She knew he would never go too far or do things without consent, so she just remained silent trying to imagine herself anywhere but here .
After Richmond finally felt he had enjoyed his fill, he got up and sighed with happiness . He nodded to the woman and took out a skill book, tossing it to her with light praise .
"These soft thighs were heavenly . You should live life without suffering! Take this!"
She caught the skill book and inspected it immediately . When she saw the contents, her excitement rose and she bowed to Richmond .
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