landbeastnovel Chapter 1429: Ruby's Lessons With Master Felicia 2
Chapter 1429: Ruby's Lessons With Master Felicia 2
chapter 1429: ruby's lessons with master felicia 2
once the liquified mana filled the alchemy cauldron, ruby glanced in wonder as the liquid mana began to rapidly bubble, creating a perfect environment to quite literally "cook" materials together through alchemy.
"you could think of this early level of alchemy as cooking a big soup!" said felicia. "sometimes, to make it easier, alchemist use other techniques and spells to process materials beforehand, some materials possess different grades of purity and quality, and sometimes to make it easier, you have to cut them down into smaller pieces, crush them into dust, boil them, dry them, and so on."
"ooohh!" nodded ruby. "so what should i do now?"
"use the same materials as before," said felicia. "although your synthesis failed, the materials had been slightly processed. the fire spirit stone is now crushed into smaller pieces imbued with your mana, and the gold melted, making it easier to process. also now that's imbued with mana, it should obey your commands more easily."
"e-eh? so even if i failed it can still be used?" wondered ruby.
"why, of course, the elements of the universe only go through changes in their form, they never truly disappear!" said felicia. "the gold and the fire spirit stone aren't ruined. in fact you could restore them to their original form through alchemy, but it's better like this so they are processed more easily!"
"is that so..." ruby felt enlightened. "thanks! i thought i would be making a potion first, but making something with metal might seem easier... maybe. though i've always sucked at the things i make."
"hmm~ i've seen what you make," nodded felicia. "despite how it might look rough or bad, several of your products were rather high quality anyways. their structural form was good, and you were pretty good at runic inscription despite your amateurish approaches. it's just that they get ruined because you're too rough. i believe that because you were constantly suppressing your blessing abilities, you always have to put strength and mana into every action."
"really?" ruby wondered. "i had not thought about that... it has become almost instinctive within me to seal my blessing powers now... after what made me want to never use them again. but i guess i was indeed too rough with my craft. i was... well, maybe it was because of my own problems. smashing metal together and making stuff was my way to cope with my reality, i could simply let go of all things and just watch the fire and the steel... i let go of all my frustrations through it, but i only grew more frustrated... because everything i made sucked."
"hmm, we'll work on that later then, now, begin synthesizing," said felica. "i'll watch over you, so don't worry. imagine what you want to make. small accessories are all possible through alchemy, did you know? although large things such as swords, shields, armor, and so on, not entirely. you would need to combine it with forging and metallurgy... which you're pretty good at already, right?"
"i wouldn't say i'm good, but i know how to do it," said ruby. "but yeah, for now i'll make something like an accessory... um, something for sylphy, as a thanks."
"yes, it's for sylphy..." ruby felt happy. "i'm glad it came out... well enough. this feeling, it's really... it's nice. to make something that ends as i wanted, for once."
flash!
and then ruby felt something, fiery red aura surging from her body, the divine powers she had been restraining this entire time surged from her body, the item she made gained a similar aura, as it was directly "blessed" by her divine protection.
"huh?!"
fluosh!
the hairpin suddenly changed, becoming slightly larger, gaining even more details and runes on top of it, and becoming almost life-like.
"oh! so that's how your divine ability works," said felicia. "amazing, a direct boost to
quality and shape?"
"i-it's exactly how i wanted now?!" ruby gasped. "a-amazing... this power, it didn't destroy anything either..."
"alchemy might be the way to heal your divine powers from having been sealed for so long, ruby," felicia smiled. "well done, your first synthetized item is a success! you pass the first
test as my disciple!"
"eh? this was a test?!"