Wizard Earl

Chapter 400 Forging

In a not-so-safe place, he concentrated all his mental energy and used mental micro-management to forge the demonized item, the Soul Spear. With Connor's cautious personality, he would definitely take good safety measures so that even if an unpredictable crisis occurred, he would not panic too much!

The Castilian staff standing beside Connor and the silver crown pendant tucked into his hand were safety measures he had taken to protect himself. In the event of any mishap, these two enchanted items would protect Connor's spiritual energy, drawing it back into his body from the alchemy furnace.

Connor threw the refined Gotham Steel back into the alchemy furnace, along with several metal additives. He then raised the Spirit God of Fire in the burning furnace to its maximum level, closed his eyes, and poured all his mental energy into the furnace to perform mental micro-management.

Under Connor's mental power, the metal additives quickly turned from solid to liquid and fused with Gotham Steel. Sensing the changes in the alchemy furnace, Connor closed his eyes and immediately cast a series of hand seals on the alchemy furnace. Under the pull of the hand seals, the Gotham Steel in the alchemy furnace gradually condensed into the rough form of the Soul Spear!

Observing the changes in the alchemy furnace, Connor's mental energy began to circulate again. Using his mental energy as a blade, he began to carve runes on the rough shape of the Demon Soul Spear.

With the enhancement of the runes, the rough blank began to shimmer with the luster of a demonized item. However, after only using mental manipulation to inscribe a single rune, Connor already felt dizzy and lightheaded, as if he were walking on cotton.

Upon realizing this situation, Connor was secretly surprised. Although he knew before that mental micromanagement was a technique for crafting third-tier enchanted items, a technique that only formal wizards could perfectly execute, he was prepared for that as an advanced wizard apprentice, it would definitely consume a great deal of energy. However, Connor never expected that he would be in this state just by using mental micromanagement to inscribe a rune!

However, given the current situation, it's clear that he can't stop, meditate, or drink a potion to recover. He can only grit his teeth and persevere to complete this alchemy. Fortunately, the Soul Spear only requires three runes to be inscribed using mental manipulation, and he has already completed one. He only needs to inscribe two more runes before Connor can finish using mental manipulation.

Gritting his teeth, Connor, his face pale, finally withdrew his mental energy from the alchemy furnace after completing the last rune. Wiping the fine beads of sweat from his forehead, a bitter smile appeared on Connor's face. Mental micro-management truly lived up to its reputation as an alchemy technique for crafting third-tier enchanted items. With his alchemy skills, he was already exhausted both physically and mentally after only completing three runes, making it difficult to continue!

Thinking of this, Connor couldn't help but recall something recorded in "The Alchemy of Reyes." His mentor, Reyes, once used mental micro-management to continuously alchemize for three days and three nights in order to create a suitable third-tier enchanted item. How terrifying must such a feat be?

Shaking his head, Connor took out a magic core from the Thousand-Faced Spider from the large box and casually threw it into the alchemy furnace. Then he cast several spells on the furnace, and the impurities in the Thousand-Faced Spider's magic core were immediately forced out by the furnace's tempering. Then, under the guidance of Connor's mental power, it was embedded in the tail of the rough Soul Spear and merged with the rough Soul Spear, becoming one with it. Only then was this first-tier fixed-focus enchanted item, the Soul Spear, completely refined.

A glint of light flashed in his eyes, and with a wave of his hand, the Fiendish Spear, still carrying a trace of fire, flew from the alchemy furnace into his hand.

Feeling the surging energy fluctuations within the Soul Spear, Connor nodded in satisfaction. Although he had grasped some basics of the alchemical technique of mental manipulation with the help of the auxiliary chip, this was truly his first time using this technique to forge a demonized item. To his surprise, he succeeded on his first try. To be honest, this was quite unexpected for Connor. He had thought that the large box Old Victor had prepared for him contained enough materials to forge the Soul Spear five times, and that he would have to fail a few times to accumulate experience before he could successfully forge it.

Once you've crafted the Soul Spear, all the remaining materials are yours. As for the other things, Gotham Steel is a valuable commodity, and with so much of it, even if you have the money, it would take you a while to collect it all.

After putting away the Castilian Staff standing beside him and the silver pendant in his hand, Connor took out a potion from his spatial ring, swallowed it, and sat in meditation to recover most of the energy lost from using mental manipulation. Only then did he straighten his somewhat disheveled clothes and walk out of the room.

As soon as Connor stepped out of the room, he saw old Victor walking towards him. Without saying a word, Connor threw the newly forged Soul Spear at him.

Old Victor reached out and caught the Soul Spear steadily from mid-air. His aged fingers slowly stroked the spear's fiery shaft. After a long while, a glint of light flashed in Old Victor's cloudy eyes. Then, with a flick of his wrist, he tossed the Soul Spear back to Connor.

"Butler Victor, what exactly do you want me to do?"

Taking the Soul Spear back, Connor was not surprised by old Victor's actions. Old Victor had asked him to forge the Soul Spear not because he needed it, but simply because he wanted to use the forging of the Soul Spear as a test to examine Connor's level of mastery of the alchemical technique of mental manipulation.

"Follow me!"

Without directly answering Connor's question, the hunched-over old Victor immediately turned and led Connor toward a red tower located in the center of the manor.

Following old Victor to the tower, but instead of taking Connor to the top, old Victor led Connor to an alchemy laboratory on the first floor.

Looking at the various and dazzling alchemy equipment in the laboratory before him, Connor's eyes became increasingly serious and cautious, yet within this seriousness and caution was a hint of greed and desire.

For an alchemist, the level of enchanted items he can create depends not only on his own alchemy skills, but also on the alchemy equipment he uses. A good set of alchemy equipment can greatly enhance the power of the enchanted items created by the alchemist!

(End of this chapter)