Equipment Printing School Mage
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"Emmya." Sig was silent for a moment, then said, "I don't understand magic, but could you please not describe such a handsome sword as an iron maiden? It's so scary."
The Iron Maiden is a horrific torture device that locks people in a confined space and pierces the prisoner with countless spikes.
At this moment, Yin suddenly spoke up, "Actually, the reason magic item creation can't be accelerated too quickly is precisely because you always have to inject magic power into the item, and this process is incredibly difficult and slow. If you want a magic item to possess eternal power, you have to call upon the magic power while simultaneously making it execute according to your will. Magic power is violent and dangerous, not something so docile."
She clapped her hands. "So, theoretically, one of the shortcuts is to use existing magic sources. These magic sources are not easy to obtain."
At this moment, Emiya was stunned for a moment: "Existing magic source? For example?"
At this time, Yin showed no enthusiasm, and even had a murderous look on his face: "For example, the Soul Coin of the Nine Hells."
As soon as this term came out, everyone who heard of it couldn't help but look pale.
Emiya said in an extremely unhappy tone: "You actually consider soul coins as an option."
Therefore, the souls that fall into hell will not immediately become demons. On the contrary, they will be thrown into hell with their emotions and memories preserved. Then, the demons who have been waiting for a long time will tie them to the rack and torture them with the most cruel tortures heard in countless worlds.
What’s even more terrifying is that the purpose of this torture is torture itself.
As the soul is tortured to the point of madness, the power within it is stripped away and released. At this point, the soul is cast into a coin-sized piece of Hell Steel, becoming a so-called Soul Coin.
——Obviously, soul coin is synonymous with evil.
"I don't like that thing, but it exists." Yin waved his hand in dissatisfaction. "Or maybe it's the leyline radiation. That kind of power can also be used to create magical items."
This is indeed a product of the material plane. The bad news is that this power is located in the Underdark, and its main users are the notorious drow elves.
At this point, even Elastrid couldn't hold back any longer. "...I know our church doesn't have such creatures. They are all manually infused with magic by priests...but there should be a source of magic that the good side can use!"
"Oh, of course there is one." Yin thought for a moment and clapped his hands. "In fact, the Moonfire of the Church of Selune will do!"
Hearing this, Emiya couldn't help but cover her face. They did have a close relationship with the Church of Selune, but no matter what, they couldn't just ask the church for their unique items just because they wanted to use them. This kind of thing was not easy to negotiate, even if it cost a lot of money.
but……
Emiya sighed.
He did not understand what Bishop Selune of Elturgard was thinking. Lady Bishenia even gave them the entire church.
Of course, they did not touch the most important facilities in the church, so the moonlight still flowed quietly in the church.
"Wait a minute," Lulu finally realized something and shouted, "So, what's the source of the magic power used by the Sunlight Sword?"
Emiya sighed and replied, "I'm not entirely sure. It appears to be some kind of cyan, lifelike crystal, its true form unknown. But the effect it evokes is indeed this dawn-like glow."
"...cyan, crystals?" Lulu held her head in distress, puzzled. "Crystals that emit the glow of dawn appear to be related to our Church of Lathander, but I've never heard of such a thing!"
"Perhaps this is the effect Sir Craig wants." Emilia frowned in dissatisfaction. "We have the design drawings, and I have the ability to produce it. But the most important production materials are monopolized, so we can only watch helplessly. If we have any intention, we must seek help from him."
At this moment, Sig's eyes lit up, and he suddenly rushed over and shook Emiya's shoulders violently: "——! Emiya, from what you just said, you mean that moonfire can also be used to make this kind of wonderful magical weapon, right?"
Emiya nodded without hesitation: "Yes. But the weapon made in this way is probably called the Moonlight Sword."
"Oh, let's do this!" Sig's eyes grew brighter and brighter. "Why don't we use this Moonlight Sword to exchange for Moonfire with the Church of Selune?"
"We don't have the Moonlight Sword. How can we exchange it with the Church of Selune?"
"Oh, we need to open our minds!" Talking about this topic, Sig's eyes practically shone with gold. "Let's go and give Miss Bisinya a good rant. Hopefully, we can get more orders from the Church of Selune. But don't we get to decide how much Moonfire is needed to make a Moonlight Sword? Then, we can take some of the Moonfire as a loss... Ahem! I mean, what's wrong with asking for some Moonfire as compensation?"
"I think there's no problem." Yin was obviously the first to support it. She didn't want to interrupt her journey of researching magic items for any reason. "She will agree."
"...It seems there's really no problem." Emilia hesitated for a moment, then licked her lips. "I'll contact Miss Bisinya. If everything goes well, maybe I'll go back to Eltoril."
However, he naturally received a vague answer very soon - Bishenya said that she could give him a confirmed answer at the latest by dawn the next day.
"...I can't help it. This is to be expected." Emiya shook her head. "Then I'd better experiment and see if I can use a non-magical item to achieve the same function."
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On the other hand, the flood plan was progressing quite smoothly.
The bishops of the church usually used their power with caution, but when they arrived at this place where they could unleash their power, they burst out with enthusiasm that far exceeded Metatron's expectations.
During these few hours, the only thing that took up a lot of their time was the process of creating the flood, and what level of response the spellcaster had to make for himself and what level of people were qualified to join in.
And most importantly, how to divide the areas and how to identify them.
When the bickering and quarreling finally came to an end, it was already night outside.
Metatron shook his head and returned to Emiya's residence in almost a flash.
Everything is normal, no signs of fighting.
From the window one could still see the peaceful signs of a small team minding their own business.
"...Very good." Metatron breathed a sigh of relief.
There was no bad situation where someone took advantage of the situation.
However, just as she was about to take a step forward, the light clouds in the sky swayed slightly, making way for the bright moonlight.
Metatron seemed to sense something and suddenly turned around.
Behind her, a hazy and elegant figure of an adult woman appeared at some point.
The woman looked at Metatron quietly and said, "—Meta, when I heard that you moved to Lunya, I thought we would never meet again."
"......!" Metatron blinked, finally exhaled, and wanted to bow.
Before she could move, a ray of moonlight fell on Metatron with the lady's gesture, blocking her action.
"Although I'm a little embarrassed to say it, I still have to say that I didn't come here for you this time." The lady gently opened her hand, and a small water bottle appeared in her palm. "—It's because your dear student has come up with a new and wonderful idea."
Metatron recalled all the great achievements that Mr. Emia had made in the past two months. He felt his hair stand on end and almost jumped up. "Emia?! What is he going to do now?!"
"Oh, it's nothing," the lady said with a smile. "But I'd like to trouble you to run an errand for me—this is something your student wants."
Metatron took a few steps forward and extended his hands respectfully. At this moment, the woman stepped back slightly. "But, Meta, I have something I'd like you to pass on."
"The more talented a person is, the more covetous they will be. Either lie low from now on, or just wait and see who will have the last laugh."
Metatron was silent for a moment and took a step back. "Even so, you still gave him such a valuable item."
"Yes," the lady said seriously.
This means that this lady had intended for Emilia to take center stage.
Sixty-first Day of Huiyuehui (Part 2)
“I actually got it…”
And so fast.
Seeing the Moonfire Bottle in front of her, Emiya rubbed her eyes in disbelief: "Besides, why did you bring it here, teacher?"
Metatron raised his head and snorted, "You should know that I am the chosen one of the Goddess of Magic. My relationship with the Church of Selune is, of course, very deep."
"Okay, okay." The teacher said so, and he could only believe it.
The Moonfire Vial Metatron sent was the same size as the wooden flask Old Acewhite had used. Based on experience, it was enough to make three magic items.
Emiya took a deep breath, put away the Moon Fire Bottle, and bowed earnestly in the direction of the Moon Wheel to express her gratitude.
I hope the goddess can hear it.
"Don't be too happy yet." Metatron sighed and turned around. "Another guest is about to arrive at the door."
"Is it Craig?" Amyia thought for a moment and came to a conclusion, "He and I did have an appointment in advance."
Naturally, it was Craig. Right now, all the factions were probably in disarray, preoccupied with the upcoming flood plan. Even if they needed help from Emiya, the temporary logistics director, it wouldn't be tonight.
However, Craig's original plan was almost interrupted, but he will have some free time in the short term.
Craig had just arrived at the door when he noticed Metatron's presence. However, this only brought a smile to his face. "Miss Forsaken is here too? Looks like we can avoid this boring and meaningless period of suspicion."
He turned serious. "Let's save time and get straight to the point. Mr. Emiya, do you remember what I told you at the end of today's meeting?"
"I remember." Emiya walked to the teacher's side and replied, "You told me that you had a batch of urgent orders that needed to be processed. If I could complete it quickly, you would reward me with the most critical material of the Sunlight Sword, the energy core."
Emiya was silent for a moment, then raised her head and said indifferently, "This order isn't mandatory, but if I don't agree, the Sunlight Sword blueprints I worked so hard to obtain will be nothing more than a pile of waste paper."
"That's not necessarily true." Craig smiled again when he talked about this topic. "If you plan to live in Elturgard from now on..."
"Not interested." Emilia's answer was unusually straightforward.
If Elturgard didn't have so many strange and worrying secrets, Emya would actually consider staying in Elturgard for a long time - at least he got along well with the people of the Church of Tyr.
"Then there's nothing we can do." Craig stepped back and opened his arms. "The Sun Sword is Elturgard's latest achievement, acquired at great expense. Its core material is incomparably precious. On this point, there's no room for compromise."
Craig in front of him clearly had no expectations either, so he simply shook his head and didn't continue the topic. He simply pulled out a scroll box from his bosom and said, "Then, this is the order. Each drawing has detailed specifications and legends, as well as the required quantity."
"So, if the work is completed, when can the payment be delivered?" asked Emilia.
"Ah, the order isn't my responsibility alone, and neither is the compensation," Craig said. "We're still discussing it. If you're willing, we can sign a contract."
"That's not necessary." Emilia didn't want to hear the word "contract" at all. "I still prefer a less strict verbal agreement. Where are the materials for the crafting?"
"That's fine," Craig replied. "As for the material... that's what makes this order special—we want to use the shells of that special burrowing nymph to make the armor."
"Use the shell of a digging beetle?" A warning sign appeared in Emilia's heart.
"Of course," Craig replied without hesitation, his expression unchanged. "Although the demons are our biggest enemy right now, the burrowing worms on the periphery haven't been without their share of damage. Much of the combatants' weapons and equipment have been acid-corroded and are unusable. Repairing such equipment is incredibly time-consuming and labor-intensive. So, we're trying to use the burrowing worm shells to fill the gaps in our equipment."
This reason is reasonable and there is nothing wrong with it.
"Anyway," Craig concluded, "the materials are in the warehouse at this camp. Elturgard has been buying quite a few of them from adventurers at low prices lately. I don't doubt your integrity, so we can make a verbal agreement and barter."
"That's a bit too easy to say." Emiya frowned. "Making armor out of shells doesn't seem like something you can just find any craftsman to do... It seems like it requires some kind of specialized technique, right? At least I haven't learned it."
"Indeed," Craig replied. "If you deliver within a year, then you will be able to obtain the core materials for the Sunlight Sword. If you fail, then pretend that tonight never happened."
"Then I can't guarantee that." Emilia frowned. "At least I have to see what you ordered first."
"Please."
Emiya opened the scroll box and pulled out the scroll.
It was a set of horse armor, and there were no specific requirements for whether the armor was chain mail or plate armor. It was more of a rough size requirement.
Judging from the appearance, this vest covers from the four hooves to the neck, and the order is required to be ten sets.
Although the type is somewhat special, it does not exceed Emiya's technical scope.
The quantity is a bit too small. It's more of a test than an order.
This order seemed like a test specifically designed to verify the maker's skills.
It's like a chef tasting food before taking over at a restaurant.
If he passes, there will be more important cooperation later. If he fails, then the cooperation ends here.
That's the problem.
——Theoretically, Emiya shouldn’t know the technology to make burrowing beetle armor.
"I've never used a burrowing worm shell to make horse armor, or even ordinary armor." Emiya thought of this and simply put the scroll back into the box and pushed it back. "I refuse. I doubt I have the ability to do it."
This result was beyond Craig's expectations. He pondered for a moment and shook his head. "I guess you have another option."
"Think of it this way," Emilia replied, "I need a reason to be willing to devote my time to this. I'm not a craftsman obsessed with craftsmanship, and I don't intend to suddenly switch to researching new armor at this point in time."
By this point, negotiations appeared to have stalled.
But Craig had no plans to leave yet.
In other words, both sides are now competing for the initiative.
Did Emya allow Elturgard to obtain subsequent help, or did Elturgard allow Emya to obtain orders from them?
Whoever gives in first will be at a disadvantage in the negotiation.
The outcome at this point depends entirely on who needs help from whom.
If Emiya hadn't been able to obtain the Moonfire from the Church of Selune, he might have actually become a little anxious. Unfortunately, the situation was different now.
Now, whether Craig will give in depends on what his real purpose is.
After an unknown amount of time, Craig finally let out a long sigh. "I can give you an energy core in advance. But it's not a gift, it's a deposit. What if you don't finish the work and the energy core gets damaged?"
Aimiya frowned and pondered for a moment: "What kind of compensation do you plan to ask for?"
Craig pulled a cyan crystal from his belt and said, "This is the Sunlight Sword's energy core. It's a treasure Elturgard has painstakingly obtained. If you fail and unfortunately damage this energy core..."
"Then material compensation will not suffice. I desire that you settle in Elturgard for ten years."
The content behind this condition is bound to make people think a lot.
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