Chapter 202 Runic Constellation!
After looking at the piece of paper in front of them, Miranda and Mathias were frustrated.
"Why is it not working? I'm pretty sure that the Basic [Endurance] runic constellation we inscribed is correct…"
Several days had passed since the three had begun to inscribe runic constellations on an ordinary piece of paper.
The runic constellations wouldn't have any effect when drawn on these papers but one should still be able to sense the runic constellations as long as they were inscribed properly.
Both Miranda and Mathias had been staring at their papers for a while and had grown certain that they had made no mistake.
However, after averting their gaze at Nial, they could clearly tell that their inscription was incorrect.
'Is it the connection between the lines? Were we too slow in the inscription process? Or what exactly is it?'
Miranda had some experience inscribing ordinary runes on tools. That was why she had been confident when she started inscribing her first few runic constellations.
Unfortunately, her experience as an Inscriber made things more difficult due to the huge gap between ordinary runes and runic constellations.
She was forced to forget everything she had known about inscribing runes so as to not make any flaws while inscribing runic constellations.
This was a huge hurdle, which Miranda had struggled with for a few days. But even then, it was not as if she could inscribe a proper runic constellation right off the bat.
"Master, your connections were fine, there is just a small flaw in the core area of the constellation that you need to correct. It is half an inch above the middle part in the central area." Nial suddenly said as his Mana sense focused on Miranda's runic constellation for a few seconds.
Afterward, he focused on Mathias' runic constellation before he smiled lightly.
"The counterpart of the constellation which you drew is not accurate, Mathias. It's not a big deal but as you can tell there is barely any mana in your runic constellation."
As long as he could sense some mana within the attempted runic constellations, Nial was able to pick up everyone's mistakes.
The same was the case with his own attempts. It made things much easier for everyone because they could fix their mistakes over time.
Usually, Miranda would use her own mana perception to find out and rectify her mistakes. Her pride prevented her from asking others for help, even less from her own disciples.
But that was not something she was bothered about anymore after several days had passed.
Nial's [Mana Sense] was simply too different from an ordinary mana perception. One was not even able to sense when Nial released his Mana sense to perceive anything.
Only when he circulated mana through his body, or released mana to do something else would one perceive his mana fluctuations.
This was something entirely new for Miranda. However, this was not her reason for putting her pride aside.
Rather, it was the fact that Nial's Mana sense could depict what even the most extraordinary perception failed to perceive!
To Miranda, it looked as if Nial was still trying to figure out what his Mana sense could do. According to his words, the [Mana Sense] was his Innate ability, but this made things only more confusing.
After all, the dark energy was also something that belonged to his Innate ability. At least that was what everyone believed because if not for that fact nothing else made sense to them otherwise!
In the end, the only thing that mattered right now was that Nial's [Mana Sense] allowed them to improve much faster.
Instead of being oblivious to their mistakes and spending hours trying to figure out where they did a mistake Miranda and Mathias could find out what was wrong in seconds.
They only had to wait for Nial to finish his own attempt before he pointed out their mistakes.
Thus, they spent several hours a day perfecting their attempts every single day while inscribing runic constellations, the three got better with each day passing.
And finally, after the third week was almost over, Nial completed his first properly working runic constellation.
Mana circulated freely through the runic constellation that glowed faintly signifying the constellation's effect.
It was merely a [Endurance] runic constellation and it was impossible for the three Originals to figure out how high the constellation's potency was.
But that was not important because the runic constellation in front of them was the first properly working one!
"It took much longer than expected but it's satisfying to finally succeed!" Nial stated in a relieved tone while using his Mana sense to perceive every little bit about the piece of paper he was holding.
In the end, the connections of the runic constellation were far from perfect and the mana veins were not thick, let alone firm. However, all of this was not as important as the fact that they had finally gotten their hands on a properly working runic constellation- one they made all by themselves!
Miranda and Mathias observed the runic constellation with their full attention. They tried to research it, to figure out every single clue of how it was created and what they had to improve when inscribing their own runic constellation.
This took quite a while and after it was done Nial chose to inscribe another [Endurance] runic constellation.
He wanted to make use of his first attempt at success and the remaining memories of how he had created it to repeat the process over and over again.
Thus he focussed on it and after toiling for several hours Nial created a few more [Endurance] runic constellations.
Their quality was still as bad as during the first one but that was not important right now. It was more important that Nial seemed to have gained a much better understanding of the inscribing process of runic constellations after his first success.
'Now, I only need to improve their quality and learn a few more runic constellations. By then, I can finally start manufacturing runic constellations!'
Nial was somewhat excited. Even if it took him several times longer to learn to inscribe his first proper runic constellation, the fact that he finally succeeded was simply too great.
Initially, he wanted to start the manufacturing process of his first runic armament after three weeks had passed. But the easiest runic constellation to study and research had been [Endurance].
Inscribing the [Endurance] runic constellation on a casted weapon or armor wouldn't increase its value manifold. That was why Nial had to learn, at least, one more runic constellation, and if he could, two instead of one.
Another week passed, and both Miranda and Mathias had created their first runic constellations. Meanwhile, Nial had improved his proficiency in the [Endurance] runic constellation. He could inscribe it without any issues and its quality had also improved.
On the other hand, he had learned two more runic constellations, called [Sharpness] and [Mana Membrane].
While the [Sharpness] runic constellation was self-explanatory, [Mana Membrane] had a similar use to [Endurance].
As long as mana was inserted in the [Mana Membrane] runic constellation, a thin layer of mana would shroud the runic armament that had been inscribed with the said constellation.
When drawn Around weapons, it would increase both the sturdiness and sharpness of the weapon. Meanwhile, around garments, or shields would increase the defensive capabilities drastically.
Combined with [Endurance], [Mana Membrane] was extremely powerful.
Even the most ordinary armor would provide the same protection as the Lowest quality Myth Common armor.
However, the price of creating the ungraded runic armament was significantly lower than that for a Lowest Myth Common armor!
With that in mind, Nial averted his focus from inscribing runic constellations on ordinary pieces of paper to start casting the most ordinary weapons and metal armors.
"It was a really good idea to build a small warehouse in the backyard of your mansion, Master. If we want to, we can simply stay here, cast everything we want, and improve our inscribing skills without the need to run around like headless chickens!" Nial said, smiling faintly.
Calling the house in the backyard a warehouse was probably a little bit harsh. However, Nial couldn't actually think of a better word for the building the three of them resided in right now.
If he were to label it as a factory, that would be wrong as well.
In the building, one could find large storage with all kinds of ingredients required to create runic armaments, two forges, every possible casting frame, numerous utensils, a place to sleep, a place to concoct potions, sound-isolated places where one could focus on inscribing runic constellations in peace and silence and even a kitchen.
There was everything he would require which made him happy. Feeling content, Nial finally went over to the forge to create the most ordinary weapons and armors using Black Iron.
Black Iron was a common ore that was mostly used to create utensils for unawakened Originals.
However, now it would be used to manufacture ungraded runic armaments that could also be supplied with the mana of Origin crystals.
That way, even unawakened humans would be able to use weapons and other armaments they had created. It wouldn't be impossible for ordinary humans to fight weak beasts, and possibly conquer dungeons as long as they got their hands on the runic armaments Nial was about to create.
But it would still be extremely dangerous and most humans wouldn't dare to enter dungeons just because they could possibly conquer one with ungraded runic armaments.
"...Even after investing so much to create a good working environment, I still feel like I'm doing everything wrong. It doesn't feel smooth, or correct what I'm doing."
Miranda was currently just blabbering incoherently. Miranda knew that she wasn't doing anything wrong in the inscription process of the runic constellation, otherwise, she would fail more often.
The only thing that irked her was the fact that Nial's progress was much faster than hers. Even Mathias seemed to have gotten the gist of what he was supposed to do while inscribing runic constellations.
Yet, Miranda's old habits were still hindering her from doing certain things. It made her progress much slower, even if she was still learning a lot.
To see her disciples improve faster and learn everything at a much higher pace was bothersome.
However, oddly enough it allowed her to regain her composure and improve much faster the moment she calmed down. Thus, her annoyance had slowly turned into acceptance, even if she was still not ready to show that.
"Either way, just start practicing to manufacture your first runic armaments. It took us way too long to understand the creation process of runic constellations. If we need another month before the first runic armament has been created, we might need half a year or longer before we can mass-produce even the lowest quality of ungraded runic armaments…"
Their purpose of creating runic armaments was to earn a lot of money and to become stronger at a much faster pace. However, from the looks of it, a considerable chunk of time had been wasted on them to reach their current proficiency.
Everyone understood this, which was why Miranda wanted to pressure Nial a little bit.
She wanted him to be under some pressure to be able to create something great in the process.
Her expectations of Nial were already high, from the beginning.
Thus, it was fine to pressure him a little bit and to force Nial to exceed his limits.
'I want to see your first runic armament. Show me how great mankind's first self-made runic armament can be!!'
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