Two hours later, one could see Jason, surrounded by three different workplaces consisting of the necessary tools and devices he required to forge.
His back was drenched in sweat from the hard work of concocting one of the best inscription solutions he had ever produced.
It had been manufactured from an elemental crystal at the peak Lique rank as main ingredients in addition to several other ingredients he had found inside his spatial ring.
It was only when Jason started to look for ingredients inside his spatial ring that he realised he was lacking many necessary ingredients, which forced him to improvise in order to not be punished for lying to the three female Variants.
He didn't really understand why they were wasting their time with him, or if they were just using him to kill their boredom.
However, in the end, Jason could only accept his fate and try forging the best weapon he was currently capable of
Having used the Terra-Intermediate technique Concoctia medra, Jason's inscription solution turned into a success.
It was not as difficult as expected to use other ingredients than he was supposed to either because only the medical effects were what mattered the most.
Through his Emperor Eyes, Jason could see almost everything concerning the energy flow within objects and beings.
As such, it was possible for him to make use of that ability to determine what kind of ingredient was the most compatible as a substitute.
Owing to this, his Emperor Eyes saved his pride, and possibly even his life.
Using Solaris' flame as if he had been born with it, Jason could easily concoct everything, altering the flames' temperature as and when he wanted.
This made everything much easier and even allowed him to separate the impurities from the herbs that were slowly draining off their life essence which had the energy and nutrition that were reacting with the mana-infused water Jason had produced in his first step.
Following all the necessary steps, the best inscription solution he had ever made was completed after only one hour.
Unfortunately, he could still see impurities in it, and Jason knew that he could make something better.
He hadn't concocted something in a long time, while his cultivation base, control over mana and other capabilities had increased drastically.
As such, Jason was confident that he could recreate the same, if not a better inscription solution as long as he practiced a little bit!
After the inscription solution was completed, he took a short break before he divided the inscription solution into several vials.
'This should be enough for 10 weapons...that's great!'
Jason was happy about his first concoction process in a long time, and even if the pressure around him seemed to be extremely high, his mind had already expelled the thoughts about the three women who were staring at him.
Only after he had finished splitting the content of the inscription solution did he hand one vial to each of them while saying with a faint smile.
"The inscription solution is normally ranked at the Mid Lique rank, but due to the small amount of impurities, it might as well be ranked higher.
But I'm not an appraiser, so I don't know much about that."
He did not mind their expressions, which was as if they wanted to ask what they were supposed to do with the vials, because he was just happy to be able to concoct once again.
Since the Great Argos war, his life had been too busy to do anything about his auxiliary occupations except learning a few basics of how to manufacture parts of guns.
However, even that was not something he had been able to do for a long time, and it only increased his eagerness to forge, concoct and inscribe.
Everything about the auxiliary occupations was interesting, and one of the biggest mysteries Jason had yet to solve was the creation of world bridges!
There were three particular world bridges he wanted to create in the future, leading him to those who had caused his sorrow and pain when he was still on Argos.
Nevertheless, before he could create a world bridge, his strength would have to increase by leaps and bounds, while his proficiency in inscribing runes had to skyrocket.
Almost half an hour had passed since he had completed the inscription solution, and after taking out several element ores to test their near molten state by slowly heating them up, he noticed that the ice-cold-looking Aeus had disappeared.
Out of the corner of his eyes, he had seen how the three female Variants had been talking to each other with the inscription solution vial in their hands.
As such, Jason simply assumed that the Aeus had brought the vial to someone professional, who could determine the rank and potency of his inscription solution.
This was fine with him, and even if he had something to complain about, Jason couldn't challenge their decision, to begin with.
Because of that, he ignored whatever they were doing, while focusing on getting to know the element ores right in front of them.
They came in various sizes and it was only fortunate that his Emperor Eyes could perceive the cultivation veins within them.
Due to this, he was not forced to know the characteristics of the element ores beforehand but could figure them out right now.
The temperature the black flame in his hand had to reach before the element ores reached a near molten state was extremely high, yet, at the same time, the cultivation vein's deteriorating process started much earlier.
Noticing this, he had to change his plan accordingly, slowly approaching the temperature at which the deterioration process of the cultivation veins inside the element ores would start before using his blacksmithing technique.
This forced him to maintain a steady flame and a constant heat to the ore because it was cooling down too fast to shape it properly if he were to extinguish the flame even for just a few seconds.
It was an annoying process but by using the anvil right in front of him, with four small black flames surrounding the heated up ingot, Jason could start shaping it.
There was no need to craft something special, and without further ado, Jason decided to forge a dagger.
The entire process of using the element ore was difficult, but by using the fiery red elements ore it became much easier as the ore was affine to the fire, accepting it readily.
Jason didn't even want to know how frustrating the forging process would be with other elements ores, which was fortunately not required right now.
While shaping the daggers for more than two hours, Jason felt as if the process was taking longer than he had expected.
But instead of being impatient, and frustrated about that, he smiled lightly while sweat pearls trickled down his cheek as he took a look at the raw blade that shimmered in a light red glow.
His smile widened as he mumbled,
"The Hammer of Fire, Ky?ldrama forging technique is really good...I should really become more proficient with it!"
Unbeknownst to Jason, who was in his own world,, he was eyed with newfound interest.
He was too busy thinking about the forging process and had completely forgotten the place he was in.
"Is his fire a source flame, or an origin flame? He is pretty good at all three basic auxiliary occupations too… I guess he didn't lie then?"
It was the female Devir who said this to the ice-cold looking Aeus, whose expression had eased a little bit as she mumbled,
"I guess so?
Either way, Tarra wants to see him after I gave her the inscription solution to appraise. I've never seen her being so interested in someone, let alone a man.
Fortunately, I didn't explain to her that he is only a young lad at most in his early 20s, otherwise, she might have rushed here to meet him by now.
Crazy woman…"
The other two women didn't say anything and simply nodded their heads, while questioning themselves and the fact as to how a youngster was able to handle three auxiliary occupations at once.
He was proficient in all of them, which was evident after he finished forging the dagger, only to inscribe runes into the wide side of the blade before it was cooled down.
After that, he sharpened the blade without touching the runes at all as Jason inserted mana into it.
A large flame emerged from the dagger before it tightly wrapped itself around the weapon, which caused Jason to smile vibrantly at the blade.
"It's done!"
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