Chapter 600
Bloom Forge was the polar opposite of Necro Forge .
Instead of creating a perfect pseudo core from the start and merge it with its host, Lith would create a small pseudo core and the mana pathways necessary to prevent it from dissipating at the same time directly inside the hammer .
It was supposed to require less focus and mana compared to Necro Forge . The mana pathways would allow Lith's energy to mix with that of the mana crystals during the Forgemastering process .
It would reduce the resistance that the pseudo core experienced when interacting with the mana vessels, and by starting small, all mistakes Lith might make could be tweaked as he shaped the core . Bloom Forge was far from perfect, even in theory .
Lith had already predicted that the more the Forgemastering process progressed, the more difficult things would become . Neither the pseudo core nor the mana pathways could exceed their ideal form .
Bloom Forge had a threshold past which any mistake would mean an unredeemable failure .
Necro Forge's difficulty peaked at the very beginning of the Forgemastering process, when Lith was at his prime, and decreased as the pseudo core merged with the item . Bloom Forge, instead, would start easy and become harder with every next step .
The second issue was that taking care of the pseudo core and the mana pathways at the same time would require a lot of focus from Lith . Since he would only grow more tired with time, he would face the most delicate steps while he was at his weakest .
"Are you ready, Solus?" Lith asked .
"Ready . Commencing to power up the mana circle . " The space around their Forge was surrounded by a blue pillar of light . It was made of the world energy Solus extracted from the mana geyser below them .
Lith positioned the Orichalcum WellMert hammer on the center of the obsidian table that was his Mana Forge and then placed his open hands at the sides of the hammer's shaft, so that his palms touched a mana crystal each .
He used true Forgemastering to create a pseudo core the size of a pinhole and several mana pathways as thin as hair . At the same time, he activated Invigoration to check the development of his experiment and be able to look at his own mana core, using it as a blueprint .
'So far it's much easier than I expected and better than Necro Forge . ' Lith thought .
'I just need to take things nice and easy . The core has already started to exchange mana with the crystals, making it easy to expand . '
By simply taking his time, Lith discovered that developing the core was the easy part . As its energy grew, so did its affinity toward the hammer . The process required a steady flow of mana, but it would not encounter any resistance .
Giving the core the right shape was quite difficult, instead . The lack of resistance made so that the slightest slip of the mana would create a bump or a cavity, making the pseudo core defective .
To make matters worse, if he developed the mana pathways too slowly, the core energy would disperse . If he developed them too fast, the mana coming from the crystals would flood the core and deform it .
Lith used his knowledge of mana cores to find a workaround . He would treat the pseudo core as a developing mana core and the mana pathways as its host body . He would first grow the core until it gave signs of instability .
Then, he would strengthen and enlarge the pathways until the pressure they exerted almost compressed the pseudo core . At that point, he would focus again on the pseudo core again, rinse and repeat .
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