Master Of None
Chapter 2580 2580: 2580. Central Core

"Forcing this much mana in to a mana gem and core might not work." Walker was a bit skeptical as he looked at the rune covered red steel golem core. It was a unique material that had been taken from a melting iron golem. The steel aspect came after the golem had cooled and the properties of ores mixed and changed.

While the golem had not been at all a danger, this sort of event had led to a unique material that the wandering blacksmith had held on to for years without a project he wanted to use it on. There was rarely a metallic golem that was influenced by lava and had its core properties altered. Especially to be acclimated to fire mana rather than to purely earth mana.

The wandering blacksmith had no issues breaking in to his personal storage for these sorts of items. He knew that they would have a use within this project while sitting in his personal storage would be pointless since he had never found something that he believed the materials was ideal for. This though, was that ideal.

"The mana will hold, I have carved several mana controlling rune formations, a communications formation, a mana sensing formation focused on fire, and balancing runes to protect the material. The cage made of wood around it also has runes to help add naturally smooth mana flow." Abe's excitement to see the section of rune activated was enough to show that he and the others believe this a success.

The carved wood was a red and pink streaked wood that grew on mountains with volcanic activity. While this seemed like it came from a massive tree capable of surviving the heat, it was actually a small a tree that most would believe was a bush. But the immense fire resistance allowed for extremely high amounts of fire mana to be stored and even move through the wood itself.

"Just do it so I can return to the wood core." Jan's work had been put on pause as they all needed to see if any issues occurred in this core. This was the next in line before they could begin building the balance within the central core. Once they had these secondary layered cores prepared, then they would begin connecting them to the main core and also connecting them to the rune formations partially carved.

This was also going to be the mana sensing center of everything. All these smaller communication runes allowed for different manas sensed by smaller tools to be registered and replicated. It was complicated to the point where Walker felt some of the rune formations were just tangled lines on top of one another over and over.

What he had seen though, was that as Abe carved, he had used different tools with different additives. Making the runes not cross over and break one another while also allowing for the manas to flow separately. It was an extremely complicated undertaking that had only been possible due to the constant referencing of known and even newer runes Abe worked with every day or studied consistently.

Without another moment, Walker prepared himself in case he had to focus on defenses in the worst case. Otherwise, the fire mana began to be absorbed in to the inlaid mana gems carved with runes. The slow activation of most runes also caused a slight glow illuminating some of the darker corners of the workshop.

While it had been hours of isolation with all four of them crafting, this was due another moment where they all held their breath and lost all sense of time. The mana flowing and how it was smoothly moving and activating the tunes made it clear everything had been done perfectly again.

However, Walker's issue with the density and amount of mana was his worry. He'd expected the mana to be too great without being balanced and connected to the other created revolving cores or central core. Yet there they were, watching every rune necessary activate and function just fine.

Even the communication rune glimmered slightly. It didn't have any sectional connection yet, but this piece of the larger rune formation would work. It would be able to function once connected and properly tethered to the other tools to judge mana flows.

The moment that Jan saw the runes light up and halt toward specific cut ends, he reached out and placed the already activated and waiting cores for the second layer on an open stone table.

This table was made to be a bit tougher and prepared for when there would be projects like this. Not just the wandering blacksmith used them but most crafters did. Stone could of course break but it would at least last longer than a simple wood table.

The wandering blacksmith had a glint in his eyes as he realized what Jan was doing. In a second, Walker also understood.

They don't need the smaller putter pieces which would show the entire mapped globe, they could focus on the core to allow it to function. From there they could build off of it.

Are you sure this process will work?" Abe was nervous. His runes were carved but he knew that they could be harmed if this process wasn't perfect. To him, this was all the same as watching his children grow and try to live on their own for the first time. At the very least that was the feeling.

"Just make sure your runes are bleeding mana. We have the manas in these cores balances and we just need to connect them." Jan breathed deeply as the wandering blacksmith started to bring rune carved wires to connect everything together.

While delicate and unique, the wires would eventually dissolve due to the pressure of the flowing manas. They were made to do so, a very specific technique that the wandering blacksmith took pride in being able tia chief since very few frog masters could manage to achieve this wire.

The runes would be left behind sustained by the mana entirely. Something that only the best rune carvers could manage. Abe could even draw runes in the air if he wanted, they would just be incredibly weak and temporary. Here though, they would be ideal to guide and link every core.

While Walker sensed the mana around them, he began to isolate the cores so that mana would not interfere. The wood melding with the metal was a process the wandering blacksmith and Jan could not allow interference in. Walker was the only person within Genesis who could single handedly ensure that there would not be mana interference. His role had to be balance and purity.

As he watched, the heated metal added and the heated wires were not burning any wooden parts, instead it seemed they were worming their way in to one another. Almost like vines or roots entertaining to become one entity.

When the central core met the wires and metal entirely, a push back of man made Walker focus his mana. He felt that the mixing manas from each core were trying to clash but he knew the solution to this.

Natural mana spilled from Walker and showed the multiple manas how to move. To swirl around in balance while moving to individual cores. It was more of a guiding hand as he noticed the wood becoming almost clear. The small metal aspects also seemed to be more crystalline as well.

The sudden absorption pulled mana toward the cores and Walker felt this was the right time to begin releasing control. Allowing smaller amounts of mana inwards. He hadn't even realized that more small pieces of rune covered wires were being bent in to the entire core and additional wooden spikes were added so that the many metal diamonds later could rest in them later.

He felt a resonance with him due to the balanced manas and how he and Fleur would be able to interact with the core itself if needed. He wouldn't even have to look at it to sense the location and manas coming from the elemental planes. All he would need was to focus and be nearby.

"It's done." Jan sat where he had stood, sweat dropping from his brows.

"It's amazing. There are supplemental runes that I carved which began to develop and absorb mana. That shouldn't happen but it did." Abe was also looking at a new frontier for rune carving. Some runes had changed naturally to fit . It was nature's influence.

"More to forge." The wandering blacksmith wasn't resting. He wanted to keep pushing to see it completed. This was just the core. There were thousands of These pieces that needed to be made. Once they all came together the magical aspects of these tools would be immense. It was just taking the time to get to this point.

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