The Sixth Realm by Michael Chatfield

Author:Michael Chatfield [Chatfield, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-16T13:48:57+00:00

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“Ah, Tan Xue, good to see you,” Glosil said as he saw the smith enter the same booth.

“Glosil, have you come to see the formation masters and blueprint draftsmen in action?”

“It got my interest. I go through so many information books and there are always new spell scrolls. I realized that I never saw them getting made.”

Tan Xue laughed, seeing the awkward expression on Glosil’s face mixed with excitement.

The gong sounded and the mana in the area surged. Under the control of so many powerful masters, the mana of the Ten Realms was suppressed!

Glosil’s eyes widened. “They take diverse materials and process them into paper, sometimes using fibrous materials such as wood chippings, or different reeds, sometimes even hides. The materials can be aligned with different attributes. Creating a spell scroll from a material that matches the scroll will improve its strength!”

“Look at how fast they go through the materials. Some of them are coming up with multiple kinds of paper to use as a base for their scrolls,” Tan Xue said.

“If you have more options, then you can think of the best spell to use on them. Fastest is not always the best. Though it is thrilling to see how their fighting spirit is ignited when they are up against one another and there is a time constraint involved!”

“Some have started to work on the formation!”

“It is so elegant,” Glosil said with a breath. “What are they doing with those paints?”

“Once the materials are picked out for the scroll, the materials and methods to inscribe the spell vary! With formations, people are carve the arrays into metals, rock, wood, and other solid materials. Carving into the scrolls would ruin them, so the creators must use other tools. They make formation inks and threads!”

“Inks and threads? Ah! I see! So like how metals can be inlaid into the carved-out formations to increase their power and the conductivity of power?”

“Exactly, Commander,” Tan Xue said. “Look—that person there is combining the blue utteka root and nova shoot to create an ink.”

The spell scroll creator worked his ink block. Combining the juices of the two plants, he created a deep purple that had flecks of prismatic colors and blue within. He drew out a brush and dipped it into the ink, wiping it on the ridges of the ink stone to remove the excess.

The mana in the area gathered and calmed under his control. He closed his eyes before he raised his hand and released the brush.

It drifted into the air, above the freshly created spell scroll.

The tip of the brush bent in the air and lines appeared in mid-air.

“Air creation! Impressive!” Tan Xue said quietly, as if the crafter might be disturbed by her words over two hundred meters away.

“Air creation?” Glosil’s voice was low as well.

“It is a kind of prototyping. With all crafts, many people will work on multiple prototypes before they start on their true project. With air creation, one can create the spell formation for the scroll in mid-air, breaking it into components.

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