Chapter 2320 Rehearsal <TOC> Chapter 2322 15 Times
Translator: SumTLMan
After viewing the oil painting, Rhine left the vine tower filled with sighs of lamentation.
In the vine-covered room, only Angel, Sanders, and Nemeti remained.
“Do you have anything to say, Highness Nemeti?” Angel asked.
He noticed that since returning from the void, a hint of hesitation had tainted Nemeti’s usually indifferent golden vertical pupils, as if she wanted to say something but for some reason, had not yet spoken. Thus, Angel took the initiative to ask.
Nemeti was silent for a while before saying, “I would like to see Tree Spirit again.”
“Ah?”
As Angel probed deeper, he understood. Nemeti had been inspired by her previous conversation with Tree Spirit and wanted to continue their discussion.
Angel understood that it was no small feat for Nemeti to admit she had been significantly inspired. It might even be possible to shift Nemeti’s stubborn stance; otherwise, she would not be so concerned.
Could it be that his previous speculation was correct, that Nemeti’s breakthrough actually lay with Tree Spirit?
Angel pondered silently, his expression revealing nothing, calmly saying, “Of course, that’s no problem. I can craft a special login device for you later, allowing you to freely enter the Wilderness of Dreams.”
Nemeti actually wanted to refuse, not wishing to owe too much. But… a login device, that was something she truly desired.
She could also feel that the information known by Tree Spirit was extremely useful to her, even surpassing the knowledge Mr. Feng had shared with her. Although it hadn’t yet caused her realm to waver, it had indeed brought her a step closer in that direction.
For this reason, after pondering for a moment, Nemeti nodded, “Then, thank you.”
Angel smiled slightly, “It’s no trouble, I’m very willing to serve you.”
Then, Angel gestured for Nemeti to find a comfortable place and position, and through the Dream Entry spell, sent her into the Wilderness of Dreams.
After Nemeti had fallen asleep, Angel returned to the vine-covered room.
He exchanged a glance with Sanders, said nothing, and directly activated the Geometric Lock. A multitude of geometric patterns instantly enveloped the entire vine-covered room.
With the Geometric Lock in place, it could prevent external prying and contain the aura emitted by the Mysterious Object as much as possible, preventing it from leaking out.
After all this, under Sanders’ intense gaze, Angel took out the “Mad Hatter’s Coronation.”
“So, this is Mad Hatter’s Coronation? Why does it look just like a small box?”
Sanders looked puzzled at the metal tin on the vine-covered table, which was quite beautiful, adorned with intricate antique bronze rose vines on all sides, and in the center, a rose made of red gem shards. Inside the rose’s bud, there was a black cross.
As beautiful as it was, Sanders couldn’t sense… the aura of a Mysterious Object.
“The real Mysterious Object is inside the box. Mentor might as well open it and see.”
Following Angel’s narration, Sanders gently opened the box. Inside, there was nothing but a rune emitting a rich mysterious aura, engraved on the box’s interior wall.
“Is this the Mysterious Object… a rune bearing corner?”
“Yes.”
Angel’s confirmation surprised Sanders.
Before this, he only knew that Mad Hatter’s Coronation was a Mysterious Object useful for enchantment alchemy. From its name, he guessed it might be a special hat that, when worn, would amplify enchantment alchemy.
However, the reality was completely different from what he had imagined; it turned out to be a rune bearing corner.
Could a rune bearing corner also become a Mysterious Object?
Although Sanders was reluctant to believe it, the fact was right in front of him, the rune could indeed become a Mysterious Object. Moreover, the dense mysterious aura it emitted clearly showcased its identity.
After a moment of daze, Sanders finally gathered his thoughts: “What’s its use? After inscribing a rune, attach it to it?”
“Not exactly, but it can be understood that way.” With that, Angel began to explain the use of the Mysterious Rune.
After hearing the explanation, Sanders breathed a sigh of relief. He had thought it was a one-time rune, but it turned out to be reusable.
“As for the specific effects, let me demonstrate for Mentor.” Angel pondered for a moment and muttered, “I had previously promised to craft a login device for Nemeti. It might as well be crafted now.”
Originally, Angel wanted to use a pure rune for the example, but since he had previously said he would craft a login device for Nemeti, he decided to use the login device for the demonstration.
Moreover, Angel was also curious about what changes would occur to a login device crowned with a hat.
Angel took out the materials needed for the login device from his bracelet space and then began to conceive what form the login device should take.
Before this, Angel had crafted many different types of login devices, including glasses, rings, hats, earrings, etc. However, these styles of login devices obviously couldn’t be placed on Nemeti; they were either too small or not suitable.
Angel didn’t know Nemeti’s aesthetic preferences. Using human-commonplace items as login devices might not be appealing to them.
After a moment of contemplation, Angel made a decision.
He prepared to craft a Green Scale that could be used as a snake scale, seamlessly integrating into Nemeti’s snake skin, or as a petal, floating around Nemeti.
Having made his decision, he began the crafting process.
The login device is divided into two parts, which can be understood as software and hardware. The software is the internal magic formation known as——the “energy storage space”; the hardware, on the other hand, is the magical material that houses the “energy storage space.”
Different magical materials can affect the performance of the energy storage space in various ways.
The better the material, the more it can extend the number of uses of the energy storage space. For instance, the initial login devices crafted by Angel, due to the use of different magical materials, had varying numbers of login attempts, some with 149/149 and others with 979/979.
The hardware determines the efficiency of the software.
For the login device being crafted for Nemeti, Angel naturally did not dare to choose inferior materials, but there was also no need for excessively high-quality materials, as there is a material grade limit for the login device.
The primary materials were cyan agate, winter cold sand, and serene wood, with cold-reducing material being coldweed liquid, and the shaping material being amber jade.
These materials were mostly mid to low-grade, and with Angel’s current alchemy strength, the speed of refinement was quite fast. In just a short while, the materials that had occupied half of the table were refined into a verdant liquid cluster smaller than a baby’s palm using the heat melting technique.
Then, Angel began to multitask, starting to shape the material while also picking up a carving pen to inscribe the magic formation.
The “energy storage space” magic formation, originally used for storing tricks, became the essence of the login device because Angel stored the Dream Entry spell within it.
Its magic formation consists of three runes: the constant rune, the solidification rune, and the spirit storage rune. Both the constant rune and the solidification rune require the inscription of the “transformation” rune bearing corner, which means they can utilize the “Mad Hatter’s Coronation.”
However, a rune or magic formation only needs one “Mad Hatter’s Coronation”; it does not need to be inscribed repeatedly.
After some thought, Angel decided to use the “Mad Hatter’s Coronation” on the “constant rune.”
In his opinion, the most important aspect of the login device was the number of login attempts, and the constant rune determined the minimum number of login attempts. Incorporating the Mysterious Rune into the constant rune might increase the number of login attempts.
Of course, this was just his assumption and had not yet been verified.
Angel had crafted a considerable number of login devices, and his skill in inscribing magic formations was exceptionally proficient, maintaining his speed even while shaping and inscribing simultaneously.
To Sanders, watching Angel inscribe the runes gave him a sense of awe as if witnessing a miraculous feat.
Such smoothness and fluidity, such flawless perfection.
According to Sanders’ estimation, given Angel’s speed of inscription, the piece could be completed in no more than half an hour.
Ultimately, Sanders still underestimated Angel’s speed; it took him less than ten minutes to complete the crafting of the login device. Currently, it has entered the stage of being condensed with coldweed liquid.
Amidst Sanders’ astonishment, there was also some confusion.
Although he was a novice in the field of enchantment alchemy, his disciple is proficient in it, and naturally, he did not want to fall behind, so he delved into many related books.
He was quite familiar with the three runes that make up the “energy storage space” magic formation.
It was precisely because he was very familiar that he found it strange. When Angel was inscribing the runes, most of the time, the inscriptions were flawless, but there were a few places where there were obvious deviations, which are considered a taboo in rune inscription. A slight deviation could potentially cause the entire magic formation to fail.
However, Angel, known for his enchantment alchemy, had deviations, and not just in one place? This was somewhat unimaginable.
The reason Sanders did not point it out at the time was that every time Angel inscribed a rune incorrectly, he would look up at Sanders, as if reminding him: See, I made a mistake… I made another mistake…
As if Angel was making mistakes on purpose.
Because of this illusion, Sanders did not remind Angel until now, when the login device entered the condensation stage, he hesitantly asked, “Earlier, when you were inscribing the constant rune, did you inscribe it incorrectly?”
Angel admitted straightforwardly, “Yes, I did make a mistake.”
“Intentionally?” Sanders asked softly, looking at Angel’s candid demeanor.
Angel nodded, “Yes.”
“Was it to demonstrate the effect of the Mysterious Rune?” Sanders seemed to have thought of something and asked again.
Angel did not immediately respond this time because the condensation of the login device had already ended. Previously, Angel used condensation methods and freezing spells for condensation, which took a considerable amount of time; later, during the period of self-reflection, Angel began to try using solidification spells for condensation, which more than doubled the efficiency. Combined with special cooling materials, the condensation stage could even be shortened to just a few minutes.
This time, the condensation took only five minutes to complete successfully.
Sanders had witnessed the scene of the login device being crafted before, but this time was clearly different due to the addition of the Mysterious Rune, a faint mysterious aura emanated from the login device.
At the same time, Sanders felt as if a phantom appeared before his eyes.
A tiny figure, the size of a thumb, appeared near the green scale at some unknown time. The faceless figure, like an ancient shaman, danced a strange dance near the scale. At a certain moment, the figure pulled a hat from its bosom and threw it directly onto the green scale.
The pure white hat crowned the green scale login device.
With a flash of light, the figure and the hat seen before all disappeared, leaving only the green scale emitting a faint mysterious aura.
“What was that just now?”
“Mad Hatter’s Coronation.” Angel directly answered with the name of the Mysterious Rune.
Sanders nodded with a semblance of understanding, not delving into the matter immediately but instead focusing his attention on the login device.
The device itself did not pique his interest; what did were two things: the fact that the login device had actually succeeded and that it was emitting a mysterious aura.
In his mind, given the numerous deviations Angel had made while inscribing the runes, the probability of failure should have been quite high. Yet, contrary to expectations, the login device appeared flawless, its light shining brightly, embodying perfection.
“…Is this all due to the effects of the Mysterious Rune?” Sanders couldn’t help but ask.
Angel nodded: “Yes, it can optimize the runes. As long as the overall flaws do not exceed 3%, optimization can always be successfully achieved.”
This was precisely why Angel had intentionally introduced some flaws into the energy storage rune, to demonstrate the effect of flaw optimization to Sanders.
3%! Sanders realized with some enlightenment; this was no small figure. Many large-scale magic formations require tens of thousands, if not more, rune bearing corners, and a 3% margin of error accounted for a significantly large number.
Just this alone was worthy of being called a Mysterious Object.
The only pity was that after using the Mysterious Rune, the login device had acquired a mysterious aura.
“Do all items crafted with Mysterious Rune, including rune scrolls, actively emit a mysterious aura?” Sanders inquired.
Angel nodded: “Yes.”
Hearing this, Sanders frowned slightly. A mysterious aura, even if it’s just from a half-step mysterious item, would attract many covetous eyes.
“Then you’ll need to be cautious in using this Mysterious Object,” Sanders couldn’t help but advise.
In the Southern Region, Angel’s identity could suppress many of those covetous thoughts. But outside of it, it could easily bring trouble.
“I understand, Mr. Feng had also warned me about this,” Angel said. “Since this login device is intended for Highness Nemeti’s use, even if it bears a mysterious aura, it shouldn’t cause any problems.”
Nemeti’s strength, even within the Southern Region’s Wizarding World, was at the pinnacle of the pyramid. Holding a device that emits a mysterious aura but isn’t a Mysterious Object wouldn’t attract undue attention; indeed, even possessing a true Mysterious Object wouldn’t tempt others, unless they had a death wish.
Sanders understood this and nodded without further comment.
At this moment, Angel picked up the login device, ready to check if, apart from flaw optimization, there were any other enhancements after the Mad Hatter’s Coronation.
Especially in terms of login attempts…
With this thought, Angel activated his Alchemy Eye for inspection.
Then, he saw a number that he hadn’t anticipated…