[As the generalization of the process of making defensive equipment and armors using mana, which is not only on the physical body, strictly speaking, mana crafting is a concept that developed from blacksmithing.]
“I can’t do blacksmithing even if I want to right now. First, tell me the method to create an artifact.”
[Do I owe you something?]
“Teach m……”
[I said I will teach you!]
She would preach a grand sermon to Rita to manage her man properly when she goes back to heaven!
[The ingredients are the materials to create the armor and magic stones, or some other mana crystals of similar characteristics. For example, there would be a dragon heart.]
“Don’t use something so grand as an example. It makes my heart pound.”
Yu IlHan took out the magic stone while complaining. Erta continued speaking.
[First the basic form. You create the gear while putting the magic stone near you. After this process, called ‘synchronization’, and finish creating the gear, you then grind the magic stone into powder to apply it on the gear’s surface and wait for it to absorb.
“Then?”
[That’s it. Artifact masters call this ‘finish’.]
“What finish when it hasn’t even begun! I cannot acknowledge that as work!”
Erta’s words continued as if she predicted that Yu IlHan would complain loudly.
[Of course, there is an applied form. It’s a method used to bestow a special ability and not stopping with just raising the defensive equipment, or the weapon’s capacity.]
“Yes, you should have taught me that!”
[However, this method is not only very difficult for you, it also requires quite a lot of magic stones. Also important is the will of the craftsman.]
“Tell me first.”
Was he really a human who lived for 1000 years? With Yu IlHaan, who was stubborn like a short fused kid, in front of her, Erta spoke while carefully selecting her words.
[It’s the same until the synchronization part, but it goes through a process to bestow a directional nature onto the magic stone. This process is called the ‘bestowal’.]
“And to bestow a directional nature?’
[The easiest is for the craftsman to use mana, but even without, you use another magic stone to bestow a will to the magic stone.]
Will. Yu IlHan softly muttered.
[If you want the wielder to become stronger, then you wish for that, and if you want the person to become faster, then you wish for that, and if you want the person to have the ability to defend against fire, then you wish for that, and if you want the person to have the ability to emit fire, then you wish for that. The level of that ability will drastically differ according to the quality of the magic stone, the mana of the craftsman, and the craftsman’s will.]
And so, it was hard for the current Yu IlHan, Erta spoke as if she deemed as such.
It was because whether it was the quality of the magic stone, or Yu IlHan’s mana, or Yu IlHan’s will, in her eyes, it wasn’t above the lowest level.
As Yu IlHan also knew that he didn’t ask her back. Instead, he spilled out the magic stones inside the bag and silently entered work.
Knee guard to protect both of his knees, and wrist guards. He randomly cut, sanded, holed, sanded, connected with a strong leather rope, and sanded.
It was easy to think that it was crude due to being a product of a simple work, but the protectors that Yu IlHan made were created to fit him, so it looked quite, considerably good.
It wasn’t satisfying in an angel’s eyes, but Erta had no choice but to acknowledge the fact that the equipment he made transformed splendidly to the point that it would be hard to recognize it was once a part of a monster.
After creating defensive equipments, Yu IlHan neatly powdered the rough magic stones, which went through synchronization, and applied it on each of the protectors.
Despite being a process that he had never done since he was born, all of his movements were extremely efficient and neat. It was to the point that the angel, Erta, thought ‘elegant’ while looking at it.
[Is it a familiar process?]
“It’s not that, but I realized after doing a lot of things until now…… the fact that labor is just finding the trick.”
[If you didn’t say that at the end, it might have sounded cool.]
He spoke as if it was a joke, but that was a huge realization for Yu IlHan. He acquired the ability to see through the most efficient process and apply it in real work no matter what he worked on. It was a power that was applied to not only just simple labor, but smithing, disassembly, and martial arts.]
Erta was laughing at it, but if she knew the meaning behind the words Yu IlHan said, then she would be shocked. This was an absolute power which cannot be materialized even as a skill.
[You’ve learned mana crafting!]
The ‘basic form’ knee guards and wrist guards were completed. Erta was dumbfounded while looking at it and muttered.
[You’ve really made an equipment like this even with those shabby materials……With this level 27, no, you may even be alright in confronting level 30 monste