Chapter 432 Magic Crafting ( 2 )

'Hmm… The qualities of the materials we've found were good… If he tried making the Magic Staff with a few errors, a Rare Grade shouldn't be a problem… If he perfectly followed the steps, there should be a chance that the result can be a Unique Grade.' Levent thought as he watched Vincent start with his magic crafting.

It's not guaranteed that a Unique Grade will appear even if he does this all perfectly. Even veteran Magic Crafters can't guarantee that they can make such a high-grade item.

If they can, there wouldn't be a lack of top-quality items in the market at all.

The first step in crafting magic items was to have a suitable Mana Gathering Array that will help the crafter wield his mana fluidly or to control them according to his wish. After all, he would have to extract the qualities of supplementary ingredients later on and that would require a high-level control in mana that would normally be found at Mana Practitioners at the Grand Magus level.

Of course, Vincent wasn't using his Mana for this step and was using his Pseudo-Celestial Energy.

It means that all the Arrays that Levent knows wouldn't help him with his Energy Control. Nevertheless, Vincent still opted to use the best Array there is as it could at least make him slightly comfortable wielding his energy.

The workbench that Vincent was using suddenly lit up as he activated the array on it… It was placed by Levent beforehand and she can't help but be proud of her work. This array can certainly last for 10 or 15 days even without her maintenance as long as Vincent will only craft Rare to Unique Grade items… This is already considered a top-tier array in the field of Magic Crafting.

Levent then watched him place the Primal Toadwood Stick at the center of the array… It then lit up for a moment as it was surrounded by blue and red energy…

Purification…

This is the first step to cleanse the item and even fortify it a little before the real magic crafting begins.

'Ohh… That's faster than I expected. He's really going all out this time. Is it because of his mutation?' Levent mused as she observes Vincent.

Well, the purification should only have blue energy on it but Vincent has red energy as well so she already questioned him about it and learned about his mutation.

This red energy seems to be one of Vera's gifts based on how he explained it.

She found it suspicious but of course, she decided not to pry too much on his secret since she also has her own…

After Vincent completed the purification with a bit of fortification process, he uncapped the bottle of Luxury Earth Powder and poured it carefully at the surface of the stick…

By perfectly controlling his energy, all the powders attached to the stick and the previous purple branch turned darker… It didn't end there as Vincent activated the powder's effects…

Crack… Crack… Crack…

The powder suddenly turned red as it seems to be scorching the stick. If non-magic crafters were watching this, they would think that the stick was turned into charcoal and getting destroyed.

However, this process will actually amplify the stick's trait…

Apparently, the Primal Toadwood has the effect of enhancing Water-Based Mana Art. With the help of the Luxury Earth Powder, this effect will awaken and get even stronger so it can be ready for real magic crafting.

Vincent spent some time doing this as it requires a careful and balanced 'scorching' process. It lasted for about 20 minutes before he thought that the amplification had been completed.

Normally, this process can exhaust young Magic Crafter but Vincent was different. His Pseudo-Celestial Energy was easier to control and he believes that even if he does this for six hours without break, there wouldn't be an issue.

Levent then watched Vincent pick up the third item, it's the Bright Amethyst Crystal the size of his fist…

This crystal isn't an expensive item, as a matter of fact, this item can easily be found in various markets as they are normally used as an ornament by jewelers.

However, it has one decent attribute that makes it a good choice when making a staff using a Primal Toadwood branch. With the latter's combination with the crystal, there will be an effect called Mana Flow Enhancement that is very helpful to magicians.

There are many magical items like this in this world that only shows their hidden properties when paired with a specific magic item.

In this case, Primal Toadwood and Bright Amethyst Crystal work together to create an effect that helps Magicians with their Magic Casting…

Vincent poured his Pseudo-Celestial Energy into the Crystal…

It didn't take that long before the crystal started cracking because of being overloaded with energy…

'Just a little bit more…' Vincent said in his mind as he watches the crystal slowly…

Crack... Crack…

When the crystal was about to break into many pieces, Vincent suddenly stopped and heaved a sigh of relief. The crystal didn't completely break…

At this point, he took the stick that was placed on the array with his other hand before he used it to tap the crystal…

Crash!

The Bright Amethyst Crystal was finally broken but instead of its pieces messing with the workbench, they actually gathered at the tip of the crystal as if there was a magnet on it.

Vincent didn't find it weird as this is the effect that he was looking for.

While this is all happening, he immediately grabbed the bottle of Jagged Flower Essence and poured it on the stick…

This time, however, the five drops of the Flower Essence did not touch the stick at all… It remained floating close to the broken pieces of crystal.

This process is called the Binding and Modelling process and this is the last part where Vincent has to design the Magic Item and bind them all together.

During this process, Vincent can supposedly add a skill to it… If he knows a Water Elemental Mana Art, he can inscribe it on the crystal with the help of the Flower Essence to bind it to the Magic Item.

However, Vincent was incapable of using any Water Elemental Mana Art so putting a skill on it without the help of his system is quite impossible.

Nevertheless, even without imbuing it with Mana Art, this process will naturally help the Magic Item amplify any water-based Mana Arts…

Levent nodded in satisfaction after seeing how Vincent was smoothly following the process.

Finally, she saw him take the Fine Burr and splashed it on the Magic Staff before the designing process was completed…