Chapter 374: Atronach forge
After his birthday Nick waited a few days before heading up into space to retrieve his accumulated harvest. It came as little surprise to him that each of the marbles were now the size of a mansion on average. Unfortunately most of that size came from the material attached to the star metal rather than the metal itself. After placing each of the massive collections into the realm Nick fed anything that wasn't valuable to him to the realm to fuel it's growth. This was what consisted of the majority of the collected stuff and in the end left him with roughly enough star metal to create a life sized horse statue if he wanted to.-
He also got a decent haul of other rare metals such as tritium and hyper dense iron ferrite that were mixed in with the star metal. The realm easily separated these metals and left only what Nick wanted. He wasted no time at all melting the metals he was using to create the forge in his furnace and moving the molten metal into the very large molds that he prepared long ago while the next batch of metal was sent into the furnace.-
There was good reason for these restrictions as well since they prevented anyone without the proper level of skill from attempting them and having to deal with the consequences should they fail. Nick was absolutely certain that for most of these spells and techniques Hermione was not capable ofat the moment and that if she attempted them she may die , that's if she was lucky. So despite her repeated attempts to get access to the texts she was denied outright.-
Still on the last day of the month of March Nick placed the finishing touches on the atronach forge ring configuration and quadruple checked his work for mistakes but was satisfied to discover none. "Dotty!" he called after leaving the realm. With a "POP!" his servant appeared eager and ready to serve. "Has sir called to Dotty about the vampress situation?" his servant asked curiously. "Not at this particular moment but if she has made any large moves let me know immediately." Nick answered seriously. He had been having Dotty keep an eye out secretly for the Vapresses movements as she was likely very unhappy at the moment.-
"The woman has only been searching for mister Lucas so far master but Dotty has noticed an increase in aggression amongst those she has sent to find him." his servant supplied and he nodded in understanding. "Keep me apprised of the situation. For now though I require you to bring me to the manor." Nick commanded and his house elf eagerly moved to obey. Nick had long since cleared out the torture room of the manor and decided to use it as the location of the forge since it was far sturdier than most of the manor due to it's intended purpose.