"I hope that you got the lecture that I told you because any slight mishap could create an explosion big enough to make my workshop a crater." Gigan stated.
"I think you should worry more about our lives than your workshop." Adrian stated as he thought that Gigan's worries are misplaced.
The first thing that Gigan needs to be done is to create the core of the Aether Reactor. The core will be made with the Pure Obsidian that he has collected and safely brought here thanks to Adrian. Pure Obsidian might look like the dark night sky littered with stars but is an extremely heavy ore.
One small chunk is actually ten pounds and that is just a fistful. The fact that Gigan could carry all these without the aid of a crate is testament to his strength. He just did not have a weapon when the Obsidian Golems chased him. Even if he did have a weapon, Gigan will still prioritize his ores than fighting back.
Adrian just watched Gigan do this process as he will only move when the latter tells him to. Gigan poured all the Pure Obsidian to a big cauldron. He then gave Adrian a signal to start the fire to melt the Pure Obsidian.
Adrian turned a lever with all his strength as the cauldron dropped slowly as a hole in the ground opened up. The hole is actually leading to the lava river that runs all throughout Nidavellir. Gigan told Adrian that craftsman like him create workshops on top of the lava river as they use the natural heat to melt the metals they need.
The cauldron is made of dragon bones which do not melt even with the intense heat of the lava river. Gigan gave him an intense history lesson on Nidavellir as well. He told Adrian that his ancestors were all transported to this world or rather it was a fragmented world from Pangea.
Nidavellir is actually a real city back then and it split from the original world when the world fragmented. They did not like that they got flung to who knows where but they like that they have peace and quiet. They focused more on creating their best artifacts and lived underground. Adrian is actually surprised that there is a farm underground and that the light crystals illuminate the roof.
In just an hour, the Pure Obsidian ores that were in crystalline form earlier suddenly became liquid. Adrian thought it was fast, but Gigan told him that it was long when the heat from the lava can melt any metal in just mere seconds.
"Next step is now the most crucial as the heat has dissipated anything that got mixed into it. We will boil this for the whole day while slowly mixing in some of these elemental energy infused crystals." Gigan instructed.
Gigan has already infused all of the crystals with the elemental energy that is needed. He has each of the six elements ready and all of them have equal amounts. Even Kanlaon verified that everything is perfectly filled which is very scary in terms of precision.
The Pure Obsidian that is black in color would change in color each time an elemental crystal is put in. When all six of them are mixed into the Pure Obsidian solution, the black color changed to a grayish solution which made Gigan frown.
"It is another failure." Gigan stated as he looked at the solution that failed.
"What do you mean failure? All the elements have been infused into that thing." Adrian stated as he could clearly feel all of the elements from the solution. Even Kanlaon said that the elements were perfectly blended into the mixture.
"I also thought that, but I also proceeded with the next step with that mixture, and it became useless. This is a failure as well. I guess we need to collect more obsidian once more." Gigan stated but Adrian thought that he might be missing a step because the Cube of Paradox stated that the process is correct.
"From the analysis of Paradox and Kanlaon, the mixture is a success. What is the expected outcome that you need from this?" Adrian asked as he wanted to know what Gigan deems as a success.
Gigan then pulled out a book that has all the elements in it and all details about them. Gigan also underlined some words that he could not understand since that is not used in their tongue. Adrian noticed the notes that Gigan has in the translation but noticed that it is incomplete.
"Your notes here are correct but only up to this point. The words here that you marked as blanks are actually locus and tempus. It means that you also need to put energy of time and space in this solution. It is also said that something like force is needed to create this sphere of energy." Adrian stated which made Gigan's eye lit up.
"You can read the Primordial Text!" Gigan stated with great excitement.
"I can because I am a Scribe." Adrian stated as this is what was first taught to him.
When Gigan heard the title of Scribe, he almost unconsciously kneeled down with joy. The books that he has in his collection are all from the famous scribes in the great era. They are basically the teachers that Gigan has praised but he could not decipher everything despite studying the language.
"We might have a chance! But I think we need to restart. I do not know where we can get time and space energies. Also, this force thing that needs to be used to shape it is not here in my workshop." Gigan stated as he kneeled down in defeat upon realizing that he needed to restart everything again.
"Actually, you do not need to restart the process again." Adrian stated.
"Why is that?" Gigan asked.
"Uhmm? Do you not know what I am, Gigan? Does the horns not give it away?" Adrian asked.
"Are you not a Goat bat hybrid?" Gigan stated which made Adrian almost faint from that horrid description.