Chapter 3349 A Forgemaster's Pride (Part 2)

Chapter 3349 A Forgemaster's Pride (Part 2)

"Is there any change to the number of semi-permanent enchantments of the Mouth?" Lith examined the Master Mouth, finding it no different from the piece of the Apprentice Set except for the number of crystal teeth.

"No quantitative change, sorry. There's a qualitative one, though." Menadion tapped the white crystals that started to cycle through the seven elemental colors. "Now, while enchanting the Mouth, you can use the crystals as a source of elemental power. "They can replace most elemental-based ingredients and increase the variety of spells you can imbue in the Mouth. Beware, though. Every crystal assigned to fuel an enchantment can't be used for anything else.

"The Mouth will still retain its other powers and enchantments, but will recharge more slowly and consume its energy reserves faster."

"It's still amazing for a relatively poor Forgemaster like me. Tista moved her eyes from the artifact to its maker, looking at them with awe and admiration. "It's like having a lesser Workshop and Factory of my own.

"I can now try out many of my experimental blueprints without having to waste a single copper coin in ingredients."

"Silly question." Faluel envied Tista for a moment, then she felt the Hands wrapping around her arms and inwardly called herself an idiot. "Do different pieces of the Set gain new abilities when used together?"

"Of course not." Menadion chuckled at the idea. "But they can synergize and support each other. For example, by combining your Hands with Tista's Mouth, you get the ability to weave Tower Spells directly into the power core.

"The Mouth alone would lack the raw power to do it while the Hands can't help you sustain such burden on your focus during the Forgemastering process."

"If the Hands and Mouth are for the Forgemastering phase and the Ears is for the preparatory phase, what's the role of the Eyes?" Solus asked.

"It serves to collect data before and during an experiment and to review the results after." Menadion said. "The Eyes are meant to be the Forgemaster's learning tool. To help us understand our mistakes and where we can still improve.

"Also, it allows us to learn from our enemies and allies both, whether they like it or not. I know what you are thinking: 'It's not fair. Yet hang around Dragons long enough and you'll see how fair their eyes are. I'm just leveling the playing field."

"Bottom line, every piece of the Set by itself allows a Forgemaster to master their craft much quicker than their peers and reach excellence. When put together, they give a Forgemaster the best tools I could think of to strive for perfection."

"Is that why you split the Apprentice Set and kept the Master Set to yourself?" Faluel didn't even bother hiding her envy.

"The old Bytra learned this the hard way. She should have stepped away from the board and carved her own path instead of chasing after Ripha's.'

'You are right. Solus telepathically nodded. 'We'll do like when we learned Awakened magic from Faluel and Light Mastery from Nalrond. We'll work hard on our own and ask for help only if we get stumped and can't find a solution even after giving our all.' After Tista and Faluel were done, Lith passed the Eyes to them and took his turn practicing using the Mouth and Hands with Solus.

'Son of a bitch!' Falucl cursed, realizing that not only was Lith "coincidentally" avoiding all the mistakes she had made earlier, but he was also exploiting her seven heads to keep a record of his own mistakes that he would review later.

'After knowing my brother for so long did you really believe that he let us go first out of the goodness of his heart? Tista had a hard time believing the Hydra could still be

so naive.

'Yes, I mean, no. I guess I was so happy about meeting the legendary Ripha Menadion and having the Hands unlocked that my seven brains stopped working. Faluel replied. 'Look at the bright side. We are learning too and it's not like Lith is going to refuse to show you the footage later.' Tista said.

"True that. They kept studying in silence for a while until Tista reactivated the mind

link.

'Can I ask you a question?" She said after Lith managed to weave a particularly complex power core on the first attempt.

'Sure.'

'What do you think is the main difference between my brother and me?'Tista asked.

'Why even though I've worked so hard and had all the resources I needed do I lag so

much behind him?"