Black Butterfly Heart
Time passed quickly.
Two days later, Angor walked out of his underground lab while rubbing his bloodshot eyes. During these two days, Angor put the crafting of space storage at the top of his priority list. He went through everything from learning about the materials to the steps.
After making sure he knew every detail, he went back to his bedroom and took a nap. When he woke up, he went through the steps again and began the crafting process.
The refinement of a spatial item was different from all the alchemy he had done in the past. In terms of mana output, it was the easiest. All he had to do was carve a contract mageweath at the last moment. However, the precision of the rhythm and the creation of the details were the most difficult.
Every step had to be precise down to the second, and every spoonful of material had to be precise down to the microgram. He also had to pay attention to the temperature and humidity. Angor also turned on his hologram tablet during the crafting process to make sure he could do every step perfectly.
The first attempt … failed.
From the recording, Angor could tell that he only moved the spoon one second too slowly, which caused the greyspace microbes to slow down and failed to form a complete chain.
The second attempt was also a failure.
Angor checked the recording again. There was still a problem with the timing.
The third attempt … the fourth … the eighth …
A day later, Angor used up about 30% of the greyspace microbes he collected. Finally, when the moon rose, he successfully crafted the embryo of the first space storage.
Angor looked at the lump of plasticine and sensed the space inside with his spirit feeler. Although the space was still in a state of extreme instability, according to the experience of predecessors, it would transition from weak stability to strong stability in two minutes.
As long as the space inside became strong, the crafting would be a success.
But at the same time, it only took him two minutes to complete the process. His original plan was to create a perfect ring. However, he had been working on it for a whole day and used up most of his mana. His spirit was also exhausted. He had to carve the runes on the ring and forge it according to his original plan. There was no time for him to finish it.
In the end, he molded the "plasticine" into a round bead and carved several runes on it. It was time.
With a flash of light, a marble that looked like a child's toy appeared in his hand.
The marble was pure black, and there were a few unknown lines on it. As a whole, it seemed very dim, but as long as one used their spiritual power to sense it, they would be able to discover that there was a stable internal space within the marble.
Angor sighed in relief. He was a little clumsy at the end, but at least the final product did not have any flaws. Well, no. Maybe the watery lines he added could be counted as a flaw.
Apart from the exterior, he was quite satisfied with the space inside the marble.
Although the contract had not been made yet, he could still identify the space inside through his mental power. After the contract was signed, only the contractor could sense the space inside. If the contractor did not agree, no one could take things out of the space.
"Three cubic meters is indeed the limit." He estimated the space inside the marble to be about three cubic meters, which was still within his knowledge.
This was because when he was refining, in order to be safe and increase his experience, he had always used the most conservative materials. The final product was estimated to only be 1 to 3 cubic meters.
However, he used the heart of a Black Dense Stone as an auxiliary material. This extremely precious material could help a space item reach its limit. Therefore, the final product reached three cubic meters.
Angor did not plan to keep the black marble for himself. He planned to sell it. He would only use the best he could make, and three cubic meters was still the most conservative limit.
But even if he sold it, the black marble was too unsightly. It would be inconvenient to use it alone. Angor considered for a moment. He took out several non-metallic materials from his material box and spent several minutes melting them into the shape of a butterfly's wing. There was a mechanism at the center of the wing. Angor inserted the black marble into the mechanism and crafted a necklace.
He named the necklace "Ink Butterfly" and put it aside.
During the Twilight Auction, there was also a necklace made into a space item called the Rainbow Pearl Necklace. The space inside was about ten cubic meters, which was the limit for a low-tier space item.
In the end, the Rainbow Pearl Necklace was sold for a whopping 50,000 magic crystals.
Using the Rainbow Pearl Necklace as proof, the Ink Butterfly Necklace he crafted should be worth about 10,000 magic crystals.
A space item could be sold at a sky-high price because it did not require much effort. However, space items were expensive because greyspace microbes were not easy to find. Besides, alchemists who could craft space items did not have any inheritance.
Angor used a lot of greyspace microbes to craft the item so smoothly. Just the amount of greyspace microbes used was already astronomical. Besides, he had a complete alchemy inheritance. These two factors helped him to craft the item so easily.
Now that he succeeded once, it would not be hard for him to do it again.
With the help of the hologram tablet, Angor could directly use the hologram to project a video of his first success. He glanced at it from the corner of his eyes while crafting, and with the help of the hologram tablet, he successfully crafted the second space item without much trouble.
For the sake of being lazy and convenient, Angor molded it into the shape of a marble again in the end.
However, the marble was a little gray.
The gray marble was embedded in the center of the butterfly necklace again. He named it "Gray Butterfly Necklace".
The space inside the Gray Butterfly Necklace had reached five cubic meters, which was the maximum amount of greyspace microbes he could use. It was estimated to cost about 20,000 to 30,000 magic crystals.
Three days later, on the tenth day of the Month of Soothing Wind.
Angor had crafted five space items. They were divided into different colors: Black Butterfly Necklace, Gray Butterfly Necklace, White Butterfly Necklace, Orange Butterfly Necklace, and Pink Butterfly Necklace.
Apart from the Black Butterfly Necklace, which was only three cubic meters, the other four Necklace Necklace each had a space of five cubic meters.
Once the five items were completed, Angor's debt was finally gone. He felt much more relaxed now. These five space items should be enough to pay off the debt of 100,000 magic crystals, right? If he sold them in an auction, they might even sell for more than 100,000 magic crystals.
Without the pressure of debt, Angor could finally relax his tense nerves.
As for the 150,000 magic crystals he owed Sunders, Angor was planning to delay the payment. Now that he could craft space items, there was no need for that. He could just craft a space item to pay off the debt.
Besides, he didn't plan to use his greyspace microbes. He still remembered that Sunders collected a lot of greyspace microbes when he built the Sorcerer's Garden.
Now, Angor truly believed that alchemy was a skill that could make him rich.
After resting comfortably for a day, Angor returned to his underground lab. This time, he planned to craft a space item for himself.
Of course, he wanted the best for himself. From the material selection to the final shape, everything was done according to the best conditions. The amount of greyspace microbes he needed was also limited to what he could craft. More importantly, Angor wasn't just going to craft a space item. He also planned to craft a space item with compound effects for himself.
The space item itself only needed to be engraved with one rune, so it could be easily manipulated. Angor was confident that he could engrave an extra rune. With the help of an Energy Stabilizer, he could even engrave a magic array.
However, there was one thing he had to avoid — the two-minute time limit for shaping.
Any alchemy item could only be engraved with runes when it was being smelted. Space items only had two minutes to engrave runes on them, or even less than that. It would take more time to condense and shape them.
Therefore, it was not easy to refine a spatial item with a compound effect. If he asked other alchemists to do it, they would probably fail miserably.
However, the alchemy books Angor recorded from the Nightmare Realm contained many practical alchemy examples. Before, he wasn't good enough at alchemy, so he couldn't understand them. But now, he had been immersed in alchemy for a while. When he read the books again, he was no longer clueless.
Among the enchantment examples, there was one that described how to engrave a space item with compound effects.
It was basically a mosaic fit. For example:
When engraving runes on a ring, Angor would use Hand of Spell to manipulate both sides at the same time. One side would steadily engrave runes, while the other side would begin to craft a space gem.
In the end, when the runes reached the final step, the space gem would also have to be shaped into a sprout. Then, the ring and the gem would be inlaid in pairs. The runes on the ring would be engraved on the gem's sprout. Next, the runes would be engraved on the gem's sprout. Finally, the runes would be condensed to form a compound space item.
However, from this example, Angor could see that there were many important points to be taken into consideration when crafting a compound space item.
First, it required a large amount of mana reserves. This was something Angor could do. After all, it would cost him a lot of money.
Second, it required him to multitask and cast two Hands of Spell at the same time without making any mistakes. This wasn't too difficult. All Magi who were able to meditate could multitask with ease. As for multitasking, he just needed to practice it.
Third, it required him to keep track of time. Since he had to engrave runes on one side at the same time, he had to maintain a steady output of mana. On the other side, he had to craft the space sprout at the same time. Finally, he had to enter the final step at the most appropriate time. This was not difficult at all. It was just a basic math problem. Angor did not even need to do it himself. With the help of the hologram tablet, he only needed to calculate the speed of both sides and remind him of the correct time.
It looked complicated, but as long as he analyzed it layer by layer, the three important points would not be difficult. It was just that they gave people a complicated feeling when they were put together.
Ordinary alchemists would probably give up. But Angor had both the real alchemy examples and the hologram tablet to help him. What reason did he have not to try?
With such a beautiful vision in mind, Angor began to plan his crafting process.
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