Master Of None

"Well, I will set up a research group with some of the runesmiths and the elves. Just because you don't want everyone inside yet doesn't mean we can't see and research those runes outside the tower. I also know that the stone used is a mix of obsidian, mythrill, and orichalcum. There are blue and green streaks from the metals. The real question is how they formed the lava in to perfect blocks like that before it cooled in to pitch black obsidian. I can tell from here that there are no bubbles or impurities. The process had to have been perfect." The king of the deep caves was trapped in thought along with a few of his dwarven craftsmen that had rushed to the scene. 

"But the major repairs and building projects in the city come first, right?" Walker knew that making this point was all he could do. He didn't take his eyes off of the dwarf king until he received a grunt and nod. 

"I know that you went to the desert to save us and I appreciate that more than anything. "Gil patted Walker on the back, "But only you can go to the desert to save a city and bring back a bonus tower that literally makes mana regeneration better for an entire city." Gil had a point. If anyone else had gone they would have been plagued by the monsters around and most likely been lost to the desert. That was if they had even gotten the journal from the queen. The odds of being able to know where to go without it were slim to none. 

Su looked at Walker and was very slow to reply. She seemed to have been caught up in her thoughts more so than usual due to her exhaustion. "I think that this will be the best thing for the city right now. We need more people to come and now we have something that will bring the most powerful mages. That means we might just see new magic and better healing." Just because it was a mage tower didn't mean that healing skills wouldn't be experimented with there. 

"You're right! We will have the cathedral doing more healing research so that we can fix people up better. I bet my potions will be more effective too. I wonder if we can make a high tier affinity potion with lower tier ingredients or maybe even a perfect potion!" This was the single thought Remey had. She wanted to start testing immediately however, she still had plenty of people to test and classes to start. She had already singled some of those that had come to make deals with the alchemy guild out as instructors. The bonus that came with teaching classes was a fair discount on the herbs sold by the guild. 

"Before that happens I think we should make sure that everyone is ready to start operations." Trish made sure to hold Remey back a little. Unfortunately, all of them could tell that Trish was the same amount of excitement as Remey, she could just hold it back a little better. 

"This could affect the production of many things. If we can extend this to the fields…" King Rorick had realized that this would more than feed an army. "What would the effect be if this was fully functional? You said that the core was not full of mana? What is the core made out of?" All of these questions were more unknowns that Walker couldn't answer outright. 

"Wait, I actually think that I can answer that last one…" Walker had been partially ignoring everyone so that he could give some form of information to the other leaders. He wanted there to be something that they could take away and think about or potentially research for him. "It says that the core is from a crystal golem. Specifically, a hundred year old crystal golem core." 

"What!?!" The shout was loud enough to make everyones' ears ring. The king of the deep cave had been instructing a few of his nearby guards to keep the interested dwarves from trying to sneak in to the tower. He had known that any dwarf with a desire to craft would try and discover some secrets before the others to take the glory. 

"I take it that you have an idea about what that may be?" The forest elf queen had heard of a crystal golem but knew that they would normally have to form over a much longer period than a hundred years. From what she knew they would need to form over hundreds of years but were extremely weak and breakable. This would make them a small nuisance but nothing worth writing home about. Their materials were just good as additions for other things. 

"A hundred year old crystal golem is a perfect materials for anything mana has to go through. If you want to inlay a rune with crystal you want pieces of a hundred year old crystal golem. At the hundred year mark, the golem forms a core and starts to absorb mana. That makes it much better to filter any and all manas without issue. If you miss it and it is out of the growth phase then you miss the purity that it has. Getting it just right can't be anything but luck or amazing skill. You can't create one. It also means that the mana it can hold grows over time. It's perfect for something like that!" The king of the deep caves pointed to the tower while he waited for all of them to understand just how rare it was. Since he had mined in the caves he knew the magnitude of something like this. Even the dwarven guards were shocked in to complete silence hearing this. 

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