Chapter 935 935 Needs Improvement
The Professor went over how to set your stone, and basically, you just had to attach it, and then they usually encased it in a two piece glass orb that fitted to the base of the wand, so the delicate crystal formation wasn’t damaged.
But that looked like a real pain, and the delicate wire contraption could still be damaged from a hard impact, so you had to handle the wands with care, unless you got a finely crafted one with a sturdy frame. But even then, the glass casing was only so durable.
So, Wolfe changed the way that he attached it, and used the drill in the toolkit to put two perpendicular holes through the base of the wand, then created a glob of clear resin over the little pyramid.
He just shaped it into a basic egg, with the liquid solidifying through the base of the wand, so that it became a permanent addition. That would be much stronger, and impacts could no longer rearrange his alignment.
The Professor came over and looked at Wolfe’s quail egg sized protective globe with great interest.
“I don’t suppose that there is a way that such a protective orb can be made without magic?” He asked.
“Well, you could substitute a form of glue. It’s easy to make, just basic cooking ingredients made into a paste, and it will dry into a hard ball. If you use a bit of dye, it will even look pretty and hide the crystals inside, so others can’t see what you’re using.” Wolfe suggested.
“That sounds brilliant. How hard is it to make?” The Professor asked, while Cassie and Ella giggled.
“We teach it to the parents of elementary school students, children aged five to ten, so they have glue for craft projects.” Ella explained.
That made a few of the students laugh, but Ella wrote down the recipe, which was just flour, vinegar, baking soda and water. Then cook while stirring until thick and seal away from air.
Then she considered it and added a second recipe of vinegar, water, glycerol and cornstarch. That would make a harder clear plastic, but it was much slower drying.
When the Professor looked at it, his eyes lit up, and he took out a device from his pocket to mentally send someone a message.
“We could make it with poured glass.” He explained.
“That could be more of a pain than making it with plastic glue, but if you think that, it won’t damage the alignment.” Wolfe shrugged.
The Professor’s face fell, and one of the students patted him on the shoulder. “We already do it that way for some gem formations, but it’s a huge pain. That’s why everyone uses the glass balls. Filling them with glue is actually a brilliant idea, but the whole thing would have to be remade if it was damaged. There would be no minor tweaks to realign it.”
Cassie smiled. “We all think we have a brilliant idea, but sometimes there is a good reason that things are done the way that they are.”
Those sounded like words of wisdom to the beginners in the class. They were all certain that there had to be a better way, something that wasn’t as big of a pain as this way was, like with Wolfe’s triangle jig. But like the limited uses of the block for the most basic of designs, there were likely reasons for all the other issues they thought they might fix.
“Alright, as Saint Noxus has finished his wand, who would like to give it the test? Having him do it would just be unfair, as with his power level, he could reshape the crystals to be perfect as he went.” The Professor joked.
He wasn’t wrong, Wolfe could fix the crystals to be perfect with just a touch of mana. But he could also do it from across the room if he felt like cheating.
One of the students from the front row was selected to do the test, the same mana channelling that had been done with the first wand, and the whole room went silent in eager anticipation of the event.
Not that there was likely to be much to brag about with the simplest of gem arrays, but it should still have some effect with runes that Wolfe knew were perfect.
The student pointed the wand, and pulled mana before Wolfe realized his mistake. Sure, the crystal formation was simple, but he wasn’t human, he was a Magi.
The runes on the wand were a spell of their own when he carved them with the intent to channel mana, and the tester likely wouldn’t have the experience to control them.
A surge of mana flowed through the wand, shattering the crystals in the formation, and making the runes glow before the storage crystal exploded from being overfilled.
“Well, that was new…” The Professor muttered as he went over to see what had happened.
He took the wand from the stunned student, then frowned, and pointed it at another crystal.
A smooth flow of mana poured out, filling the crystal in half a second, as the old man nodded.
“I see the problem here. You’re too powerful. Your runes became a secondary spell, and without any warning, it would be natural for the user to attempt to push as much mana as they could through the simple crystal formation.
Which, naturally, activated the secondary spell, and overloaded both the user and the wand.” He explained.
Wolfe frowned. “Perhaps I’m really not cut out for this. But I understand the concept, so if I teach someone more suitable, I’m certain that I can at least pass on the knowledge.”
The old man nodded. “If you made items that were at your level, it shouldn’t become an issue, other than affordability. Not many people could find the resources for a Saint Rank item, much less secure the funding to actually have it made.”
Wolfe smiled. Now he knew what he needed to learn. Saint Rank items would make for a perfect gift in this world that could only use Unholy Magic. It also explained why Petros was so intent on learning the ways of the mages from the other worlds. They could use something equivalent to Earth Magic, so they might be able to make the resources that he needed.
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