Chapter 703 - Route and Schedule
Three days later.
Hami was lost in thought while relaxing on a leather chair. Occasionally, he would toss a small magical sphere onto a wall, which would bounce several times and change color, before returning to his hand.
This was a simple alchemy toy to relieve fidgets. It was usually created by novice alchemists to test their skills.
“If you have time to doodle around, how about helping me check these resource application forms?” A fat-looking apprentice pointed at a pile of files he was working on. He was responsible for recording the resources they needed and reporting the result to Brute Cavern.
“Old Boro asked YOU to handle it, not me,” said Hami impatiently.
“You are part of the reason why I must do this sh*t! Look at what you requested last time… a freaking music box? Boro earned a lotta scolding because of it. And I need to clean the mess afterward!”
Hami raised an eyebrow. “You peasants don’t know fashion. That thing is like a must-have among exquisite wizards. You know, enjoy some music and illusion while drinking your wine… nice!”
“Aren’t you a ‘supporter of practices’? When did you start to like this stuff?”
Telling from the details on the chart, he could see that Boro put some work into it.
Angor understood that this old man was trying to grasp any chance he could find before reaching the limit of his life.
And he didn’t hate it. The truth was, he tended to detest sudden kindness that didn’t have a cause. As for obvious equivalent exchange… it was acceptable.
Next, he returned to the work at hand. Since he was at someone’s territory and it wasn’t a good choice to practice illusions, he chose to get to another task on his to-do list, which was learning how to make clothing.
He had this plan a long time ago, and thanks to all kinds of incidents that occupied him, he only found time recently.
He noticed that weaving clothes was easier than he thought. As a Tooling Alchemist who knew the art of Enchantment, he would simply add extra effects to existing clothes to make basic alchemy pieces.
But it was harder if he wished to create tiered clothing. For this, he had to put many factors into account at the same time, such as using the right runes on the right arrays while applying everything onto the right material, without allowing anything to conflict with each other. For this reason, he could not use random materials to weave at his will.
Compared to Synthesis, the products of Enchantment were highly restricted by the materials one could use. It was pretty difficult for Angor to create something with the effects he expected.
For example, if he wished to get a silk robe that preserved heat, he would have to use a Preserve Heat Rune, which couldn’t be added onto silk materials because the rune would easily ignite it.
He had realized that enchanting clothes was relatively easy. But creating something with the correct effect, which both looked good and used the right components, was rather trying.