Sam trailed off as he stared toward the horizon Seeing that he was lost in his own thoughts Randidly swept up all of the pieces into his ring Next would be the Engraving which may or may not be the most difficult portion of the entire project It would take some experimentation to find out
itÆs given me some ideas though For your armor What you look like What you are Sam said slowly pulling RandidlyÆs gaze back to him Randidly tilted his head to the side
Putting out his hand Sam grinned like a wolf Look forward to it With this stuff in mind IÆm going to transform you into a monster
Chapter 879
The Engraving wasnÆt easy but it also wasnÆt the slog that Randidly had expected In fact it turned out that he had been subtly training for exactly a problem like this for quite some time
The individual runes he would use werenÆt difficult to make Well aside from the special Skill related rune that Randidly intended to add to the whole of the construction The sort of runes that generated mechanical motion in response to energy were of the type that he had designed originally for the drones he had created
It wasnÆt that difficult to transfer that energy from Mana to Aether controlled which left only the process of figuring out how to perfectly engrave these runes onto the many hoops of metal that Randidly had created for his arm
But his experiences trying to manage a growing Skill in a Mana Engraving had made Randidly master the understanding of how the 2D Engravings would work over a three dimensional armor Most of his practice time Randidly had done his best to work on armors that would simplify this process as much as possible but he couldnÆt completely ignore the issue
And learning to use your brain in such a way wasnÆt a Skill so much as developing a knack As things became more complicated it put more stress on the individual but that stress could be managed with RandidlyÆs Intelligence of 621
He just had to see the engraving and then wrap it around the whole of the armor And for the past two weeks Randidly had been smashing his head against just that issue
So Randidly spent about an hour meditating slowly picturing each individual piece of the arm he intended to create and then imagined how it would fit into the broader arm in terms of use and Engraving
Although he didnÆt classify the issues as such originally Randidly quickly realized that there were two criteria of which he needed to be aware shape and image Each individual hoop would need its own set of Engravings although most of them would be blessedly simple But those images couldnÆt cross each other and their purpose couldnÆt directly conflict
In addition Randidly had to consider that this was ultimately just an equipment The Engravings that he had originally learned would be useful here he had the option to add more Engravings to boost the arms power Yet as soon as Randidly began planning to add a bunch of additional statistics to the arm the calculations swiftly became untenable
Randidly pressed his eyes closed In this case simplicity was best Although the material cost for this arm was significant it was not something that would trouble him if he had a long time to prepare In addition his next iteration in the future could contain additional Engravings after he experimented and found patterns that allowed them to work well together This wasnÆt the final version of this arm
This would just be the first
No for now it was best to focus on two things freedom of movement and the potency of the Skill Engraving
Some part of Randidly wondered whether putting a Skill on the arm was actually worth it It did as did the stats Engravings complicate the design he was making immensely Both in terms of image and in terms of shape
Plus the Skill had to go across every individual hoop to work the Skill into every fiber of the arm That was where the power of the Skill would originate from Even if his Skill Engraving was low part of its power would stem from the utilization of the complete whole of the Skill
But flowing through every hoop meant that every engraving needed to be shifted to accommodate it Because Randidly was struggling to picture the hoops design the Skill Engraving and adjust the control Engravings all it once it was an almost overwhelming endeavor
The sheer amount of calculations and adjustments involved
Even Randidly tasting at the energy flowing up through his bare feet to sustain him was swiftly developing a headache
With a shake of the head Randidly dropped the imaging and walked outside of his hut In the distance he sensed some awestruck watchers who gathered in the surrounding area of his hill but he did his best to ignore them For all that most people were fascinated with him they maintained their distance For that respect Randidly wouldnÆt drive them away
So why make a Skill Engraving then
Randidly asked the nighttime air The low hoot of an owl in the dark brought the answer
To make the arm about a specific image To give it a specific role in my arsenal
In terms of utility Randidly had no equals And his spearmanship combined with a very deep Mana pool made him able to respond to threats from any sort of attack with a variety of Skills But if there was one flaw in his makeup
It would be that Randidly didnÆt care to use those Skills he possessed that possessed an overwhelming quality His spear Skills were sharp but they were ultimately just spear Skills Randidly could create an overwhelming offense from just utilizing thousands of spearing roots but that was simply compensating
Perhaps his Deific Mien of Yggdrasil or Cruel Indignation of Yggdrasil would be considered overwhelming but they were largely just Skills used to influence others It would work well against the Squads of Donnyton but it was just pressure It wasnÆt true power
His Breath of the Spear Phantom had a certain sort of moral crushing component but that was ultimately a utility move too You could restrict otherÆs breathing so as to gain a mental advantage But it took quite a bit to squeeze the air out of their lungs as Randidly had barely managed with Aegiant
No what Randidly wanted to add to this arm was something much more direct and satisfying He wanted the ability to strike or stab with a spear or throw a punch with enough force to just level a building Which considering how high his Strength stat had already climbed likely wasnÆt very far off
Of course that Skill wouldnÆt grow with him It would be a crutch that Randidly could use for the current challenge against Donnyton A part of Randidly felt like it was a bad idea to learn to rely on something external like that but another part of Randidly was extremely practical what Randidly needed now was to show them the stark difference between what could be accomplished with an image versus without
This Engraved Skill was something that he would carefully make out of an image Therefore it was appropriate to use It would drive home his point
Randidly gritted his teeth In his heart he still remembered the sorrow he had felt when he realized he wasnÆt able to stand against the best of Donnyton without resorting to deadly force Which simply was an admittance of his own weakness Of how desperate they had made him
Now he wanted to show all of Donnyton how strong he had grown
It was perhaps childish But it was also true And sometimes the hardest thing to do was just allow yourself to admit those immature truths to yourself
Randidly wanted to shake the town
Based on his previous thought processes Randidly had settled on an evolved version of the Wild Phantom as the basis for the Skills But to reach that point Randidly planned on following the exact same path that he had taken to create the Sea of Emerald Flames Skill that had been on that random fellowÆs equipment
First develop a pattern then find a base Skill that fits within that pattern From there extend the pattern outward and create a higher tiered version of the Skill Ideally this would rather easily result in an offensive Skill but Randidly couldnÆt discount the possibility that an evasive Skill would come from this process