From Player To Npc

Chapter 151: Final preparations in the cave

He spent hours trying to perfect the Spirit Blade and combine it with the other Element. But no matter the approach he took, the merge was never adequate.

He could feel the resistance of the Spirit Mana to merge with other elements, that even his Master Rank MANA MANIPULATION didn't have a chance to force it to happen, which was a first.

Nonetheless, he had made some progress by studying the energy of the seashell, which seemed to be the mana of the spirit child that it let got to the environment. It was a combination of Spirit and Water Mana, but its structure was completely different; that's why Shingi didn't recognize what it was. He could use it to make some water elemental of his own, but if he used just the energy and no part of the Spirit Child, he had to control them manually since they had no 'soul.'

But this gave him an idea, and he tried to combine this energy with his GOLEMANCY spell.

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SPELL LEARNED

The spell CREATE WATER ELEMENTAL (Master Grade) has been learned.

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He expected of making a spell, and it wasn't weird that it was a Master Grade one since GOLEMANCY was a Grandmaster Grade.

He had to use the seashell's unique mana to fuel the spell to cast it, but he thought that if he created some other tools like the seashell with other Elements, he could have different Elementals. So he had to find something naturally the Element he wanted and infuse it with both Spirit and the selected Elemen. But he would need more pure mana than the one he created on his Mana Tree.

The next floor would be perfect for it.

Floor no. 23 was a Fire/Lava Level. Multiple active volcanoes, lava rivers, heavy dark smoke were making it hard to breathe or see, as well ash on the air and many other related issues.

The Fire Element there would be purer than anywhere in the Realms, especially in the volcanoes.

He had ways to increase their time of surviving and be more comfortable at this level as the environment there was just or even more dangerous than its monsters.

Fortunately, they just had to head for the stairs on this floor, which were visible from anywhere, as long as ash wasn't making you blind, since it wasn't as big as others, but the Boss on this floor always guarded the stairs and didn't let anyone use them while it was alive.

There were some changes in the behaviors and tactics of the monsters, as most of them had spent more time in the Tower than ever in the history of the Tower, so they had gotten developed more. Still, when Shingi and the rest dealt with them, they got rewarded with bonus exp because of this, but the bonus wasn't too much if you counted by itself. But putting them all together, it was a sizable chunk at their exp bars and had helped Shingi to gather enough exps for being level 20+ when he received his class.

He had to make some Enchanted cloaks that would help them deal with the temperature of next's floor and a mouth mask to help them breathe clear earth instead of some with ash or dark smoke in it.

Those were ordinary Enchantments that he had discussed and designed with Volig and Zhen before he left Carda, so he was confident of the effects and quality.

During his training, he noticed that his sword also produced some mana of its own, and more specifically, Spirit Mana.

"'Is everything ok. Do you feel any different?'" [Shingi]

"'I am fine. Just my encounter with the Spirit Child enlightened me a bit.'" [Sinhunter]

Shingi couldn't sense where the mana came from, as it wasn't manipulating, but it created it like it had its Mana Pool.

"'Wait. Sinhunter, do you have a Mana Tree?'" [Shingi]

"'Of course not.'" [Sinhunter]

Shingi sighed and was a little disappointed. It would be confusing for his sword to have a Mana Treen and an exciting thing to see how it would work.

"'I have a Spirit Tree, not a Mana Tree.'" [Sinhunter]

And in a split second, the disappointment became a merge of confusion and excitement.

"'You can say that it is like a Mana Tree, but it only had produce Spirit Mana and has no seeds or fruits. I think the Spirit Child may somehow pass me the knowledge on how to do it.'" [Sinhunter]

"'Do you think you can show me that Spirit Tree.'" [Shingi]

He got a mental nod as Shingi closed his eyes and started focusing on his blade. He felt something to draw his focus, and he followed it into the blade.

He went through the first layer of the blade, and it was like he entered an original word. It was like how his inner world, where his Mana Tree and Skill houses and mansions existed.

He there was just an open field with a small, leafless tree. But, even if it didn't have any leaves, when getting near it, one didn't get the feeling of it to be ill or dead but had a mysterious aura of life, unlike average trees.

Its structure was way different from his Mana Tree, especially its Mana Pool, or Spirit Pool, which looked more natural, as the one at his Mana Tree looked like someone designed and produced them.

He paid some attention to all its details as it could help him improve his Mana Tree as a whole, or even just his part that produced Spirit Mana.

After being confident of learning everything he could, he left his focus and 'woke up' outside the blade.

He right away focused on his Mana Tree and made any changes he could do it. He saw the Spirit Mana structure that was created by itself because of his last Blessing. Still, it had some significant differences but also substantial similarities with the one of the Spirit Tree.

So he went to work, which took him more than he would have thought as he still wasn't as familiar working with Spirit Mana as with the rest of the Elements.

There had to be more than a day passed since he woke up, but he couldn't say exactly as he didn't have any sign of how much time had passed. But still, he came close to doing all the changes needed and was 80% done with what he wanted to change on it, but that was his limit for now. After that, he had to become better at manipulating Spirit Mana to make more changes.

So since he finished that task, he decided to prepare for the lab, for when his students were back, to get to work right away. They had set up everything they needed and could bring with them, including a small stone forge that wasn't too big to make anything bigger than a dagger. But with enough patience and talent, everything was possible.

Shingi could boost its flames with his Fire Element mana or use some Air Mana Gems to feed them and strengthen them. Both approaches were viable and had their advantages and disadvantages, depending on what he wanted to make.

He didn't plan to make anything significant on them, just a few rings or bracelets, that they could put some Enchantments on with Little Phoenix later.

But there was one that he could make it by himself, maybe with some help from An, and he started working on it.

He used some silver that he was embedding with his Earth Element Mana, and what he wanted it to do was to have the Mana Gather Enchantment he was using in the past to make his Light Mana Blade. So now he completed used his mana for them as it was faster that way, but he didn't want it to help for his Mana Blade.

He wanted to make this to help gather the environment's selected Element so that he could change it to one of his Elements.

He would make it to attract Earth Mana, and since it would draw only Earth Mana, he didn't need to make sure that no other Element was among them, which would lead to failure on the swap. That way, he wouldn't need to focus on manipulating mana to gather it, giving him the freedom to worry about other things.

He would make the same Enchantment effect for other Elements, each made by silver embedded with the Enchantment Element.

He would make Air, Earth, Fire, and Water designs into rings, as he could fit them at such a small surface, while Light and Dark he had to make them the at bracelets. But, unfortunately, he didn't have a design for Spirit Mana and wasn't sure if one could be made.

He started by making the rings and bracelets needed and then started painting the design and carving it by removing the bits drawn. Earth was the easiest to make, while Dark took him the most. Light was also pretty easy to finish as he was pretty familiar with that Element after using it for so long, while Air and Water took more than expected but not as much as Dark Element.

The problem with creating enchantments items like that was that you had to keep the mana of the bits you removed and infuse it back to the item as part of the carving, or the item would lose the balance of its mana and get weaker in the end. So one had to have a good grasp and control of the Element of the material he worked on or have tools that helped in this task, which most craftsmen did, including Volig.

But Shingi didn't have these tools with him, not because he couldn't have them with him, but because he could do it without them even if it was more challenging, but when did he run away from a challenge like that.

After testing them and seeing if they needed any adjustments, he also made some for his students with a Mana Pool. He would make them the ones of their Elements since it would also help gather mana for improving their Mana Tree.

An helped him a bit on the carving of the Enactments as it was in the field of her profession, and they had them ready before the students starting getting back.

The last one to be back was Wild Tycoon, who was late by a day compared to the rest.

During that day, Shingi and the rest had prepared some needed consumables items they would need, especially for the next floor.

So after almost a week in that cave room, Shingi and his students were ready to head to the next floor.

The only problem was they had to pass through the Players' guards without letting them know they were here. As always, Shingi had a plan.