Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1718

"Are you kidding me?" Faluel sniggered. "Maybe if you were my Harbinger. Be glad that I use Adamant instead of Orichalcum. I barely know you so you'd better not make me regret this, miss 'Hydras suck'."

Friya blushed in embarrassment when four of the seven heads nodded in unison making the already audible air quotes visible as well.

"As I was saying, violet is the optimal level of body refinement for Forgemastering because the lack of impurities makes the use of Origin Flames unnecessary and the materials lose no mass during the rest of the procedure."

Faluel put a couple of ingots of Adamant in a smaller crucible before conjuring a bright violet flame that heated the metal to 2,000 degrees, making it slowly melt. At the same time, the Hydra kept cutting at the dragon skin.

The crafting of leg and arm protectors was straightforward enough for Lith to be able to do it on his own with a bit of practice. Yet when Faluel started to work on the joints, chest, and helm, the process turned from mere cutting into something in-between etching, sewing, and sculpting.

First, she separated the scales from the skin, and then she used air, darkness, and water magic to further harden the skin into a black leather. Faluel cut and sewed the dragon leather, forming a scaffold that would suit Friya's body.

Only after triple-checking her measurements and leaving enough space so that she could shapeshift without the armor leaving any vital area exposed did the Hydra proceed to reattach the scales.

Faluel didn't cut them, she just used magic to compress them so that they would retain their mass while having their durability increased. Once she was done, she deposited the Dragonscale armor in a humanoid-shaped crucible.

The Adamant was now completely molten, yet even magical flames lacked the heat to make it boil. The smaller crucible was filled with a silvery liquid akin to quicksilver that would have looked cold if not for heat distorting the air around it.

Faluel weaved a spell that created two concentric Forgemastering circles around the armor. A seven-pointed star centered around the armor appeared in the innermost circle while countless runes filled the space in-between the circles and the star.

"Seven points for seven elements." One of the heads explained while another wore the shapeshifted Hands of Menadion in the form of a Hydra-sized helm to fuel the circle. Another head focused on the Forgemastering circle and one more used Lifestream so that Faluel's strength would always remain at its peak.

"I'm using Spirit Magic to flood both skin and scales with magic, reopening the mana channels that disappeared after Syrook's death. This way, the Adamant will coat the armor inside out, keeping the channels open after I'm done with the Infusion spell."

As if the Dragonscale armor had waited for her cue, emerald veins appeared throughout the suit of armor the moment Faluel finished her explanation. The leather became elastic and the scales glimmered with the mana flow of a living being thanks to Spirit Magic coursing through them.

Another of her heads conjured one more spell, this time aimed at the molten Adamant, filling it with blue veins instead. Then, Faluel poured the liquid metal inside the humanoid-shaped crucible before sealing it.

The lid was transparent, allowing her students to witness the whole process. The sixth head weaved a spell that connected the other two respectively inside the metal and the armor.

It created a bridge between the emerald and the blue veins that guided the Adamant through the opened mana channels, filling them to the brim. The remaining metal coated the outside of the armor, creating a thicker layer around the scales and a thinner one around the leather to not compromise its mobility.

"Now, for the final touch, it's of vital importance to keep your focus until every last drop of metal has been absorbed and cools down." Faluel said. "It takes a while but as you can see, it took me only one-tenth of the Adamant that I would have otherwise needed to make a full suit of armor."