The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 683

While the research team in the basement was pounding away at the barrier, load testing the weapons to ensure their stability, Karl was moving on to the next pages in the book.

The page full of examples of compound runes was dutifully copied, and the listed options were giving Karl ideas on how to make more useful sorts of items, things that would improve on what technology was already doing and make life easier.

For example, it would take very little effort to inscribe a flat rock with proper runes to make it into a heating element, in place of a camp stove. They could even do it with a thin piece of aluminum for a lightweight camping stove that didn’t require carrying fuel or finding firewood.

There were magical options already, but they were all unaffordable for the majority of young Elites.

"I would like to test something if we have a moment. Reading the page gave me an idea.

Can someone please bring me the roll of tinfoil from the kitchen, or a similar lightweight metal sheet." Karl requested.

The Clerics looked confused, but they brought him the tinfoil without asking any questions.

Karl folded it over a dozen layers thick, then pressed it into a flexible, but somewhat durable sheet.

[Earth Barrier] made a stamp with the runes he wanted to be arranged on the sheet. Then Karl carefully made the negative of the stamp and squished the sheet between them.

A light pulse of mana as he focused on the ability to make a variable heat source activated the runes in a light bronze colour, while the clerics watched in wonder.

"Please place that on the stove and activate it to a medium cooking heat. I want to see if tinfoil is durable enough for the spell." Karl explained.

The foil cast a bronze glow through the kitchen as the lucky cleric started the test, and Karl could feel the heat growing in the room.

After a few minutes, the cleric let it fade, and the clerics began to cheer.

"That is brilliant. It’s a travel stove. If a Runecrafter can stamp that out of a proper metal sheet, we can eliminate the fuel canisters from the standard travel kit, and save nearly two kilos in weight.

Well, that’s not as vital now that more are getting access to an inventory, but still. It’s two kilos of weight that we don’t need to carry, and it won’t run out on the fifth day." The tester announced.

One of the white robed Clerics turned to Karl with a notebook and pencil ready. "Your group spent long durations on the road. Did that hardship inspire this development?"

Karl chuckled and shook his head. "No, I have [Flaming Body] as a skill, so I just use it on my sword and use that as a grill. We haven’t gathered firewood since I was Ascended Rank."

The cleric sighed. "You really do have it easy. Is there anything that your group can’t do?"