The Crafter's Dilemma: A Dungeon Core Novel (Dungeon Crafting Book 3) Jonathan Brooks (me reader TXT) 📖

but there were plenty of other things to work with already.  Some of the things she now had potential access to were things she never thought she would see, let alone work with, such as Orichalcum and Elderoak; others were so legendary that she had largely ignored them previously because they seemed so far out of reach…but not anymore.

As much as Sandra wanted to funnel all of her Mana for the next few months – or perhaps years – into unlocking everything, she still had obligations she had to take care of first. To that end, she went ahead and unlocked the Lemon and Lime Tree Seeds – like she had originally been doing – and then planted them inside her growing room.  They were already “paid for” earlier, so it didn’t require any more investment on her part.

After that, Sandra spent the rest of the night working on her Enchanting skills with her Shapeshifters, making more of the Large Elemental Orbs for them to work with, and planning out the linking sequence that was going to be needed for the larger War Machine in order for it to work.  Upon some reflection of what was likely going to be needed, she made some alterations to the body of the War Machine; she wanted to make sure that the Gnome construct stayed powered for a long time without having to worry about replacing faded runes that were out of energy.  As a result, she hollowed out two square areas of the wood-and-metal contraption that were just big enough to put a Large Energy Cube into.

Since there were Spirit and Natural elements in the enchantment sequence, it only made sense that they would need both Energy Cubes to power them; while the Stasis Fields over the RRPs could only take a single Cube because there was only Spirit energy within them, Sandra assumed that the two connected to the War Machine’s enchantment sequence wouldn’t interfere with each other, since they were two completely different energy sources.

At least, she hoped so, because if they ended up amplifying the amount of energy being pumped into the enchantment, then she didn’t want to be anywhere within a mile of the War Machine when it exploded.

Hopefully the model will tell us if it will work or not; if that explodes, however, I may need to rethink my strategy.

Chapter 16

“Wait…you want to…what?” Violet asked, shock running through her at the implications of what Sandra was saying.

* I want to power all the enchantments with Large Energy Cubes, so that the War Machine can run for a lot longer.  It should theoretically stay operational and won’t have to be serviced to replace the runes very often.  And, if it works like I’m thinking of, the additional elemental energy feeding the various rune sequences will allow them to be used to their fullest potential.  That is, if you don’t think having two Cubes attached will cause any problems? * 

She had briefly thought about adding a smaller Energy Orb to the War Machine to help with the linking rune sequence, because it was what used most of the energy for the entire enchantment.  The additional energy feeding into it would help maintain the entire sequence structure for longer periods, especially since it wasn’t likely to be as efficient as the ones made by Master Enchanters; the division of separate enchantments all over the construct meant that more was needed to tie it all together.  She was planning on having to maintain the Natural runes and replace them as they wore out, but with what Sandra was proposing, there wouldn’t be any problems at all making sure it was all operational for a long time.

“I don’t believe having two different elemental Energy sources will have an adverse effect, because they shouldn’t interact with each other.  As for their ‘fullest potential’, are you saying what I think you’re saying?”

* Absolutely; without having to worry about depleting the Natural rune sequences too quickly, Felbar should be able to move much faster than he was previously able.  Essentially, the only limit will be how much the materials the War Machine is made of can withstand what is being done to it. *

Normally the War Machine pilots were limited to only moving at a certain speed to ensure that the energy in the runes weren’t depleted too quickly; it was only in an emergency that they could and would speed their constructs up to escape potential disaster.  There really wasn’t a limit to how fast the Machines could move, but the wood and metal material it was made from could only handle so much stress before it started to break down.  Slower movements negated most of the wear-and-tear they would experience over time – as well as using much less energy –but the potential was always there to move much faster.

Violet and Felbar had already noticed that the larger War Machine had been altered quite a bit while they were asleep; there were some strange areas around the base of the torso that Sandra explained as compartments for Energy Cubes, but that wasn’t the only change.  The steel it had been made from before had been replaced with Titanium, which was much stronger and a little more lightweight, making the entire construct better able to withstand the stress it would be under if its enchantments were pushed to the limit.  It was just a shame that the wooden parts of it were made of sturdy oak instead of something harder and more durable, but there were no special trees nearby that could provide that type of strength, even in the other races’ lands – or so she’d heard.

“I can definitely see that you’ve been busy; you’re also right – the War Machine can move much faster, though the oak the body is made of won’t be able to withstand that kind of work it sounds like you