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

she was manipulating now, it was used in a structured rune or rune sequence to achieve a desired result.

Therefore, while she could manipulate it fairly easily, other than a few things like the Holy-based bubble shield and using her Air energy to create a miniature whirlwind that could slice up her skin if she put her hand in the middle of it, everything else was just a guess.  When Echo began telling her details – and a few demonstrations – of various spells she knew, the way they were made became much easier to comprehend.  For instance, with the Lightstrike spell, it seemed obvious after the fact that she needed to compress the energy together, elongate the entire mass so it looked like a long stick, and then form a sharp tip on one end before mentally “throwing” it forward – but it was a mystery before Sandra was given some nudges in the right direction.

Despite Echo being able to use Air and Holy energy, that didn’t mean she was anywhere near an expert in their use; she could easily demonstrate the way she became “invisible” and left echoes of her form using her Holy element, as well as how she used Air to speed herself up, but the other spell knowledge she had was relatively basic.  Describing it, however, allowed Sandra to experiment and figure them out – and even to help teach the Elf how to do those certain things even better.  It was a learning experience for both of them, and it was greatly beneficial all around.

The rest of that day Felbar continued to practice with the War Machine model; he was having a slightly harder time than Sandra had expected, but when she remembered what his normal piloting consisted of it made sense.  With the older constructs, the older Gnome would wear a special suit that was able to tie into the entire enchantment, conveying via small energy infusions the movements he wanted to perform with the War Machine itself.  It took specialized training to properly control it all and required him to provide those energy infusions at the same time, though he could manually move parts of the construct by focusing on certain parts of the enchantment itself.

The new control modules, in comparison, were almost completely different in design.  Sandra watched him occasionally jerk his own body around and infuse extra energy into the enchantment, which only served to degrade the runes as they acquired just a touch too much energy – and it didn’t help him control it any more than that.  He was slowly learning how to operate everything differently from what he was used to, but it was clear that his previous – and instinctual, by that point – training was interfering with his practice.  Over time the Dungeon Core knew he would get it, but she was just glad he was training with the model instead of the real thing, otherwise it could be dangerous for everyone.

Violet came back after a while, looking relaxed and ready to go again.  She also worked with Felbar to replace runes that were getting worn out from the mistaken energy influxes, as well as adjusted a few that weren’t quite perfect by replacing them altogether.  Nothing was seriously wrong, fortunately, and by the end of the day the entire enchantment was working as flawlessly as possible.

The next few days was a repeat of mostly the same.  Felbar continued to practice with the model, getting more accustomed to the new control scheme enough that Sandra actually brought some of her smaller constructs nearby for him to practice with “live” targets.  Violet worked on completing the enchantments for the Titanium arms and legs on the larger War Machine, continuing with the torso when Sandra replaced it with Ironwood midway into the second day.

New Origination Material found!

Ironwood Tree Seed

While Ironwood Tree Seed cannot be directly used as a Monster Seed, it can be used in specific applications to create a whole new Monster Seed.

New Monster Seed and Origination Material found!

Ironwood Wood

While Ironwood Wood can be directly used as a Monster Seed, it can also be used as a material for use in the dungeon or other purposes.

You now have access to:

Tiny Ironwood Wood Chip

Origination Raw Material Cost: 500

Origination Mana Cost: 250

Monster Min. Mana: 250

Monster Max. Mana: 600

Ironwood had a distinctly darker color than any of her other wood types, and while it was a little heavier than the Oak that was being used before, it was very durable.  It also cost a bit more resources to create, but Sandra had plenty saved up or constantly coming in to supply that need.  One side-effect that Violet instantly noticed when enchanting the Ironwood was that it seemed to take to the enchantment sequence faster; when she began to put all the runes together, the wood seemed almost to suck it into itself, locking it in place with a solid foundation.  With neither of them ever having seen Ironwood enchanted before, they weren’t sure if it was beneficial or not, but once the enchantment was there it appeared to be somehow strengthened – which might make it less likely to be damaged in combat, which happened occasionally with normal wood.

Her new status as a Journeyman Enchanter didn’t seem to affect Violet too much, though Sandra could see some extra confidence in her bearing as well as her Enchanting efforts.  She had also increased her energy capacity enough that she could complete all but the linking enchantment by herself, which was an enormous feat in and of itself.

Echo taught all that she could to Sandra and her own “copies”, so her Shapeshifters changed into the other forms of the Elite Elves to practice with other elements – with some limited success.  The most beneficial manipulation of the other elements was the ability to throw out a small Fireball spell, which was