Chapter 672: Impending Threat (Part 2)

"In their attempt to artificially create Davross and Adamant, the Odi siphoned life force from their subjects and forced it into common metals, in the hope that a mana flow would form as well.

"What actually happened, was the creation of cursed items that instead of giving power to their user, would actually take it away. The weapons crafted this way turned out to have the flaws of both metals and living beings.

"Like metals, they have no mana flow. Plus, like humans, they need to feed and sooner or later they die."

"You gave me a big scare." Jirni said. "Based on Phloria's early reports and your assessment, the Odi look like just a bunch of incompetent tinkerers. Nothing they did actually worked. So why do you look so worried?"

"Because you seem to forget that they managed to enslave a magical beast and it survived centuries. Also because the data comes from the hallways, where every craftsman would only exhibit prototypes and incomplete works.