Without the new array, the mana circulatory system would have drawn the power core inside the Golem faster than the Awakened could fix it.
Best case scenario, the Golem would work just fine but the residual imperfections in the core would slow down the activation of its spells. Worst case scenario, one or more of the enchantments wouldn't work at all and those that did would be defective.
Every time the group hammered at the Forgemastering circle surrounding Raptor, it produced a blinding flash of white light and the power core seeped a bit more into the Adamant.
Soon there was just a little bit of the sphere still visible from the outside and fixing the mistakes took longer while the energy reserves of the members of the group were nearing the bottom.