บท 61: Step 2
A/N: Pat-reon: HelloDarkness07
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It took 2 more days, for us to refine the remaining 4 Kilolitres of Uru ore into a grand total of 3.7 Kilolitres of pure Uru, all of them in the form of Uru bars, each measuring exactly 1 litre, leaving us with 3700 Uru bars in total.
That wasn't hard, now that we knew what to do, but it would have taken a lot more time to do it little by little. So, we built another furnace, a bigger one, and dropped the rest of the Uru ore in a giant enchanted crucible.
One day was spent in just melting the Uru at more than 1 million Degree Celsius, as we had to increase the thickness of the Crucible. Plus, the higher amount of Uru ore also required us to use higher temperatures.
And then, once the Uru was purified, came the tough part. Finding a suitable alloy.
Kali was working on that, with Sonny's help, who was no longer working on the Refining of Uru. But, since his knowledge on Magic was limited, Kali was the leader of that step. Chhaya was helping her in that, while Manasi would also work whenever she would come back home from the camp.
Meanwhile, I left the Uru in the forge, obviously casting Warding spells around it, and moved to my partition, to begin creating another forge, this time geared towards making weapons.
At first, I had to have an Adamantine Hammer, and an Anvil made, which Hephaestus did for me, in favour of more Adamantine and Vibranium. And then, mother enchanted them both to be highly durable, while also enchanting the Hammer to shrink or expand on command.
The Hammer looked very different than Mjolnir, but it was similar enough to it. Well, it could be used as a weapon, but it was not something I could see myself using for anything other than hammering. Plus, it couldn't be summoned to me without spells, like Mjolnir or my Ànemos and Astrapi.
The rest of the materials I transmutated, giving me everything I might need to sharpen whatever weapons I will eventually make.
Once the forge was ready, I began with learning how to forge weapons. And even with Madonna's Forging for Dummies, it took me 4 months to be proficient enough in it. And that was using regular magical weapons, and Vibranium.
Then, over the next 4 years, I practiced shaping Adamantine and Uru, using my Adamantine hammer, and then sharpening the weapons. Of course, since my Uru supply was currently limited, I reused the metals by once again refining them. But sometimes, the metal would just be ruined beyond recycling.
Like, there was a time when the knife I was sharpening cracked in a place, and then turned to dust. That one was really weird.
And now, over 5 years since we began with the step 2, I was finally counting myself as an adequate weapons master. Even if the girls discover the alloy today, I wouldn't be able to make the weapons good enough yet. But it wasn't likely that they will discover the alloy yet. It is bound to take a few decades, I think.
*Knock knock.*
I hear a knock on the door, as I was practicing sharpening my weapons. In my hand was a double edged straight sword, 4 feet in length. It was similar to what I remember the British swords being.
"COME IN!" I yell, barely turning away from my wheel grinder, while slowly moving my sword to sharpen it.
The heavy iron door opens up, letting out a wave of hot air, and letting in three of my beautiful companions. Kali and Chhaya were still the same, with only the Arms of Chhaya having gotten bigger, thanks to the Hammering she did once in a while.
But Manasi was the one who changed the most. Now 13 years old, Manasi was taller now, at 5'5, and was beginning to blossom into a beautiful young girl. So much so, that she was already fending off boys at the camp. And yes, she still went there.
'Damn, I'm gonna have to speed up my weapons progress, if I hope to arm her properly.' I think to myself, turning my eyes back towards the sword.
"What's up?" I ask, and knowing that they wouldn't come here without any reason, I put the sword down and turn myself to look them over.
Kali and Chhaya were smirking wildly, and I could just see them both blatantly ogling my open and sweating chest.
Gee, we have a kid here ladies.
Rolling my eyes at the two Goddesses, I conjure a loose shirt around myself, and look at Manasi. She was literally jumping in her place, barely holding herself back from spilling the beans. This must be a really important news, if she's so excited.
Turning to the now frowning women, I ask, "What? Did mother call us to Earth or something?"
At that, the two stop frowning, and share a smirk again. Kali says, "No, but Manasi did discover a stable alloy for us."
"…. What?!" I yell, not at all expecting the alloy to be found so soon.
"YES!!" Manasi yells, excitement taking over, and stops holding back. Jumping at me, she starts babbling continuously as I catch her in a hug.
She says, "I did it, Theo! Mother and Aunt Chhaya were trying again and again, using different magical and non magical materials, metals to stabilize the alloy between Uru and Adamantine but they were continuously failing, and wasting all of our Uru and Adamantine stock! And so, I saved us, and I saved our stock!"
"Whoa whoa whoa! Slow down Manu." I interrupt her continuous speaking, and drop her back down. Bowing down, I say, "Now, explain, slowly. How did you discover it, the alloy? And where is it?"
Chhaya offers a bar of solid metal to me, and just by looking at it, I'm captivated. This.. I could feel a connection to it already!
The metal is a lot darker than Adamantine, but fairly lighter than Uru. It wasn't a colour I could name, but it was a grey coloured metal, with a soft golden shine to it.
It was heavier than both Uru and Adamantine, at about 450 kg for the one litre bar, which was awesome too, although Manasi might find it hard to use the metal for now. For comparison, pure Uru only weighed 280 kg per litre, while Adamantine weighed only about 130 kg per litre. Adamantine was twice as durable as Uru, despite being lighter, so there's that.
As I was looking at the new Alloy in wonder, Manasi takes a deep breath, but before she can begin babbling again, Kali puts a hand on her shoulder, and says, "We were struggling with figuring an alloy out, even with Sonny's help. Sonny would suggest every material that he scanned to be compatible with Adamantine and Uru, and we would test out the ones with highest probability."
Chhaya then says, "We used Vibranium, Diamond, silver, stones, a small piece of the broken Apocalypse armour, our blood, one of my finger bones, and even our hair, but nothing seemed to work for us. The mixture either spoiled, or spontaneously combusted. That is, until Manasi gave us an idea."
Curiosity increasing, I look up at Manasi, who was brimming with pride. She says, "Well, I saw that the closest thing that worked was the bone of Aunty Chhaya when added along with Vibranium, so I suggested we try the bones of different animals. For one week, we went from rabbits, to dinosaurs, and our results kept on improving. Of course, Sonny helped us narrow it down. And finally, we got this! Tada!"
Amazing, I wondered if some bones might be required, as Calcium is an amazing stabilizing agent when it comes to metal working, but never did I suspect myself to be true.
"What's the composition?" I ask, whispering softly, while hugging Manasi close, the alloy still in my hands.
Kali answers my question, and says, "That one Bar of the as of yet unnamed alloy used one bar of Uru, one of Adamantine, 1.5 litre of Vibranium, and just 30 kgs of powdered Dragon bones."
"Dragon bone? Damn, should have expected it. And what did Sonny say about this newly created alloy?" I say, standing up. Dragons have an amazing affinity to magic, so their body parts are also highly imbued with magic, which also counts bones.
Jumping in her place, Manasi says, "Sonny said that this metal is heavy!"
Chuckling, I ruffle her hair, and say, "I figured that out myself, kiddo."
Chhaya, who was also chuckling, says, "The 1.2 litre bar of our new alloy weighs exactly 431.75 Kg, and is highly dense. He did mention that the alloy might serve different purposes depending on the concentration of the 4 parts of it."
Humming, I muse, "More Uru will mean a more Magical isotope, while more Adamantine will mean a naturally sharper isotope. The Dragon bones will just increase or decrease depending on the need, making the alloy stronger, while Vibranium will change the conductivity for Cosmic Energy."
And somehow, even after mixing 3.5 litres of metals, and probably a lot more dragon bone, the resultant alloy is still closer to one litre. Sigh, this would have been too expensive to make, if it wasn't for my Cosmic Energy and transmutation.
Speaking of dragon bones, "How many dragon carcasses did you bring from Donna? And did the other dragons give you any problem?"
"Nope!" Manasi says, popping the p. "The dragons didn't even notice us taking their dead."
Rolling her eyes, Kali says, "I wanted to speak with them, but Chhaya was impatient and stole the carcasses from wherever we sensed them to be. And currently, we have 24 complete dragon skeletons, along with a powdered one. Although, that one is missing 30kgs of bone."
Handing the alloy back to Kali, I say, "Firstly, congratulations on completing the second step!"
"Group hug!" Manasi yells, pulling me towards the girls, and we all just chuckle, enjoying the celebration.
Once the happy celebrations die down, I ask, "Did anyone think of a name for our alloy? Can't keep calling it an alloy forever, you know."
Frowning, all three of them begin thinking, allowing me to do the same. How about Adur? Nah, sounds like a disease. Uruntine? Ugh. Adamantur? Nah, too close to Adamantine.
"How about Dragontine?" Manasi's voice speaks up, a she swings the unfinished Uru sword around. As I take the sword from her, while softly glaring, she says, "The Dragon is an important ingredient, you know."
Dragontine… wait a minute. "I know what we should call the alloy." I mumble, remembering something I read way back in my previous life.
"Hm? What's wrong with Dragontine?" Manasi asks, narrowing her eyes.
Shaking my head, I say, "It's good, and Dragontine is the one that gave me an inspiration. But it doesn't feel like a Metal name. What do you think about Dargonite?"
"Dargonite? Not Dragonite?" Chhaya muses, while Kali thinks on it a bit more.
Kali says, "Dargonite is perfect, Theos. Not too obvious connection to Dragons, while giving a tribute to Adamantine too, although a hidden one. As for Uru, the metal does look like Uru the most and less people that know about Vibranium the better."
Slowly, the other two girls also accept the name, and thus is formed our new Alloy. Dargonite. An alloy of Uru and Adamantine, tempered with powdered dragon bone and Vibranium. Our alloy!
"I still say Dragontine is better." Manasi says, petulance dripping from her face, which we all chuckle at.
As we all walk out of the forge, and towards our dining room, I look at Chhaya, catching her once more staring at me, and raise an eyebrow. She raises her own eyebrow in challenge, to which I mouth, 'Talk later?'
Chhaya looks curious, and just nods, allowing us to focus back on Manasi's rambling about her Camp friends.
Step 2, is done. Now, we just need to make more of this alloy, while figuring out what weapons to make for all 5 of us.
But that can be taken care of later. For now, Dinner!
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A/N: Google Dargonite. It's a version of Uru that's used in the future in an alternate universe. Observe the spelling. It's DARGO, not DRAGO.
Next chapter will be just a summary of the weapons, and a conversation between Chhaya and Theos. Probably.
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