The forge room was still just as white and glossy as before. Ed didn't pay it any mind and quickly made his way towards the holding box dumping in all of the materials.
'Start the forge' Ed quickly commanded.
The system didn't loiter as the mythical white fla ignited without delay.
'Now, what would be the right procedure?' Ed pondered while watching the ethereal white fla flicker coldly looking for inspiration.
'The fla seems to turn all materials into a liquid…' Ed decided to first figure out the forge's actual functionality.
The consciousnesses previously lted inside of the fla while maintaining its shape. This was obviously sothing unique to this forge.
Of course, it could also be solely unique to the consciousnesses. Maybe if he put the skeleton's bones in there he would see it drip into the flas. This was what he needed to test.
After a minute or so of waiting. Ed felt it was ti to throw sothing into the fire.
He made the holding box provide a chunk of antimony which he quickly chucked into the flas. It landed simply in the flas without causing any sort of fuss. Thus, to save ti. Ed got a leg from the holding box and put it to roast over the flas with a pair of tongs.
Ed observed as the chunk of tal was slowly molten. Soon, it would completely liquify. The sa couldn't be said for the leg as it seed to lt at a much slower pace. Ed didn't mind it though.
The system and dungeon had definitely tempered his patience. He was able to watch the whole process without batting an eye or a word of complaint.
In what felt like ten minutes, the tal had liquified. But most importantly, it had retained its shape.
'Indeed, the forge always allows the molten materials to maintain their shape' Ed was satisfied with this but the next step was to check if it was possible to combine different materials.
Thus, he patiently waited for the bone to finish its lting process. It wouldn't kill him to wait a while longer.
'Unless the dungeon sees this and decides I've lived long enough' He joked as he saw the boney leg turn liquidy and gooey.
[Compatible materials detected, combine? Y/N]
Before Ed could even start to consider how exactly he would combine the two things, the system lent him a helping hand.
'Yes!' Would he dare turn it down?
Ed's grip over the liquid leg was removed. This was obviously the system's doing. And it was all because it didn't need it anymore!
The leg floated above the fla as if waiting for sothing.
It was waiting for the lted antimony which was slowly floating upwards!
The two materials floated side to side and without much fanfare, were ramd into one another. Ed could almost hear both materials splash as they collided. Obviously it wasn't really the case.
'It's getting bigger…' Ed noticed as the tallic liquid squird around the leg reinforcing different bits of it. The system evenly distributed the tal, the leg didn't grow deford.
And soon, the previously dirty white bones could be seen no longer and were instead replaced by an ominous gray. The leg which had grown in size now carried a tallic sheen after assimilating the tal's lustrous property.
The gray was much lighter compared to the tal's original color but it didn't fail to intimidate. It was as if the skeleton was burnt in the deepest pits of hell.
'When it was actually burned inside my head' Ed added amusedly.
Once he assembled the skeleton, it just might be taller than him! Not to ntion scarier. A whole army of those things was bound to intimidate the average adventurer and directly strike terror into the hearts of normal people.
With that image in mind, Ed wasted no ti in throwing in the other leg alongside another chunk of tal. He obviously removed the other leg first for it to cool down in advance.
'System, please make sure all the limbs are uniform' It wouldn't do for one leg to be larger than the other by a single centiter. Limping skeletons might add to the scare factor but it definitely wouldn't work out in battle.
[Noted]
Ed only nodded after receiving a response. It wasn't the first ti so he wasn't quite amazed. Anyway, all he now had to do was wait. The system would do all the heavy lifting so he only needed to patiently observe the process.
'I wonder if it is possible to mass-produce or speed up the process' Ed grumbled ntally. It wasn't that he wasn't willing to wait but rather that he would easily be besieged before his army was completed if things were allowed to continue at this rate.
'I should be able to upgrade this' Ed said inwardly in realization.
Out of the first five consciousnesses he received from the skeletons, three were used to unlock the forge. The other two were mixed in the forge through the system's basic functionalities.
'And if it's only basic then there is room for improvent! System, what do I need to spend to upgrade the forge?' Ed asked the system while the materials lted.
[Upgrading from basic functionalities requires two orc consciousnesses. Offer? Y/N]
Ed's thoughts turned bitter but he had to acquiesce nonetheless.
'Yes, but don't take Vorgarag's or Durgash's if they are here.' This demand was clearly biased but what was he to do?
[Taking offerings...]
[Upgrading forge…]
Following this ssage, the forge's fla shone an even more blinding white. Ed could no longer see anything other than white. He was also assaulted by a suffocating cold that obviously originated from the forge.
He involuntarily took so steps back before the light finally died down.
The forge before him seed to have grown wider and its fla more mystical. This likely ant it could accommodate more materials as well as lt them faster.
It was exactly what he needed. But then again... It might still be a tad bit too slow.
[Upgrading from improved functionalities requires 15 orc consciousnesses. Offer? Y/N]
'Looks like you are taking the initiative. Sa conditions, upgrade.' Ed agreed without any drama or hesitation.
[Taking offerings...]
[Upgrading forge…]
The sa two ssages appeared and the forge once more burned blindingly. The surroundings grew icy and after a bit, the new forge appeared before Ed's sight.
'The room is larger now' The forge was at the center so there wasn't a way to increase its size without it becoming obstructive. The only option was to expand the room.
'I suppose this ans I can also upgrade the storeroom' He didn't plan on doing that though since it had yet to beco necessary.
[Compatible materials detected, combine? Y/N]
'Oh' As soon as he saw the ssage he expected the system to ask for another upgrade but it was instead regarding the materials. It seed that upgrading the forge while they were still lting sped up the process.
'Yes' Ed replied.
Although he was much further back this ti, he could still see the two liquid items converge and the leg turning a glossy gray. A short while after, a new leg had been created.
Just as Ed was about to grab it with so tongs, he got another system alert.
[Compatible materials detected, start the combination process? Y/N]
He instantly knew that this was a new feature of whatever his current package was. It seed that as long as he placed the necessary materials into the holding box the system would be able to infer the next logical step.
'All I need now are conveyor belts from the storage room into here' Ed contemplated if the system offered such a thing or if he would have to make his own. If it was the latter it would never happen.
'I'll start a bone factory' After thinking so, Ed quickly shook his head. Maybe not call it that…
[Compatible materials detected, start the combination process? Y/N]
'Yes' He forgot to reply due to his useless thoughts.
The system then took out a total of four chunks and four bones. They were all thrown into the ethereal white flas to lt away.
Ed only watched as the flas flickered with newfound strength and lted the materials. He couldn't do much else since he would still need to personally grab the product if he wanted to bring it outside. His only console was that the process was much faster following the two upgrades.
'I'll upgrade it again after trying this out' Ed determined after seeing the bones and tals start to combine. The price was worth it, that is if he could even use these limbs.
Until he ascertained that he would hold off on the upgrade. There was no need to make any pointless sacrifices, quite literally.
The new bones ca fresh out of the oven by themselves this ti. Perhaps due to being initialized through a process. After those ca out, new pieces of bones and chunks of tals were tossed into the fla.
Seeing this spectacle Ed beca quite expectant. He still had many orc consciousnesses, who knew what new rooms or functionalities he might be able to discover?
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