Chapter 248 - Success
After making sure the Melodious Illusion could be triggered properly, Angor began the last step—using Condense to cool-fix the final product.
White vapor shifted around until the shining surface of the music box was revealed.
For a moment, the object shined so brightly that Angor had to close his eyes. When he looked again, a perfectly-made semi-transparent object lied in his palm.
The crystal tubes acted like multifaceted prisms like diamonds. Any light that went inside the object would come back out with greater brilliance.
Surrounded by the intertwining tubes, the flower in the center of the creation easily fascinated the minds of its viewers.
Everything about the trinket possessed very simple colors, such as pale blue on crystals in droplet shapes, pale yellow on the blooming flower, and pale white on the ocean wave paints. But combined with each other, they gave the entire object a modest yet luxurious feel.
Anyone would find this thing an outstanding art piece.
Angor stayed at a distance and waited.
The shape of the sword was soon made under the manipulation of Hand of Spell. However, Dave did not use Condense to fix the shape next like Angor expected. Instead, he took out some extra materials and began to chant something before a stream of mana was injected into the materials, causing them to glitter.
“Synthesis?” Angor realized what he was looking at.
Before he could observe more of Dave’s work though, another mana stream sank into the sword, and the weapon was completely shattered to waste.
“Damn. Again,” Dave complained. He already saw Angor coming. “That was my third try today.”
Angor looked at the remains on the floor and noticed that they came from more than one weapon.
“Are you always so hard-working?” Angor teased, “Or did I flip a switch in your head?”
Dave lifted his head proudly. “I was too broke to buy materials before. Now I have money! And I better put it to use. Enough about me. What are you here for? You accepted more quests?”
“Nah. I came to buy an Echo Flower,” said Angor as he checked through the shelves. “You still have them?”
“You still going on with your music box? Did you fail?”
“Yeah, but I didn’t fail. I already made one for Toby. I still need to make another though, as a gift for my… helper.” Angor decided not to reveal his incident with Lady Mirror.
“Helper?” Dave realized what Angor meant and did not push. “You’re in luck. I just have one flower left here. After getting scammed by Toby, we never restocked them again. It’s not like many people need them.”
Dave checked through several crates and finally took out a flower from a corner. Then he refused Angor’s bone card. “I think I got this one for a mere 30 merit points. I never spared the effort to account it yet. Just take it.”
In Angor’s memory, the man called “Dave” used to be someone stingy over every merit point. But now…
Such a change in character was expected though, considering how Dave had earned like a thousand crystals already.
Angor complied and accepted the flower. “Alright, I’ll be leaving then. I need to get it done tonight and send it out tomorrow.”
Dave nodded. “Don’t forget that our tickets are for tomorrow afternoon. If you miss it, you’ll have to attend the second grand auction at the end of the year.”