Chapter 340: Reforged Blades II
"Please follow me," Brie said.
She then turned and led him down a set of stairs into the underground levels, to a more private area of the building. As they strolled down the stairs, she conveyed her desire to collaborate with him once more, to observe his projects directly, and to participate in his innovative research.
Arthur said nothing, his attention already turning to the work at hand. She seemed unfazed by his icy reaction. It was sufficient to know that he was here and that he hadn't forgotten about her.
Brie left him to work when they arrived at a remote, fully operational laboratory, one of the building's first finished sections.
He opened his scroll to reveal the carefully cut gems, blood samples, and other materials.
The delicate and intricate process of combining the clones' blood with the crystals now started.
Since each crystal was meant to be used with a particular sword, it had to be endowed with unique qualities that would enable it to respond to certain chakra components and methods. This necessitated the delicate blending of the clones' blood with his own chakra manipulation.
His initial attempt didn't work out. He tried to make the sapphire crystal responsive to lightning release by channeling a particular chakra element into it, but the crystal overloaded and broke, scattering tiny blue pieces all over the workspace.
Why it failed was because he didn't have the lighting chakra element. Now he had to start all over again.
The process to cut another gem was quick. The sapphire crystal held this time, effectively absorbing the lightning release property he was giving it from the Blade of Chaos.
When he moved onto the emerald crystal, it remained inert and obstinately refused to react to his chakra. It wasn't reacting, but it wasn't broken either. He therefore had to spend a couple of hours reviewing it carefully.