Chapter 444: The Intricacies of Sigil Equations
22 years ago…
Dozens of sheets of paper were sprawled on the temple’s marble floor. Each sheet was covered in scribbles of ink; blueprints of the temple’s defenses, arcane sigil equations, and schematics of magestone pathways and their mana node designs.
At the center of the rings of papers sat two young acolytes, their fingers were covered in ink and they had dark bags under their eyes. They scribbled new notes and compared them with the old sheet records.
The Silver Mother had assigned the duo the task of designing a supporting mana-pathway system for the new defense arcane sigils that were being constructed all through the temple.
It was difficult enough creating a mana-pathway for a structure as large as the Celestial Shrine, but having the entire structure be filled with defensive enchantments as well was nigh impossible.
Aurelia gritted her teeth in frustration. She should have been in the archives, searching for a cure for her mother’s illness, not here, stuck with all of this.
She tapped her quill on the floor. “...No matter how I see it, even with several high-grade minor magestones working in unison, the central primary magestone just isn’t strong enough to handle such a large load. It would burn out and shatter after a few weeks and that’s if we’re lucky.”
“What if we find a primary magestone with higher purity? Say, 85 or 90% even?” Virella offered.
“No, it still wouldn’t be enough, unless we had a magestone with true perfect clarity.”