Chapter 67: Proof of concept
The contraption created to test the enchantment looked rather strange - a metal chalice covered in painted runes was standing on a large wooden prefab magic circle, slightly modified to suit their purposes.
"Maybe I should explain how it works first." Calen gestured at their creation. "The base is a very simplified version of the main array, just the barrier without all the bells and whistles - we connected it to the chalice which plays the same role as the altar in the temple, it will be filled with divine power to activate its function."
Cassian inspected the model.
"Why didn’t we do something like that in Greenheart?*
"Because there we were essentially just copying the design from the temple, just filling a few blanks when it came to connecting it - here we had to almost completely redo the pattern to change its function."
"So it works differently than the ones in the temple and Greenheart?"
"Yes, those two exist to keep any malicious energy out of the the barrier by filling it with divine energy, but that part is already covered by Sylara’s power, our task is to block all instances of the divine power we’re using, coming in or out."
"Are you going to test it with the piece we scavenged from the dagger?"
"No, that would be reckless and pointless." Martha shook her head. "We’re not sure if we can split or transport the power between enchantment, and we couldn’t test it since no one here has access to this domain."
"Fortunately, Your friend has his own piece of a domain that we can test it with." Joel smiled.
Calen walked up to the chalice and put a small flame inside, just enough to fill it without overflowing.
He then stepped back and said to Joel: