Having lost the other half, the two silver hemispheres fell silent again, as if nothing had happened.
"Star Blue Silver-3 element test complete. An abnormal Cursed Force Field fluctuation occurred during the merging process. Final merged mass: 64 paso..."
"Testing complete for all numbered Star Blue Silver elements—Star Blue Silver-3 produced an expected result. Assessment: conditions met—"
Seer Silver's inorganic Construct voice rang out in the laboratory once more. But this time, its report was completely different from before.
"Success!?"
Hearing Seer Silver's successful report, Anvis let out a long breath.
The stone that had been hanging over his heart ever since the experiment began finally dropped.
He had been worried that the differing fundamental environmental laws caused by the existence of mana would prevent a chain reaction from occurring.
But now, all his past efforts had finally brought the long-awaited, joyous reward!
Of course, although the first element capable of unlocking a chain reaction had appeared, Anvis did not halt the experiment, as many more metallic elements still remained untested.
"Blood Silver-7 element test complete. Total merged mass: 108.8 paso. No abnormal mana reactions occurred throughout..."
"Testing complete for all numbered Blood Silver elements—all element experiments returned no unusual feedback. Assessment: conditions not met—"
"Green Radiance Magic Gold..."
"..."
As metal after metal continued to be tested, Seer Silver's reports returned to their repetitive messages of experimental failure.
"Lakenserm Metal-4 element test complete. Total merged mass: 181.24 paso. No abnormal mana reactions occurred throughout..."
Gradually, after yet another failed experiment, the sample changed to Lakenserm Metal-5... Lakenserm Metal was a beautiful gemlike metal that gave off a pale blue sheen.
The Lakenserm ore from which it was refined was only occasionally produced deep underground.
At the same time, it was one of only two high-grade Cursed Metals produced by