"Terminate the emergency protocol, deactivate the Time Stop Force Field, conduct a comprehensive self-check, and report energy consumption and final test data—"
"Command received—"
As Seer Silver's voice sounded, a powerful white flash streaked past the observation window, and the deep darkness within the test chamber instantly vanished.
Clang—
Freed from the Time Stop Force Field's restraint, the upper half of the blue-glowing metal sphere immediately fell to the floor of the chamber with a dull metallic crash.
"Scan complete... Internal control inscriptions in the test apparatus damaged. Activated operational components disabled. Elemental synthesis Magic Array disabled. Force Field array disabled...
Main Energy Chamber output reduced by thirty-four percent. Backup energy consumption: fifty-five percent."
"Lakenserm Metal category, Number 5 element test concluded. A violent abnormal Mana reaction occurred during fusion. Final fused mass: sixteen paso..."
"All numbered element tests for the Lakenserm Metal category complete—Lakenserm-5 produced results similar to expectations. Assessment: conditions met—"
"All categorized numbered element tests complete. Mission terminated."
As Seer Silver gave its report, a semi-transparent three-dimensional Mana image of the test chamber appeared within the Enchanted Crystal Ball before Anvis.
The damaged areas were highlighted in red.
In Anvis's eyes, the entire internal structure of the sealed chamber was a sea of crimson.
Because Seer Silver had previously activated the Time Stop Force Field, the test chamber had been disturbed by the aftereffects of Space-Time Change, preventing the advanced restoration Magic Array used to repair equipment from functioning.
Thus, repairing the inscription arrays that had been melted into a complete mess within the chamber walls could only be done manually.
Of course, none of that mattered to Anvis now.
The experiment had officially concluded, and the result he needed had appeared—
After consuming several hundred tons of various pure Cursed Metals, he had finally isolated two