Benjamin raised the not-yet-completely-formed Rune Artifact in his hand before his eyes.
Pale silver star vortices slowly turned deep within the True-Delusion Breaking Pupil, layer upon layer of information pouring from the Wizard Artifact's interior like a waterfall.
The lattice structure of the extraordinary metals, the rule patterns left by the Law Solidification Domain's permeation, tens of millions of interlocking energy circuits... All the information was continually dismantled and recombined within his vision.
A moment later, Benjamin softly let out a breath.
"Still not enough."
His voice was quiet, yet tinged with helplessness.
He placed the Wizard Artifact back on the workbench.
Though it was only one final step away from true completion, he could already see the final result.
The core rune array still contained minute energy blockages.
Such flaws would have been almost negligible in an ordinary Wizard Artifact, but for the new generation of Rune Artifacts he intended to forge, they were enough to strip the entire system of its meaning.
So this time, he had failed again.
Benjamin looked at the neatly numbered rows of failed products on the workbench and lightly rubbed the space between his brows.
Five hundred years.
Ever since his Spirit Sea had fully recovered, he had devoted nearly all his energy to upgrading and replacing Rune Artifacts.
He had constantly learned new knowledge, used it to research higher elemental output solutions, and then installed those solutions into Rune Artifacts. Law Solidification Domain enhancement technology had resolved the problem of cross-planar adaptability. By all rights, the new generation of Rune Artifacts already possessed the foundation to once again become the core of the combat system.
Yet only after he truly began refining them did Benjamin realize that matters were far more complex than he had imagined.
Rune Artifacts at the sixth level