Chapter 2676 [Bonus] All Talk?
[Thanks to Mr. Ham (3/6)]
With a tap of fingers, ripples echoed into the world.
Many were shocked. Was Leonel not going to take out a workbench?
In truth, Leonel had never really gotten used to using a workbench. Though, this was mostly his fault. Many of the situations he ended up Crafting in were open spaces like this one. Although he could have brought out his workbench, he never needed to.
He only used his workbench when he needed to completely focus on a task, one that stretched his abilities to the absolute limit. For example, he had never forged any one of his Divine Armors without the help of his workbench.
However... he felt that it was wholly unnecessary in this situation.
The workbench personally crafted by the Minerva Race had no reason to make an appearance here.
*Bloop
Little Tolly started off with such an innocent sound, and yet in a single instant it rose up like a roaring Eastern dragon, spiraling into the skies.
Leonel didn't ask the little guy to do this, but it seemed it had been provoked by Talon's display. It didn't interfere with Talon's lightning because it felt that this would ruin the spirit of the battle, but that didn't stop its head from growing so large that it looked as though it could swallow the city whole.
ROAR!
The Ores of Owlan Race's Bubble all shook. Mines rose and collapsed, the city walls cracking as though he would shatter a moment later.
Then, Leonel tapped another finger.
One that could pen the world.
For a moment, it felt like he was wielding a spear instead of a quill. Every one of his strokes rang through the world like Spear Dance, as though a Natural Force Art was being birthed just by virtue of the fact he was Crafting.
And that was exactly what was happening.
He didn't even summon his own Natural Force Art, but another was being formed. Every stroke resonated with the Forces, ringing through the Ores and elevating them to a new level.
The golden veins and crimson veins of the Elastic Flash and Sparking Rose Ore formed a network with one another. Sometimes they would branch off from one another, sometimes they would have jumps and skins within that would alternate from gold to red, and at other times they would be directly fused into one another, forming a gorgeous mesh...
And one that looked as though it had every right to explode right in Leonel's face.
However, mesmerized by his technique, most didn't have the mental capacity left remaining to realize that what he was doing didn't seem to make any sense at all. He seemed to be combining the ores into something new, but when they had opposing effects, could that even be possible?
However, when Leonel started using the impure lumps of coal he had just purified them off in his Craft, they couldn't ignore it any longer. It felt like their worlds were spinning on their head, what the hell was going on?
Leonel didn't even seem to notice the shift as he began to incorporate the final Urbe Ore, building around the vein patterns. It was like he had forgotten that it was a foundational ore and he was instead almost using it like an accessory.
Even so, waves continued to billow in the hearts of the spectators. Whether it was Minerva or Celestia, or any one of the others...
He wasn't all talk?
It was the only thought they could have as the brace was completed, falling into Leonel's hands in a pair.
They could have sworn he had just completed one, where had the other come from?
The world was filled with silence and the sound of Talon's hammer.
