He raised his hand, and the [Aegis of the Architect], in its necklace form, materialized in his palm.
"This is a magnificent tool," he mused. "But it is not yet… mine. Not truly."
He had the stolen Omnichalcum. He had the Tartarite. He had the schematics from RUIN/EDEN. And now, he had the Way.
"Reforge," he commanded.
His [Mana Heart] thrummed. He did not use his hands; he used his will.
Azure tendrils of pure Mana, now infused with the rule-breaking authority of [The Cheating Architect], erupted from his body.
They wrapped around the Aegis, and with a sound like reality itself being torn and rewoven, they began to change it.
The white-gold of the Omnichalcum was not destroyed, but infused, saturated with his boundless blue.
The Tartarite metal he had acquired was drawn from his storage, its volatile, obsidian-gold nature broken down and seamlessly integrated, not as a core component, but as a network of fine, dark veins that ran through the white-gold structure.
