Why did the sword blank devour the lightning she released? The most crucial thing was that she didn't detect anything wrong.
"Could it be the Thunderbird? No, that fellow has been dead for over fourteen hundred years. If he were still alive, I couldn't possibly not discover him."
Raiden Ei quickly dismissed this idea. The Thunderbird absorbing her lightning was as ridiculous as Orobas, who was already bones, suddenly attacking Inazuma.
"Is it Morax's ore?"
The possibility couldn't be ruled out. If it was for compatibility, absorbing the corresponding element was indeed a method.
But why was there no reaction when she used divine power to shape it, and instead, it started absorbing her elemental power now?
With this question in mind, Raiden Ei once again released lightning of the same magnitude as before. Sure enough, upon contact, the sword blank absorbed all her lightning like a sponge.
Due to the extreme speed, she didn't observe any useful information. After a moment of thought, Raiden Ei decided to increase the lightning output.
As the absorption time was forced to extend, Raiden Ei finally found the reason.
Somewhat to her surprise, it was the character 'Lin' that she had carved that caused all of this.
Whenever it absorbed lightning, the character 'Lin' would begin to glow. She hadn't noticed it at first because the glowing part was too small, but now the entire radical had lit up.
And it wasn't just the character 'Lin'; the patterns on the blade also became brighter at the same time.
It seemed that the Nine Words Incantation that Shiki told her had some wonderful reaction with Morax's ore.
However, this was not a bad thing. Raiden Ei could feel the sword blank's strength increasing. Perhaps the quality of this katana upon completion would exceed her expectations.
As time passed, all the strokes of 'Lin' were completely lit up, and then it stopped absorbing lightning, as if it had finished downloading an installation package.
This consumption was nothing to Raiden Ei; it was mainly the time. The first character alone took several hours. She got the sword blank in the afternoon, and if nothing unexpected happened, it was already dinner time outside.
However, what Archons lacked least was time. Even if it was one character a day, that would only be nine days.
Thinking of this, Raiden Ei prepared to carve the second character, 'Bing,' on the tang. However, somewhat surprisingly, the tang showed no reaction.
...
Well, it seemed she had missed something. The factors causing the sword blank to absorb her lightning were not just the Nine Words Incantation and Morax's ore, but also the Thunderbird's feathers.
It was like a person's essence, qi, and spirit; none of the three could be missing.
Taking out all the remaining feathers from her collection and placing them aside, Raiden Ei continued her monotonous and tedious sword forging.
...
Turning the dial of time forward a bit, the Traveler brought Xavier to Hanamizaka in Inazuma City, preparing to ask Yae Publishing House if there were other authors.
Just as they were coming down from Kamijou-machi, they encountered two men, one fat and one thin, arguing about something by the roadside.
Lumine originally didn't want to get involved, but she heard words like 'plot,''setting,' and 'update.'
"Xavier, do you think that person over there might be a writer? They seem to be discussing plot and setting-related content," Lumine said, pointing to the two arguing by the roadside.
"Plot setting? Traveler, are you sure?" Xavier's eyes lit up upon hearing this. Had he encountered a wild writer?
"Hmph hmph, of course! The Traveler's hearing is excellent!" Paimon put his hands on his hips, feeling incredibly pleased with himself.
"That's great, let's go ask them quickly!"
Xavier finished speaking and took the lead, walking towards the two. As they gradually approached, Xavier also heard their conversation.
"I'm telling you, can you stop adding strange settings to the protagonist? Every time you have to rely on this method to advance the plot, with so many settings. Won't you get yourself tangled up?"
"No, I take notes. Besides, as long as the readers enjoy it, that's fine. Why bother with so many details?"
"Do you expect readers to take notes while reading your book? Or are you saying this is a masterpiece passed down from who knows where?"
Amao was quite annoyed by Junkichi. Every time he had writer's block, he would just add settings to the book. Once or twice was fine, but isn't it excessive to keep adding them?
One moment it's some amazing Alkahestry, the next it's some amazing magic. Why don't you just ascend to the heavens?
"Then what should I do? This isn't allowed, that isn't allowed? Do you want me to pad it?"
Junkichi was also annoyed. He was just a humble writer. If this wasn't allowed and that wasn't allowed, how could he write?
"Padding is even worse. In short, regarding the new plot, you must think carefully. I can help you extend it for a few more days."
"By the way, can't I just stop updating for half a year like Garan no Dou? And didn't he also add crazy settings to the protagonist? First a Death Archon, then a Hollow, and later on, isn't there a Quincy too?"
"How do you care how others write? What are their sales and what are your sales? Your total sales from the beginning until now haven't even surpassed one of their chapters!"
"Besides, their main storyline progresses layer by layer and is intricately linked, and their abilities were all foreshadowed in advance. It's clear that they have a definite outline, unlike you who just writes whatever comes to mind?"
Amao couldn't understand. His 'Ghost Martial Arts' was very popular, but no matter how popular, it couldn't surpass others!
Garan no Dou had the capital to stop updating. Although readers complained, they were actually looking forward to new content in their hearts.
But if his work stopped updating, it would probably fade into obscurity in no time.
Yae Publishing House had so many light novels. Unless it was a work that became a legend, it could only be maintained by continuous updates.
"Alright, stop talking. I'll go back and think about it, okay?" Junkichi waved his hand, his face full of vexation.
Sigh, when could he be like Garan no Dou, where a book becomes a legend and then he stops updating to live a carefree life, unlike now, where he worries about new plots every day, feeling miserable?
"Um... excuse me for interrupting, I just heard you discussing plot settings. Are you authors?" Xavier walked up and asked.
"Yes, I'm Junkichi, the author of 'Ghost Martial Arts,' and he's my contract editor, Amao. We're discussing matters concerning the new plot."
"Oh, I'm Xavier, an engineer from Fontaine. I'm currently planning to shoot a film set in Inazuma. Since I'm not very good at writing myself, I'm looking for an author from Yae Publishing House to be my script supervisor."
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