The Altar

However, the effect only lasted for three seconds, before Hannibal's 『Radiant Cowl』 began to flicker, after which it completely dimmed and he collapsed to the ground in exhaustion.

"I need to get some sleep too," Lucius sighed to himself, before picking Hannibal up and walking down the hallway back toward the altar room.

Although they were yet to build Gravenovarish's magic weapon, it was just a matter of finding the right combination of effects to mount onto a massive sword or warhammer. And now that he had an idea of the internal workings of the runes, it wouldn't be too hard to combine the simpler ones.

~After all, this is just a quality test. Once I show him I can actually create magic weapons, then we can discuss more powerful ones,~ Lucius thought to himself.

Besides, he was not foolish enough to try and give Gravenovarish a perfected product after their first exchange. After all, leaving your customers wanting was a tactic on its own.