
Sam has only one thing on his mind now. He needed to find a way to use this powder to rebuild something. He had a new idea and he could think of many possibilities from her.
But no matter how he tried, he could not think of a way to make it.
After countless failures, Sam went to the large cauldron and took out some metal from the storage. Because, he couldn't do something with the powder, he didn't want to waste his time and distract him to do something else.
He took out the remaining fire bronze. This included the pieces he got from the sheet metal after the circle was cut from him. He took out purple gold.
He turned everything into powder and threw it into the cauldron.
He ended up doing something to his two roasted tigers. Actually, he had this intention ever since they were attacked but he became busy later and was unable to find the time to make it. Now that he had time to do it, he did it.
He also had to test his new equipment.
Sam began his forging and it lasted for over twenty hours inside the tower. He did it with all his heart. Although he was unable to find any rare materials, he used the best level 2 materials, to make temporary armor for the two panthers.
When he saw the final product, he could not help but feel satisfied.
Sam did not make metal armor, but rather just like how he made a coat with the Black Meteorite sand by using the threads of the Heaven spirit silk moth, he made another cloth, he made another cloth, but the material is different and a little lighter.
The panther was a type of ferocious beast that relied mostly on their speed and agility to fight and if he made a large armor, it might hamper their movement in the joints.
So, what Sam made was a cloth that covered the limbs as well as the upper part of the body. He made a helmet made of metal, which covered the top of the head above the nose.
The ears and eyes are not covered by a helmet. This is mostly a cover for the top of the head and nape.
Fiery rubies were placed along the protective fabric of the cloth. They are placed in a random position and have no particular shape. Although it did not look bad, the position of the rub was absurd.
But not everyone can find that they are fiery rubies. From how beautiful and luxurious the cloth was, they might even think that rubies were only there for decoration.
The fabric is golden red. It just looked like a golden cloth but there was a reddish hue on them.
At the top of the armor along the spine, the names are embroidered. Although Sam can recognize two panthers individually, it is not the same for others. So, now that he had given them names, they should not have been misidentified.
Because they were both men, Sam named them Nero and Zenith.
Embroidery is done with a red thread made of fire bronze. Although the names are embroidered on the spine, they are not made in uppercase letters. Instead they are in medium-sized letters and given space to occupy a long area.
The cloth armor over the body does not cover the body completely. It covers the heart and is rather large on the side of the head and becomes narrow on the back side.
After Sam was done, he called out to the panther and carefully made them wear armor. Although it was made with a special cloth that was basically metallic thread, so he made sure that he added enough layer of fabric in it so as not to injure the panther.
"From today onwards, you are Nero and you are Zenith."
Sam said while patting their heads. They nodded their heads happily and rubbed their heads on Sam's chest.
After that was done, Sam returned to do some more experiments on spirit stone powder after a series of failed attempts, he gave up for now and returned to his room to rest.
The next day, Sam and Watt went to practice in the woods again. Although, he can take Watt to the tower and train with him, he still can't trust Watt enough to tell him one of his biggest secrets.
Sam felt his progress was much faster than expected. During the day, he could manipulate the thick wind as he wished.
Watt also had some progress but was still far from the progress Sam had made.
After lunch, Sam stood by the tree and closed his eyes. He concentrated to his limit as he scanned the air around the tree.
Sam was trying to find a way to separate the gas. The hardest part of all is identifying the gas. If he achieved that with his manipulation ability, it was very easy for him to separate it, but he was unable to identify the gas in his previous attempt.
Now, he's near a tree because, he wants to identify oxygen. When trees release oxygen gas after photosynthesis.
Sam carefully observed the air around him. He could clearly feel the difference between the air in the open space and right under the tree.
But he couldn't fully distinguish it. After more than two hours of travel, the two returned to the mansion where Sam continued his experiments inside the tower.
The next few days, this became his daily routine. He practiced and continued his experiments.
After more than ten days, Watt completed the first stage of his training. He could freely control the condensed wind as he pleased.
Did you see that tree? You have to attack the leaves, but the problem is that you have to cut only one leaf. If you cut more than one leaf or damage a tree, you fail.
You must cut only one leaf with your attack."
Watt was initially full of confidence once he heard Sam's request, but when he tried, he was completely disappointed. No matter how small the amount of energy he used, he could not cut just one leaf.
Each time the attack landed, after the leaves were cut down, the wind blades still walked over and cut off the leaves or other soil on the stem or branch.
After some time, he became completely frustrated and in a fit state, he failed to control his energy and the tree collapsed.
Sam walked up to stand next to him, Watt asked.
"Is it really possible to control that far? Even if it was an attack, what was the point? After all, the stronger the attack, the more damage I can do to the opponent, it will be easier to defeat him right? "
Sam laughed a little. Instead of answering, he asked his own question. "Do you really think that power is everything in an attack?"
"Didn't you?"
"No. Actually it's so wrong."
"How come? If his strength was high enough, wouldn't all the other tricks be for naught."
"Haha. You said it yourself. That's true, but there's a big IF in it. IF you are really strong enough, you can completely ignore all the other tricks and before you become strong enough, you must use the tricks you have. You have to take down your opponent."
Until the moment Sam waved his hand and a gentle breeze flew past them and a leaf fell from the tree and landed in Watt's hand.
“Imagine a leaf as a weapon cutting a vein in the opponent's throat. Before he knew it, he was dead.
Remember this Watt, you can use any trick you want to use. It doesn't have to be flashy, classy with some cool-sounding names. After all, you are not trained to be a showman and entertain the audience.
You train to fight and you train to kill.
The best move is not the one with the highest power, but the one that kills the fastest."
"But what do you do if your opponent is too strong to fall because of this little attack?" ask Watt.
Then Sam turned around and left. He looked at the other tree, in front of him and controlled the wind. A gentle breeze blew again but this time, the tree was cut down in the middle.
"If that's what you're really worried about, think of it this way. Every time in battle, estimates should be given to whatever you need to do. And you only need a small knife to kill a chicken and a machete to kill a goat and a sword to slaughter a lion.
So if you don't think like that and use a sword attack to slaughter a chicken, you'll put what you want first rather than what you need, which can be very fatal. Think about it carefully."
Sam leaves Watt alone and returns to the mansion.
Today he would see the silver-colored meteorite sand he had obtained from the Black Pool.
He entered the tower and took out a lump of sand. He opened the cubic box and took out a handful of sand.
He looked at the grains of sand and compared them to a handful of black meteorite sand, which was left over from the creation of the mantle.
Compared to the black meteorite sand, the silver colored sand is lighter. After thoroughly examining it and making a few more comparisons, he finally came to a conclusion. This sand is actually called Silver meteorite sand.
But isn't that clear from the color? Yes, but the problem is there are two other sand meteorites that are the same color as the sand in his hand. That is why, Sam was able to identify the black sand meteorite with a single glance and he could not deduce about the sand meteorite without some comparison.
When he saw the sand again, he did not know what to think. Because, the silver meteorite sand is one of the lightest among all sand meteorites. This product is also the lightest so that users will feel comfortable to carry it. They may not even realize whether the item remains in hand or not.
These metals are like aluminum alloys used in the manufacture of aircraft.
But it was stronger and also a little more flexible than that.
When he saw the amount of metal he had in his hand, he suddenly felt depressed. He suddenly wanted more of this metal. He had many ideas for using a light and strong product, but this limited amount of metal made him feel a little frustrated.
He got out of his depressive state very quickly and started to rack his brain about how to use this metal. After an hour of fruitlessness, he finally released it and returned to the spirit stone powder.
He took the powder in his hand and thought of something, before he used the most direct approach, and it was to inject a large amount of spiritual energy directly that surprisingly gave him results.