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Emma was dejected. He didn't understand where he had failed. He locked himself up for the past three days, not leaving his room.

Sienna and George didn't bother to disturb him. They knew how it feels to fail when success was only a few inches away.

Inside Emma's small room, he was studying rune inscription and array formation. Contrary to what Sienna and George thought.

He had long forgotten the thought about his failed weapon. After going over the procedure for a day. He knew what the error was and devised a plan to make it work.

Now, he was doing an in-depth research on rune and formation. With the help of Zeus, the speed of their research was monstrously fast.

"If I use formation with my forging. This could increase my concentration and also limit the number of heaven blessings that the weapons I forged received." He murmured, pursing his lips.

'If I have strong metal. I won't have failed in the forging. ' He sighed. 'But who am I? The greatest inventor of all time? What others thought was impossible can't be impossible for me.'

He puffed his chest in confidence. While Lily looked at the seemingly overconfident Emma in awe.

"Zeus, what do you think of the so-called heavenly blessing? Do you detect what type of energy is that?"

[[Negative. My sensor couldn't pick up a thing.]]

Hearing this, a sighed escaped from Emma's mouth. He thought so. Zeus was just too weak to pick such bizarre power.

>>You can't expect such a little creation of yours to detect such energy. You are still miles away from accompanying such feet. Take a step at a time.

'I know. I'm just curious.'

His hand stopped on the parchment for a moment. He stared at the complicated drawing without uttering a word.

"Scan"

[[Scanning.]]

[[Two formations detected.]]

[[According to my data bank. These two formations work in tandem. A concealing formation and an interference formation. Both are peak rank 2 formation.]]

[[Running in depth analysis.]]

[[Analysis completed. 13883 cross examination.]]

[[10 node detected with much room for improvement.]]

'Hmm?'

It surprised Emma with the high number of nodes. He creased his brow. 'I guess Zeus's capability is more than I think.'

Thus, he didn't dillydally. He watched the nodes that needed improvement. After watching it for half an hour. Zeus' deduction flabbergasted Emma.

Using the smallest energy to achieve greater effect. 'Machine would alway be more efficient than man.'

>>Indeed. Can you think of thirteen thousand variations of these two formations?

Emma shook his head bitterly. He can't even think of a hundred.

>>But it was done in under a couple of seconds with your little AI. So, be grateful and make use of the rare opportunity.

'That I will surely do.'

Emma didn't leave his room for another day. Studying Zeus's new branch of array formation. After digesting the knowledge. A rare smile blooms on his face.

'Science is endless.' He murmured absentmindedly.

>>Indeed. There is no absolute way.

Meanwhile, Sienna and George were restless. It is the fourth day and Emma hasn't stepped out of his room.

"Do you think he may have hurt himself?" Sienna asked.

"I don't think so. He's not a reckless kid."

"But why was there no movement inside his room for the past four days?"

Sighed. "I don't know."

"Let's open the door and look. I can't rest without seeing. Who knows what insane action he may have taken with his failure?"

"You're right. Let's force the door open."

Creak.

Just as the two were debating on forcing the door open. Emma walked out of his room calmly. He looked at the two people in front of his door in puzzlement.

'What's wrong with their expression?' he thought.

Seeing Emma hale and healthy. A sigh of relief escaped from George's mouth while a radiant smile blossomed on Sienna's face.

"Punk! Why would you lock yourself up for the past four days?" Sienna shouted, pretending to be furious.

"What do you mean why did I lock myself up? "

"Idiot! You're inside your room without coming out after you fail in forging… Can't you be reasonable at once? You're not leaving alone. "

'What's wrong with the fox lady?' Emma was lost. 'Is he wrong to stay in my room without coming out?'

He was lost and didn't know what to say.

George watched the interaction between the two, and the corner of his lips raised a bit.

'Is it what I'm thinking?'

Meanwhile, Sienna's wide eyes focused on Emma's face. Watching the somewhat lost expression on his face. A raging fury erupted from her heart.

'Idiot. Why would I worry about this muddlehead?' Her fury was boiling.

"Sorry for making you worry." Emma said slowly, staring deeply into Sienna's eyes.

"Who's worrying about you? You can do whatever you like. Who cares!?" Sienna snorted and left. However, a rare smile appeared on her face.

'At least he still has some senses. Though he is still a muddlehead.'

Seeing the backside of Sienna, Emma shook his head and stared at George.

"What just happened?"

"How would I know?" George rolled his eyes, wanting to smack this dumb kid. He sighed.

"It's good that you're ok. Don't think too much about it. Failure doesn't mean the end. You can still try again."

Emma was speechless. 'So all this happened because they thought I'm still wallowing in my failure.' He wanted to laugh but control himself.

"You don't have to worry about it. I'm not that reckless to do something stupid. And besides—"

'Beside what?'

George stared straight into Emma's eyes. Waiting for him to complete his sentence. It would be a lie that it did not disappoint him with Emma's failure.

If Emma could forge a rare weapon or higher grade. Then, his joy would have no bound. He'd become the teacher of a legendary blacksmith. Moreover, he could learn the secret without breaking a sweat.

"You guess."

"Why would I need to guess when you can tell right now?" He wanted to beat some senses into this conceited boy. His hand was already itching.

"Fine, I will tell you." Emma shrugged and said slowly.

"I will reforge the weapon again. But this time around. I will succeed."

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