Truth Beyond the Veil Chapter 20: Chapter 19: My previous idea might work

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Summer, 9:55; Location: Testing grounds, Outside Theo’s Villa; "You know what? Let's do Leo's first," Victor said, cutting off Theo and Leo. "I changed my mind." "Huh, what now?" Leo asked, confused. "After watching the whole process, I realized that my previous idea might work," Victor said with a smile before immediately vanishing. "Noir!" "What the..." Leo was baffled. He turned to Theo. "Do you have any idea what's going on in his head?" Theo looked at the spot where Victor had disappeared for a few seconds. "I think I know what he's going to do. Let's get started. He'll be back soon." "What is he even planning?" Leo asked as he went toward the pile of metal scraps dumped by Noir. "Oi, that pile is mine," Theo said, conjuring another bubble. "The left one is yours." "Yo, I'm back," Victor said as he saw his friends preparing for the next weapon. "Huh, you came back fast," Leo said, surprised to see Victor's wide smile. "I already had the model," Victor replied. "I was skeptical about the forging idea, so I took the easiest path of making a simple scythe… I just loaded the mold into the 3D printer." "Let's start," Theo shouted, looking at the sky, which was already much more repaired. "Ah, how much energy do you guys use?" Victor asked, checking his own energy and noticing he had already used 10%. "The previous ball cost me about 13%," Leo said after checking his status screen. "I lost about 15%," Theo said after some consideration. "Considering that we can't use energy below 50%, we might need to take a little rest." "Hmm, isn't it weird that we can't use energy after 50%, like in VRRPG games?" Victor asked, watching Leo throw metals into the hollow sphere. "It's certainly weird, but what can we do?" Theo said as he began to compress the sphere, seeing the metals on the verge of liquefying. "We don't even have a clue what's going on." "Hmm, why is it so fast?" Victor said in astonishment. "Not even two seconds, and most of the metals are melted." He began blasting energy into the bubble to refine the metals. "These are different metals," Theo said, tossing the white crystal into the molten liquid. "Considering Leo's needs, the same metal as Noir's won't work." He grimaced. ‘Even I don't have that much tungsten. Tsk, it's getting unstable!’ "Then what does this one contain?" Victor asked as he continued to refine it. "I can already see three different metals." "Copper, Nickel, a few silver, and a pinch of Beryllium," Theo said, wiping sweat from his sleeves. "Oi, it's in the final stage, focus!" Victor got serious and began blasting more energy to refine it faster, watching the molten liquid thrashing, almost bursting the energy sphere. "1... 2... 3... 4... Leo, now!" Theo shouted, watching the molten liquid being refined by Victor and compressed by himself. Leo stopped the fire and grabbed the mold that jumped from his shadow. "Thanks, furball!" "Hyap!" Leo shouted as he pressed the mold and fastened the clips. "Huu..." Victor took a deep breath as he carefully injected his energy into the mold, preventing it from corroding the mold itself. Theo closed his eyes, feeling the metal inside the cast, and adjusted it. "Hmm... done!" Dup... “Leo, keep the ingot warm,” Theo said, rubbing his eyes and stretching his back. “Got it,” Leo said, picking up the mold and opening it. He pulled out the 30x15 cm long ingot, his brow furrowed. “What is this? It doesn’t look like a gauntlet at all. This looks more like a dic—” "STOP!" Theo shouted, rubbing his forehead. "You said the previous gauntlet wasn't good, so keeping that in mind, I designed this. What I just made is the ingot. The next step is a long process of transforming it into your gauntlet." "Uh, then why did you make this dic—uh..." Leo stopped speaking when he saw Victor taking off his shoes, ready for the famous mom's move. "Rocket! Yes, rocket-shaped. Why did you make the ingot rocket-shaped?" "Well, I should have told you that in the first place," Theo said, acknowledging