When the appointed day arrived I, like a lifeless corpse, slithered out of the forge and into the bath. I was hoping to restore a little of my mental fortitude before the next chore. In order for the children to advance and develop racial traits and characteristics, I would need to inscribe them upon their decahedron magoi cores. This will be a repetitious process, until their cores are able to autonomously develop without my input.
Hypothetically, that won't happen for another 10 sols at the soonest, 10,000 sols at the latest. Additionally, I would need to create the same inscriptions on the master shard and the smaller shards until the shards embedded in their foreheads develop a natural link to their magoi cores. The process will be like sculpting a masterpiece which requires many small etchings to make the final art piece.
(Done with the analogies,) I got dressed and after evoking clothing and supplies to float with me, I headed to the lower rings of the mountain where the children would live. Once I reached the lower rings, the still nude children greeted me. Before I could clothe them however, I would need to perform the racial traits and characteristics inscription which may destroy anything they are wearing (I hate that part about magic).
The 100 who stayed behind last time informed me of their newly created clans. I, using the master shard examined each clan for the ideal traits and characteristics which matched them, and the line of work they will soon have. After 20 minutes of analysis, I commanded them to sit cross-legged and relax their bodies.
After they were all seated, I released the master shard from my chest which grew until reaching its original 6m tall sanguine emerald appearance. Next, I had the master shard create thin needles from itself and directly etch inscriptions on their smaller shards and magoi cores at the same time. Each etching distinctly unique as the 100 clans all needed a diverse set of inscriptions for each clan.
Initially I didn't know how to get this all to work properly. It is times like this, I am glad I had spent 100 Earth years inside the inheritance realm with uncle. Most importantly, I am thankful for not needing sleep, rest, or food while inside.
Just imagine, if Einstein or Tesla were able to use such a realm. The amount of achievements and breakthrough they would've created in that amount of time is mind numbing. Even more so if they never had to sleep eat or relieve stress/bodily waste while inside.
Anyway, during that time, I had been working relentlessly on honing my understanding and mastery of arcane theory. Using that knowledge and after much trial and error these few days (outside of smithing and clothes making of course) I created the needed inscription method. I designed the master shard to be a polyhedron with over 3000 geometric facets on its surface. Each facet had the same dimensions and were evenly spread along the gem's surface.
I intend to use only 100 of those facets to contain the complex inscriptions which are now being etched on the children. The process will take at most a day to finish. In the meantime, I have to supply the needed magoi and direct which group get which set of inscriptions. The children on the other hand, would need to endure the pain. Luckily it will be far less than the race change… I hope.
Hours passed by slowly as the inscription process continued. Although I had begun inscribing on all 1 billion, some of the clans had already finished their inscription and are waiting for the next step, for now they are resting, while all the others will need to endure the process for a while longer. Eventually, 1 day passed since the inscription process began, luckily with incident. Now for the easy part.
I evoked ambient magoi into the master shard which like a super battery, charged the inscriptions placed on the children's magoi cores and smaller shards. When the shards and cores were full of energy, each clan began to emit different elemental and radioactive auras. Some focused on a single element, others focused on multiple elements and others had no elemental alignment but specialized in aura manipulation or radiation manipulation.
When the energizing process finished, the children no longer looked like a neutral template of what they are, but now varied in appearance and ability. Pleased with the results of the initial inscriptions, I got up and passed out clothes and supplies to the children who in return looked at me confused and puzzled by what I was giving them. Shaking my head I spoke to them,
"You are no longer monsters, but members of the races. Therefore, you can no longer run around naked as before. Currently, your race is still young and will need to undergo many refinement treatments like just now before everything happens naturally. Until then, I will inscribe more traits and characteristics which match each of your clans when the time is right. Until then get dressed and follow me. It is time you met the new additions to our family."
I got up and used magoi to freshen up since I won't be able to bathe at the moment. After about 10 minutes, the children followed me to the foot of the mountain where the tribals had been waiting for my arrival. This time, no one tried to kneel down, but they all bowed their heads and clasped their hands together, which is a start at least. Once I landed with the children in tow, some of the tribals seemed worried, but I quelled their fear,
"Do not be afraid of these ones here. Like you they are the residents of this forest, but to the north. They like you have experienced a miraculous event which gave rise to a brand-new race of people, for now you may call them the children as they are indeed children who have yet to develop an understanding of the world."
Hearing my explanation, the tribals relaxed and were ready for my next instructions.
"Together with the children, you will build homes for yourselves and each other. I will continue to provide all the materials and equipment you will need for the task. Additionally, some of you who already have skills with hunting, foraging, farming, cattle husbandry, and all types of crafty work will be separated."
"I desire for them to work with their own groups to teach those who do not know your trade how to be proficient at it. Remember, we are one community not separate tribes or races, but one people. Once everyone has homes built to your satisfaction and has been assigned to a position, I will begin instructing groups of you more on manipulating the elements. Until them I will give each of you a means to develop when you have enough down time."
I then evoked inscribed neutral magoi crystals containing instructional illusions to fly into the hands of everyone present. Each crystal was directly connected to the magoi matrix a part of the hollowed tree shrine. This way, the shrine acts as an essential information hub, which I will frequently modify. With 1,000,001,900 or so crystals being evenly distributed to the tribals and the children, no one will fall behind in growing stronger. After giving them further directions, I headed back to my brick house for a bath and sleep.
-End of Chapter