Meanwhile at Blanks, Ethan completed his preparations before beginning the next stage of his training.
Before starting, he summoned Otlo to the chamber.
The blacksmith arrived quickly, wiping sweat from his hands while looking slightly confused about why he had been called so suddenly.
Ethan walked around the forge equipment placed inside the chamber and pointed toward several rune engravings on a weapon rack and the mana lamp structures.
"You need to fix these," Ethan said calmly while tracing a finger across the runic structure.
Otlo leaned forward and looked carefully.
His eyes widened.
"Lord… these are…"
Ethan continued speaking.
"The mana flow here is inefficient. This rune connection is slightly misaligned, and the energy pathway leaks mana before reaching the core structure."
Otlo stared at the structure again.
Then he looked at Ethan with complete shock.
"My lord… how did you see that?"
Ethan simply shrugged.
"I achieved a breakthrough in Mage level recently."
