The Silver Forge

It was about time he got started on this wasn't it? His ultimate objective was certainly a momentous one. He didn't feel that it was completely impossible. Difficult? Yes. Dangerous? Certainly, he'd be stepping on quite a few toes if this little project of his came to fruition. He could see many of his cousins being particularly angry with him and pretty much every Shinigami out for his blood by making them an unneeded force in this world.

But, that would have to wait. As clever as he thought he was. Liam's skills at crafting were nowhere near the level they needed to by in order to create what he was looking for. He also found himself lacking in the resource department for that specialized project. But that was another thing that he would have to wait for. He had neither the power nor the proper chance to seize that particular prize. So it would have to wait.

Instead his focus would find a more productive avenue with his current project. As potentially creepy as it might be. Having a series of nearly invisible spy drones flying around Karakura would certainly come in handy. The fact that they used mundane technology made it pretty much impossible for any spiritual beings to simply sense them.

That would be the case of course, if he could actually get the damn things to work right. Amazing how it easy it to simply steal the technology for those drones in comparison to actually making them work. The design was fine. The cloaking method was fine. It flew alright. The biggest issue was simply writing the code for the program that would stream the video and audio to Liam's own equipment.

Oh god the coding. It was one of the more tedious things Liam had to work on. It had gotten bad enough that it was beginning to cut into the time he usually dedicated to training with his new Seele. But such as it was, sacrifices would have to be made for progress. As it stood, Liam was nearly done with this current project. There was just a few finishing touches he'd need to work on before he could have his own little army of drones fluttering about the town.

Now that he had actually gotten his head around this whole building nonsense. It was high time he started actually working with something of substance. Sure making odd tidbits out of mortal materials was great for his income. But simple money wasn't his ultimate goal. He needed to get to work on working with spiritual materials. Researching the ins and outs of Reishi physics if he ever wanted to achieve anything in this life.

And what better way to begin his experimentation than to start working with Soul Silver. After all, the material was the building block of pretty much every Quincy device. And he could see why. It was durable, acted as a superconductor for Reishi as well as being extremely malleable for anyone who could manipulate Reishi. With but a thought he could bend its shape into nearly anything he wanted. Even change it to have properties similar to mercury. But still remain in a non-volatile state despite the amount of energy used in its creation.

Funnily enough, the Reishi infused water was practically the opposite. It was an extremly volatile liquid, bursting with potential energy. Which was fairly understandable seeing as how it was the basis of Ginto spellcasting. And Liam knew firsthand how powerful those spells were. So he handled said liquid with some care.


Keeping a careful eye on the small orb of Soul Silver floating above his palm. Liam still couldn't help but marvel at a metal dense enough to put tungsten to shame but yet somehow could weigh far less than one would think. Reishi sure was a hell of a thing. But he still couldn't help but be frustrated by how impossible it seemed. Stupid spiritual physics, not behaving like the rest of the world he knew. But at least he was finding this much easier than actual physics. There was something profoundly odd with that. Here he was creating matter from nothing and translating an ancient German cipher. Yet he still struggled with maths and physics in school. Was his Quincy blood helping him with this nonsense? Was he just some kind of savant with this? Or was it simply because the subject interest him he was doing so well in it.

Such thoughts were for another time. Right now he really needed to finish up working. He figured that it would make sense for him to start with something basic. It wouldn't surprise him if many other Quincy used Soul Silver to create odds and ends like arrows and bows. But thankfully Liam was hardly as archaic as that. So instead of something as clumsy as an arrow. He was building a bullet. Specifically one filled with the aforementioned Reishi infused water. One that hopefully would be quite useful in the future.

Provided it doesn't explode in his face when he pulled the trigger.

So far the theory was sound. After all it worked off the same principle that allowed him to waltz back and forth to White Desert without much trouble. His portal simply converted his body into a spiritual form and then back again. That said it was one thing to do it to his body, which thanks to his blood was a natural conduit for Reishi. It was another thing to change other objects into pure Reishi particles and then back again.

And that was what the tattoo was for. It worked off the same basis as the creation of Soul Silver. Since the metal was created by simply arranging Reishi into a particular pattern. One could argue that other objects could be created from Reishi so long as someone knew their "formula". The tattoo that currently graced his hand happened to contain a spell of his own creation. One designed to specifically to remember the pattern of Reishi that an object was made up of. Transmute it and them compact the resulting Reishi into a minuscule size and store it within Liam's body. As far as he was aware, the process was perfectly safe.

Its not like anything bad will happen to him from having that Reishi inside his body. He was used to channeling much larger amounts of power during his fights. So long as he didn't try to take away from the Reishi currently inside his body. He should be fine.

Hopefully. But of course, he wouldn't know until he actually gave his newest invention a field test. Something that he was actually quite excited about. It wouldn't be a stretch to say that this was his first real project that held a measure of power. The first devices he made were nothing but toys. His first bit of experimentation with Soul Silver was the spiritual equivilent of throwing a flask of acid at someone. Not exactly subtle or impressive. It was simply a basic chemical reaction.

This was something different. Something new, something lasting and clearly magical. His own Bag of Holding. Something that he felt would certainly making lugging future weapons around much more convenient in the future.