Anton stopped leveling up his Paladin character at around thirty minutes passed eleven in the morning. He wanted to join the others for lunch and to get news of what happened outside their suite. He did level up his Paladin to level eighty-five and he had to admit that playing the game using the screen option wherein he played the game just like he would in front of a computer was significantly faster than entering the world of Sanctuary virtually. As a matter of fact, Anton knew that if those veteran Diablo II players on the most famous streaming site learned how slow he was in leveling up his characters in Diablo II, given the fact that his leveling up his characters was his way to power, they would have probably tried their best to beat him.
Anyone of those expert players might have thought that if they were the ones given the same power system they would have been gods by now and that was what Anton thought as well at first but he discovered gradually that it was not as shallow as that.
The main reason why he was so slow and that there was a need for him to level up his characters virtually was because there was a need for mind and body to recognize the mana structure and mana pathway of the different spells of different characters. That was the only way for him to learn the detailed intricacies of spells so he could either change the structure enough for him to add some effects like increasing the mana consumed to make the spell bigger or manipulating the structure to change the essence of the spell. That was where the mana water came from.
That was also the reason why he was able to create enchanted items based on the Diablo II spells. That was why he couldn’t just focus on completely hurrying up his character to reach maximum level because if it was just that, any gamer could have done it fast enough that by the time they reached Zalnothel, he would have had all of his characters at maximum level.
When Anton went outside his room, everyone had already stopped practicing magic and was gathered at the dining table.
“What are you all there?” Anton asked everyone.
“Sir Walter asked Harun to order lunch for us and we’re waiting for them,” Anna told his brother.
After a few minutes, Anders and the others entered the suite.
“Father you’re back!” Anna said saying the obvious.
“We wanted to join everyone for lunch and we also wanted to make sure that everyone in here is safe and wanted to let you know as well that we’re safe,” Anton’s father said.
Anders also told them that Antonia and the others were busy and wouldn’t be joining them for lunch.
Soon Harun arrived with others bringing the lunch spread that Walter had ordered and everyone was thankful that there was plenty for everyone.
While eating, Anders told them that the cinema was operating normally and they hadn’t encountered anything out of the ordinary. Anton’s father did receive a lot of inquiries from some of his friends regarding the huge golem and the five wolves that were guarding them.
“Your father kept boasting that his “son the archmage” was worried about his father’s safety that’s why his “son the archmage” summoned fierce wolves and a powerful golem to guard the family,” Selena smilingly said.
“Your father’s friends kept admiring the summoned creatures that your father began to strut around while the summons followed him. I think he would have climbed the golem’s head if he could preserve his dignity,” Norma added making everyone laugh while Anders mock glared at the three women.
After lunch, everyone went back to their business. That afternoon, Anton gambled and entered his Diablo II system world since he really wanted to resume his project Frozen Armor magic item since he wanted his family and friends to be protected.
The first problem that he had encountered with creating an enchanted item that would have the Frozen Armor was the need for it to be activated only when attacked since if it was active all the time, the mana storage on the item wouldn’t be able to handle the mana consumption and that would also degrade the item fast.
The second problem was he couldn’t use wood for the base item since apparently, the mana structure of the Frozen Armor spell was too complex for wood and that meant that he had to create the item using iron, steel, silver, or gold.
The third problem was, that his original plan was to inscribe the Frozen Armor spell on a piece of armor but that would only work for men and warriors at that since they were the only ones who had the strength to wear heavy armor. That meant he had to choose something else so the women could wear the items as well. He then chose to inscribe the mana structure to an accessory but it had to be big enough to contain the structure of the spell which was large and big enough to have the mana storage capacity that would protect the user for a good amount of time when the spell was activated.
He spent several hours thinking of the solution for the automatic activation but he didn’t find any so that meant that he would have to use the same old and tired “switch the item on” process for his magic item which was, to be honest, as an item enchanter, was very embarrassing.
That meant that if a person was carrying his Frozen Armor enchanted item and thought that they were in danger, they would need to switch on the item. If they were ambushed, they would need to take precious several seconds to switch on the item which was truly dangerous since that could mean their lives but as for now, that was the best Anton could do.
Starting after lunch until four in the afternoon, the “switch on the item” idea was the only solution Anton could think of but at least that was progress. He exited his Diablo II system and would think of his next stop when he resumed either later or the next day.
When he joined the others outside his room, he announced that the spell allowing them to memorize spell would now be removed and would resume the next day.
“I want to practice some more, can you extend it at least until you leave for your hunt tonight or if you really need to go out,” Anna complained.
Anton thought for a bit and agreed so he added the mages to his party system again and activated his auras. Surprisingly, not only Anna, but all the mages were delighted with his decision to extend the practice time until he needed to leave the suite.
“I just thought that you all need some rest like maybe watch some shows or movies,” Anton told them.
“Maybe. Once we get tired of practicing our magic but for now, I personally feel that I need to keep practicing,” Anna said and based on the others' reactions, they felt the same way, even Walter.
This time though, his father and the others didn’t return to the suite so finding himself with nothing to do, Anton resume his Frozen Armor enchanted item project. Since he already decided to stick to the “switch on the item” process for now, he now thought of what item he could put the enchantment on but before doing that he had to make sure that he could inscribe the actual mana pathway and mana structure of the enchantment but for now, he could only do it on a tablet, either an iron or a silver tablet since gold was very expensive.