Unaware of the approaching danger, the Alchemy Department was still celebrating.
This was especially true for the man behind it all, Rorschach Mage, who was currently reveling in the fruits of his labor.
As the large-scale Collector was turned on and continued to run, the proficiency for [Rorschach's Divine Exile Technique] on his panel was steadily increasing.
'It increases by about one point every five minutes. If the proficiency log on the panel had an animation, it would probably look like the numbers on a water meter slowly ticking over.' Rorschach did a quick mental calculation. If the machine could run continuously, he could probably unlock the next stage in about three months.
'If a second, a third... if more units were built, I could speed up my progress even more.' But the cost was astronomical, enough for Rorschach to temporarily dismiss the idea of installing a similarly-spec'd device in his own future Magic Tower.
