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Chapter 437 Time Converter

Chapter 437 Time Converter

Inside the glass enclosure, the chaotic flow of time is isolated, constantly washing over the sand within the giant scallop, experiencing rebirth and destruction over and over again.

The glass dome was inscribed with time-isolation runes by Dui, preventing an accident caused by the power of time.

Then, outside the glass dome, an alchemical array was used to add another layer of restraint, maintaining the barely stable time inside the glass dome.

Dui maintained the output of magic to ensure the operation of the power of time within the glass dome.

Time truly is the most complex and profound magic. Dui felt his magic power rapidly diminishing, and he could only draw upon a small amount of time power to stabilize it within the glass dome.

This is because Dui is now a Maya-level being, which allows him to easily maintain the continuous release of the Hour Reversal Curse on his own.

Otherwise, at least a dozen senior elite wizards who have mastered the Time Reversal Spell would need to work together to ensure the stable release of the power of time.

Dui looked at the sand inside the glass dome being constantly washed by the power of time. All he had to do was wait quietly until the sand was completely soaked in the power of time and became the Sand of Time.

Such a wait can last for several months.

During this time, Dui was not idle either. While maintaining the effects of the time magic, he was also preparing the main body of the time converter that would carry the Sands of Time.

A vessel that can bear the sands of time must also withstand the erosion of time's power, yet be able to prevent decay.

Gold possesses the property of immortality; it will not decay even after countless years, making it extremely stable and incomparable to mithril.

Therefore, Duy chose gold as the carrier of the time converter. He asked Gandalf for help to quench several tons of gold with the fire of Arno and finally melt and extract the essence of gold.

Then, using the essence of gold, several exquisite circular devices were crafted, similar to pocket watches, with precise time markings engraved on them. The outer ring consisted of two interlocking golden rings, and the center was a hollowed-out disc with a small hourglass at its center.

The time converter was engraved with numerous tiny runes, and a long gold chain connected the two ends of the magical device.

After all this was done, six months had passed.

Time seemed to lose its power in Valinor, where all things were immortal, there were no seasons, no decay, and the Valar, the Maiar, and the Elves were all eternal.

So even though half a year has passed, the residents living here don't feel the passage of time at all; it's as if it's just a fleeting moment.

Inside the Time Chamber, Duy waved his wand, ending the time erosion within the glass dome.

Despite the erosion of time and countless cycles of destruction and rebirth, the large scallop inside the glass enclosure remains as good as new, looking no different from before.

However, the sand and gravel inside the shell undergo a qualitative change under the constant erosion of time.

The sand was no longer ordinary; it emitted a faint blue light and was subtly imbued with the power of time.

It's as if the secrets of time are contained within those tiny grains of sand.

Looking at the Sands of Time quietly contained within the giant scallop shell, Dui dared not be careless, and was even more cautious than before.

In his eyes, these grains of sand were like time bombs, each one extremely unstable, capable of triggering an explosion of time energy within them and causing temporal chaos in the surrounding area if one was not careful.

If this bowl of Time Sand were to explode, it would cause temporal chaos covering the entire Swan Harbor. People would either age and shrink instantly, or be trapped in the temporal turbulence, banished to the past and future, or even be trapped in the time loop forever, never to escape.

That's why Dui transformed the entire studio into a time chamber in advance, setting up alchemical arrays and multiple layers of protection, but even that couldn't guarantee complete safety.

Dui carefully sprinkled the bowl of sand of time evenly into the air.

Amazingly, the sand seemed to have no weight at all, lighter than a goose feather, and hovered quietly in mid-air without any sign of falling.

The amount of time sand in this bowl should theoretically be enough to make dozens of time converters.

However, Dui still needs to further screen these sands of time to select the pure ones.

Only pure sands of time can stabilize the power of time, preventing any reversal of time to earlier or later.

In other words, there won't be a situation where you intend to go back three hours, but it's inaccurate.

Inferior quality Time Sands can cause "time freezes" during rewinding, briefly freezing the user in time.

More seriously, it can trigger a time accident. At best, one will be swept into a time turbulence, returning to the past and future and trapped in a time loop. At worst, one will be completely erased by time, as if one had never existed in the world.

Therefore, Dui carefully selected each grain of sand of time, choosing the purest sand from them.

This process is extremely tedious and boring, requiring Dui to concentrate intensely to check every single grain of sand for any imperfections.

A bowl of sand in time contains millions of grains.

It took Dui a full month to finish selecting from the bowl of Time Sand. This was largely thanks to his powerful mental strength, which allowed him to select it so quickly.

From millions of grains of sand, Dui carefully selected and chose more than 6 pure grains of sand.

These grains of sand are just enough to make three time converters.

Each grain of the sands of time is equivalent to one second.

The hourglass capacity of a time converter is 18000 beads, which is equivalent to 5 hours.

This means that the time converter can allow people to go back 5 hours.

Dui carefully divided the sands of time into the hourglasses of the three time converters and then sealed them.

The time converter, filled with the sands of time, seemed to have gained a soul, becoming even more mysterious and extraordinary. The sands of time emitted a faint blue light in the hourglass, with the power of time flowing within them, but it was firmly locked inside and did not reveal itself.

After doing all this, looking at the three exquisite time converters in front of him, Dui did not immediately try them out, but instead turned his attention to the remaining Sands of Time.

The remaining few thousand grains of pure sand of time were collected by Dui in a small crystal bottle shaped like an hourglass, and runes were engraved on the bottle to prevent the power of time within from leaking out.

The remaining inferior sand of time was unusable for making time converters, but Dui thought about it and came up with a use for it.

Dui continued working in the studio.

Six months later, ten fist-sized, translucent crystal balls were placed in front of Dui.

The surface of the crystal ball was covered with runes drawn with mithril, while inside the crystal ball were countless shimmering blue grains of sand, as if it contained countless stars, making it look very mysterious and beautiful.

This is a time bomb made by Dui using alchemy and inferior sands of time.

These crystal balls may look beautiful, but they are extremely dangerous. If they are thrown and hit an enemy, or even if they don't hit an enemy, they will explode and plunge the area within a kilometer radius into time chaos.

Dui kept these time bombs as his trump card, intending to use them to defeat any formidable enemy he encountered in the future.