chapter 4172: beldarâs cement

soon, i reached the place.
it had taken me more than three and a half hours, but i did it.
it is an anomaly in place. where everything is bleak and broken, this building is standing tall without even a crack in it.
it is a large, single-story square building with huge carved columns.
there were many options, but i chose this one because most of them were about strengthening or the stuff, i don't need.
this one offers what i need.
i walked toward it and soon, reached its door. its iron doors are thick and powerful. that even
if i attacked it with all my strength, i wouldn't be able to do anything to it all.
i looked around, before placing both of my hands on the door and pushing it.
it took considerable strength, but i opened it.
i looked ahead, and there was nothing in front of me. if i want to see what is inside, i will have to go inside and that's what i did.
i stepped inside through the white screen and appeared in a dark space.
it's not a limbo space where i stay for a moment or long, but an actual space with darkness. unfortunately, i can not see through it.
my powers are sealed.
i was looking around, when the space lit up, or rather, the things began to appear in it. fractals, colorful fractals.
at first, their numbers were small, but soon, more and more appeared till they were everywhere.
it took a few seconds before they had stopped.
"create vasalavis image. reward beldar's cement," i heard, and a appeared on my face.
'the reward hadn't changed,' i thought.
beldar's cement is an amazing resource, that every artificer wants. i need it especially with the kind of abode i want to forge.
patience is key here, as these pieces are civilians. i have to find the perfect pieces at each step. if i choose the wrong piece, i might not realize it before it's too late.
so, i am being careful. picking a piece every few minutes.
soon, over ten hours passed and there was no change, when a few minutes later.
a smile appeared on my face.
a minute after that, i picked a piece, and another minute later. i continued this for two hours when my speed increased again and now, i do not even want to pick up new pieces.
slowly my speed got faster and faster with a puzzle in front of me getting bigger and bigger. the puzzle is the hardest in the beginning, as one barely has any idea about it but as more pieces accumulate. it becomes clearer and clearer, making things easier.
time passed as more and more pieces gathered until there was only one remaining.
i brought it and connected it a huge fraction.
buzz!
as i did it buzzed loudly with a shine.
there is no change occurred. though a thing appeared. a shining grey powder in a crystal box.
i looked at it but didn't move to take it. the clock was still ticking. i could get the price and get or solve the fractal and get an even bigger price.
nobody knows what it is.
it is without doubt people have got it. i am not that dumb to believe, that others weren't able
to do what i had been able to in the time i did.
i might not have if i had taken the aid of my clone, but now i do.
i stared at it for two and a half hours before raising my finger and touching the tiny square middle of the fractal and taking it to the end.
buzz
just as it buzzed and shone brightly, i could see nothing for a moment.
when the light dimmed. the fractal had disappeared. in its place is a crystal box holding grey
powder with shimmering purple granules.
seeing it, my eyes widened before a big smile appeared on my face.