With everyone in position Chronos began casting.
[Rift Spear]
Once the spell began Chronos had to grab two adjacent points in space and slowly pull them apart creating a small rift between them as the first step.
A look of extreme focus was on his face as this was completely different from any of the spatial skills he had used in the past.
His [Sever] skill cut between miniscule points in space allowing him to bypass and cleanly cut through physical material while damaging the energy that existed between the points. This was why it was such an overwhelming attack and why if it backlashed Chronos could become seriously injured when all of that energy struck him.
His [Isolate] skill was an even simpler skill as he only filled the space between points with more spatial energy which created a solid space that separated two existing spaces.
Since the opponent had to damage this space to reach him past the barrier it made a very nearly impenetrable barrier to anything that lacked a spatial affinity or the power to overwhelm his barrier.
If it didn't cost so much energy to use it would become the main skill he practiced.
When he had first started practicing space skills his understanding of them had been basic, actually calling his understanding basic was being generous. He was like an infant trying to create the theory of gravity without any of the correct information.
It had taken Chronos weeks of study to understand that space had points floating within it and that all spatial magic had something to do with manipulating or controlling these points.
And even then, he'd only come to truly understand them after Archivist Quillfeather had taught him how he'd used black pearls and other space aligned materials to expand the space in the library on the top floor of the Archivist Tower.
Separating points like this, directly moving them around, was something that he had never done before. And the amount of energy flying between the two points he was separating was beginning to worry him.
The energy had formed a spatial rift that looked like a tear in the night sky. The spatial power inside the rift turned into small stars that collided with each other creating more spatial tears within the rift.
This made it more difficult to control with each passing second as it tried to expand in a chaotic way.
Chronos managed to extend the rift until it was nearly a meter across before he had to stop and focus on controlling the power inside it.
"That doesn't look too bad." King Roderick said.
"For my first time it's not a bad performance. Now I just need to maintain control long enough to bind it to the spear."
"Shouldn't you make it a bit larger in order to control more space?" Archivist Quillfeather asked.
He wasn't wrong in thinking that a larger rift would give Chronos more control, but he failed to understand how difficult it was to hold onto a rampaging rift.
He was about to find out.
"No, the energy I can't control is already bouncing between multiple points in the room. Watch your back, I can feel space being damaged over there."
Archivist Quillfeather spun around and cast a spell to view spatial points squawking in surprise at the amount of damage that had already been done. He wore a black pearl on a necklace that flashed as he immediately began to cast a spell on the space in front of him.
Chronos sighed in relief as he felt space being repaired then returned his attention to the spear; he would need his full concentration for this next part.
Pushing the rift into the metal spear it accepted half of it before showing a reaction. With a burst of magic, the floor froze as ice swiftly climbed up the walls. The void energy within the material was interacting with space now and running rampant through it.
Bron cursed as he drew out the sunflame from the furnace and started dousing the walls and floor with it, being careful not to damage his forge. A moment later the ice was forced back as the room warmed up again.
"Sorry, I didn't think that ice could move so fast." Bron apologized.
Chronos didn't hear him as he was fully focused on binding the rift to the spear now.
With most of the rift inside of the spear Chronos began shaping a network of aura and bloodline power that he would overlay with the spear.
It wouldn't take much power to create the network structure, but it would take an extensive amount of time.
Starting from the butt of the spear he slowly made his way up the shaft laying the complex network into the metal and watching it settle deep in its core around the rift. He slowed down even further as he approached the blade since it needed more attention than the rest of the spear.
A bang happened in the background followed by cursing, but Chronos was so focused that he didn't notice what caused it, only that steam was slowly filling the room.
He needed to be more careful with the blade as that was where the power to damage or affect space would be the strongest. With a delicate touch he overlaid the network piece by piece onto the blade until it fit perfectly.
Unnoticed by Chronos or anyone else in the room a small warm gold light drifted into the spear disappearing into its depths.
While he was working, he noticed that void and space were fighting against each other within the spear, but they should calm down once the network was complete.
A short time later he finished the network and took a look at the spear as a whole.
It was only after he was finished that he realized he had made the network too large for the rift which might allow it to rampage until it broke his network and the spear with it.
What's worse was the interaction between the void power within the spear and the spatial power was not calming down like he had thought, rather they were amplifying each other with every clash.
If the void energy and space energy continued amplifying and fighting against each other, they would either destroy themselves or destroy everything nearby when they reached their peak.
He couldn't allow that to happen.
Chronos hesitated for a moment before placing his hand on the spear blade and swiping it across the edge. His blood poured out from the deep cut as he watched the spatial rift actively draw in his blood.
Then the void power reacted, calming into some semblance of order that he didn't recognize and the whole spear began to settle down.
"How did you know that would work?" Archivist Quillfeathers voice came from above him.
Looking up for the first time since he had started making the network Chronos gasped as he saw that half the room had an iceberg the size of a carriage in it while the other half was cut to pieces as though someone had taken a ridiculously sharp blade to the walls.
Apparently during his extreme focus the war between void and space hadn't just been happening in the spear.
"I didn't, I just thought that my body already contains both powers so it must have some way to balance them. Don't worry we're almost finished now. The only step left is to bind it to me."
"I certainly hope that's the last step because we're out of sunflame." A tired Bron said from the side.
He and Smith were dragging more flames out of the furnace to melt the ice to the best of their abilities, but it looked like the ice was winning that fight.
Meanwhile King Roderick and Archivist Quillfeather were working to stabilize the torn space on the other side.
Chronos sheepishly smiled, this part was actually the easiest one to handle.
He drew a pattern of spatial magic, connected it to the network on the spear, and finally planted the pattern in a space point within an empty chamber in his second heart.
With a flash the spear disappeared into the chamber and began to draw nourishment from his body like a true artifact would. Just as Chronos was feeling proud of himself the system reacted.
[Please name the new artifact...]
Chronos thought for a moment before coming up with a name that made him smile and that was...