“Limiting the spread of the civilian DoLorean by setting it at a high price is a good idea.” Lith nodded. “I assume you won’t make the blueprints public, correct?”

“Of course.” Meron said. “Those interested in purchasing a DoLorean will have to bring the raw materials and pay the service fee in advance to the nearest branch of the Mage Association.

“The Royal Forgemasters will take care of the crafting process in Valeron. It’s the only way to ensure that the blueprints won’t be leaked in the near future.”

With every new Train that entered in operation and every DoLorean that would soon be sold to the public, the mages of the Gorgon Empire and the Blood Desert would have more opportunities to study Lith’s creations and attempt to crack their cloaking runes.

Stopping the foreign spies was impossible, but even if someone managed to copy the power core’s structure in its entirety, they would find themselves in the same situation as the late World Tree with the schematics of Menadion’s old tower.

The positioning of the mana crystals, the sequences of external runes, and the mana pathways in an artifact were easy to replicate. Forgemastering its power core, however, required knowing the ingredients necessary to conjure each of the many pseudo cores and the order in which they had to be assembled.

One wrong ingredient or pseudo core out of order, and the partial power core would collapse, wasting all the materials employed in the experiment. Origin Flames could be used to salvage the enchanted metal, but without Creation Magic, mana crystals and natural treasures would be lost.