The next morning, they started on the mana collection orbs, the second half of the spell buff that would apply no matter what combat spells were eventually put on the shield.
Once those were done, they could make shields to mount them in and begin the work of altering the circuitry, so that the final product would be one cohesive magic item, and not a shield with three orbs added to the price.
That was the most important part.
If they didn't all activate as one, then the lower level users would gain little to no benefit from the added complexity, and they would have wasted a huge amount of effort making shields for everyone.
Fortunately, this one was much easier to make, and Dominic could grow the necessary mana gem in only a few minutes, a rate far faster than either of the two mages in the room.
