Chapter 166: Magic Artifacts (1)

'Maybe but isn't it too easy to dismiss everything with 'lazy'? If I take a walk in the city and ask why they aren't working hard enough to become a noble, I would surely hear all kinds of different answers. Laziness might be one of them but it isn't a definitive answer.'

Thinking till this point, he changed his line of thought.

'Forget about society. What would have happened if I was born in a commoner's family with my family being nothing more than commoners? It would most definitely be different from how I am but to what degree? Would I have ambitions? If so, then how could I strive to reach my ambitions? Would determination and hard work be enough?' As he thought of this scenario, he remembered his situation in Gruer's Landings and a small curve appeared on the corner of his lips. 

'That world is perfect to see my limits as a person." He said out loud, before letting out a sigh. "These days, I'm frequently going off to a weird philosophical tangent---"

"Argh…" His head hurt again.

Unlike previous times, the pain didn't subside this time.

'I have to do something about this headache…'

Shaking his head, he got up.

***

First Floor.

Inside a room, Vinia was sitting by the side of the bed. Although her face was calm, the same couldn't be said for her heart. No matter what, she was only an eighteen-year-old teenage girl. Even though she wasn't the type who is into love and emotions, that doesn't mean that she is completely unaware of it.

*Knock*

"Can I come in?"

Vinia's heart leaped when she heard the voice. "Yes."

The door was slowly opened as Rewen walked in with staggering footsteps.

Vinia frowned. 'Did he drink?' She doesn't have any opinion on drinking but drinking on the night of their marriage left a bad taste in her mouth. Her beautiful eyelids fluttered as she watched the man walking up to her slowly and gradually. 

With every step he took, her heartbeat increased.

'Do we have to do it tonight?' Her face couldn't help but hot. Not having the courage to continue looking straight at him, she looked down. She saw the pair of feet stopping when the distance between them was negligible. 

She saw his hand raised and immediately loosened her body. 'Here it comes.' 

Then.

She felt a hand on her shoulder making her body stiff.

"I'm sorry…"

It was the last thing she heard from him that night. 

After saying that, Rewen immediately collapsed on the bed.

***

Next morning.

The sun was shining brightly.

As the windows were left open, the bright sunlight directly fell on a red-haired young man's eyes. His eyelids contracted and expanded a bit before completely opening slowly.

The red-haired young man was naturally Rewen.

Last night, because of the strange headache, he immediately fell asleep after coming to his room. Helping himself up with his hands, he found that he was half-naked. "Wait, I don't remember taking my shirt off." 

He looked to his right and saw a golden-haired fair-skinned young woman sleeping next to him.

Tugging on her arms, he tried to wake her up but it was to no avail.

"Well, she seems like a deep sleeper." Rewen didn't know if this was a valid word but with his limited vocabulary, he could hardly do normal conversations well. "Anyways, Oh-haiyou myself."

He opened the game interface and logged out.

***

Klofar Residence.

Rewen took off his helmet and looked at the time.

It was a sharp ten.

"I wonder if they are still here? Since they came into the game, then that means they must have gone back to their places… nope."

Coming into the living room, he saw all seven of them peacefully sleeping on the ground while drunk. Only Svety was absent.

"I guess it's for the best." Rewen smiled before going back to his room.

He sat down on his PC and researched magic artifacts. He knew that it was high time for him to realize that the situation he was in was extremely deadly. According to his estimate, he dared to say that he won't survive if he was cornered by eight Rank 2 Mages no matter how much he schemes. 

Another extreme disadvantage was the fact that the 'Daily Missions' were locked. 

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[Daily Missions] (Locked)

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'What a beautiful sight.' He sarcastically remarked.

With this, he could no longer reap the minimal benefits, especially from the [Bloodline System]. From what he could tell, he was pretty confident that wouldn't get any more quests for the time being.

Now his power level boils down to three things - 2x Power Spike (x2) and Brown Fruit and most importantly, [Freestyle Knights Combat] - which aren't even barely enough.

In conclusion, somehow or the other, he has to raise his combat prowess. That's why he set his eyes upon magic artifacts. After experiencing the might of the old stick of Gavin, he realized that while it might not completely help him win the battles in the near future, it would definitely increase his chances of winning by some margin.

Besides, by profession, he is a silver-ranked blacksmith. It wouldn't be wrong to say that even if the basic principles of making a magic artifact were to be different, he would catch on to things much faster than others.

"Let's see… mana collector… enhancer, terminator, type slots, distributor, and watcher…"

He listed down the basic materials required to make a mana artifact. "They cost quite a bit." He muttered in a troubled tone.

[Mana collector], as the name suggests, stores mana just like normal mana points. It comes in various shapes and sizes and for Rank 0 Magical Artifacts, they are basically classified into three kinds - 5M MC, 20M MC, and 50M MC. 

MC stands for mana collector while M stands for mana and the numbers before M suggests the amount of mana. 

For instance, A 5M MC could collect a maximum of 5k mana.

Out of all the basic equipment, it costs the highest. The lowest-priced 5M MC is more than 20k credits. His entire budget was only about 30k and generally speaking, 30k credits were enough for a middle-class family to live properly for five to six months. It was way more than overpriced.

[Enhancer], again, as the name suggests, enhances a raw weapon and makes it compatible to store and generate mana. It is available in the form of semi-liquid. To enhance a base weapon using "Enhancer", one first has to apply the "Enhancer" all over the weapon and then heat it in high temperatures for at least four hours.

It is priced low. The best-quality Enhancer in order to make a Rank 0 Magic Artifact isn't more than 4.5k credits.

[Terminator] is the most important material to make Magic Artifacts. It is an electronic machine, appearing like a traditional printer about the size of 1.5 meters. With proper materials, it can turn a simple spear into a spear that shoots out fireballs. What it essentially does is use "common concepts of physics in mana" and make a normal weapon that generates mana into an electronic component that could be programmed.

Undoubtedly to Rewen, this was the hardest as well as the most interesting part.