Chapter 550 - Preparation (3)

"What should I do?" This question surfaced on Auron's mind when he saw nothing was happening.

"Did I do it wrong?" Auron tried once more and touched the common grade sword with the tip of [Moss Sword]. However, there was nothing happened.

While Auron was pondering, Ruka said, "Maybe, there is some condition to be fulfilled when sacrificing the sword."

"Do you think we need to melt the common grade sword?" Auron asked.

"I don't think so," Ruka shrugged his shoulders. "If we melt the sword, why would we have to provide a sword in the first place? We could directly buy the metal directly."

Auron nodded. He agreed with what Ruka had said. "Then, what should we do?"

"How about you break the common grade sword with the [Moss Sword]?"

Auron nodded with Ruka's suggestions. Then, he began to hit the common grade sword with [Moss Sword]. However, it was not easy to break other swords. Auron hit hard the common grade sword three times, but there was no sign of it breaking down.

Auron didn't give up and hit the sword several times more. He even used skills like [Bash] to hit the common grade sword. After several hits, a crack appeared on the common grade sword. With several hits more, Auron finally broke the sword into two parts.

When the common grade sword broke into two parts, a popup notification appeared in front of Auron.

[Do you want to absorb the common grade sword?]

Auron was excited. It seemed his method was working. Auron quickly pressed the 'yes' option.

As soon as Auron pressed the 'yes' options, the two broken parts shook and quickly stuck on to the [Moss Sword]'s blade. Then, quickly, the two parts getting smaller and smaller as if it was eaten by the sword.

In just five seconds, the two broken parts had already vanished from the scene. Auron quickly checked the [Moss Sword]'s information. And, there was an updated information. There was a number 1 out of 100 besides the sacrifice common grade sword information.

With this discovery, Auron quickly got excited and spirited. He took another sword and slammed the [Moss Sword] onto it.

Even though it was not difficult, Auron still spent a lot of effort in doing this. It still took him around one and a half hour to destroy up to 50 swords.

While Auron was breaking the sword, Ruka was shocked to see that the [Moss Sword] didn't get crack or even had any tiny break on it's blade. The sword's sharpness was still the same as if it had never been used.

Another one and a half hour passed, Auron was on the last 5 swords when Ruka thought of something. He stopped Auron for a bit then took a common grade sword.

With the sword in his hand, Ruka started to hammer the said sword. Using his strength and ability as a blacksmith and the fact that hammer could broke a weapon faster, the sword quickly worn out.

When it was about to break, Ruka handed over the worn out sword to Auron. With three more hit, Auron broke the worn out sword easily. Then, as like what happened to the other swords, the broken part quickly absorbed into the sword.

However, this new discovery made Auron smiled wrily. It seemed he didn't need to destroy the sword all by himself. He could just find an almost worn out sword and broke the sword. Or, he could find some blacksmith and did like what Ruka did.

When Auron thought he had wasted almost three hours just for this, he wanted to curse. With Ruka's help, Auron could speed up the sacrifice process by three fourth times.

Clang... Wungg... The last sword had been absorbed into the [Moss Sword].

Sacrificed common grade sword (100/100).

After that, Auron handed over the sword to Ruka who started the upgrading process. Since this was the first time Ruka did something like this, he was very careful and took it slowly.

Time ticked slowly. After two hours, the sword in front of Ruka's shone brightly that it covered the room with light. In just a second later, the light dimmed and the [Moss Sword] in front of Ruka just laid there silently.

Auron saw the sword and could see that the sword had been upgraded. Auron took the sword and directly looked into the information. 

[Moss Sword] (rare grade equipment) (Upgradeable)

Type: One-Handed Sword

Requirement: 150 Strength, 100 agility, level 200

Class: Swordsman, Thief, Merchant

Attack: 1189 - 1256

Effect:

Strength + 30

agility + 20

Description: A one-handed sword with a green blade. Other than its strange color, the sword, currently, doesn't have any effect. However, don't underestimate this sword since this sword is upgradeable.

Upgrade Information:

- Sacrificed rare grade sword (0/100)

- Coal (0/200)

- Iron (0/200)

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energy: 100

fire form level: 1/10

ice form level: 1/10

earth form level: 1/10

wind form level: 1/10

It was a surprise that the sword's attack increased significantly compared to the previous grade. Also, there was an increase in attributes with this upgrade.

Auron's strength and agility increased 30 and 20 respectively. It was quite a great enhancement compared to the other weapon. Moreover, the increase was one fifth of the sword's requirement.

Auron was excited with this sword. Moreover, the sword could still be upgraded further. Auron quickly took the sword from Ruka's sight which made Ruka disappointed.

Ruka wanted to observe it longer. Since Auron had been helped by Ruka, he could not help but allow Ruka to observe it longer. One hour later, Auron exited the blacksmith association headquarter.

Even though Ruka had wanted to observe it longer, Auron could not help  do it. He had wasted more than 5 hours here. He still had a tight schedule around. he could only promise Ruka a chance in the future.

Auron quickly supplied his potions and brought along his mage character and went hunting. Auron had only around two weeks before he had to go to the Bridge World.