ℙ015 – Blacksmith

P015 – Blacksmith

As Hecate walked, she realized something important.

The scenery of the city looked different than what she remembered yesterday. But it doesn't mean that the city had changed overnight during her absence. The one was truly changed is the view reflected in her sight.

There is a lot of objects that let out a noticeable glitter everywhere.

Items that were sold in the road stalls, dropped coins in the road, even a few of the shop billboard let out this conspicuous glint. Those items have something in common, that they were rare and valuable items.

'The billboard of that shop is gilded with silver and gold... That tattered armor has one or more Soul Essences in it...

That boxes, there is something valuable inside.'

Hecate could guess the reason behind this phenomenon, it was the effect of her newly enhanced skill.

; ; Skill Name: Treasure Sensor Requirements: Collector Type: Passive Effect: Shows lootable valuables in around 10 meters in the minimap.

The user must define the valuable list manually.

Lootable valuables will have noticeable glitters in the user's vision.

Thanks to this skill, the valuable items that Hecate had defined will be shown in her Minimap. Now the skill was leveled up and the marks also show directly in her vision. She didn't need to open her Minimap to utilize this skill anymore.

Well, since she noticed, it will be a waste if she did not take it. She approached the merchant and inspected the armor.

Spoiler ; ; Item Name: +5 Ebony Armor Requirement: Warrior, Thief, and Archer Job-classes, STR 10 Type: Armor Rarity: Durability: 2/400 Crafter: Unknown Effect: VIT +20, DEF +200

Upgrade Bonus: DEF +250

If STR < 40: AGI -20

Heavily Damaged: Effect Nullified.

[] Soul Essence: Orc Pirate General

<del></del> Max HP +100%, DEF -50%, MDEF -50%

[] Soul Essence: Fierce Fang Wolf

Gives STR +5 per Upgrade Lv.

Details: An armor made of a metal called Opcidium. The decoration of the black crystal looked very profound.

Unfortunately, this armor is damaged by a powerful acid and the power inside was lost.

The armor itself is not in good shape. Almost half of the armor was slightly melted and deformed. A single stab of a knife can surely penetrate the armor and make a hole in it.

But with her Blacksmith skill, she should be able to somehow recycle it.

As for the boxes...

; ; Item Name: Mysterious Box Type: Misc Rarity: Durability: - Details: Safety box that was locked with a powerful rune.

Who knows what is the contents inside this box.

These boxes dropped occasionally from a golem or machine type monsters. Nobody knows the exact contents inside the box and the description doesn't say anything useful. In the market, they sold untouched as it is and the contents inside depend on the buyer's luck.

Hecate began to negotiate with the merchant.

"Mister, I want this armor. How much?"

"It's

400.000, dear little Lady."

"That's too expensive for a junk."

"Lady, this is not junk. You can see it for yourself. This armor was compounded with 2 Soul Essences."

"Mister, did you really take me for a fool? This armor's durability was already in 1 digit. It was sprayed with corrosive acid and already in the brink of destruction. To hire a skilled Blacksmith and repair this thing would cost about 5 million.

I'll take this junk for Upstodatee from n(0)/ve/lbIn/.(co/m

40.000 or just forget it!"

STAB!

"Huuk...! But... but... It has Orc Pirate General and Fierce Fang Wolf Essence...

It can double your Max HP and increase your STR by a huge amount! At least...

350.000?"

"What's the use of those Soul Essences if the armor is unusable? They will break during the repair anyway."

Hecate paused for a bit, before continuing.

"Now that I think about it,

40.000 is still too expensive!

35.000!"

STAB! STAB!!

"Huuk...!! Huuk...!!"

For some reason, the merchant looked like he was suffering from constipation.

"Are you okay Mister? You should go to the doctor if you sick. Should I press the emergency button for you?"

"...No need!...I understand,

35.000 it is... (*cries*)

Damn spiders destroying my precious armor... I wouldn't sell this if not because I urgently need golds...!! (*cries*)"

"Thank you. Oh, I also want this, this, and this... total 3 boxes."

"That will be

12.000." (*dead eyes*)

Hecate finished the negotiation and bought the items. The merchant cried as he handed the ragged armor and 3 small boxes. He looked like he had lost his beloved wife to another <del>man</del> loli.

; ; You have traded

35.000 for a +5 Ebony Armor.

You have traded

12.000 for 3 Mysterious Boxes.

; ; You have traded ; ; Item Name: Wooden Crate Type: Misc Rarity: Durability: 15/15 Details: A wooden crate made of Sandalwood. Spoiler ; ; You have turned on the Furnace. Please supply the Furnace with MP to keep it functioning. Current Temperature: 0 800 C (Max 1000) Your skill, Mysticallurgy Lv7, has reduced the melting time by 70% Metallic Extraction (20/25) : +4 Short Knife 50g Iron | Estimated time: 15 minutes. Extraction Result when Finished: Spoiler ; <td colspan="4" rowspan="4"> <td colspan="4" rowspan="4"> <td colspan="4" rowspan="4"> ; Spoiler ; ; You have unequipped +4 Saintess Necklace. ; ; Are you sure you want to use Slot Enchant Core to +4 Saintess Necklace? Success Chance: 65%. Yes No Spoiler ; ; The slot enchantment was successful. ; ; Item Name: +4 Saintess Necklace Requirement: Mage, Cleric Type: Necklace Rarity: Durability: 240/253 Effect: Immune to Silence, Charm, Confuse

Halves stamina consumption

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Details: A Necklace that was bestowed to a Saintess.

Has a protection from Ashera, your soul won't be defiled.

Hecate let out a satisfied smile as she looked at the success notification. It proved that her hypothesis was right.

Fortune Instinct can help her detect the probability of success in advance. This was equal to obtaining a clairvoyance ability that lets her see the future.

While other players have to take a gamble as they took a risk of failure when upgrading or slotting equipment, Hecate only had to look if the blue aura exists in the items or not. If it exists, then it was a guaranteed success.

It was truly a broken skill.

'Since it proved to be true, then I don't have to hold back.'

She continued to enchant a few of her equipment.

Spoiler ; ; The slot enchantment was successful.

The Slot of +8 Eldritch Bone Wand has been increased by 1.

The slot enchantment was successful.

The Slot of +7 Mask of Serenity has been increased by 1.

The slot enchantment was successful.

The Slot of +7 Cloak of the Fallen has been increased by 1.

The slot enchantment was successful.

The Slot of +5 Shadow Walker has been increased by 1.

The slot enchantment was successful.

The Slot of +7 Moon Glacier Armguard has been increased by 1.

The slot enchantment was successful.

The Slot of White Silk Panties has been increased by 1.

Unfortunately, the last 3 cores were just plain cores, they didn't let out any aura whatsoever. If she used these cores to slot her equipment, she would likely fail.

"Oh well, Got 7 out of 10 is already good."

Without any other choice, she stored the items back to her inventory.

More than thirty minutes had passed unknowingly. The furnace already finished melting the scrap items and the inside has changed into a hot metal liquid. The hot liquid metals were magically separated from the other element and each contained in a different container.

If this were in the real world, it would take more than 10 hours to melt iron to liquid metal.

"Now that the metal has become liquid, it's the time to cast the metal."

Hecate carefully poured the hot liquid iron into a sand mold.

This method is called the Sand-casting method. It is one of the most popular and simplest types of metal casting, because it is cheap, using only sand bonded with clay or resin as the mold. Sand can be recycled many times in most operations and requires little maintenance.

She used this metal casting method for two years and did not have any doubt that this method was the simplest and easiest.

...until today.

; ; The necessary knowledge of the skill Mysticallurgy has been updated.

One of her newly gained passive skills, Mysticallurgy suddenly activated.

Her game interface spammed with a lot of new tutorial windows that she never saw before. These tutorial windows contain information about the basic utilization of mana control, such as shaping and condensing.

"Oh, what is this?"

Hecate carefully read the tutorial with a bright mood.

This passive skill seems to allow her to control her mana to more complex operations. Now, she could use her thought to condense mana in mid-air to create temporary objects out of thin air. Of course, those things were basically made of mana and required her concentration to maintain their condensation. But that's more than enough.

"Wait, looks like I can use this to make molds for my metal casting!"

Metal casting now becomes easier and subsequently, her crafting speed becomes faster.

And that's not the end of it.

; ; You now can carve Glyph and Runes to your craft.

Not only that, her Blacksmith skill also seems to extend to other professions.

"Now, that's awesome!"

Carving Glyph and Runes to equipment should've belonged to Artificer and Runemaster Sub-class. The Glyph can endow the equipment with limited functionality, making it into a pseudo artifact. Meanwhile, the Runes can add bonus stats to the equipment.

This equals of having 3 production Sub-classes in one Sub-class slot!

'If I use this correctly, I can create some ultimate equipment by myself!

Not only that... If this can be applied to my craft...'

She can create magical items that use black technology in the real world!

However, that is only if she had completely mastered the knowledge. Right now, she did not have any Artificer or Runemaster related information.

What can she carve if she did not know anything about Glyph?

Hecate opened her browser and looked about the Artificer guide. There are lots of guides made by various Artificers about their class, as well as the shape of the Glyph that must be carved and their effects.

"This is definitely not information that can be crammed in one night."

Hecate sighed and closed all notification windows. She decided to put off reading for now and practice this new metal casting method instead.

There are only a few hours left before the guild meeting.