MasterSmith.
The immense heat of the forge hit my face. I swiped my hand across my forehead, wiping the sweat that accumulated.
'No wonder Hephie was so excited about this. Some hard shit this is.' I shook my head.
She was looking over me going at a piece of Mithril for the nth time this day with a clinical look. No longer was she the cute and fluffy Hephie I knew.
After the last ring of hammer against anvil. I put it down and there was no difference between it and the previous work.
I just sighed, grabbing my nose bridge. ''Come on Hephie. I think that's good enough already.'' I grumbled looking at the few storage rings lined up in front of me.
The one I made after getting infused with a bit of space magic got added to the pile. They were not infused with time magic, so there was no time stop function.
''No Ken, you can do better. I want you to do more than just good enough, especially when you can.'' She eyed me strictly.
'That's what you've been telling me for the past week sweetie.' I sighed.
Hephie was a tough teacher, that's for sure. You would think she had beef with me or something. We spent this entire week like cavemen. Staying in the workshop during the day, even at night, we would sleep in the workshop bedroom as well.
It isn't that bad when I think about it.
''Come on. I was able to craft it on the second day.'' She grinned playing with the ring on her finger.
''Fuck.'' I knew what she was doing, and she knew that I knew as well.
The shit-eating grin she had after being to make a ring that could house the two attributes after I told her it wasn't possible. I even bullshitted with some reasons with the good old Gandalf grandpa voice why it wouldn't work.
It was pretty embarrassing when she did.
''Ok. I got it, I got it.'' I said raising my hands and picking the hammer again to start.
I took a small ingot of Mithril.
It was the only material able to handle the stress of space magic. Hephie and I started with alloys at first. But, they were not working properly. Perhaps good enough for commercial use. The luxury pieces would need to be full mithril.
I started tapping my boots on the floors, playing with my apron pockets. The temperature of the material became just right. There were no pyrometers to make things easier in your life.
Taking the tong, it was essentially a hollow Adamantine sphere used for holding and turning hot metals. I poured the liquid mithril over a cast mold the shape of a ring. I waited for a moment to let it cool.
The reshaping was done was varying chisels. It was a fully hand-made job, requiring much more precision than you would assume.
I had a really good feeling about this ring. Something just clicked.
''Good, now go on.'' I heard Hephie saying.
Taking that as a sign to continue. I started lightly hammering the ring to flatten its proportion and chiseling the unfinished parts.
''I didn't think you'd actually do it.'' Said the goddess of the forge.
I just looked at her with an open mouth. She just scratched her nose and smiled sheepishly.
[Storage Mithril ring(Vessel)-Rank Mythical]
A ring crafted by Akagi Ken after being tutored by the goddess of smithing Hephaestus. It is at the peak of this world's craftsmanship. The only other copy belongs to Hephaestus.
[Congratulations! Smithing Lvl100 has changed to MasterSmithing-Lvl2/20.]
[Quest Completed! Craft your first Mythic rank item.]
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I just took my ring and injected it with both space and time attributes. I didn't dare to flood it as I did with Hephie's ring.
[Storage Mithril ring-Rank Mythical]
A ring crafted by Akagi Ken after being tutored by the goddess of smithing Hephaestus. It is at the peak of this world's craftsmanship. The only other copy belongs to Hephaestus.
I just smiled looking at the ring I made. It was an exact copy of what Hephie had.
As I was thinking about it, I felt Hephi's lips passionately smack my one. They were as tender, sweet, and entrapping as always.
She stopped for a second. I gave her my ring, and she gave me hers. We now had matching rings with each other.
We simply gazed at each other in unblemished passion for a moment. There was a trail of clothes leading to the bedroom.
I closed the door as I looked into the naked figure of my lover laying on the bed inviting me in.
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Hephie was simply possessed the night before. It was the best time we spent together. I wouldn't even argue you with you if you said Hephie had some divinity relating to love. Judging by the goofy grin she had on, I guess I could say she is thinking the same.
''You're up?'' She said.
I nodded getting out of bed. The sunset is what greeted me through the window.
'Woah! Its kinda late.'
''You have a letter on your door Hephie.'' I said.
''Really?'' She drew a raised eyebrow.
She got up, not even bothering to put some clothes on. She squatted to pick up the letter in question.
She definitely knew what she doing, not that I hated it. In fact, I felt obliged to give her a thumbs-up. She just grinned.
''Freya is hosting a party for the first time in a while. We are invited as well.'' She said showing me the envelope. ''How about we make it a debut for us?''
'I don't know about that one Hephie.'
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[One-Handed-Sword Mastery: Lvl87-->88.]
[Elemental Magic: Lvl82-->83.]
[Non-Ele-Magic: Lvl69-->72.]
[Space-Time Magic: Lvl72-->82.]
[MasterSmithing: Lvl2.]
[Akagi Ken]
Level:3
HP: 1660--->1940
MP: 1030--->1210
STR: 86-->91
VIT: 76-->86
DEX: 85-->90
WIS: 86-->92
Unallocated Stat points: 92
Valis: ~9mil
-Strength: A823--->EX1110
-Endurance: D501-->A820
-Dexterity: A862-->EX1010
-Agility: A862-->EX1010
-Magic: S950-->EX1210
Skills: Gamers Mind - Gamers Body - Instinct - Mind's Eye (True) - Mage - Mystery- MasterSmith- One Handed Sword Mastery.
Magic: Ele magic - Non-Ele magic - Inventory.
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