3 The Forge
Brighter and brighter the amulet was shining so bright Anvil thought he was going to go blind.
"Ahhhhh" Anvil also felt his body becoming hotter and it felt like he was about to burn up into nothing.
[Hmmmmmmmm]
Anvil grabbed his head, it felt like it was going to explode from the pain. He felt a strong pressure all over his body.
[Thump]
Anvil fell on the ground.
The bright light faded, and Anvil felt sick to his stomach. The pressure in his head began to subside. Anvil started to vomit profusely like he was going to puke out an organ.
He saw darkness all around him except for a blue light flickering. Anvil was disoriented and had no idea what was going on. Fear was all over his face, he tried his best to move but all he could do was squirm about the ground.
Anvil rubbed his face against the floor as he tried to get up.
Slowly his sight started to come back to him.
(What's going on, where am I, did I die?) his mind was racing.
Anvil was rubbing his eyes.
(Where is the forest? Where is that cat?)
Panic was starting to set in. On the cold polished ground he saw a glint from the crest that Pelt had given him he bent over and grabbed it, then he started to calm down a bit.
Anvil slowly found his balance.
"Hello, hello is anyone here?" he asked.
He started to walk to the blue flickering light and as he got closer he could see what it was.
It was a blue flame surrounded by five glowing pillars that had strange inscriptions that he could not recognize.
Anvil reluctantly touched one of them and the inscriptions started to glow as small glowing lines started to appear on the ground, then they started going up the walls to eventually light up his whole surrounding.
All around him he could see inscriptions on the walls and above him was a dimly lit sealing. Anvil was in a room the size of his former house.
The dark room was now lit up with a blue glow.
Anvil fell to the ground in shock as he had no clue what was happening, he had no idea what to do.
The room seemed to be empty. Anvil was at awe and confused at the same time.
A glowing hand print appeared on the wall, Anvil slowly got up and cautiously walked over to it.
He started to inspect it and then touched it with a finger, but nothing happened. Anvil feared what would happen if he put his hand on the print however he had no choice since there was no exit.
Anvil reaches out and places his hand on the print.
[hmmmmmmm]
Humming could be heard coming from the walls. From the center of the room a blue orb the size of a head begins to form. Anvil removed his hand from the print and started walking to the orb slowly towards the orb tightly holding the crest in his hand.
Suddenly, a soft voice was heard. "state your name" Anvil froze and didn't move a muscle as the room went silent, he quietly panicked.
(what is that thing?)
Once again, the same voice is heard "state your name".
Anvil slowly opened his mouth, but the words wouldn't come out, for a third time the voice was heard "state your name" the voice was emotionless like it didn't belong to a being.
Anvil opened his mouth once again and said "A-Anvil". The glowing orb hovered closer to Anvil and repeated "Master A-Anvil welcome."
Once he saw the orb move towards him, he began to run away, but the orb followed him around the room.
Anvil was running around the pillars as the orb chased him, he was running out breath until he finally could no longer run. Falling to the ground.
"Master, please stop this!" the orb exclaimed.
(Master? what?) While on the ground Anvil realizes what the orb had called him, so he decides to face it.
The orb approached Anvil once again and said, "Welcome to the Orin realm master A-Anvil."
Anvil once again shocked he replied "Me, your master? What is this Orin realm you mentioned?"
" Yes. you are my new master, as for Orin it is the name of this place." The Orb replied
"I don't even know how I got here," Anvil said.
"Your amulet, it is the door to Orin" replied the orb
Shock was all over Anvil's face 'the amulet is a door to another realm? This can't be real, I must be dead.'
Anvil did not know what to do, he had never heard of such a thing as another realm, his mind was very confused. He couldn't believe this place was real yet here he was.
"Master your wound" the orb said
With all the commotion and adrenalin Anvil had forgotten all about his arm that was bleeding.
The pain was once again felt on Anvil's arm; he rummaged around in his bag and took out a piece of cloth, cut it with his knife and wrapped it around his cut tightly to stop the bleeding.
Anvil asked curiously.
"Who are you?"
"I am the master controller of this space, the flame spawn created by Ancient magic." The orb replied
Anvil calmed down as he noticed the orb wasn't going to harm him.
"Why do you call me your master?" Anvil asked
"Master A-Anvil, my previous master died. Once the master of this amulet dies the realm gets reset to this small room since your blood confirms the blood relation to my previous master you are now my master." The orb replied
"resets what do you mean resets?" Anvil was once again confused, it felt like it was too much to take in at once.
"Master this used to be a much bigger realm until my previous master passed. Once the master dies the mana used to expand this realm fades and all the flames converge back to the main one." The orb answered.
'I still don't get it' "tell me what is that blue flame?" asked Anvil
"The blue eternal flame is a very rare anomaly and can be used to extract mana from anything that contains it. It is also the power source to this realm. As the master's mana increases the flame can be spread to form different spaces with unique characteristics, but if the master dies the divided flames return to the center where it becomes one again.
I can sense that master has a very small mana capacity, master will only be able to enter this space once a day and with your current mana level the flame cannot be spread." The orb stated emotionlessly
"Why does this place even exist?" he asked
"This was a place used for research studies and building. It was originally created to aid the user escaping and creating. Crafting in this area is much more convenient. As a pocket realm time works differently here as three days in here is equivalent to one day in your main realm" the orb replied
"How is that possible?" Anvil replies
"With your Current level i am unable to Explain this to you" the orb replies
"Crafting what form of crafting?" Anvil curiously asked
"Wood crafting, blacksmithing, basket weaving, sculpting...." The orb spoke on and on but once Anvil heard blacksmithing a grin appeared on his face as Anvil was around blacksmithing from such a young age metal crafting was in his blood.
"Blacksmithing here? How with no tools or materials?" Anvil said with skepticism.
"Is this master's order? Does the master wish to set room for blacksmithing?" the orb replied
Anvil thought about it, he was hesitant, but we were also curious "Yes, this is an order" Anvil replied reluctantly.
The room began to glow brighter from the ground; different metallurgy devices began to form, just like the rest of the room they had the glowing patterns on them. The pillars around the blue flame turned into a forge, Anvil could see a glowing workbench, an anvil, different racks and chains and hooks all around the room.
"How do I get materials in this place?" Anvil asked
"Since master only has a very small mana capacity you can only transport materials that don't have a soul into this room, once you decide to transfer material here you will need to be touching the material you want to transfer. Focus your mana around the material and then into the amulet, if the item is too big it will not be transferred since this room is the only room available now. The storage bin on the far side of the room represents the max capacity you can transfer once that bin is full; you will no longer be able to transfer any more items. If you try to teleport into this room while holding anything bigger than half your body you won't be able to teleport. If you are carrying or touching something with a soul, the teleportation will also be Nullified. As for you to teleport in you can only do it once every 3 days but you can stay inside for up to 9 day but as you leave you will need to wait 3 days to return. " The glowing orb replied,
Anvil looked at the bin on the far side of the room and it was about 4 times his size.
A feeling of joy began to fill Anvil's whole body.
He was so excited he took everything out of his bag and began to look for the green water vines.
Anvil was so excited he forgot to ask how to leave the room. He pulled out the vines and threw them into the blue flame forge.
The flames began to rise but the room didn't seem to get any hotter. Anvil stared at the flames in the forge as the vines began to disappear…..
