Doing the Impossible
"This small boy is really something." Old man Sergio said, soothing his long beard.
Across him sat the village chief, Rulf. He creased his brow and read the couple of scrolls in placed in front of him. After a couple of minutes, a slight sigh escaped from his mouth.
"How could he turn to such a monstrous genius as a blacksmith." Rulf said, shaking his head.
"Anything about him and his colleagues are far from normal." Old man Sergio said, reminiscing on his previous defeat from those three. He clenched his fist and exhaled. 'Monster.'
"Hmm, right. But now it is only their leader. And he alone could shake the village to the core— What do you think if we were all…"
"Then, the village would be on fire." Old man Sergio said seriously.
"Hmm. Nevertheless, this is a good thing for our village. It's been a long time since my village had these in flow of people. May be our village could you this opportunity to step up the rank"
"Hmm. Hmm." Old man Sergio nodded, drawing his beard. "But don't forget about the incoming threat and that freaking tournament."
"Hmm. I know. But with that small boy. Everything wouldn't be like the past."
The beginning village was quiet while a lot of Nagam players were rushing out of the village, heading to a particular location.
The tournament was getting closer each second, and those that will survive are yet to be known. They only equip themselves with the best weapon.
Yet, the course of this was inside his workshop, hammering an ingot furiously. Sweat drips from his topless body, displaying his full toned muscle. His gaze was firmly on the red ingot.
Behind him were two people who were staring at him with an unreadable expression on their faces.
"Can he succeed?" Sienna whispered.
"That… I don't know?" George replied while shaking his head. Then he continued. "If you compare him with the normal standard. Then, you are bound to receive the shock of your life. So, expect the unexpected."
"But he is trying to do something almost impossible. Using the Kinvin Crystal on weapon is impossible"
Sighed. "Let's just wait." George shook his head.
It has been three days since the three started living together. Sienna taught Emma everything he knew about rune inscription and array formation.
Though she was that versatile in array formation. She could set up a rank 2 formation while in rune inscription. She was a peak rank 4 inscription master.
Yet, Emma took three days to learn almost everything. He became a peak rank 3 rune inscription and a rank 2 formation master.
Sienna and George question their existence. In the presence of someone like Emma. They are worth nothing.
Sienna's arrogant behavior went down the drain. What she took decades to learn was learned in just a matter of days. She wanted to cry but had no tears.
Now, that monster wanted to do something impossible.
After waiting for half an hour, Emma was at the last step of his forging. Sweets dripped from his body like rain. The frequent hammering had lessened. On the anvil was a long shinny spear.
The spear was golden with three stars joined together at the center. At the bottom of the spear was a tiny hole. Obscure to people.
Emma wiped the sweats off his forehead and took the spear from the anvil to another work bench and took his runic pen.
He took a deep breath and began to inscribe runes on the spear. The process was slow. The workshop was dead quiet, leaving only the sound of the runic pen, echoing slightly in the backyard.
A couple of meters from Emma, a elderly woman sat on an old couch. Her sparse hair swayed gently under the cool breeze.
The elderly woman stared intently at Emma without blinking. Various expressions flickered through the woman's face but disappeared immediately.
[[Inscription progress. 70%]]
Zeus' voice echoed in Emma's ears. Yet, Emma didn't let that distract him. 'Almost there. Almost there.' He chanted in his mind.
Emma has never been nervous like this in both of his life. Yet, it happened when he was forging a weapon. It couldn't be helped. He was doing what people think is impossible.
Another half an hour passed. Yet, the people didn't notice the passage of time. A series of complicated lines appeared on the spear right from the tip of the spear, down to the tiny hole.
Emma took a deep breath, and took a Kinvin Crystal and placed gently inside the hole. And immediately, he continued with the runic inscription. He drew a rune on the Kinvin crystal but the crystal didn't have any change.
However, when another runic line entered the Kinvin Crystal. It trembled slightly. Yet, Emma continued to draw all the runic lines on top of the crystal. When the last line entered the Kinvin crystal.
Emma hand paused and he stared intently at the crystal. Suddenly, the crystal glowed and the spare shook, levitating from the workbench.
All the rune inscribed on the weapon glowed and the weapon was covered in light. Suddenly, a gust of wind swept inside the workshop and a thunder crack in the sky.
Sienna and George took a step back and looked at the sky in panic. What the hell is going on? Yet, everyone's eyes were on the glowing weapon.
No one dares to breathe loudly. Unknown to the three, the elderly woman was beside them, staring at the weapon with a radiant glow in her eyes.
'Heaven's Blessing'.
The elderly woman whispered.
The four stared at the weapon, waiting for it to complete its blessing.
[[Danger! Kinvin crystal has become unstable.]]
[[Too much energy.]]
[[Kinvin crystal is rejecting the energy.]]
[[Energy dispersed to the right into the weapon.]]
[[Danger.]]
[[Weapon core is overloading. Too much energy.]]
Hearing the series of notifications from Zeus. Emma tightened his brow and held his breath. Suddenly, the weapon began to shake vehemently.
"What's going on?" George asked in a low voice. Yet, no one has the time to respond.
Crack!
A loud crack echoed in the workshop and everyone took a couple of steps back subconsciously. Another crack resounded and the glow covering the weapon dimmed. When the third crack echoed, the spear fell to the ground and separated into three equal parts.
[[Failed]]