5 Who The Hell is He?
Magic crystal was like a bush. It grows from the dirt where the magical aura nourished. Normally, a magic crystal could be found where monsters living but humans were a greedy creature. They captured monsters to make their own magic crystal farm. The strong monster would have a strong magical aura. The magic crystal would absorb the aura and upgrade to a higher grade. The red magic crystal was the highest grade because it could be found only in the nest of the strongest magical creature -- dragon!
There were two types of monsters; beast and humanoid. The beast monsters had a magical aura while the humanoid monsters had intelligence. The group of monsters who destroyed Heiner's village was the humanoid monster. He did not know their motive and do not think the city lord would send people to investigate that nameless village. That's why this task was waiting for him. He needed to himself to the point that he could handle the horde of monsters alone.
And the problem is...how?
How could a young boy who was unable to protect himself become that hero? He had no idea but he remembered his father's word of wisdom, 'one step each time.' These words calmed his mind, he respects his father and his work. In the view of other people, Blacksmiths were the occupation of a low life creature. Nobles arrange them as the same class as dogs. No...that's not it. Some nobles loved dogs, thus blacksmith was lower than dogs. What a rotten society!
Were blacksmiths angry with that? YES! They are but they did not have any power to speak for themselves. They were not respected, their family was not respected. Although their work could change the world, they were still the same...lower than dogs. ฺBut Heiner did not care anything. He only knew that his father was the best man then blacksmith would be second to none. He wondered this was the reason and requirement for inheriting blacksmith god's will, and acknowledged by the system.
In Heiner's view, the first step was leveling himself. His blacksmith skill also increased in the process But materials were limited and would run out soon. He had to prepare suitably equipment for his survival outside the city. He had no money. Selling his items to the system did not get much. He had to eat and he ate more when he worked harder. Food cost him the most and no way he could keep buying food and materials at the same time. Food came first because the materials came from skills. The only problem was...risk. Outside the city was full of danger, human and monster were dangerous. To achieve his goal, he had to play safe.
Heiner did not know any spell but all he needed what some life-saving white magical crystals. He went to the magic accessory shop which unfriendly to poor people. He knew the reality of this world, this rotten world but he could not change anything with the current him. He had to be patient and did as his father said 'one step each time.'
He walked to W-1 shelf as the old mage said. There were a lot of white magic crystals here. Each one had a short description and how much it cost. By skimming all entire this shelf, three of them caught his eyes; a white magic crystal with <Replenish> spell and two with <Minor Heal> spell. The <Replenish> spell could restore stamina, this magic crystal cost him 45 silver coins. The <Minor Heal> spell could heal some injuries, the two magic crystals had different size and also price. The bigger one cost 87 silver coins and the smaller one cost 73 silver coins. If he wanted to buy all three, it would cost him totally 205 silver coins or 2 gold coins and 5 silver coins.
Two gold coins were a lot for him. Precisely, he had never bought anything more than 10 silver coins. Although Malte lent him 5 gold coins, it was a hard time to spend 2 gold coins at once. He turned his head to that old mage direction. By seeing the old man's expression, he decided, 'negotiate with him should not work, I might get kick out instead.' He got those three crystals and paid without saying anything then left.
The old man looked at coins and his figure till the door was closed. "A new blacksmith?"
No word 'Thank you' after purchase. Heiner did not mind. By allowing him to buy three white magic crystals were gracious enough for a blacksmith who was a low-life creature in their eyes. Heiner walked faster than usual. His lip curled, a smile could see on his face. Ha was happy as taking more steps on his goal. For these crystals, he planned to forge a torsor armor and a small shield. At the moment he arrived at his workspace, the hammering began sounding.
Ttang!
Ttang!
Ttang!
[Ding! Congratulations! You have created a <Safty Shoulderless Armor>. EXP +50]
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[Safty Shoulderless Armor]
Effect
- <Minor Heal> Heal the wearer minor wounds or injuries. The serious damage would be healed 5%-10%. (Cooldown: 15 minutes.)
- <Replenish> Refill the wearer some stamina. (Cooldown: 30 minutes.)
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Ttang!
Ttang!
Ttang!
[Ding! Congratulations! You have created a <Small Shield of Cure>. EXP +40]
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[Small Shield of Cure]
Effect
- <Minor Heal> Heal the wearer minor wounds or injuries. The serious damage would be healed 7%-13%. (Cooldown: 15 minutes.)
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"Good!" Heiner satisfied with his first creation. He used the bigger the white magic crystal with <Minor Heal> on the shield. As he thought, the effect of equipment was better than using a smaller white magic crystal containing the same spell. He heard that the ability of magic crystals was absorbing magical aura. But once they were forged into equipment, this ability would absorb mana from surrounding instead. The cooldown time was approximated how long it took fully charged. The wearer could activate spells on equipment as wished.
The first step was done, he planned to be at least level 5 tonight. Needless to keep remaining materials, Heiner continued to hammer. One hour...two hours...three hours...ten hours! All materials were gone and the sound of heaven rang.
[Ding! Congratulations! You have reached level 5. Unlocking new functions....]
[Ding! You have unlocked <LV1 God's eyes>]
[Ding! You have unlocked <LV1 Extract>]
"That's sound cool but can you explain what they can do?" Heiner asked the system. He was tired to the point where he could collapse at any moment but he could not sleep without knowing the answer.
[<God's eyes> is a passive skill. You can see the level of anyone or any objects. If the difference of level between you and target is more than 10 levels, the question mark would be shown instead of a certain number. With this function, you can see how everything can be used as the effect was shown. Not everything can be used for crafting good equipment. Learn it by yourself.]
[<Extract> is a skill with many uses. For the first level, you can extract impurity form materials or extract materials from rocks. You can even extract blood, organ, bones, skin or fresh from corpses. It can work perfectly with <????> skill.]
"What is <????> skill you mentioned?" He asked as <????> was censored with beep sound.
[You will know once you unlock it yourself.]
"Shi" Heiner shook his head. This system was telling him the only necessary information. Although he wanted to learn more, this way of the system similar to his father teaching, 'one step each time.' There was nothing to worry, Heiner fell asleep once the system finished his words.
The sky got brighter, the new day had come. Heiner opened his eyes and jump out of the floor once he awoke. Today was his big day. He had to go to see Malte at his company and borrow a guard to show him the cave where he could get materials. This was serious, he must get ready. After cleaned himself and finished grilled meat, he departed.
Everybody he saw had Thier level and name floating over their head. This must be activated by <God's eyes>. Level of normal people were around level 1-3 while the warriors and mages were level 4-5, the higher level than this could not be found on the street. Heiner assumed that the powerful people would not walk casually, they might ride something.
"Hi Malte, I need your help this time." Heiner spoke frankly once he saw Malte. Rolf's face was like he had swallowed dung. He had hate Heiner since his brother spent thousands of gold coins for buying a shabby building. 'That's not enough? This time again?'
"Tell me, how can I help you, sir?" Malte said in the same manner.
"I want to get materials outside the city. I just do not know where is it. So, I come to borrow one of our guards to guide me." By hearing his words, Rolf sighed.
"Just this? Okay, no problem, hey the guy outside, call Raphael for me."
"No, no. I just need a guide, how can I take your guard captain with me?"
"No, Raphael has the experience, he can learn more about outside. Oh! he is already here." All people looked at the Raphael who just walking past the door. Heiner was almost shocked.
[LV?? Raphael]
His level was not displayed. Back then, If he was this strong, he could wipe out all robbers alone in a flash without breaking a sweat. But why he pretended to be weak and cause his two underlings to die. Malte and Rolf would get killed already if Heiner had not interfered. This was complicated. If Heiner went alone with him, could he come back alive?
'Who the hell is he?' The question had risen in his mind.
