Forging weapons part one

Knock Knock...

I waited outside the door until Fresk finally opened it.

"You may pass."

We walked towards the forge room, and I became a little curious about something.

"Fresk, how many valis does it take to create a forge room?"

He shrugged. "That depends on what you need to build it. Although usually the structure is worth several million valis, you also have to take into account where to build, the tools needed, the available space, among other things. But I am not very sure because I am not dedicated to architecture. If you want to know more, I can recommend several members of my family who are more versed in this subject."

"No, thanks. That's fine."

"By the way, are you sure you'll be able to finish everything you need today?"

"I…" I was going to say yes, but I thought about it some more and changed my mind. "I don't think I can do it."

Even if I use my ability and sacrifice various items and magic stones to speed up the process, it would just be a waste of materials that I can use to make upgrades. Even then, I wouldn't be able to finish all the weapons in a single day.

"Wow, you're seriously honest. I thought you'd get carried away by your ego and say yes. Although I wanted to laugh in your face if you said it and you didn't."

"But putting that aside, I think it would be best if you took more time and dedication to finish each weapon to the best of your ability. If you really value blacksmithing, You'd better spend enough time so that the weapons you make don't end up as brittle weapons."

I just sighed and couldn't deny anything because he was right. I've come to trust my ability too much. Despite the fact that I have come to like blacksmithing a lot, I use my skill for molding a lot. I don't have much experience yet, and I only know the basic things that Fresk taught me. Maybe that's why Adam and Eva turned out differently even though he wanted to make twin knives. The change was for the better, though, as each knife works better than the other depending on the situation.

"Fresk, on second thought, would it be alright if you let me use the forge for three days?" I said a little embarrassed.

He sighed. "You are someone very irremediable, but I can't let you occupy the smithy for three days in a row because I still need to make some weapons. Though, I can let you use the forge for a full day every three days. That's the most I can allow you to use it."

"Thank you ve..!" Before I could show my thanks, he cut me off.

"But I want you to show me the weapons you make because I'm a little curious about what you plan to do."

"If you're okay with that, there's no problem on my part. But you still have to pay for the time you use the forge"

I didn't think there was anything wrong with his request, besides, I was going to show him the weapons to ask for his opinion. "Okay, I have no problem with your conditions."

"Well, I think I'll open the shop a bit earlier today, but it's not like any customers are coming in either," he said before leaving the room.

I patted my cheek to stay wide awake.

Which weapon should I start with?

Before I could start, I looked at the metals that were available.

I heard the door open and saw Fresk had returned. "By the way, I forgot to tell you that you can't use the blue metals that are on the table, and you can't use any of the materials from the box in the corner," he said, pointing to a corner of the forge room where there was something similar to a chest. "You can use the other materials, but don't forget that you have to pay for them." It was the last thing he said before leaving again and closing the door.

His interruption was so sudden that it made me forget for a moment what I was thinking a few seconds before he interrupted me.

I could only sigh and take off the large backpack that was on my back before placing it on the ground. I went through the materials it contained and took out the magic stones and put them on the table.

Where should I start? I repeated that question to myself and, to be honest, I didn't know which one to start with, so I opened one of my hands except for the thumb and assigned each of the fingers a name.

"De, Pin, Ma, Rin, De…" I said before the last part fell on Milya.

I could only sigh a bit. Even though I have quite a bit of experience with the use of bows and what their general form is like, I have never made one. "For everything, there is a first time."

For a moment, I thought about making a compound bow, but the idea quickly left my head when I considered the many complicated parts and difficult maintenance. I settled on making a recurve bow, although I may try making a compound bow later.

I rummaged around the forge room a bit and saw various types of wood, but honestly, I didn't know anything about the types of wood in this place. So I could only choose the light steel because using another type of material that is heavier would only make a heavy and unwieldy bow.

Now that I think about it, I could try to make magic weapons, although I'm not totally sure. Also, I don't quite remember if the magic weapons made by the Blacksmith development abilitie were only limited to swords, while the Mystery development abilitie is towards magic weapons or magic tools in general.

I don't have the Blacksmith or Mystery development skill, so I'll leave this topic for later and see if I can get someone who has Mystery to teach me, and maybe...

I realized that my thoughts were getting out of place and I tried to clear my mind and focus only on making the bow.

I can make a 3-piece or a whole one. All adventurers carry their weapons already exposed, so having the deployable bow doesn't bring much benefit and is a bit more difficult to craft.

When I decided to make the bow in one piece, I started by lighting the forge and using a bellow to better control the fire. I felt the heat rise, and the flames became brighter.

Using nipper, I placed the piece of light steel in the forge and began to adjust it. I watched as the steel changed color, radiating a little red light. I waited patiently as the steel slowly turned orange, and continued waiting until the light radiating from it turned yellow. Then I took it out of the forge and placed it on top of the anvil.

As I placed it on the anvil, it produced a small clanking sound. I picked up the hammer and started pounding it steadily against the steel.

Clank! Clank! Clank!

After a while, the steel finally began to take a curvilinear shape.

Clank! Clank! Clank!

Light steel is much more malleable than blood onyx, which made it quite easy for me to shape it. However.

Clank! Clank! Clank!

I felt my arm start to lose strength every time I hammered, and I sweat profusely from the great amount of heat that was present.

Clank! Clank! Clank!

When the steel started to lose its shine a bit, I put it back into the heat for a small amount of time and then placed it back on the anvil.

Clank! Clank! Clank!

I kept hammering relentlessly until the only sound that resonated in my head was the one that I could hear from the forge's fire and the dry clanking that occurred every time I hit the metal with the hammer.

Clank! Clank! Clank!

When I heated it up for the third time, I decided to sacrifice some magic stones to improve the bow's efficiency a bit, while continuing to hammer.

Clank! Clank! Clank!

I felt my breath getting heavier with each passing minute and every time I hit with the hammer.

Clank! Clank! Clank!

I didn't stop hammering until I finally had a shape that convinced me it was good enough.

Clank! Clank! Clank!

"Uff, finally." I wiped the sweat off my forehead using my left arm. Full body clothing makes forging more difficult than it should be.

How long had it been since I started? I felt my arms ache, and my body had not stopped sweating.

I used the nippers to grab the bow and looked at it for a bit. I really liked how it turned out. I just needed to sand the edges a bit, and it would look great.

I put the bow in the metal bucket to cool it down in the water.

Even though I'm done with the hardest part, I can't relax and decide to open my backpack to take out a rope. This rope is made with fibers from the intermediate floors, and seriously, it is quite expensive. It cost me 8000 valis to buy a small amount of fiber that only served to make a meter of rope.

I had asked Milye for a favor to buy the fiber a week ago, and I hope it is worth the price. Although I feel like we were ripped off, maybe I should have asked the girls of the Astraea family to get me some fiber when they came back from an expedition.

Well, you can't cry over spilled milk. I see that the bow continues to cool down, and I take advantage of the time to sacrifice a few magic stones to the bow, and then to the rope to make it more resistant and not break easily. But I notice something strange. The rope begins to change its color until it is dyed yellow. This is very interesting, and I keep sacrificing more magic stones until it changes to a rather dark yellow color.

I think I've already sacrificed enough magic stones. Anyway, I won't craft all the weapons today, and I can spend the next few days collecting as much as possible to get back the magic stones I sacrifice.

I put the bow to cool in the metal bucket that contained water.

Curious about the rope's potential for further change, I continued using magic stones until it suddenly stopped absorbing them. No matter how hard I tried to force the sacrifice, my skill wouldn't respond to me. This was the first time that had happened, and I had never tested the limits of my skill before. I'll have to do that once I have enough resources.

Checking the magic stones on the table, I realized that there were hardly any left. I looked back at the yellow rope in fear, wondering if I could retrieve the magic stones I had sacrificed.