Klint's Workshop

After giving his token to Olog, Adam walked through the huge capital to find the Workshop of Morbash's master. He had already asked who that master was, and it seemed that person was quite renowned, his name was Klint.

Since he had entered Yam his map had updated by itself, and Klint's Workshop was on his map.

The capitals of the Racial Powers were incredibly big, all of them had at least a radius of 100 km, and most were circular. At least, those he had seen were shaped like this.

It took Adam half an hour to reach the workshop, and he was surprised by what he saw. He expected a big and extravagant shop with tons of people coming in and out of the shop, like the ones he had seen before. Normally there would be tons of attendants showing the equipments to the countless customers, and the forges would be behind the shop, hidden from everyone's sight.

But Klint's Workshop was very different. The shop had zero customers, and no gold and silver could be seen. Instead, there was a simple forge, laid out in the open, lit off. Next to it, an old orc was sitting on a wheelchair, his eyes closed.

Adam couldn't help but doubt whether he had come to the right location, but after checking on his map he was sure this was where he wanted to go. So he entered the shop.

As the door opened, the old orc opened his eyes and looked at Adam with a clear eyes and asked with a slow voice "What are you doing here?"

Adam replied "I want to commission an armor. A set to be precise."

The old man nodded and asked "Who are you?" Adam tilted his head and asked "Does it matter?" For the first time, the old man smiled as he replied "For your commission? No. But isn't it basic manners to introduce yourself?"

Adam was stunned, before he smiled and said "You are right, my apologizes. People know me as Valiant Heart, but my name is Adam."

The old man's eyes shone with a bright light for a second before returning to normal, and he said "I am Klint, and this is my workshop. Unfortunately, I don't forge anymore."

Adam looked at the back door and said "I came from the Coldlands Empire because I heard of your apprentice's renown, and he is the only one capable of forging what I want. Once I arrived, I was told your apprentice was here."

Klint pointed his hand at a chair next to his own and said "Why don't you sit?" Adam didn't want to lose time for nothing, but offending the master of the one he came for wasn't a bright idea, so he decided to sit.

Once he sat down the old man asked "What do you know about Morbash?" Adam shrugged and replied "Not much, all I heard was that he was the most talented Sun Style blacksmith of his generation. Other than that, only rumors."

Klint raised an eyebrow and asked "What rumors?" Adam replied without hesitation "People say he is arrogant, mostly because he recently refused an order from a Hero Rank." Klint chuckled "And yet you still came?"

Adam said "I went through quite a bit to reach here, so even if the rumors were to be true, I still had to try."

Klint nodded and muttered "I see…" He looked at Adam in the eyes and said "Morbash isn't here, he should be at the Nek Clan. Let's go fetch him."

Klint tried to make his wheelchair move, but his arms weren't in a good state either. Adam hurriedly got up and got behind him to push the wheelchair out of the shop.

As they left the shop he noticed that the old orc didn't bother locking the shop, but thinking about it, Adam guessed that no one would dare come and steal here. Not that there was anything to steal.

As Klint was guiding Adam through the city, toward the Nek Clan, he could feel the gazes of many people on him and Klint. At the same time, he could also hear a few them.

"Isn't that the old cripple?" An orc said to his friend. His friend looked over and said "What a shameless old man, he is nothing but a cripple. I really can't understand why Morbash took him as a master."

The two didn't make any effort to lower their voices, and as such everyone could hear them, including Adam and Klint.

Adam looked at Klint's face, but he was ignoring them. He looked like he didn't hear them. But unfortunately for the two speaking, this wasn't the case for Adam.

Adam was feeling a rage he hadn't felt for quite some time, one he hadn't felt since he died and revived. His brother, Matt, was a cripple too, and had to always be in a wheelchair. Although most people on Earth were educated and knew better than to mock a cripple, there still were a few that would speak bad about his brother from time to time.

So hearing those two orcs, Adam felt a rage he long hadn't felt. His eyes narrowed at the two orcs and he straightened his palm before using it as a blade to slash at the two.

He used both [Mighty Strike] and [Aqua Slash], sending out a large flying slash made of water. The two orcs, who were Level 70 Berserkers, were stunned they were getting attack all of a sudden, but they quickly reacted and crossed their arms in front of themselves, trying to defend against the slash.

-23000 HP!

-23000 HP!

Fortunately for them, they had defended themselves and that allowed them to lower the damage by a third. Had they not defended, their 30 000 HP would have been emptied out, and they would have died just like that.

They looked at Adam in fear, and as if he was a madman, but when they saw his Level they were even more shocked. Before they could say anything, Adam roared at them "PISS OFF!"

It had to be noted that back when he had used [Barbarous Roar] in Serpentine Canyon, Ember City had dispatched a small army because they thought a monster had emitted that roar. So for those two Level 70, when they felt the tremendous violent intent contained within the roar, they fled at top speed despite the bad state their arms were in.

As they fled in the distance, Klint said "You didn't have to do that, I'm used to it." Adam continued helping the old man walk as he said "I just felt like doing this. But tell me, I'm curious, have you ever forged something?"

Klint laughed and said "Of course, what would I be teaching that brat otherwise? I used to forge, and I was a famous blacksmith, and I was quite strong myself. Unfortunately, I was crippled, and I have been unable to lift a hammer since then?"

Adam couldn't help but ask "You don't have to answer me if you don't want to, but I can't help but ask. Who exactly crippled you? Not only did you lose your Aura, your Gates were forcefully closed too."

Klint looked at Adam surprised and asked "You are able to see this? Impressive. And me getting crippled… It wasn't someone who did this to me, but an item. I was greedy, and I overestimated myself, causing my own injury."

Adam asked "What was that item?" Klint smiled mysteriously and said "A Divine Artifact."