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The Tower's Blacksmith

Burdened by debts and on the edge of losing his workshop, Rivyn’s life turns around when he finds out that he got a mysterious System, which is different from the ones that every adventurer and blacksmith receive. This special System lets him create not only weapons and armor but potions, accessories, and Skill Books as well. Rivyn regains all his mechanical astuteness thus meaning he was given a second shot at success but at a great price. To progress he has to earn the system points for doing the hard tasks and doing it, better than anyone else. On the story’s premise, Rivyn’s talent increases with conflicts among guilds that want to monopolize the skills within the powerful organization. However, Rivyn isn’t interested in either fighting for the Renegades or becoming one of them. His only focus is mastering the art of crafting—until danger forces him to confront the truth: as strength is dominant even a simple blacksmith sometimes has to use a sword for his own protection. Given the looming complicated foes, guilds tempting and wooing him, and the ever present mystery of the System, Rivyn has to deal with the balance between craftsmanship and living. Will he grow up to be the world’s greatest blacksmith or will he be ravished by the powers that want to take him over?

Surrel · Fantasy
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Level 200+

Rivyn leaned against the wall of his alchemy room, idly glancing at his system screen. The recent battles in the white space had been grueling, but they'd paid off in small increments. His experience bar crawled forward steadily, and his stats reflected the progress.

Still, something was bothering him.

"Level 203," Rivyn muttered to himself, fingers drumming against the hilt of his greatsword. "Yet, I'm still in E-rank."

He couldn't help but wonder about the tower's requirements for advancing to D-rank. Most assumed level 200 was the threshold for crossing ranks, but Rivyn had already surpassed that milestone. Was the system flawed? Or were the requirements deliberately opaque? The idea that he might need to reach level 500 to ascend filled him with a mix of dread and determination.

He pulled up his status screen again:

[Rivyn – E-rank]

[Level – 203]

[Strength – 369]

[Agility – 356]

[Defense – 355]