Fully Tempered

"Who taught you to temper a metal like that? Are you trying to beat the life out of that metal?" Godslayer spoke in his mind.

"Uhh… you know how to temper a metal?" Alex asked.

"Of course I do," Godslayer said. "It's not about how hard you hit, it's about how frequent you are. You need to build up a tempo with your strikes. Don't focus on the strength, focus on stability."

Alex didn't know why Godslayer was saying this or why he was even speaking for that matter, however, he decided to take the knowledge of someone from the immortal world by heart and did as he was told.

Instead of trying to temper a metal by striking it as hard as he could, he went slow and steady.

TANG! TANG! TANG!

"You're still doing it wrong," Godslayer spoke. "Same strength, same speed, every time."

Alex nodded and improved his method. Alex tried his best to keep everything stable and soon the strikes fell into a pattern.