Chapter 12
" Ok, Artom what hairstyle do you want? " Nikolai asked he poured water to moisten the hair. Artom was sitting on a stool in front of the long mirror in the bedroom.
Luckily, the cabin had a pair of scissors and a box of razor blades for this kind of situation. He had already let the mist devour them, as they also classify as a stabbing weapon and a slashing.
" I want it to be just like yours," replied Artom as he pointed to his hairstyle. " I also want to have a beard. " his small fingers pointing to his goatee.
" Me too! " Igor chimed in from the side.
" You will get it when you're older for now, you get a haircut just like your papa. " Nikolai was no expert barber, but that didn't stop him from making his kids happy. Luckily for him, his hairstyle was very easy to make. All he needed was the razor.
His experience in hairstyling was amateurish at best, but he managed to shave the sides without causing any cuts.
" Here you go, Nikolai Volkov's special hairstyle for Artom Volkov. " ( check paragraph comment for a picture. )
" So cool. " Igor commented, Artom seemed very satisfied with his work, for which he was very thankful.
" You ready to get Nikolai Volkov's special hairstyle, Igor Volkov? "
" Yes! " he exclaimed with gusto, which earned him a chuckle from his father.
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" Papa, what are you doing? " Igor asked, as he watched his father take out all the metal weapons they have received from all the undead that have defeated.
Nikolai was removing all the wooden parts and took only the metals and put them in a heap.
" Well, since you two have enough experience and are capable of fighting an undead, I decided to give you both a gift.
" Are you making our armour Papa? " Artom came to a conclusion and the smile from Nikolai was enough for him.
" YAHOO!!! "
" I'm not really a blacksmith, but I could probably make you two a decent armour. "
He did not need to take their measurements as he reasoned that the mist will automatically make an exact fit for them.
He had made a ceramic crucible two days prior and put pieces of metal in it to melt. There was no anvil to forge metals, so he used the cast iron method.
Using a block of clay and plunging into it a carved tip that was supposed to be a metal beak that would act as a stabbing weapon. The wooden tip left a cavity that would be filled with molten metal, once cooled the metal was removed and a
the metal beak was obtained.
For the body, he decided on a simple chain mail for now, with two holes on the back for the wings. For the talons, he repeated the first method and casted metal talons, that were attached to a sock-like footwear and were fastened to their ankles.
He marvelled at the first armour he had made and honestly, it did not look that bad. Even his kids were applauding for his hard work.
And just when he thought of allowing the mist to devour the armour, he received a congratulatory gift.
[ BLACKSMITH SKILL LEARNED ]
[ YOU CAN NOW ALTER YOUR ARMOUR ]
After a short headache, he received the necessary information about this skill.
This skill allows him to alter the shape of the armour that was devoured by the mist, but it cost metal.
He immediately devoured the armour, it took not less than a minute for it to get digested.
With childlike curiosity, Artom and Igor watched as their father directed his palm towards the heap of metals. The mist enveloped the metals and devoured them all. They watched as their father closed his eyes shut as he underwent a headache, but his face soon became calm. He had used UNDEAD WILL.
Minutes Later, he opened his eyes and with a smile on his face, he said, " You two ready to try your new armour? "
[ BLESSINGS HAVE BEEN GIVEN ]
They impatiently morphed into their monster form and summoned their new armour.
Their armour when observed, consists of a chainmail shirt, with trousers. Then there were shoulder guards with were fastened by leather straps.
The most amazing part was the metal beak that protected their face and provided another offensive weapon for pecking their enemies to death.
" That metal beaks took a lot of metal. " Nikolai complained, " I hope you two like it. "
" We love it! "
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The blacksmith skill had more perks than it originally gave him. He tried to cast a spearhead and then crafted a spear and Immediately after that, the mist declared...
[ BLACKSMITH SKILL UPDATED ]
[ YOU CAN NOW ALTER YOUR WEAPONS ]
And just like the armour, he could alter the shape of the weapons at the cost of metals.
With this skill, he altered the shape of most of his weapons. He altered his sword to turn it into a great sword, it was two meters long, twelve centimetres wide and five centimetres thick.
It took a huge amount of metal to make this great sword. If you asked why he wasted soo much precious metal for a sword that looked unusable, his answer was why should he not? Plus it made him look like a badass and his kids agree with him.
[ GREAT SWORD HAS BEEN ADDED AS A NEW ITEM ]
His speculation was correct all along. If the item was altered to such an extent that it was no longer classified as it was originally intended, it becomes a new item.
He continued to experiment with this new skill and further altered his weapons. He made his sledgehammer have more mass for more damage.
As for his other weapons, he had no idea how to improve their utility by altering them, so he left them as they are.
For two years, he received no new skills or weapons. The type of undead that regularly set foot in his territory were always the usual Draug, orcs and on rare occasions the giant Draug.
With the ORCISH PHYSIQUE improving their bodies slowly as days passes by, he and his kids were getting stronger, but their enemies were not. The only strong enemy in this forest was that undead dragon and if they continue to grow stronger that dragon was not going to pose a challenge.
So with high hopes for the future, they set their sights to grow strong enough to kill that dragon.
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{ In Asgard }
Odin was a God with many titles, a hundred and seventy to be exact. But one of the unlisted titles he received was the perverted Aesir.
If his youth, he was the most desired Aesir as he was not just powerful, he was equally wise. He was a playboy by nature and even after centuries that nature of his persisted. Though after he married his wife Frigg, this nature of his watered down over time, he was still fond of harass - " Complementing " Young women. Although his wife had strictly forbidden him to have any sexual contact with any other woman besides her, that doesn't mean he can't "compliment" them.
Now despite his perverted tendencies and playboy nature, he was first and foremost the Ruler of Asgard and the chief God of the Nordic Pantheon.
As Ruler, he had duties and responsibilities. That is why he was discussing with Chief Valkyrie Brynhildr in his office.
" So the situation in the village of Fredilig has not been solved yet? " Odin read the report of the latest development in the village that was targeted by the draug for the past two years.
Fredilig was one of the last villages in Midgard that still worship the Nordic pantheon, despite all the efforts the Christians had made to convert them to Christianity for the past century.
For the past two years, this village was regularly attacked by Draug and undead in the night with no logical explanation.
" The situation there is very bizarre. " Brynhildr explained, " These undead came from the forest and appear only at night, once the sun rose they all just simply return to the forest and seemed to just disappear without a trace. "
" This sure is strange. " Odin mused, Undead like the draug do not actively go and attack people, they usually guard treasures and only exist in catacombs. But these Draug were reported to attack the village along with undead Orcs. These were undead from two different Pantheons.
' Just what is happening in this forest? I hope it is not what I think it is. '
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Big-time skip coming in the next chapter.
See you all in the next Chapter