Agatha The Legendary Guild Master

Chapter 83: Learning How to Craft a Sword - Part 2

"This is the second part, I have enlarged it for you," Nada said.

This time, it was the tip of the sword. I managed to see two small indentations at the end of it, with few marks written in small font surrounding these indentations. 

There were two different instructions this time, the first one was about how to create these two indentations on the sword tip. It was written I should take the melted ores from the fire at 3500 degrees and put it in the tip of the mold first, then I should work on it leaving the rest of the ores on fire again. 

When the temperature decreases to be 2000 degrees, I should take the rest of the melted ores and pour them into the mold, and then I start hitting it with my sword. 

The second instruction was strange, as when the temperature of the whole sword stabilized at 2000 degree, I should put the tip of it on the fire to raise it to 200 degrees and then write these letters around the two indentations.

According to these instructions, I needed to finish the two tasks simultaneously and without any error, neither at the temperature timing, nor at the drawing perfection. If I did that, then I would have a white grade sword, with a very high failure rate.

I thought about this for a moment, the edge of the sword needed me to work on it when the temperature reached 1500 degree, and that meant I have a 500 degree window to work on the tip of the sword, that was in case other parts didn't need any work at this gap.

"It's very difficult," I complained with a long sigh.

"Who said it isn't? Blacksmiths are known as the richest, and most wanted class in the whole game, and this isn't a coincidence. It isn't easy to raise a good blacksmith, as you need precision, high perception, and patience," she said.

I sighed again before saying helplessly:

"Show me the other parts then."

Nada showed me the remaining parts one by one. As I feared, there was a part that needed work on at temperature between 2000 and 1500 degree, which was the broad segment of the sword. After I finished reading them all, I asked:

"Now what should I do?"

"First you need to get your blacksmith special gear first, when you advance later in this class, you will have your own set, but now you will use the standard white grade equipment provided by the hall," Nada replied.

I noticed a sudden move accompanied by a click sound coming from the table, to find a small part of it to disappear revealing some tools behind it. 

I moved and took out what was inside, as there was a short handle hammer with a strange thick head, a set of fine needles with different shapes and sizes, a strange string, and a set of knives with different shapes and sizes. 

I took these tools out and spread them over the table where Nada's voice came from the screen explaining:

"These tools will help you in anything you want at forging your equipment. The only weakness is their lack of any boost to your success rate or your production speed. In the future if you have a chance to obtain a special set of blacksmith tools, don't hesitate to get them."

I asked at once about the most important thing in her words:

"Can these tools increase my success rate?"

"Yes, and not only that, some tools can even increase the grade of your final equipment as well," she replied calmly, but I was so excited. I swore to obtain the highest set possible in this game.

"As I see, you are excited about this, so I will add more wood to your burning fire, it's not only tools who can help raise the grade of an equipment, but also there are skills and special items that can do it too," she added.

"Really? How can I get them?" I asked impatiently.

"You can ask about blacksmith hall special quests down below at the entrance. You pick one quest that suits you and finish it to gain its reward. Rewards are usually supportive skills to your class, or might reach to special items. 

There are also some leads about finding some rare skills and special items, but I don't recommend you to work on them now," she explained.

"Why is that?" I wanted to know more, as I felt these skills and special items would play a major role in making my future fortune.

"That's because you are weak, when you get stronger, you can consider these quests, or else you will die," she replied instantly. Although her words were harsh, I didn't feel any disappointment or hesitation. 

I must gather all the items and skills, as this wasn't only for me, but for all the members I would recruit later on. One blacksmith could gain me a fortune, then what about ten? A hundred? 

I wasn't one of those who worshipped wealth like their ancestors, but I knew how important to be well funded before entering a war and my war was very long and so difficult, and I couldn't afford losing it.

"Now, you only lack the needed materials, the fire, and the mold of your equipment. 

At our blacksmith hall studios like this one, you will get a free mold based on your standard design, but later on when you get your own designs or you want to practice blacksmith anywhere else, you will need to learn how to make your own mold. 

This will be a lesson for another time. you can get all the materials you need from the table there," she said, and suddenly another part disappeared from this table, to reveal many materials lying in an organized manner. 

I looked at their amount, shape, and type to feel I know nothing at all. There was no familiar material whatsoever in them, and the amount was ok, but I felt they wouldn't be enough to last me for six hours. Before I could open my mouth, Nada said first:

"These materials are all white grade, so the hall doesn't make a loss here. If you managed to get your hand over higher grade materials, your success rate will increase drastically, but in return the total cost of making single equipment would rise dramatically. 

Once you finish using this amount, the table will send a notification to the main table in the hall, and you will get another batch at once delivered in the same way. Now, what remains is the last part, and the most important part, the fire."