Agatha The Legendary Guild Master

Chapter 86: Forging My 1st Sword - Part 1

I kept raising the heat gradually fearing the temperature would exceed the mark. After few moments of concentration, Nada said again:

"It's 3500 now."

I stopped raising the intensity of the fire as I watched calmly two other materials transformed from solid state to liquid. The scene itself captured me, the change of color of each material was a new fascinating experience for me, and I loved it. 

This time, the two materials melted down in less than a minute, so I didn't stop and raised the heat rapidly this time, as I needed it to reach 4200 degrees.

"It's 4200 now, no it's 4300," Nada's voice came suddenly to make me startled. I stopped controlling the fire, while Nada's voice came to guide me:

"Don't lose your focus, it's normal for the fire to exceed the limit you need, just calm down and try to control the fire to burn weaker."

Her voice just came in time, as it had some sort of magical effect on me. I started to calm down and my panic began to fade away. 

I took a deep breath and then started to control the fire, this time I tried not to be overconfident of myself like before, and I tried to decrease the fire very slowly. After a few moments, Nada's voice came again as she said:

"It's 4200 degree, you can stop weakening the fire."

I stopped at once, and this time I was so tense so I couldn't enjoy the scene of melting the last two materials there. it took less than thirty seconds this time to finish liquefying everything in the pot. 

The liquid was extremely hot, with vapor coming out from it all the time nearly forming a small cloud in front of my eyes. I knew I couldn't slack, as this was only part of the first step, I didn't even start making the sword yet. 

So, I moved and got the rest of the materials. I put five materials into the pot, one by one, as each one could only be melted with liquefied materials only. 

This took me some time to do, but I wasn't careless or arrogant as I dealt with this process with care. After nearly ten minutes, I finished melting everything and was now ready to start forging the sword.

"Now control that neck and open it to make the liquid flow into the mold," Nada instructed me at once, and I didn't delay. I opened the neck to let the mix fill the whole mold. Strangely, the mold was full before the half of what I had in the pot.

"There is much more left in the pot, what should I do with it?" I asked Nada, who replied instantly:

"Just left it there, but keep the fire burning under it, or else all these materials would be lost."

This was a pleasant discovery by me, as the materials I had was nearly enough for making two or three more swords, which meant if I failed once or twice it didn't matter. 

One time success was enough to pay for all the failures, and practically it wouldn't be a failure then. I closed the neck and kept the fire raging at the same temperature, 4200 degrees.

"Send part of the fire under your mold, and keep it at 2500 degree, the lowest grade possible."

Nada's words startled me again, as I turned to look at the screen while asking:

"Can the mold withstand the fire directly? Can I control two parts of fire at the same time with different temperatures?"

I heard a chuckle from Nada as she replied:

"The mold can withstand the fire in degrees lower than 3000, as it's just a basic mold. In the future, you can create your own mold that can withstand the direct fire on it with its maximum intensity. 

As for controlling the fire, it's a talent. If you didn't show me some potential, I wouldn't have suggested this move now, but I believe you can do it. 

I know some rare talented blacksmiths who can control ten parts of the fire at the same time, so just have some confidence in your abilities and try this out."

Her words were like a spell to me, as I didn't feel any doubt at all towards my ability to do it. As before, I ordered the fire to move part of it and moved that separated part towards the mold. 

I tried then to control the fire to make this part ignite with different temperature, but I failed. When I tried to lower the heat, the other part was affected, so I stopped at once. I didn't give up as I tried another approach, as I tried to connect with the part I just separated. 

Surprisingly, I succeeded in that, as the part harmonized perfectly with me and started to lower its temperature. In moments, Nada informed me of the temperature when it reached 2500 degrees, then I moved the fire to be directly under the mold. 

The liquefied materials began to cool down, but when the fire appeared, the mold itself acted as a container that prevented the liquid's temperature from falling rapidly, and this gave me more chances to finish the steps written in that design. 

I had more time to perfect the symbols needed to be drawn on each part of this sword.

"Now, start cleansing the sword primary form using the hammer with extreme precision and use as much power as you can," Nada instructed.

I looked towards the items I had on the table, as there was that short handed hammer. I smiled as just picturing me using this hammer made me feel some fun, it would be perfect to use it to vent some anger on Shin and Respon. 

The idea was so alluring that it made me smile, but I wasn't distracted as I already grabbed it with my free hand and then started to hit that primary form of the sword with all the power that I had.

"Unfortunately men are more powerful than us, so this is the step where they really best us at," Nada muttered with melancholic tone like she recalled some distant memory," note that you only have five minutes top to finish cleansing your primary model, and you can't cleanse anymore again, so try your best now."