blacksmithoftheapocalypse

808. Power of Existence

“Leana, stay back for a moment.”

They had talked for a good while about the details of what came next and had just finished. Mary left to take care of the administrative side while Karina returned to the children. However, he stopped the princess from leaving.

“Since we have finished talking about official business now, It's time to talk about something private.”

Leana blushed a little, her face grew hot. The two of them were alone in the office, it was already late,...

807. Rinse and Repeat

Seth returned in a great mood, with plans to get an explanation and advice from Leana and return to his cozy workshop to keep working on his skills and items. The reality of his return was very different, as he suddenly sat on his desk in his office with a report on the things that had happened while he was gone.

Most prominently Leana's summary of the situation in Y-City. He read with a grim face. When he finally finished, he took several deep breaths and let out an audible sigh. Massa...

806. Follow when we are done

“Not cool,” Monique berated him when he brought them back out from Legion after stashing away Dragos in his special shipping container.

“I'm sorry,” the blacksmith obediently apologized.

“So, what did you do with Dragos? Is he dead?” Alison asked calmly.

Seth's action garnered mixed reactions from the party, but especially Alison didn't care enough to talk about it.  Aside from Monique who felt a little hurt in her pride, most understood his reasoning. He di...

805. Starbreaking Kick!

“Starbreaking Kick!”

Seth appeared behind the lower half of Dragos and kicked it in the crotch. It was the dreadful attack that had once felled even the hero. However, the kick itself, albeit devastating, was unable to face the pair of legs, aside from catapulting them off in the distance.

Monique, Tekar, and the others looked at the situation a little embarrassed. Seeing the blacksmith deal with the situation the moment he appeared to put a scratch in their confidence. It had...

804. I have a pair of legs to catch

Jonah pulled himself out from the hill he was burrowed in from the kick. His face was grim as he felt something break when Dragos kicked him.  He managed to recover just fine this time, but he had a concerning guess as to why the golems broke so easily.

Healing himself as quickly as possible he tried to exit the hole. He had to let the others know about his conclusion. They couldn't allow themselves to get hit by that aura, or else-

He kept frantically thinking, but his thoug...

803. Round 2

“Gah!“ Dragos suddenly exclaimed when a sword pierced his lower back.

“Round 2 it is,” Jonah agreed grimly. He had already managed to recover from the devastating wound just fine. When it came to regeneration, he was not far behind the psychopath cannibal.

The aura claw swiped at the swordsman, but this time Jonah made sure to evade flawlessly, leaving a deep wound on Dragos as he pulled away from him. Although he seemed to have recovered all damage, the wound still healed...

802. Taunting

---Elemental Dungeon- 30 Minutes earlier---

A claw made of a dark spiritual aura spewed sparks as it ground against Tekar's barrier, a mere moment after he spoke to them. It looked overwhelming and terrifying, but the weird energy skill could not hide that it was applied to a palm without fingers.

“Hey, now. We are really thankful you got rid of the airhead for us, but no need to get pushy. You are the dude Seth met when we left the Holy Land the first time, right? The guy that ...

801. Clear Cheating

Sitting around a small fire with a warm meal, Seth explained what had just happened when he leveled up. Puffles had seen his level and deduced as much. Tatzel was not yet at that stage and was surprised to hear the things Seth talked about.

~It's a little different for us.~ Puffles explained to the surprised Taztel. The Imugi was also able to hear what they talked about just fine, despite not having the level needed to hear it.

“How so, Puff?” Seth asked him curiously.

T...

800. The Last Stretch

<Quest: The Last Stretch

Congratulation, Player! You have reached lv.95. Now, only a small step is separating you from transcending mortal confines and entering the Path of Legends.

All system restrictions on spoilers are lifted.

You have met the conditions to transcend, as such you receive this quest and the opportunity to prepare for the future. You can now view the list of domains you have unlocked.

As a special right, you are given the opportunity to use your cu...

799. Dragos Cernat

Held down by Tekar and shot by the others, Olaf really suffered a death by a thousand beatings. The effects of the potion were yet to run out when the boss finally breathed his last breath and rewarded them with roughly 10% experience each.

When the gnome shattered into a heap of ice shards, it also left the water key for the door on the lowest floor and a deep blue crystal, fitting the one Maltus had dropped previously. They took a break to discuss.

During its death, they found o...

798. Y'Berion's Sneeze

Jonah's eyes opened wide when he suddenly lost him and he heard the party gasp from behind.

“Get away from him, Jonah!” he heard Monique's words, but he had already reacted.

Using the sword as a lever he smacked the ground and catapulted himself backward, away from the gnome, who was still bound by gray chains. However, from the corner of his eyes, he already saw frost building up on the divine chains.

What he also saw was a foot with a shattered ankle, stuck to the grou...

797. Uncle Olaf

“What should we do now?” Mike asked into the round.

It had been two hours since the boss just keeled over and died. In the meantime, Mina had managed to keep everyone alive. Once Bulko had recovered enough health and mana, he healed Fin who in turn helped the others recover once she was awake. Lyxiss also woke up somewhere in between. She was hurt, but her unconsciousness stemmed from the mana deficiency after casting a meteor.

They sat in a circle and ate special meals prepar...

796. Carbonized for the most Part

---Fungus Dungeon---

“Is everyone okay?” Bulko asked, vomiting a fountain of blood.

His body was covered in a dashing suit of fire-resistant armor, but his body seemed broken despite the armor being just fine. His eyes, red from ruptured veins scanned the surrounding ash fields. At the last second, he had managed to change his equipment, cast a barrier, and the skill <Damage Mirror>.

The latter was part of his skills as a Mirror Priest. It's allowed him to reflect ...

795. Pucdal the Rot

“It's a shame I can't steal a living boss from the dungeon,” the bard mumbled a few hours later.

“Yes, Master. I wish I could follow you to the ends of the world.” Solar Solace wept, kneeling at his feet.

It had taken quite a lot of time and resources to convert the boss with a level in the triple digits, but ultimately it had no way to escape the bard angelic voice that wormed its way into the boss's brain. The only problem was that Solar Solace wouldn't be able to follow...

794. Solar Solace

It actually took them another 25 Floors of increasingly stronger light creatures before another boss appeared. But this was not just any boss, it was THE boss. The end boss of this dungeon. The imugi and the blacksmith stepped into a place full of light and heat.

<Solar Solace lv.--- (Boss)>

“It has been a long time since someone reached my abode,” the boss greeted him in a warm benevolent voice.

They had now reached the bottom of the chasm the bridges had constant...

793. Orb of Dusk

<Ding! You have killed -Shadow of Dusk lv.115 (Boss)- You have earned Experience.>

A figure enveloped in flowing shadows disintegrated to ashes in his hand. Seth let out a deep sigh. This had been the most annoying fight so far. It was not necessarily dangerous, but the enemy had almost perfect stealth that made it even hard for <Theia's Vision> to detect. He even had to hide Tatzel, since the Imugi was in danger to be hit by its surprise attacks.

The blacksmith had cr...

792. Somewhere Else (22)

---Epsilon, Northeast Urth---

“Are we still walking in the right direction?” he asked the men in the back as he pulled his sword from the corpse of a beast.

“Yes, but are you sure the information is true? We have been traveling for days without finding a trace of living people,” one of his companions complained.

“Right, the best thing we came across were those abandoned ruins...” another added annoyed.

“Shut up, we aren't just looking for that ominous set...

New tiers

Hey Guys! I was thinking of adding a new tier in the next few days and stocking up to 30 chapters.

I was thinking of changing tiers to Patron with 18 chapters, B-Rank with 23 chapters, and a new A-Rank tier with up to 30 chapters

791. How?

“What are you so worried about? I'm here, aren't I? <Slow> <Curse of Burden> <Confusion Beam>” Ray exclaimed and threw a slew of curses at the boss to slow it down. They were moderately effective, but it didn't stop the boss from advancing.

“Here, let me try,” Alison said and started a chant. When she finished the water around them was suddenly filled by tiny lightning arcs. She had cast the spell Static Field, which had a high chance to paralyze an opponent. W...

790. What's the water like?

They all heard the announcement. After everyone in Monique's Party finally found a foe they could shine against, their strategies became more refined and they quickly worked their way through the maze of tunnels, further into the deep.

Being sieged by a horde of enemies, with the gates to a boss room in their sight, they all suddenly heard the announcement that they had leveled up. Driven by the good news, they renewed their efforts and soon cleaned out the area in front of the gate. 2023-05-21 13:09:56 +0000 UTC View Post

789. Shay's Shine

Team 2 led by Monique pushed forward, deeper into the elemental gorge. Although every new layer came with new obstacles, after exploring the weaknesses of these elemental foes, they had no problems in quickly coming up with new strategies.

The biggest hurdle were still the airheads that kept appearing intermittently, however, they were able to manage the earth and waterheads even when they appeared in stronger variations like granite and ice. Following the theme, it was obvious what had...

788. Letters from Minas Mar

---Delta, Embassy of Minas Mar---

Leana rubbed her face tiredly, as she lowered the letter from Cade. Since most of the executive members had run off to the Holy Land, Leana, Mary, and Jane were left alone with the management of Minas Mar as a district.

At least Seth had left most of the golems for them, so they could deal with any crisis along the Tree Route. Vlad was also doing a good job as an administrator in Little Sigma. Cade's letter brought much information that helped to ...

787. Letters from Y-City(2)

“Stay.” she heard someone speak softly from the corridor ahead.

Following the voice she found one of the doors opened. The people inside calmly stared into the distance with empty eyes. A man had entered the room and seemed to examine all the people inside.

“Come,” he said after a few moments and signaled for three of the people inside to follow.

One was a boy, maybe six years old, even in a trance he held onto the girl that also stepped out. She seemed to be in her ...

786. Letters from Y-City

---Y-City, Ypselon---

She wandered through the rainy streets of Y-City. Originally, she thought she was past the stage where she had to travel all across Urth. She had hoped to be able to stay at Delta, for a few weeks at least.

But Leana had already given her instruction before they returned. While the Princess officially joined Minas Mar as their ambassador from Chrona, Cade secretly left Delta for Y-City to get a better insight into what was actually going on.

The reason ...

785. Bonk from Above

She could only remember the warm voice hazily, but it had promised her power and now she felt it surging through her body. Hot, seething fire was flowing in her veins and burst outward, blowing apart the melting lump of steel that was pressing down on them.

“Jess!” James wheezed, with the pressure suddenly lifted from his shield.

He could feel her fire flow through him, but this time it was slightly different. He was not just healing thanks to the trait he gained through the r...

784. Descent of the Stairs

Lydia and the others frantically fled from the group of armored colossi that followed them down the stairs. They were able to use skills once in a while to make them stumble or fall, but there was no chance of fighting that group.

All of them had at some point found a chance to summon their mounts, giving them a slight edge in speed as they descended the stairs. They quickly shot past the floor they had already emptied and soon returned to the floor they had originally entered.

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783. Fungus Treant

“Lyxiss! Lyxiss! Get it together!” They heard Bulko from behind, hurriedly casting healing spells on the unconscious half-elf.

Mike Cursed. Lyxiss had not only suffered the explosion but also the rebound from failing to cast the spell, even if Bulko healed her, she would not be able to cast spells in the meantime. Looking at the aftermath, they were not the only ones that had suffered.

The explosion hat properly cleaned out the spore cloud, all the miniatures, and part of the ...

782. Point of No Return

When Yulecat's Fur retraced their step back to the tunnel they had used to enter the second floor of the fungus forest, they found that it was not there anymore. In theory, it was possible for a dungeon to cut off a challenger's retreat, but they had not expected it at this point.

“Welp, I guess we are screwed?” Lyxiss sighed dramatically.

“Should we just use Home Call?” Mina suggested using the return skill to return to Minas Mar.

“It might not even work. Do you t...

781. Angelique

<Ding! Skill: Singing(Journeyman) lv.9 has become Singing(Craftsman) lv.1!>

His heart jumped. <Singing> had finally ranked up! The bard had been trying for a long time, but it obviously took pushing himself to the limit more than once to finally get past that hurdle. Seth swiped away the tears of blood running down his cheeks with a tissue.

The Mirror of Dawn had put up more resistance than he expected. Even with his scorpion armor improving the might of his songs by s...

780. Strategy of Survival

"Experience, what else? Isn't that the whole reason you dickwaffles invaded our world, too?” Seth asked plainly. Was this lady that stupid, or just pretentious?

~Mom, my spells are ready. Tell me when to strike.~ Tatzel reported from the back.

~Wait a little longer. It's not often a boss strikes up a conversation. Let's see where this goes.~

“What a profane desire. I will allow you to leave now,” She looked surprised at Seth's brash answer but quickly returned to a hau...