blacksmithoftheapocalypse

631. Axe of Polytechnus

… The poor floor. He pulled the battle axe out from the floor leaving a big gash where it had stuck.

<Axe of Polytechnus (Copy)

Legendary

Phys. Damage: 2800

Durability: 9000

1. Blessing of Wind

2. +200% Power on Skills and Spells

3. Blessing of Violence

4. +500% Damage against Flora

5. Triple damage on Cleaving Strikes

6. +65 Strength

7. +65 Dexterity

8. Manic Cleaver

9. Touch of The Ker

10. Passive Skill...

630. Home-harvested

After the little shock by the sudden demonic intervention, Seth got back his bearings and continued. As much as he liked to marvel at his new creation, he was on a tight schedule and planned to make another one today.

The next one was for Duhu, the tiger Tijaahk who decided to stay with Minas Mar, together with Drosi and the others. The big catperson asked for something surprisingly normal. He just asked for an axe.

Seth had been waiting for someone to ask for an axe because he ha...

629. The Gruesome and Grim

Seth felt motivated when he returned to the workshop. At this pace he would be able to finish all items a week before they had to set off, giving everyone some time to get used to the new equipment.

The next item on his list was one for Faenys, the Mountain Brigand that had joined them after the Evaluation in Chrona. This was the first custom-made item he personally made for her. Although he had a little tryst with her and Mina in Chrona, they had not hung out after they returned.

628. The Pipe

<The Pipe

Legendary

Phys. Damage: 2555

Durability: 9000

1. Blessing of Wind

2. Sock'em!

3. Jump'em!

4. +200% power to Skills and Spells

5. 30% Chance to add a random Curse on Hit

6. Curse of Burden

7. Sleep Paralysis

8. 15% Chance on Hit  to cause Silence

9.+85 Endurance

10. Active Skill: Aloads' Destiny

A true classic reborn by the hands of Craftsman Smith. The weapon of choice for any thug, delinquen...

627. 15 times the Damage

Seth already thought that his unbridled charge with his high agility and almost immunity to damage was terrifying... But if someone like Mike who put more than half his stats into Strength, started charging with this helmet, dealing 15 times his base physical damage...

Even when not taking the charge into account, the helmet had 800 physical damage, which meant it could add 2400 damage to any headbutts.

The only drawback was that it was a straight rush and that nothing mentioned t...

626. Helmet of Krios

Seth's actions had some repercussions, but none he was really afraid of. Since there were not really any people around when the blacksmith enacted his own justice, there were only rumors about a conflict between the guilds.

People doubted the fairness of the compensation, especially the members of the Nelgiv guild who had to hand back the items. Yes, there were some badly beaten members and the Nelgiv guild master was missing an arm... But that was all. Nobody could do anything as the p...

625. First 1&2

He quite enjoyed waking up the next day as he was squeezed in between his two most favorite things in bed: The mattress and Mina. Other good news followed when Mary sent someone with a rough estimation of their loot- their compensation from the Nagelv guild.

They had managed to take pack most of the items, except for some potions that had already been used. In addition, there was a plethora of items, materials, and money the plunder- confiscated from the guild vault. Overall, the situat...

624. Hell Spells

Solemnly, the hammer struck the metal, giving the rhythm to the song. Oz joined in with a dark demonic tune, as the blacksmith's voice rose in the workshop.

“I'm roaring blaze, ashen rain,
I'm coming on like a hurricane,

My light is burning across the sky...”

The flames in the forge behind licked up to the ceiling in joy as power kept building up around the blacksmith. Seth kept broadcasting his music in the aether, as he forged a small piece of legendary <Olympian...

623. Compensation

Seth ignored the whines of the man crawling on the ground and the shocked looks of the other scum in the room while checking his weapon. A twelfth effect had been added to the blade. The Curse of Obedience which had a low chance of temporarily forcing someone to follow the wielder's orders.

It was a shame this ability was placed on a weapon that would either kill or cripple a target on hit. When he looked back up from the sword, he found that the man on the ground was actually drinking ...

622. Disarm

“Disarm.”

Suddenly the weapons they had just unsheathed and parts of the armor they had donned jumped out of their hands and off their bodies. It was one of the effects of <Crafty Failsafe lv.7>.  Not only could items he made not be used against him, he could even outright disarm the opponent.

Using their surprise, Seth charged in and started wildly beating them. He simply ignored their counterattacks, as nothing they could do had a chance to penetrate his legendary...

621. Feather of the Beast

<Feather of the Beast

Relic

Durability: 1500

1. +70% Earth Affinity

2. +150% to the effect of all Earth-Attribute Magic

3.+45% additional Curse Damage to Earth-Attribute Skills

4.+15% health regeneration when standing on firm ground.

5.+75% Power to all Spells

6.+125% Mana Regenration

7.+45% Chant Reduction

8. Passive Skill: Prospector

A diamond in the rough made by the hands of Craftsman Smith and blessed by a primordial ex...

620. Can I have my Ring now?

The next day in the morning, Seth went to visit Al'Zalsar. It was not to pester her about legendary materials. She had shot down his hopes right from the start. The former Lich was surprisingly busy with Project Iego, their urban defense system slash <Ithildin> refinement formation.

So why did he go to bother her anyways? He had left his Feather of the Beast ring with the Lich two weeks ago and she had promised to enchant it. Although Seth was working on items for the others, he d...

619. Cherish it

Even though he expected something big, this spear was disgustingly strong. So strong, that he didn't mind the name, which was an obvious call out by the system.

The stabbing damage had not increased a lot, but now it was 550% with a base damage of 2900, compared to 1100 before. Compared to the Fang of Decay, Tatzel's Sacrifice also had the blessing of Wind, Armor Piercing, and Vepar's Festering.

Vepar's Festering was a stronger version of the Decay effect, also dealing additional ...

618. Tatzel's Sacrifice

“Are you sure you want to do this, Tatzel?” Seth asked the little snakelet.

It was over two weeks ago, when he was planning and preparing of the items for the lords of Minas Mar, that the Imugi had volunteered for this act of sacrifice.

“Mom, what is that?” he had asked while Seth was looking through the catalog in the auction house.

“This is the tooth of an Elder Wyvern. I need it for Monique's spear,” he answered.

Even Seth had to admit that the best item...

617. Momentarily Stuck

--3 Weeks later--

<Ding! Your skill Goldsmith(Craftsman) lv.8 has become Goldsmith(Craftsman) lv.9!>

Late at night, he finally heard this notification after three weeks of hard work, but it did not come with a wave of joy. The last week had reminded him of a bitter memory. A repressed memory he came to forget over the past few months.

Level 9 of a skill, was a nightmare. For normal levels, one could roughly calculate that the proficiency demand of the next level was do...

616. Guild's Holy Land

<Ding! Your skill Goldsmith(Craftsman) lv.6 has become Goldsmith(Craftsman) lv.7!>

Looking at the progress of the past week made him feel rather satisfied. Even though his treasure hunt for Schalk had ended in a dud, he had not slacked when it came to his skills. Not only had he managed to finally reach lv. 72, but his skills were also growing.

The difference in proficiency gain between levels was quite harsh between the levels. While his <Goldsmith> had reached lv.7, ...

615. A disciple? No, a Student.

“Please. Accept me as your disciple, Master!” the middle-aged man suddenly cried out, after the result of their duel was announced.

Seth stepped back in surprise, and he wasn't the only one. Even the referee jumped in shock when the man suddenly bowed and cried out for his opponent to be his master.

“No!” Seth gave the obvious response.

“Please, I am also ready to join Minas Mar and pay the tuition fee. Please take me as your disciple, great master!”

This t...

614. Goldsmith Challenge

What Fin's win really meant was not immediately obvious to most people, but it became public knowledge in the course of the next days. Fin, who was previously unranked, had beaten a brawler in their own field and taken their rank.

This meant that people could also challenge and gain a rank in a category, as long as they were strong enough to beat the person in their own expertise. However, this was not all. As was proven in the challenges of the following days, people could also be rank...

613. Special and Legendary

When Seth started working with the materials the merchant brought him, he found some more problems than he expected. The <Sea Iron> did not just become mediocre <Bones of Seth>, it was outright rejected by the ritual.

As for the <Scur Ore>, he first had to refine the ore into iron, before he could use it in the ritual to imbue it with the powers of the god of chaos. This was where the problem started. Refining normal iron from ore was already not the easiest thing.

612. Deliveries

A week later, the Merchant returned. It took a while, but Hubert delivered. And what he delivered was not bad at all. The dimensional merchant was able to bring in a bunch of foreign metals. The variations of iron were the most numerous.

Although iron had no high conductivity for mana, it seemed quite reactive to the power of nature, if given enough time. Variations of silver on the other hand were not as common. Despite Hubert offering many options of epic metals, not all of them fit S...

611. Offering his Service

Although Seth had a lot of plans, he had decided to spend his time leisurely. This didn't mean he was lazing around. At least not all the time. Aside from his work in the workshop, he methodically raised his level while coordinating with the other members of Minas Mar.

It wasn't hard to do both thanks to the scarcity of dungeons of appropriate levels anywhere close to Delta. Something Seth came to experience, now that he crossed level 70 and visited the dungeon along with Mina and the o...

610. Changes all around

Seth had calmed down a lot in the two weeks after the introduction of the World Quest. He had finished his armor and the Faer.  His daily life became much more relaxed as he spent his time more freely.

With the project of “claiming back Urth” as the expansion of the trade route to Mount Agra was now called in public the atmosphere in Delta had taken a little turn for the better. After the failed attack on the speech, the attacks had suddenly stopped.

As more people now sm...

609. Chosen by the Dozen

--Delta--

It was a quiet evening in Delta. The leaderboards and world quest were still the talk of the town, but everything had quietened down two weeks after the announcements. When nothing dramatically changed, things went on as usual.

Although there had been many tragedies with the Apocalypse, everything finally seemed to be on the rise again. A hint of normalcy had returned to the people under the protection of Delta and the Chrona Empire.

Even the tense situation with t...

608. Growing Family

---Cinema Dimension---

The place had grown quiet with the announcement of the World Quest. Most figures that had come to watch the adventures of the joint champion had left. Many were too busy looking for a chosen of their own, to leave a clone in the pay-per-view dimension.

In the first row, Apollo, Persephone, and Hermes still sat with Hades, Seth and Hephaestus. Aside from them, there was also the Dungeon God in the row behind them and some other hidden figures further behind.<...

607. Bess and Daimon

The event ended in a spectacular display of their power, though Seth had expected for them to put up a bigger fight. The villain just running away after three shots was a little anticlimactic.  Was equipping all the Chimeras that had returned from the mountain city and the Oathguard with detection devices and stationing them to guard the venue overkill?

He had just left the stage when he spotted Cade in the crowd close by. He waved at her. It had been some time since Seth had not s...

606. Kick Off

--Delta, Refugee Camps--

A great crowd of people had assembled on the great square in Delta's southern district where the emergency accommodations. The tribulation of the past months was visible in their dirty and disheveled clothes.

From a war-torn, hopeless sigma to an only marginal better situation in Delta, these people had gone through a lot. With gaunt faces they looked to the stage that had been built at the center of the square.

Cade was observing the crowd from a wi...

605. Happenings in Gamma

--Somewhere north of Gamma--

Sitting in the dark cell he was lamenting his own fate. Even with the world supposedly experiencing an Apocalypse, he had been managing well. He was lucky to directly start with the class of a swordsman and later managed to improve it to a paladin.

If it wasn't for the appearance of the Zarkists he may have found his fortune as a wealthy man. However, all his skills and improved physique had not helped to defend against the Zarkists, When he was runnin...

604. Rise of Samhach

Everything came as a trade-off. Although it was easier to mass produce the frames with core technology using the golem forge. These poor unfortunate souls that he used them for needed more time to find themselves under the influence of his music.

Even though they had an ego, it didn't mean that they had a very complex conscience. The older a soul was the more it would lose itself. Even if it had an ego, it would be the bare minimum of whatever held the soul on the mortal plane. This mad...

603. Simon said

“So, this is what Simon said...”

The day after their inspection of Karina's work, Seth didn't directly delve into crafting again. The reason was other people doing their job. He was currently sitting in a meeting, while Evee presented the compilation of the information she got from Simon about the rankings.

As they had expected, the initial ranking was based on the basic skills of these classes and some other factors, with less importance. Simon also confirmed their suspicion ...

602. Wooden City

Seth didn't change his short-term plans, despite the sudden announcement of the Age of Gods. The next day, he dissuaded Mina from guard duty and took her along on his trip to the first Tree Station on the trade route.

Tree Station was what they had decided to call the rest areas protected by the Hangingtrees. The first one from Delta was the place where Karina had experimented on her idea and wanted to showcase her results to Seth.

Tree Station 1 was also home to the Lover's Cave,...