blacksmithoftheapocalypse

423. Akhaz

The following battles became harder on the team as more of these beasts appeared. Nonetheless, after having experienced the perfectly orchestrated teamplay, they became a lot better overall which took a lot of pressure off of Seth’s throat.

What stayed true was that the beast gave disproportionate less experience compared to their strength. Seth managed to barely fill up his experience gauge and reach lv. 61.

As they got closer to their destination, thick clouds appeared on the ...

422. Muddled Abomination

“Shit, I didn’t think one would still be left this close to the city!” Ahmed cursed and the party hurried to get into formation, to stop the giant beast's rush.

Seth glared at the knight. So he was right that their guide had kept a secret from them. Unfortunately, there was no time to sort out the knight's secretiveness.

With practiced routine, the hero charge in the front to meet the first attack and set up their line of battle. No matter how little he liked ben Harker, Set...

421. The Ocean

Travel in the night was no problem for the group as most, like Seth, had a way to see in the dark.

On the journey talked a little more about the dangers of exposition to the sun. He was even provided the hero and Rich with a talisman each to resist the sun.

He told them the horror stories of villagers and refugees that had been exposed to the sun during long journeys. It did not end with heat strokes or dehydration. There would often be terrible sunburns that resulted in people's ...

420. The Cavalry

It was the middle of the night. The group was on the go wandering through the dark wasteland, following Ahmed’s lead. Seth was walking in the rear together with Ellie. The bard opened his hand and unnoticed by the rest of the group, a recorder rose back into the sky.

"Are you done?” the slime rancher whispered from the side.

“Yep, that was the last one. Now, we won’t have to worry as much anymore.” Seth said with a mischievous smile.

Seth had gotten the blueprints ...

419. To Akhaz

Lord Bar brought them around all the city and all 30 populated floors to speak with a myriad of people. The outcome was easy, to sum up: They had to go to Akhaz.

The picture the different sailors and merchants painted was more or less clear. Although none of them knew of ruins at the coast, however, most agreed on one place.  The continent of Tyrypbh’z where the republic of the same name originated, was known for its high cliffs all around.

Only a few suggested that the muc...

418. Doing his Job

“Errm, I might need some help?” the hero had a sudden change of heart, facing five boss mobs at once.

Typically, a hero would strengthen, the greater his adversary was, but that had its limits. Especially if he did not have the power of friendship on his side. The people that were currently with him, tried their best to convince the other side that they were not associated with him.

What was the Harker even thinking? Seth frantically thought about their options.

~The gre...

Keväti Kuinen

I thought it might help to have the map xD

417.Somewhere Else (X)

The cold of the mountains became almost unbearable. Delta sitting atop a volcano was experiencing a sudden winter, but the Chimeras traveling in the mountain were hit by an ice age.

One could still not tell whether this was a good or a bad thing. While the troops of Minas Mar wore thick coats to not freeze to death, the same was not true for the beasts that constantly invaded.

Even Pardo, the orc-headed chimera, was wearing a thick coat on top of his fur and armor.  He follow...

416. The Administrator

It really was a city within a dungeon. A city like an anthill. Narrow hallways and former burial chambers turned into humble abodes, only separated from the bustling corridors by flimsy curtains.

It reminded Seth a lot of the undercity of Ora, though it was arguably still more orderly than the haphazard tunnels the dregs of society had dug into the ground and bedrock.

Was this the reason why ancient soldiers were stored in wooden boxes on the upper floors? Because they relinquishe...

415. General’s Abode

Ahmed had opened the door, but it did not really solve any problems.

“We will have to reach the burial chamber of General Hakor on the 5th floor. He is the only one on the shallow levels that has the awareness to help us.” the knight asserted.

“The shallow levels?” the hero inquired.

“Ah, yes, the first 30 floors are the defense lines. As long as we can talk to general Hakor, we should be able to deactivate the security measures and give you safe conduct to the urb...

414. Catacombs

-------Chrona-------

In a tiny office filled with stacks of papers, Shawn McLeery looked at the screen in front of him, almost crying in joy. Finally, the group from Urth was doing something!

At his digression as the channel director, they had spent most of their dwindling funds on the exclusive rights for some of the members from Urth. Especially those that had caused a commotion during the banquet.

They lacked the funds to compete for the hero. But they had found out about...

413.Homestuck

-----Chrona----

Mina, Fin, and the other guests from Minas Mar were all assembled in the living room of their mansion. Wearing casual wear or still in pajamas they were laying on the couches or carpets of the room, fixedly staring at the screen.

Anyone in the Chrona, who had a TV, was watching the official broadcast and Seth’s friends were no exceptions. They were already stuck in this situation for almost two days, ever since the official broadcast started.

Dirty dishes w...

412. Keväti Kuinen (2)

The party from Urth stepped out onto a dry plain covered in dead dry grass and crumbly earth. Grim sunlight burned on their skin, the moment they traversed the portal.

It was just like the Princess had told them. Keväti Kuinen was hated by its own sun. The people of this world had angered their sun god, who proceeded to eradicate almost all life on this world.

Like in Urth, which had been heading to complete destruction, the system God had intervened. Turning the world from an in...

411. Keväti Kuinen

A wave of relief washed over Seth when it seemed that there would be no problem from the empire's side.

Seth had just acted on impulse, carried away by his anger. The moment this power dwindled; his heart fell to his feet. He did his best to speak calmly and confidently when facing the imperial Prince, but inside he was shaking.

He was clear that the empire was not a place he could offend easily. Especially not on their turf. Still, his tongue slipped when it came to the sad excus...

410. Star Breaking Kick

The clouds of battle and the light of skills could be seen even from the throne podium.

The empress sighed.

“Why does this have to happen every time?”

The emperor on the other hand grinned gleefully.

“What are you even saying? This is bound to happen when people of power and different cultures clash.”

“When will you stop this?”

“Why would I? This is great entertainment. I want to see how it play out.”

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409. Battle at the Buffet

“Seth!”  Marcel greeted them when they encountered them at the buffet. Funny enough, Lydia and Mike were together with them. The united friends started their assault on the exotic buffet like true bumpkins.

They had just started, and Seth had only finished two plates when the princess approached their group.

“Seth?”  she asked awkwardly

“Oh, Princess, what’s up?”

“I wanted to introduce you to someone.”

Seth excused himself and followed...

408. Show your strength in a different way

They were informed that there were still a few days until the official welcome banquet. Because of the complexity and constraints of teleport magic, they could not bring all participants from the different worlds to the capital at the same time.

The last group would only arrive in the next days, that's why they were pretty much free to roam the capital until the date of the banquet.

As two girls of bubbly personalities, Fin and Ellie hit it off with each other and set off to disco...

407. Chrona (2)

Seth had done his homework before setting off.

Chrona was the capital of the Chrona Empire spreading across many worlds. Covering an island rivaling a small continent on its own, it was even bigger than Urth’s districts in size. Though it was not as densely populated with many forests and lakes breaking up the capital’s landscape.

However, no matter how much information and landmarks for sightseeing he looked up before, nothing would have prepared him for the sight that greete...

406. Chrona

“Jess, did you get what you wanted from the storage?”

“Kukuku, marvel at my new epic wand, peasant!” the woman laughed to herself and swung around the new wand she had gotten from the storage.

“With a staff of <Thaumatic Oak> and a <Mystic Ruby> at the tip, the power of my flame has doubled!”

James could only smile wryly at the antics of his girlfriend, but he could understand her. His eyes burned with zeal when he just thought of the new sword at his...

405. Somewhere Else (9)

----Subcontinent Theta----

“I don’t want this anymore...” and exasperated merman was slouching over his throne.

“My prince?” the messenger asked worriedly.

He had just gotten news of their advances in Beta. As if it was not bad enough that the ori humas grew with incredible speed, this was even one of those “advanced” worlds. The natives came up with all kinds of weird technology.

This would not even be that much of a problem, but what was up with all the...

404. Faer

----Mountains Southeast of Delta----

“Once we wiped out the pack of Wind Rippers in the gorge south of here, we will be finally able to pacify that goddamn dungeon that keeps spitting out monsters.” the Orc-headed Chimera explained to a few others while pointing around on a map.

“The problem is how. We already tried five times and were lucky not to have lost anyone.” one of the others commented.

They were currently in the temporary commando tent of their expedition. ...

403. Slimy but Satisfying

“Ellie, how is the new room?”

Seth asked the slime rancher while entering the slime compound, which was how they came to call this place. Ellie had joined Minas Mar soon after the meeting and asked for a room to work with her slimes.

The room was filled with many shallow basins of various kinds because all slimes needed a certain level of humidity. He had built the room for her, but the interior was left to the rancher.

She possessed all kinds of special ones such as aci...

402. Giant's Meteor Rod

He smiled in glee when he realized what had happened and saw his wizard spear in all its glory. The pointy staff had already become legendary, and Seth was not even done with it!

One more Step was missing: The soul.

It had cost him six big souls to repair the massive soul of Chrysopras. After repairing and refining it had gained a sentience and part of the stone giant memories. It was a shame, that he had to damage it to this extent, which made it impossible for it to regain its o...

401. Running Man

“What do you mean why? I say no, I mean no. Now, go away.”

“You don’t know who you are talking to!”

“Exactly. That's why I ask you to leave.”

“I’m also part of the evaluation team.”

Seth thought for a moment.

“Are you one of the clowns that kept standing in a corner? You guys are really something. One ambushes me in the toilet and the other follows me into a bar...” he lamented.

The young man blushed.

“You could have just app...

400. Back to business?

“Wow, look at him. Did you expect he would accomplish something like that?” the blonde youth asked his uncle.

“Not this quickly. But it was probably inevitable after Seth intervened.” Hades sighed tiredly, looking at his foster champion randomly reviving people.

“I’m glad he met that sorceress. This method is a lot better than what the other guy did.” Hephaistos commented.

“Don’t remind me of that. He was so promising, but he quickly lost himself in his zea...

399. Soul Music

Using music to manipulate the soul and bring out the desires and instincts, to be used as the blueprint for the body.

Oz was right, Seth would not have come to this conclusion on his own before the party. He had kept looking at it from the perspective of a blacksmith. Music and the skills of an infernal scald were something he had thought of as an add-on for later.

He realized now that he had been wrong. There may be many approaches that could work, but this one might be the best ...

398. YMCA

“My Name is Yvette Marlow; I'm coming along as a priestess,” she spoke in a serene voice, after taking a seat.

Sitting at their table she complimented Seth on his earlier performance. As they spoke, he expression almost never changed. It was an almost bored look, with her eyes half-closed as if about to fall asleep and a light but attractive smile.

Overall, she gave the impression of someone who was divorced from reality. She knew what kind of impression her appearance had on ...

397. Freestyler

“Does that mean I get equipment for free?”

“Once you signed the contract, you can get a set of oath armor. As for other stuff, you can get a discount, but it’s not free.”

There were only two people in the evaluation team he felt comfortable gifting some stuff. Marcel and Elza had really helped him a lot when they took responsibility as leaders in the caravan,

He was thankful and felt a little guilty about pushing all that work onto them.

“So, I get some...