blacksmithoftheapocalypse

245.Willisn’t

Valen sat in the penthouse apartment of the Wilis Building. He was having a great night so far. On his bed laid some stupid girl who had come to the city to make it big as an adventurer.

How easy it was to harvest such young blood with just some money. First, he could satisfy his carnal desires and then his hunger. Valen loved this day and age. It had become a lot easier to get his hands on fresh blood.

Back then there would have been a lot of people asking questions even when jus...

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244.Growing Family

After Louis’ explanation, they felt more tired than after a dungeon dive. Even the energetic fairy brute only set on his shoulders with empty eyes.

“Let’s return to Minas Mar, I had enough for today.”

Said and done. They returned to the church and found that Mary and Jane had already returned to the tower. Back inside Seth’s private quarters they fell and his bed and had a little nap.

The nap was followed by a meal at the cafeteria. They found all the other members...

243.Energy of Friendship

They had a name, a crest, titles, and sigil rings. They took a moment to talk about the other ring Seth made, but most people wanted to get to what they had been doing. Seth didn’t stop them and soon the 13 Lords had dispersed again.

Aside from Mina and Fin, Mary and Jane stayed back instead of leaving with Tekar. At some point their unofficial job had become babysitting Ruby and they hung around the father and daughter a lot.

“We would like to talk with you about something.�...

242.Exploring Home.

The party arrived in the impressive entrance hall of the tower provoking many Ohs and Ahs from the first-timers.  Fin acted just like the caravan children by flying around and looking at everything. Mina’s and Lyxiss’s eyes glittered seeing the exquisite decorations and materials.

“Welcome to Minas Mar!” Seth said happily. Seeing everyone coming together lifted his mood after what had just happened. They would have to deal with the Willises sooner or later, but now was not ...

241. Takes you home.

“Should we really be here then? We are just sla- employees, right?” Mary whispered to Jane, but Seth heard it.

“I know we didn’t interact too much lately, but you are still valuable members. I really think you more than deserve to be part of the founding members.”

Seth really appreciated how the girls had been taking care of Tekar’s daughter. It definitely was not to make up the numbers.

“Now then, any good suggestions?”

“Battlebeards!” Fin was the ...

240. The best Journey

Seth decided to give Drosi all the time he needed and returned to the party. It was time to test their new teleport. There was still some time until evening, just enough time for predrinking. Not. Ruby would accompany them, so getting drunk would have to happen another day.

All of them appeared in the reception room of the system church.  There were guards similar to those at a city gate who asked them a few questions before letting them pass through.

Mary, Jane, Tekar, and R...

239. Willis or Willisn’t

When Seth entered the lobby of the Willis Building, he could not make out what he was even seeing at first. It was a gruesome scene with blood all over the lobby’s floor. The blood was still fresh and had not dried, yet.

He saw the corpses of the elderly couple and fattyhair lying on the ground. They had died from deep cuts and stabs. Looking further he saw a figure sitting at the secret door to the elevator.

“Lydia?!”

Nailed to the wood paneling by her own daggers was...

238. Settling in (3)

"So to recount. You are a blacksmith from Urth. You saved Fin’s people, traveled to a different world to learn, met these guys there, came back here, found a magic tower, and now plan to found an organization with these friends and your current party? And now you want me to grant you permission to access to the Teleportation Port of Delta?”

“That about sums it up.” Seth nodded friendly. Everyone was sitting in a meeting room of the church and was supplied with drinks and sweets....

237.Settling in (2)

After the fun came the work. Seth knew what he had to do and would return to the surface. His first destination was the church. At least it would not be too hard to talk to the church, since he was already a member.

Lydia accompanied him on the way up. She also had a life, or so she said. She would also take a look at the situation within the family. Seth had told her about what happened between them and Drosi. She had come to know some of the caravan during her stay in the tower and li...

236. Settling in

Seth just got up to get dressed when Mina's phone started ringing. Sleepy Mina picked up.

“Hmm, what is it? Where I am? I'm with Seth, why do you ask?”

“WHAT!? Did you meet him without us? That’s unfair! You were away a whole day having fun, while we had to take over your duties!”

Seth could hear Fin's agitated voice blaring from the phone. It seemed like Mina also forgot a few things for their date.

“Looks like we will have to separate for now,” he comme...

235. Receiving Guests

Seth and Evee waited in the entrance hall on the ground floor of the tower.

“I browsed the footage a little, while you took a break. The tower is really awesome. It even has all kinds of advanced facilities like alchemy labs and enchantment rooms. There are also several floors of storage rooms.” Evee mentioned excitedly. With her temporary Operator rights, she could check through the tower's systems, but not change anything or give commands.

“How about our guest?”

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234. Caravan Arrives

234. Caravan Arrives

“Seth! ” SETH!?” “Seth!”

“Me?!”

“What is going on?”

He had already somewhat expected it, but the shady people Lydia wanted to introduce him to look for someone were the someone he was looking for. They were all leisurely sitting on the sofas in the VIP lounge as if it was their living room and had an assortment of alcohol on the table before them.

“Seth!” the fairy brute tackled his face throwing him off his feet. On the...

233. Party Arrived

“Hey! Wait a moment. You did really great in there. I have never seen Valen speechless.” the cybergoth followed behind him with a radiant smile on her face.

“Don’t you mean Uncle Valen?” Seth said with a laugh.

“Bah. That vampire is over 200 years old. I don’t know what kind of fetish he has, to make everyone call him Uncle. I'm not doing that, it feels weird.”

“Hmm, noted.”

“You are returning into the Batcave?”

“That’s the pl...

232.Mine! Mine! Mine!

Seth kept watching as if they were enacting a play for him. He didn’t want to disturb their performance. The Vampire had acknowledged his existence, but he stayed silent. He wanted to see where this was going.

“I know this might seem very confusing to you now. You probably found the tower on accident and touched the orb. That is okay. We just-”

“I don’t accept it! Uncle! He’s not a family member, he has no right to inherit the legacy of the Willis family.” a young in...

231. Squatting the Spire

“Teleport to the private quarters?”

“As you wish, Master.”

Seth vanished from the control room, leaving a confused Evee behind. He appeared in a spacious bedroom. The air was slightly scented with the smell of herbs. Just a touch to test the softness of the bed weakened his knees.

As if all his bones liquified he slid onto the bed and fell asleep. There was no fighting the fatigue. When he woke up, it was as if no time had gone by. But there was no fatigue, and he wa...

230. Tower Defense

Seth arrived at the gate after about 10 hours after he set off.  he had kept an eye on his <Map> and to his happy surprise, he had gotten closer to Delta in a straight line. When he arrived, he was almost directly below Delta.

Evee waited for him at the top of the stairs. She had not moved from the junction room and instead opted to get some sleep there. Her wards had notified her of his arrival.

~ oh ho! This is quite the construction! A true artist built this thing. ~...

229. I think i know

“I think I know where this tunnel is leading.” Seth suddenly said after they follow the wide tunnel for 15 minutes. He had kept an eye on his map as they kept going forward.

The path they walked pointed in a straight line towards the vicinity of Delta. If Seth was not wrong, they would be able to walk straight to a point in Delta through this tunnel. It was a shortcut!

If the tunnel really led straight to Delta, they could reach the district in a day’s worth of walking.

228. Tower of Tom

Kesaz had several wounds, but the worst was the stab wound in his abdomen. He was bleeding profusely and teetering at the edge of death. What was that bright shield of fire? It had totally ruined his plans!

He had spent months preparing this to break into the magic formation. It was the only safe way into the magic tower of Tom Willis, the last great archmage of this world. The demon's journey began when he came upon a man in Delta.

It was a native squandering a huge amount of ric...

227. And Hearts of Gold.

The mountain people led the way riding on wholly rhinos.

The way was not long. They followed a fork in the road and arrived at a town around noon. It was a settlement at the side of the mountain with a giant statue carved into the flank rocky cliff. The statue depicted an anthropomorphic version of rhinoceroses they rode.

Was it their local belief that had kept them here, instead of moving to the districts?

The town was slightly damaged and antiquated when compared to modern...

226. With Blades of Iron~

Seth woke up from a deep sleep in the middle of the night. He came out of his tent and saw the rest of the caravan already on their feet.

A loud echoing chanting that was resounding through the mountains had woken up everyone in the camping site. High above in the air floated and figure in flowing, windswept robes. The dark blue fabric obscured the figure's face, but the chanting was clearly coming from it.

Seth knew the language it was chanting. It sounded exactly like his smithi...

225. For we are jolly travelers~

Seth woke up early and sat on the roof of the armored carriage. It was the first time he could really take in the view.  Below he could the serpentines they had traveled within the fields of snow and boulders.

Past the snow, and desolate rock were the lush forests that covered almost everything up to the horizon. And at the horizon, he could make out the silhouettes of Y-City as the sun slowly started rising.

Like warm honey, the light of the sunrise washed over the world and...

224. And continue our journey~

The battle ended without losses on their side. There were some injuries and one or two serious one's among the guardians, but the two healers and some HP-potions

They stayed for a while to thoroughly harvest the ice troll corpses. Their blood and some of their organs were rare alchemy ingredients. Evee could also use some parts like the bones and fur.

The troll leather was a rare rated item with a high affinity to ice- The bones had the same affinity but were only uncommon. Evee's...

223. Let’s break some Bones! ~

For the temporary camp, they parked the carriages to build a wagon fort. They could maximize the effect of Evee’s wards in this way. This time Set’s party shared their rations with the cat people. It was Link's time to shine as a chef and cook for the caravan.

Or share some of the prepared food. One person cooking for more than 30 people was a little much to ask. He distributed the food he had cooked at the church and stored in his inventory. The cat people had a surprised look on t...

222. Sticks and Stones~

There were quite a few good materials in the elder's inventory and Seth soon found something he deemed appropriate to barter for his information.

<Fortune Glass, Crafting Material, Rare

Also known as desert glass is a gem created by a bolt of lightning hitting the desert sand. It has a great affinity with luck and fortune.>

It was a small rough stone fit to be used in some kind of accessory. Materials that influenced luck were hard to find, but not as sought after as o...

221. An unexpected Encounter

The horizon was dominated by the mountains, and the path was surrounded by a mix of hilly forests and meadows.

Before the world went haywire these stretches of land were abandoned and left for nature to recapture. When the districts were founded most old cities and landscaped were abandoned and left behind. It was all in an attempt to have nature recover and stop the climate change.

Most of these forests had all grown after the districts had been founded and they could see the one...

220. Departure!

Ring by ring Seth’s stall slowly emptied. Some people were surprised, others started to cheer when they found out what they had gotten. Nobody was dissatisfied with their purchase.

Soon the stall was empty and Seth spent almost half an hour dispersing the crowd asking for more and for information of where the items came from.

When he finally dispersed the people, he could pack away the blanket.

“E-Errm, are you already done?” he heard a shy voice from behind.

He ...

219. Departure?

On the day before their departure, Seth sorted his inventory and made sure he had everything he wanted to take along. With the help of Cerberus, he had made a good number of weapons fit for the auctions. Samuel had already made a deal with the church in Delta, so Seth would get his money from them.

Unfortunately, Puffles had holed up in the pet space with those 45 bars of metal Tore had sent. The Ivicer had not yet spit out any new <Celestial Bronze>. Seth wrote a letter to Nädel...

218. Somewhere Else (3)

Someone else was also working hard this week. Mark Baker’s blood was boiling. He was not offended by the blacksmith’s harsh reaction. He himself was seething that something like this could happen right under their noses.

He knew about the incidents with the weapons, but they had no idea about the scale of the situation. Right now, they were hard-pressed to follow the leads Seth had given them and they found them at the crime scene.

Mark believed Seth and they spend a small for...

217.Sparring

For this, he had spent quite some time drawing a formation with donkey and jackal blood that had arrived together with the other materials. In the middle, he had piled 50 ingots of <High-Quality steel>.

At 11 o’clock in the morning of the 8th day, he kneeled at the formation and supplied it with power using a special technique written in the recipe. This was the third time he did this, and it was still as fascinating as ever.

~ The domain of gods is really something else. ...