blacksmithoftheapocalypse

216. Reaching lv.40

It had been a long time since Seth felt <Calm Reaction> act up. He left the building behind and changed from his armor into the cloak.

If there was any lesson in what happened today, it was that the world was still complicated. It had shown Seth that even if the world looked calm, it wasn’t. There were a lot of things he didn’t know about and even more things the people of this world had no idea about.

How many other creatures and races had invaded without people knowing...

Does any one...?

Does anyone remember what chapter  or during which arc Charon's obol increased in rank the fist time? I was sure i had a note about it, but can't find it.

215. Entering the Weasel’s Den

It became late and the merchant led him towards one of the high risers a little outside of the center. The merchant showed a token at the entrance and took him along. The inside had been remodeled to be a big nightclub. Here the weasels did not bother keeping up their human form.

He could see all kinds of hairy weasel-like humanoids. Some were big and slim, others small and fat like the merchant turned out to be. Some were straight-up monsters while others had human features.

Ther...

214. Are you serious?

“Then would you allow us to get an appraiser and check the item before we buy it?”

Besides people buying and selling wares, there were also service providers like independent appraisers or craftsmen that made their money by appraising items for others. Seth agreed but put away the better items.

These two were well-off if they could opt to hire an appraiser before buying something. The mediocre stuff was more than enough for people like that. Help the poor and soak the rich. Th...

213. Visiting the city in disguise

Today he would take a break for his soul. Some time to really relax and have fun. Like a king that wanted to take a look at the life of a peasant, he disguised himself.

Among the loot from the dungeon was a “Cloak of disguise”. This was a fairly common item even in Y-City. It could be found in most dungeons as the effects could be generated even in weaker dungeons for very little energy. At least that was what he heard in Ora.

<Cloak of Disguise

Common

Durabilit...

212. MVP out

They followed Puffles for another two floors during which the pet stomped any mob they came across and gorged itself on their bodies.

~Alright! I’m full. I will return to the pet space now. ~

“What?! Wait! Puffles!?”

Seth couldn’t stop the ivicer form suddenly vanishing as it returned to the pet space. The party was left alone in the middle of the floor. They looked around for a moment. The area was still quiet.

“I think this is enough for today,” Seth sugg...

211. Grinding Levels (2)

This was as far as other parties like Squad 1 from the hunter’s association or elites from the bigger guilds had come before. This was the last boss room they had to share with those that came before them.

Inside the boss room stood a massive humanoid eagle. Like the bird version of a minotaur. He had a fierce eagle head, a muscular man's upper body with feathers on his arm, and human legs that ended in eagle claws with some kind of double joint.

In his hand, he held a 2m long b...

210. Grinding Levels

Their first dungeon run was over within the wink of an eye. They had chosen a portal dungeon with monsters ranging from lv.35 to 40. The dungeon was a kind of dark forest with mutated woodland creatures. Despite everyone trying to hold back, most mobs died in one strike.

They blazed through the dungeon without much trouble.  Especially with the two overpowered vanguard, the party had almost no chance for any kind of party play.

Monique and Jonah could easily carry the party o...

209. Testing Equipment

During lunch the next day everyone was assembled in the cafeteria.

“Hey guys, how about we go visit a dungeon? It's been a while and we should test our new party composition.”

Seth suggested a dungeon dive after everyone had finished their meal. They had stayed indoors for almost 3 weeks and there were no signs of Baker making any moves.

“Good Idea, I’m running out of ingredients.” the gourmet hunter suddenly mentioned. Alison and Evee nodded. In the past weeks, th...

208. Delivery Arrives

Seth had a good idea for Jonah’s armor but lacked the materials. That was the problem with his material catalog being filled with stuff from another world. He knew a lot of things that would work really well but had a hard time acquiring them.

He had tried pattern welding for the first time in a while with Monique's spear and was considering it for Jonah’s sword.  He had learned it a little under Tored, but it was mostly a technique for visuals in the eyes of a dwarf. In dwarve...

207. Party assembled!

Seth brought the explosive beauty and the sanguine blade wielder to the church where he handed them over to Samuel who took care of the paperwork.

In the meantime, Seth went to collect his party members for a welcome party. It was easy to find Tekar. He was sitting with his daughter together in their room and played Tea party with her. An over 2-meter-tall muscle man holding a tiny teacup was a surreal scene to behold.

“Hello Ruby, Tekar, I brought new friends. Would you join me...

206. New Companions

The crimson blade suddenly took the initiative to speak. The explosive beauty had a surprised look on her face. She was just as surprised as Seth. The voice did not match the owner's outward appearance at all.

~Ke Ke ke, just wait, there is more. ~ Al laughed to herself. Seth didn't know what the sorceress was playing at.

Once the beauty understood what Jonah had said, she nodded vigorously. Monique also wanted to test the weapon before making a decision.

“Sure. But if you...

205.Second Auction (3)

Seth felt relaxed. He did not think Mark was someone stupid with bad intentions. Even if he was, at this point in time it did not really matter anymore.  Seth did not really feel threatened. He had finished most of his equipment; some were even better than he could have wished for. The church backed him, and he did not plan to stay in Y-City for much longer.

If Baker decided to make trouble for him Seth was sure he could deal with it.

“So it was true! Then this auction acce...

204. Second Auction (2)

It was the day of the second auction held by Y-Cities Church. They changed the venue to accommodate the increase of participants. In exchange, the church flexed by ensuring security with their own troops clad in uniforms suits of high-quality armors. They needed to show a strong presence to calm their rich guests.

The soldiers of the church were blessed by the system church. As such they could rival any high-ranking native for the duration of the blessing.

The venue was filled wit...

203. Second Auction

In the mornings he would have sparring sessions with Tekar to train his new movement skill. It was a very steady skill that focused on the foundations. It was not complicated to train but took a lot of energy. In exchange, it improved his overall movability and evasion, especially in combat.

The rest of the day he spent leisurely with enchanting the little nick-nacks he had bought from street vendors and the jewelry he had looted. Jewelry he could not enchant because it was too small or...

202. Stocking up on Blingbling

Seth had a lot to do at least the gloves were no cause of worries. It would probably take months before he could even make something comparable. Not to mention something better. The only thing he could do was to further improve them by infusing a soul armament.

However, he held back on that for now. Only one of those geniuses as worth for these gloves, but the wanderer’s souls were unfitting. He really needed to find a reliable way to gain better souls. He had a good harvest during th...

201. The Tailor and the Blacksmith

Once upon a time, there was a dwarven blacksmith called Tored. He was a famous and popular master of his craft among the people of Ora and his race. As you would expect of such a figure, he was also a man of character.

He said what was on his mind, stood up for what he believed, and did not avoid offending people. Now it came to be, that he offended one among his fellow dwarfs. It was a powerful merchant, neither a warrior nor a craftsman.

He was known as a social butterfly and hi...

200.Present beyond imagination

It has been two weeks since Seth and the party returned. The second auction had been postponed because of the recent invasion. There had been many casualties despite the fast reaction by guilds and authorities. Without the sudden appearance of a mysterious group of high-level players, there would have been even more victims.

Although the situation was dealt with, the populace was still high-strung and careful about leaving the house. Many invited VIPs had canceled their positive answers...

199. Back “home”

On the second day of their journey through the safety zone, they saw a huge number of new damages across the city. It seemed like something had happened. Suddenly Seth hurriedly stopped the wagon.

The reason was a familiar shine in the ruins of a collapsed building.

<Soul(big), Uncommon, Crafting Material>

What a great find! Was there a recent monster attack? What kind of creatures had attacked while they were away to leave so much damages? The soul obediently floated ...

198. Return to sender

He was on his way home from work at the convenience store when he heard the shrill sound of the alarm sirens. He looked around and followed the signs to the next shelter. Soon he was in a crowd of people flowing towards the shelter.

He saw nothing but suddenly heard screams from the front.  At the entrance to the shelter stood a celestial beauty. His gaze as pulled to her. Platinum blond long hair, eyebrows, and prominent eyelashes. Her pale skin was as fair as jade. The crowd was ...

197. The Present

The group of Tuatha de reached the roof of the building. They knew there had been people until just moments ago but they somehow vanished. Had they jumped dimensions? Their leader, a young man approaching the 400 cycles (~450 years), was grasping in the air while mumbling a spell.

“There are definitely signs of spatial magic. To be able to do this without the magic of the fog... it must have been a terrifying druid or shaman to cast this spell.”

They investigated the roof but ...

196. Goodies on the way (2)

“Wow, where did you get these?” Seth asked excitedly.

Materials with an affinity to fire and earth were great stuff for him. It was a shame that obsidian was very fragile, unlike the <Fire Glass> he had used for his cuirass.

This meant that these materials were more suited to be used in jewelry, than as armor or weapons. Of course, he could also use them as nuclei for enchantments on weapons or armor. Those were mostly needed as a power source for semi-permanent enchantm...

Equipped Status ch.192

Since someone in the comment sections asked for it, I thought you guys might also be interested in it. I normally only update Seth's status without items, since items keep changing all the time.

I tried to update his status will all effects of his items. Except for the skills.

Name: Seth Smith
Mark of Ivicer
Olympian Myths
Blessing: Hades, Hephaisos, Seth
Title: "Faster than the Thought" 2021-07-05 11:23:24 +0000 UTC View Post