blacksmithoftheapocalypse

158. Oddball Leader

Originally, Seth had wanted to test the water alone before looking for a party, but Samuel had moved faster than he had expected. The SDD, too. Back then he had just looked for a way to get them off his tracks but had not thought about the implications.

He had to take care of the whole party stuff before he even got to finish his own equipment. Seth knew that he needed companions if he wanted to survive in this world. The problem was that he was not the best at dealing with people.

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157. Auction (2)

157. Auction (2)

Inigo looked perplexed at the sword. Was this really possible? There were even small tears in the corner of his eyes. This reaction was quite normal, for someone who wielded a good weapon for the first time.

Inigo was a Fencer, an uncommon advancement from a swordsman. His attack power was based on his attributes Dex/Agi and the performance of the weapon. Like most combat classes, the power of his skills was based and scaled with his basic attack power.

The ...

156. Auction

--POV of Rando

He entered the skyscraper that was once the main office of the Limar Group but had now become the property of the system church. It was really a shame for one of the biggest enterprises in Y City to vanish overnight. It was an unmistakable warning to all actions and authorities of the district.

Never thoughtlessly mess with Otherworlders and most importantly don’t offend the system church.

Today he had come because he was personally invited to a “public”...

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155. Can I really have this?

---------Ora

In a dirty small bar sat 4 figures. One was very big and one was so small she sat on the table. “Yulecat’s Fur” lacked their usual jolly atmosphere. Even Mina the promiscuous catgirl had a hard time leaving the table.

The party had sat there all evening and fought a hard fight against the tavern's beer supplies.

“Seth really won’t come back...?”

Mina was listlessly rested on the table, hugging her tankard.

“At-At least he is okay,” Mi...

154. Epic (2)

Various potions were lined up on the table in the room. Stamina, Health, Mana, Concentration, and Satiety potions. The last potion had the effect of providing nutrition for three days and suppress the hunger during this time. These were his preparation for maybe the longest forging session ever since he became a blacksmith.

The second to last potion helped the mental force to strengthen and recover.

It was the morning of the day when Samuel would announce and start advertising the...

153. Auction House

“What is this!?”

-15 Minutes earlier-----

Mark Baker was at the headquarters of the Special Defense Department in Y City. In his possession, he had a whopping 130 gold. These were all assets of Koku City. Together with roughly 70% of Y City’s budget, it added up to 667 gold. They did everything they could to collect system currency, but the supply was simply lacking.

The only source of gold in Urth at the moment were dungeons and trade with people from the pathworks. T...

152. Epic

Having tested that Seth started making the bow. He used both, <Energy Circulation> and the effect of Charon’s Obol in tandem to forge the crooked branch into form. It was always interesting to see the skill work its magic. When his hammer strikes hit the bark's surface it was smoothened and flattened. It reacted much much more like a metal than wood.

He turned the uneven stick into a smooth uniform billet with a length of about one meter. The fact that not even the bark was dama...

151. Y City (3)

Her hands were drenched in blood. Tears left trails in the dirt and blood that covered her face ashes trembling hand reached for her mouth. A long tongue stretched out from a small mouth and licked the fresh blood and bits of meat off the long sharp nails protruding from her fingers.

A devilish smile crept on her face, but her eyes were disgusted with herself.

<Ding! You have killed –Stacy Cue lv.23- You have earned Experience.>

<Ding! You have killed –Edward Su...

150. Y City (2)

150. Y City (2)

What would have taken maybe two days on foot, was easily conquered with the cars in about two hours. It was enough time for Seth to get a good look at the city. The buildings became bigger and more imposing the closer they came to Y-City, the center of the district. The great metropolitan area around them was marred with rubble and craters of fights, but still mostly intact.

The magical ATV really attracted attention, as it was the only working car on the streets. ...

149. City Y

Seth knocked on the door of the guestroom, where the girls slept tonight. He could hear scrambling and rummaging in the room. He knocked on the door and all movements in the room stopped.

“Hey, get up and ready. We are leaving soon. I got us a ride.” the inside stayed silent. He was worried. He really didn’t side to open the door to maybe get a view of girls in underwear.

“I’m coming in~”

Well, he could say that this was 100% the scene he had expected. The girls ...

148. Mark Baker

Seth was fighting a huge group of armed attackers. Arrows and magic showered him, but simply bounced off his armor. Like an Invincible giant, he strode through the enemy ranks and slew them with his burning sword-

Knock knock

A knocking on the door woke Seth from his nice dream “aww....”

Knock knock knock

He struggled to get off the big soft bed and he crawled towards the door.

“I’m coming! Stop knocking already.” He finally reached the door and ripped ...

147. Koku City

--Shop-

The clerk hurriedly rummaged through a drawer below the counter and pulled out a mobile radio. It looked slightly modified with a magic rune carved in the side.

“Sir? Yes. No, I’m not slacking, Sir. I-I know, Sir. It is important, Sir. Just now I saw a man decked out in items I could not appraise. Sir knows I can appraise everything up to uncommon. All his gear must be rare or above!”

“You didn’t offend him, right?” the man on the phone asked worriedly. 2021-04-22 13:49:18 +0000 UTC View Post

146. Outpost

“Oh, sorry. Please come in.” the soldier said. He gave back his card and the guard made way for the group to enter. The inside was nothing imposing or surprising. A crowd of people, a few barracks and training space, the usual stuff.

The most important thing was probably the flag of Y City displayed everywhere. This meant that they had already entered the district. They couldn’t be far from actual civilization now.

“Please excuse me.” with that the priest girl rushed off...

145. Zarkon(2)

“The life lights of four followers have been extinguished. What should we do?”

Asked one of the two figures in dark robes. They stood in a wide hall with a vaulted ceiling and no windows. The walls were covered in a moist red growth, like membrane and blood vessels. Here and there were lights glowing at the ends or crossings of these vessels. Some were bright, some became dim and just now 4 had been extinguished.

“What do you mean extinguished? Speak clearly, man! These ligh...

144. Zarkon

Initially, Seth had not planned to interfere when he came across this altercation. He was not a hero and it really was not his business if 2 groups of people fought each other.

He didn’t want to alarm anyone, so he only judged them from what he saw and his experience. The harem party seemed to be a little weaker than C-Ranks in Ora, so somewhere in the early to mid-thirties level-wise.

That wasn’t right. Since he was back in Urth they should be in the mid-teens to early twenti...

143. Return

The light became bigger and he finally floated out of the tunnel. His eyes met a bright a beautiful sight. Before him spread out the snow-covered slopes of mountains and valleys that led down into a wide plain. For a moment he was free of gravity as he enjoyed this view. Then gravity kicked in and he fell, before he could react, he was already tumbling down the steep rocky slope below him.

He once again felt freed from the fetters of gravity, as he flew over a cliff. With the sound of b...

142. Down the Rabbit hole

142. Down the Rabbit hole

People were turning their heads when Seth ran past them. But as he was sprinting towards the church, he felt compulsion wear off and he became slower. Was it over? Oh no...

“Seth!” a fat old man with a Santa-clause-beard wearing a red robe came running towards him.

“No!” Seth denied reality.

“Seth, you have to flee! They are coming!” Simon insisted as he grabbed the young man and started pulling him away from the street.

“O...

141. Somewhere Else(2)

-Gamma City, Northeastern central region of Urth-

It had been several months since the world ended. One day everything was still normal and the next everything had changed. All connections between the great cities had broken down. They entered the system era. Most people were perplexed by the sudden message of the apocalypse. Others fell into a panic but it was not that bad at the start. Except for the broken-down communication system, there was no change. Few people did the tutorial, a...

140. Burden of Peace

---Previously on Seth’s Birthday--

“Ori humas are really something special, it only took you a few months, what other need years to achieve. You will soon reach the journeyman rank. What are your plans afterward?” a bloated Tored asked an even more bloated Seth.

“What do you mean?” he said with a lazy mind.

“Well, your tutelage ends once you reach journeyman. Did you forget that? I could keep you as a worker if you really want to stay, but there won’t be any mo...

139.Calm Days

Ora was on high alert for the next few days. Seth and Tored had secluded themself in their workshop as they did not feel like dealing with any of what was happening outside. Instead, Seth made new items for the group part of his training. He knew they were past level 50 and had chosen their secondary classes but they could not tell him about it before he reached the point himself. They could only tell him their primary class and what they wanted or lacked at this juncture.

For the most ...

138. Happy Birthday

They had to ditch the carriage and the horses a long time ago. The horse met their end and the carriage’s wheels broke. They had been running for a week with barely any sleep or rest. They had food, but no time to eat.

They had already been on the run for more than a week, the traders had already lost their lives a few days ago. Bulko was supporting Mike who had a festering wound on his hip, the priest was unable to heal even after his power boost. Mina was scouting their way and they...

137. Looking for Group

It had a high price, but the sorceress kept her word. She taught and explained to him the demonic ballads she knew. Tored was wary at first, but when Seth explained everything to him, he helped Seth learn and train the new forging ballads. It was finally time that forging weapons was also included in his curriculum again.
Having changed to demonic ballads also gave <Orpheus’ Voice> a chance to shine, even so the songs themself were nothing one would listen to for enjoyment.

H...

136. A Pickle

“Kyaa!”

Screams and explosions filled the previously quiet night. The company of merchants was attacked by an overwhelming horde of monsters. Corpsewalkers led by a pack of lycanthropes.  Now, if Seth had been here, he would not have called these things werewolves.

They had a big, bulky stature and were almost naked with thick leathery skin. Their heads resembled a wolf’s skull with terrible burn scars. These were demon worshippers transformed by drinking the blood of a...

135. Lich in a Bottle

135.Lich in a Bottle

“Puffles, are you in here?” Seth asked carefully. He had left the caterpillar in this room for several weeks and only met him to eat together. He had left the Ivicer here to make his new alloy threads.

Kyurr kyuu!?

~ Is it time to eat already? Or will you finally free me from this slave task?! ~

The room was filled with wool made of <Celestial Bronze> with some orderly reels stacked to the side. It would soon be enough to visit Nädel for...

134. New Ballad

“You are telling me that was the manifestation of a 200+ years old lich you released from a dungeon?” Tored asked in disbelieve

“That about sums it up,” Seth answered meekly.

“And she just taught you a foreign forging ballad?”

“Yes.”

Seth was not sure whether he wanted to really use this ballad that was taught to him. What if it was dangerous? Or not a forging ballad. He did not really trust Al, yet.

“Let’s try it!” the dwarven master said w...

133. Crawling out of the Dungeon

In the pile of dust, he found two rings and a bone fragment. He could only appraise one of the rings and the bone. The other ring was probably out of his appraisal range.

<Dragon Bane

Epic

Durability:3400/4000

1. +500% Damage against Dragon-kin

2. Weakens all dragons in a radius of 300m

3. Immunity against draconic status effects

4. +50% resistance against Dragon Fire

5. -75% Mana cost

A Ring created by the great Lich Al’Zalsa who alm...

132. Greatest Dungeon Crawler

<Ding! You have leveled up! You are now lv.25!>

<Ding! New Class Skill has been unlocked. Check your Skill Window!>

<Ding! You have completed the quest -The Next Level 4- You have earned new System Rights.>

<Ding! You have received a follow-up quest -The Next Level 5-!>

Seth had just killed the last crawler and stood in front of the gate to the boss room when a flood of notification sounded.
He first took a look at the system rights. His inv...

131. Crawlers in the Dungeon

After accepting the quest Seth left the guild. He used the analog map in the little booklet to find the passage that led to the old trade route. After showing his adventurer card the guard let him enter the locked-off tunnel. He had to walk for almost two hours after leaving the bounds of the city.

It was a wide tunnel fit to allow 2-3 carriages to travel beside each other. Dust and dirt had accumulated from the years of neglect. There were only a few footprints from other travelers or ...