He heard an unexpected ssage when he finished the new bangle that would hold the Blessing of Charon. It had been a while since leveled up, but that was to be expected on the higher levels.
The new banked showed a scene of the underworld. It was the river Styx and at the center of the scene was Charon ferrying souls in his bark across the river. With the lost souls in the river and the gaunt ghost crowding the ship, the bangle looked quite macabre and dark.
It only lacked the engraving for the and would be done. He purposefully left a blank space on the boat to engrave the sigil that resembled a similar boat. He could feel his automatically activate when a looming presence appeared behind him.
He could still recognize it from back then. This was Charon, the chthonic deity that ferried the dead across the river Styx. Because of his skills, his presence felt much more clear than the blacksmith rembered.
The aura felt solemn and reserved, but Seth could feel just a smidgen of goodwill as power started flowing into the bangle. Starting from the sigil, the bangle showed a small, but significant change. The gaunt figures Seth had placed in the boat looked more like regular people, of all ages and sizes, while the unfortunate souls drifting in the river grew in number, mixing up into a pattern of horrifying faces.
Once the change was done, the presence in his back vanished, the enchantnt was finished and with it, he got the notification, that the soul armant was completed.
Equipping the bracers, Seth finally ca to the last soul armant to reforge, the Necklace of Persephone. The blacksmith already knew back then, that Persephone was not too happy with his soul armant.
She preferred sothing that would be carried as a visible item, but Seth preferred to have these kinds of effects in a shape that couldn't be stolen or easily unequipped. Having them as a kind of passive was simply more to his taste.
Since she ntioned that this was the only exception, Seth had taken his ti to co up with a thod to make both sides happy. This led to his idea to make it a circlet. Seth had paid a small sum to Tano'Mol to co up with a way to make the soul armant visible if needed.
Seth wasn't quite happy with the shape and he suspected the goat had... other items, but aside from his amused smile he had no evidence. He was only left with the option to buy a thin black lace choker, that could emit an aura that could make souls visible to everyone. The demon revealed that his associates used items like this to seek and collect souls for him.
The blacksmith hoped that this compromise would appease the goddess. In addition, he had studied jewelry design that would fit the taste of Olympians for inspiration. The result was that he made a delicate circlet in the design of an elegant laurel crown.
Seth made it a little wider from the start. This way, when he wore it and activate the choker, the crown would appear on top of his helt, or as a halo slightly above his head. He imagined it to look quite imposing if he made it appear during speeches or musical performances.
Only when he was satisfied with the shape, did Seth begin engraving the sigil of Persephone. This ti the sudden appearance of a presence of a sweet smile and the breath of a woman behind him raised the hair in his nape.
It felt like an amused lady had suddenly appeared beside him. just made his shock worse.
“Hmm, I like the Idea, let add sothing, “ she breathed and golden flas started dancing around the laurel wreath. “Now, I can accept this. Good work, little blacksmith.”
he finished the sigil and Persephone also left. The goddess had scared the crap out of him but his practiced hands had made no mistake and finished the engraving successfully. Looking at the flaming wreath, Seth let out a sigh of relief.
The effects sounded vague, but Seth didn't doubt that it would be helpful in the future, even if he might not directly notice them. With this crown, he was done reforging the soul armants he already had, but he still had one massive soul left.
To finish things off, he was going to make a new soul armant.
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