1082 The War Forge Assembly (8)
As everyone within the hall was left at a loss for words due to her presence, Byron decided to be the first to break the silence as he gave her a respectful half-bow.
"Byron Stelming of the ltierre Empire Blacksmith Guild greets the Imperial Alchemist of the ltierre Heavenly Court."
"You didn't have to greet like that, you know?" Mystia slightly pouted, initially hoping that she'd be able to interact with everyone casually.
Though, seeing as Byron set a precedent that all of the other directors would definitely follow suit, the woman let out a faint sigh before nodding. "The Imperial Alchemist greets Director Byron."
As those words left her mouth, the other directors began to muster up the courage one by one to greet her, most of them becoming ecstatic after hearing her respond to their greeting.
Eventually, the ones that had yet to greet her were at the front, with Elder Alvin looking at Mystia with a kind smile.
"How long has it been since we've last seen each other?" asked the elder with a chuckle. "You look like you haven't aged a day."
"I could say the sa to you," replied Mystia with a chuckle of her own. "Also, it's been over three decades since our last eting."
Talking a bit more with the elder after that, Mystia then shifted her attention towards the pair of military officials, who greeted her with the utmost respect they could muster.
Responding to their greeting in kind, she then shifted her attention towards the last two that remained on the stage, smiling as she briefly glanced at the young man.
"Julian Pyrrhia of the Algerie Kingdom Blacksmith Guild greets the Imperial Alchemist of the ltierre Heavenly Court." Though he'd already interacted with Mystia in the past, Julian decided to go with the greeting Byron gave her at the start due to the sheer nervousness he felt.
Naturally, Mystia noticed his nervousness, deciding to respond as such to not worsen it any further. "The Imperial Alchemist greets Director Julian."
With Julian letting out a wide sigh of relief after his greeting, Mystia shifted her gaze to the only person that had yet to greet her, the two of them looking at each other in the eyes.
"Ylvar of the Blacksmith Guild…" Knowing that he was the last one to greet her, Valyr thought about giving the sa greeting the others did at first, wondering whether or not to hide the new relationship he'd ford with her.
Though, recalling the ssages they've exchanged throughout the eting so far, the young man decided to change it up in the end.
"…greets Master," said the young man, causing everyone, including Julian, to stare at him with their mouths agape.
On the other hand, Mystia let out a bit of laughter in amusent, only to laugh a bit more as she looked at the expressions on everyone else's faces.
"And here I thought you planned on keeping it a secret," said Mystia with a satisfied smile.
"Well, you did say you wanted the reveal to be sowhat extravagant," joked Valyr in response. "Did I nail it?"
"You definitely did." Mystia chuckled. "Thanks for the mood booster."
Seeing as everyone was still both shocked and confused as to what was going on, the woman took in a deep breath to compose herself before telling everyone, "As you can probably see, Ylvar and I have entered a master-disciple relationship."
"Though I have only officially taken him as my disciple a couple of days ago, this is not a decision I have done on a whim. Ylvar has shown himself more than capable enough to beco my disciple, becoming the third and potentially the last disciple I take in."
Hearing that the young man before them was Mystia's last disciple, many of the directors' eyes widened in response, with so of them even changing the way they looked at him.
On the other hand, the young man sent Mystia a ssage through the system, feeling that there was sothing off with her words. "Am I really your last disciple?"
"For the foreseeable future, yes," replied Mystia in a ssage of her own. "But for the most part, I've decided to say this to make sure no one sses with you."
"Now go and show them what your arquebus is capable of."
Feeling his heart warm up from the concern and care Mystia was showing him, Valyr thanked her in his last ssage through the system before returning their conversation to where it could be heard by the others.
Continuing where they left off before her sudden arrival, Valyr explained to her that he was about to do a live demonstration of the weapon he was in the midst of proposing to the other directors. However, they faced the problem of not having a target that would allow them to see the exact damage it dealt.
Pondering over the problem for a bit, Mystia eventually conjured a rift beside her before taking out what looked to be a person made entirely out of tal.
"What's that?" Watching Mystia place the tal person on the edge of the stage, Valyr went ahead and asked her out of curiosity.
"A training dummy I made in my free ti," replied Mystia with a slight shrug as she gave Valyr the space to do what he needed to do. "Works wonders when you want to test poisons."
"Of course, it also works on conventional attacks and skills," she continued. "Though… I'm not sure if it can handle what you're about to do."
"I guess it's ti for us to find out," said the young man with a smile, imdiately activating a couple of his stat-boosting skills to improve his strength.
Whoosh!
Flaring out his aura, many of the directors looked at him with surprise, not expecting him to wield such a high level of strength. In fact, even Julian was briefly taken aback, considering how Valyr was at the peak of Rank 3 the last ti they t.
"First, I'll be doing a normal attack with the arquebus," said Valyr to the audience, swiftly going through the motions of arming the arquebus for firing.
Aiming the arquebus at the dummy's head once he was done, he then pulled on the trigger, instantly dealing a level of damage that left many of the directors with their eyes wide in disbelief.
Bang!
'-595,720!!!'
Unsurprisingly, the training dummy disintegrated from the sheer force behind the shot, the dark red six-digit number hovering above where it previously stood a reminder of how powerful it was.
Slightly surprised at the damage he dealt to the dummy, Valyr asked Mystia for more detail on the dummy, prompting the latter to explain that the dummy had the lowest stats a peak Rank 5 class holder could possibly obtain.
Now understanding why the normal shot dealt far more damage than usual, he then asked Mystia for another training dummy, informing the others that he was now going to use a couple of skills attached to the arquebus.
After Mystia gave him the go signal once she placed the new dummy down, Valyr went ahead and activated his Intent, deciding to go sowhat all out as he ard the arquebus for firing.
Infusing Pri Azure Energy into the weapon, Valyr allowed [Extended Charge] to do its thing, causing the aura the arquebus to grow in power with every second.
By the ti so of the directors at the front felt that the arquebus was near the point of bursting, it was only did Valyr pull on the trigger once more, infusing the arquebus with enough energy at the end to activate another skill.
"[Grand Burst]."
Bang!
'-2,037,195!!!'
Witnessing the seven-digit number that manifested above where the second dummy once stood, Valyr maintained a calm expression on his face as he watched the dummy explode into shrapnel, imdiately conjuring multiple barriers out of Pri Azure Energy to contain the aftermath of his attack.
Then again, even though the end result turned far ssier than he initially thought, that did not stop the glee he felt from appearing on his face, turning the faint smile he had into a wide grin once he noticed the looks of greed that were starting to appear on so of the directors' faces.
'I could say I might have gone a bit too far there at the end…'
'But hey. A success is a success.'
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And this pretty much ends the small arc of the War Forge Assembly, save for a few more things in the next chapter.
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