Having been inford by the mory about the great number of weapons the man had forged throughout the past decade, Valyr was taken by complete surprise after hearing him say he was going to forge an artifact.
"Is it even possible?" asked the young man to himself, watching the First Forger prepare all of the materials and tools he would need to make the artifact he was planning to create.
Though there was no minimum requirent in terms of strength or power if one planned on creating an artifact, it still needed a great amount of ability, as well as knowledge in the artifact that the maker planned on doing.
Because of that, the lowest level Valyr had seen soone forge an artifact in both of his lives so far was in the middle levels of Rank 1, considering that one's abilities would be bolstered by many degrees thanks to their chosen class.
With that, though a decade of forging experience was definitely enough for one to start forging an artifact, the fact that the First Forger was still at the peak of Rank 0 caused him to hold so doubt.
Aside from that, the man seed to have not embarked the path of the Technology Tree as of yet, lowering his chances of successfully forging an artifact even further.
Then again, as Valyr was just viewing a mory from a long ti ago, the man remained oblivious to the young man's thoughts as he fired up the furnace behind him.
Stoking the flas within the furnace, a calm deanor adorned the First Forger's face as he chucked in the materials he had chosen into the flas one by one.
Watching the man place all of the materials into the furnace, Valyr felt like there was a rhythm of sorts to how the materials were placed, prompting him to wonder whether the man had practiced such movents beforehand.
Seeing how even the way he moved his forging hamr seed to be asured, the young man began to feel like his earlier thoughts were now more likely, thinking that the First Forger had spent the past decade preparing himself for this very mont.
If that were the case, then Valyr surmised that the chances of the man successfully forging an artifact before even obtaining a main class was decent.
At the sa ti, that made him wonder even more whether the First Forger was indeed in the sa boat as him, having been sent back to a previous ti to right what would eventually beco a massive wrong.
Unfortunately, there was no way for the young man to interact with the man directly to obtain his answers, instead having to rely on reading between the lines as he continued to watch the First Forger create what might seem to be the human race's first ever artifact.
Ttang! Ttang! Ttang!
With every material, tool, and movent asured and practiced many tis beforehand, the First Forger gradually entered a state of focus, ignoring all of the distractions that were in the space around him as he gave everything towards the creation of the artifact.
At so point, he had even entered a state of deeper focus, causing a faint smirk to creep up on the edges of his lips as he continued with his work.
Eventually, minutes beca hours, and hours beca days as the First Forger kept giving over a hundred percent of his effort towards the craft.
Watching the man seemingly forget about the passage of ti, Valyr let out a faint chuckle at the sight, being reminded of what transpired during his fights against Arcaelus and Nila.
During the fight with Arcaelus, he had entered the state of [Zen] for the first ti, allowing his movents and thoughts to beco one with nature as he spent almost a day reforging his arquebus to the next rarity.
Then, during his fight with Nila, he made use of [Zen] once again, gradually shutting out all of the discordant thoughts in his mind as he gave it his all to reforge the True Blade of Samadhi to what it was today.
In the end, it took him a bit over two weeks to successfully upgrade the artifact to Legendary grade, making him realize that he still had a long way to go if he wanted to forge items of those rarity with ease.
Letting out a long sigh after the brief mont of reminiscence, Valyr returned his attention to what was happening in front of him, thankful that the mory had begun to speed up the passage of ti for him.
Surprisingly, it took the man over a week and a half to reach the finish line of his project, striking his hamr a couple more tis before a sonorous ring echoed throughout the small space.
Whoosh!
At the very mont the man had slamd his forging hamr for what seed to be the final ti, the item he had forged began to give off a faint light all of a sudden as a pulse of white energy spread throughout the room.
Feeling the white energy pass over his body, a look of understanding appeared on the man's face as the gears in his mind began to unravel all of the queries and mysteries that plagued his mind in the past.
Closing his eyes for a bit, the First Forger then let out a low exhale, staring at the item he had forged as a cocoon of various lights began to wrap around it.
Thankfully, the cocoon of lights eventually disappeared, allowing the item to return where it was as it now gave off an aura that seed to ld with his surroundings.
However, if one were to look at it directly, this aura instead transford into one that spoke of an era far back into the past, an era so ancient and archaic that it even eclipsed the aura Valyr had sensed when he entered the Shard of Defiance's ethereal state.
Noticing that the First Forger began to grin as the item settled in its original place, Valyr watched as the man deftly maneuver through a great number of screens, all of them filled with lines upon lines of text that brought confusion to the young man instead of clarity.
Then, after going through all of those screens, the man then closed all of them before utilizing an identification skill to take a look at the item he had forged in greater detail.
With the whole thing being a mory, Valyr was able to see the details of the item as well, only to be left at a complete loss for words once he found out what the artifact could do.
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[Dominion of Humanity (Artifact)] (Level 10)
Rarity: Epic
Attack: 132 - 220
For a race to rise to prominence, one must beco a beacon, a symbol of hope for the masses.
You, who has forged this artifact, have undoubtedly beco that beacon, your na instilling vigor and drive into those of your race, while at the sa ti instilling fear and despair into those that bear ill will against it.
Through the feats and achievents you have accrued thus far, as well as the strength and abilities you've earned along the way, you have condensed all of those into a singular artifact that embodies your will, the will of others.
The will of humanity.
May the human race flourish and prosper even greater, for your journey into this hellish era has only just begun.
Remarks: The light of humanity. The bane of its foes.
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Though the artifact only had one innate skill that was offensive in nature, the other skills of the artifact undoubtedly boosted the strength of not only the user by multiple degrees, but also the strength of those around the user with [The Will of Humanity] activated.
In many ways, the artifact worked more like an overpowered accessory rather than a weapon, considering how it appeared like a tal glove rather than a bangle or a bracelet that would generally be attributed with those effects.
"At least my efforts these past few years hadn't been attributed." Closing the item's description screen with a smile on his face, the First Forger let out a relieved sigh as he wore the glove on his right hand.
Feeling the effects of the artifact instantly take place, the smile on the man's face swiftly turned into a grin.
"Alright."
"It's about ti I get my own class."
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