The thod started out the sa as the first, the wandering blacksmith started with coal and a slower addition of Midnight's decaying flas. He had Walker use his black fla bolt spell more than before to boost the temperature. The things he had learned before were more than ets the eye. The control of the heat had beco much more fine and even the movent of the tal was slower and more careful. The entire process seed like it was taking longer but since the flas kept a very steady pace they did not have any fear that anything would go wrong.
The tal was pulled out and the wandering blacksmith started with the hamring, he had reduced the amount of hits to the tal this ti and used more strength to get the sa shapes. The tal was thrust in to the flas having barely cooled down at all. This led to Midnight and Walker not needing to add their flas as much as the previous ti. There was also less coal used. The entire process has already beco double as efficient than before.
The tal was already being shaped by the smith and the familiar shape of the necklace was starting to take shape. The pointed tools that had made the chain links had been dipped in to oils before being used causing bits to burn off and stain the tal. However this did not seem to influence the temperature in any negative way, only speed up how fast the shape ca to be.
After just a short ti back in the flas the wandering blacksmith was already cooling the second necklace in the oils. The process took longer to cool than before but the results were already much different. The shine of the grey silver iron was much brighter and instead of a black hue there were black thin lines through the entire piece. They were all perfectly spaced without an error in their pattern
The filing had begun and this ti Midnight who had so remaining energy was watching the entire process. The burrs were removed and even so of the edges on the larger parts were sanded away. The wandering blacksmith even started to polish the pieces directly after, it was clearly still holding so temperature but the polish made it shine even brighter. After so ti the wandering blacksmith had laid the necklace down on the work table.
Walker could say this was a completely different piece of great than they had seen before, it shines with a splendor that spoke of high quality skills and effort. The black colored lines and deepened through the polishing making the chains look like two different tals had been woven together like thread. Walker worried that this too would have the strange lifeti that the other one had so he hesitated a bit using his all around appraisal skill.
' Shadow iron necklace
8Mdef, 4Def
Strong decay resistance
One slot available for mana crystal gem'
There was no lifeti! They had definitely succeeded, there was stronger magical defense and even so regular defense. Not only that but the decay resistance was strong. The new thing that struck him was that the necklace said that it had a slot open for a mana crystal get. What was this?
Walker tried to sift through his mories but the only thing that seed close to what a mana crystal gem would be were the crystal shards he had. He pulled a handful from his inventory and asked the wandering blacksmith, "Are these at all related to the mana crystal gems that could fit in to the necklace?" Without even a hesitation the wandering blacksmith snatched the shards from Walker and grabbed a small mold from his stack of tools.
The work had started again but this ti instead of heating anything the wandering blacksmith was taking the shards and placing them between the two parts of the mold. There were many carvings on the molds that glowed as he worked. The patterns glowed stronger or weaker when the wandering blacksmith would adjust the shards he was flashing within. Soon a small clack and click sound reverberated through the forge that signified that the two parts of the mold had beco one.
Hamring away to make sure they were firmly together the wandering blacksmith then lift the entire mold in to the forge. This sight was worrying since Walker expected the crystal shard to be damaged by the flas. However to his surprise there were not cracking sounds at all, instead it sounded like soone had just brought a kettle to a roaring boil.
The wandering blacksmith was using various tools to take the mold here and there causing the glowing runes to brighten or darken. This was the strangest process in a forge that Walker had ever witnessed, he had yet to hear of this technique and figured that the shards would just be fitted in to a piece of equipnt or lted in to it to add a mana storing effect. Instead they were sohow being molded on to a new shape.
After almost a full hour of this the wandering blacksmith hefted the mold from the fire and dropped it on the floor. The coal dust around it slightly burned and his gloves had smoked a bit too. The wandering blacksmith grabbed the high water elental crystal from the box and softly touched the mold. The heat within it vanished in re minutes. The sounds of tal groaning were fairly loud but did not seem to be causing any damage at all.
Putting away the high water elental crystal the wandering blacksmith approached the mold with a large hamr he had used to forge before. He wound up and let the hamr slam in to the mold with a deafening clang. The vibrating tal separated from each other again becoming two pieces of the mold. Inside a small multi faceted gem was visible.
This gem had the sa clearness and appearance as the crystal shards before but Walker could feel the draw of mana in the air. This gem was already absorbing mana even though it was not attached to anything at all. The wandering blacksmith worked fast affixing the gem to the necklace. Walker was curious how the necklace had changed and checked the appraisal. The only difference that had shown one once simple line in the description.
'Mana storage: 0/20'
The gem had given the necklace the ability to store away a whole twenty mana! The wandering blacksmith had just shaped the crystal shard Walker had shown him in to a mana storage gem. This was exactly what Walker wanted in their gear so that they would not need to worry about using up all their mana while fighting any battles. If all of the gear the wandering blacksmith made ca with this mana storage gem inlay then they would easily double their party strength.
"Good" The wandering blacksmith stared at the shadow iron necklace giving it a soft nod. He had said his second word in approval of this creation. The previous problems that caused the decaying effect on the first test were gone and how they could craft using Midnight flas. Walker was even included which seed to remove a lot of stress from Midnight who had not gotten used to the use of her decaying fla breath. Crafting all of these gears that they wanted would take a much longer ti than he expected but would be well worth it by the end of their ti before their journey.
Walker looked at the wandering blacksmith who held out the necklace to him, "You want to wear it?" his question was greeted with a shake of the head. "Then you want to give it to soone?' Another shake of the head. "Sell it?" There was a nod this ti. It seed that the wandering blacksmith wanted this to be sold so that the party could get better material for the auction. This was not necessarily out of the wandering blacksmith's good faith but instead ca from his desire to craft with more materials. He had discovered a new way to forge that he had yet to use and wanted more. It was almost like an intense addiction.
Walker smiled knowing that in the end he would see many more amazing things. This would only be the start of their crafting experiences but for now it was ti for them all to rest. Surprisingly after Walker had stored away the necklace the wandering blacksmith followed him in to the mansion. The three headed toward the bathing area in the mansion. It was a fairly large area made out of man water mana crystals to promote the flow of water. The fire crystals had been worked in to the bath as well to maintain proper temperature.
For the first ti since he arrived the wandering blacksmith would be scrubbing away the layers of ash and coal dust. Seeing that this was a chance to get clean himself the three of them got rid of the ash and coal dust in turn. Walker helped out Midnight who could not shrub at the scales between her wings. Normally she was much cleaner but today there was no avoiding the dust that seed to get everywhere in a blink of an eye. Feeling refreshed and clean Walker had changed in to so basic clothing. He also had found that the wandering blacksmith had put on a second pair of identical clothing he was wearing before, although these were spotless.
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