** Author's Note**
Sorry again, i'm a student studying computer ingeneering so it takes a lot of my freetime to study, i need to post this chapter yesterday but it wasn't ready. Good news is what i finally finished creating my list of ranks , technique , martial arts schools and other things. This is my first work and i promise, chapters will increase in quantity, quality and length.
Thanks again for reading and following, i was really happy when i saw what i have 17 followers xD , thanks again, any kind of comment is welcome, if you see any mistakes please write them in the comment .
**Author's Note End**
Elio followed Mrs.Iris to the forge inside the building, the moment he saw her reaction at the statement of his current skills, Elio couldn't help but remember the last advice from his Master the moment he completed his apprenticeship.
"Don't understimate your abilities, you don't even know how close you're to reach my current level in blacksmithing. I only ask you 1 thing, don't shock anyone too much with these abilities of yours, i might be accused of killing someone indirectly ahaha."
After couple of minutes both of them arrived at the entrance , it was guarded by a huge and heavy door. Elio could faintly hear hammer strikes behind the door , Mrs.Iris came nearby this door and pressed on the button saying:
"We arrived, come in kiddo, let's see what you can do"
Elio frowned , she used too muh the "kiddo" word, it bugged him but he couldn't understand the reason so he let this thought go. Still he was very shocked from this system which controlled the door, he never saw it in real life, only on their Local Network and some Websites. Usually people would buy normal doors made by simple metal or wood, not those heavy ones . Even though they could buy heavy ones there's no way in the world they could make it an automatic door. Though electricity is available to all city but advanced systems like PC or TV are really expensive. Elio got his own Personal Computed only on his birthday and it was a gift from his Master. Elio saw stairs which leaded underground, he went down the stairs for some time until he saw a dark red light jumping on the walls. When Elio went in and saw what was inside his mouth was gaping in huge O. It couldn't be called a simple forge, it was THE FORGE. The room was big, it had almost no ventilation, the heat inside was unbearable to normal human beings but to Elio it was paradise. He grew up in this hell of heat so he was used to it. The moment they went it no one stopped their work, though blacksmiths wanted to take a look at the they couldn't , it could cause a drop in quality of their pieces. Mrs. Iris and Elio passed by blacksmiths and went further in the room, there was a desolated forge with only 1 man working.
"Hello Mr. Hephaestus, sorry to trouble you but we got 1 application from this little guy who says he can craft B Grade pieces. Could you test him?
Hephaestus was 1 of 2 most renowned blacksmiths in Neapolis , he and his lifelong rival Vulcan were always tied in their matches. Every 5 years there was a tournament for every profession, obviously there were different tournament for different type of crafts. Tournament could go on from couple days to couple of weeks, all depended who ended up as finalist.When Mr.Hephaestus saw Elio he recognized him, he was that little guy which amazed him when he went to visit his old rival, he saw a 13 year old forging C grade long sword. He or Vulcan needed 12 year of experience to reach that level. The most strangest thing was that a 13 year old boy could wield heavy hammer as if it was part of his body.
Remembering all these facts Hephaestus started laughing. When he was done with it Hephaeustus said:
" Mrs. Iris there's no need, i can vouch for that boy. You couldn't that he's Vulcan's first apprentice? He uses Thousand Infernal Hits technique for forging which is high quality technique same as mine Thunder Forging."
Mrs.Iris couldn't help but frown while she was turning around to tell somethingt to boy.
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"Okay, i guess you pass, kiddo. Let's go to the main office, you will become Heaven Smith. It's a title given to all blacmsmiths who work for Heaven Army and can craft items starting from B grade, so you barely pass. You will get 50 gold coins a week and also you can get personal guards if you want to, all will be paid by Heaven Army. Also if you're lucky, you can be imployed by some officers as personal smith and start traveling together with them but don't get your hopes too high, it's really rare for someone to hire an unknown blacksmith.
If you want to forge something for yourself or for anyone outside of Heaven Army you can use an available anvil if there's one but you must pay for all materials you use. To get any material you , walk to the entrance and go into the room on the left, there you can find our collection of materials. To go in you would have to speak to Patricia, she's responsible for handling issuing any requested material if it's available. Your jos is to forge a certain quantity of items, the total of items you need to forge depends on the quality. F grade 100 items, E Grade 80 items, D Grade 50 items, C grade 20 Items, B grade 10 Items, A grade 2 items, S Grade 1 item. You can choose any of these options. So i guess that's it , follow me.
Elio was shocked again , it was 3rd or 4th time in 24 hours he gets schocked, it's almost became almost a normal thing for him to get shocked every time this woman speaks.
First of all, 50 gold coins was a lot of money, the annual wage his father gets from his work is around 40 gold coins. The monetary system is based on copper, silver, gold and mithril coins. Copper is lowest value coin , 100 copper equals 1 silver coin, 100 silver coins equals 1 gold coin and 100 gold coins equals 1 mithil coin. You could buy new and decent house for 120 gold coins or you could buy a computer for 150 gold coins. Usually B grade items were sold for 20-30 gold coins and if Elio wanted to earn a lot of money he could do it because he has skills BUT....... There's a huge problem, he doesn't have any material to use and he cannot buy it because he doesn't have any money. Materials would cost 10-15 gold coins and you would need to have decent equipment to make a normal or higher quality B grade item. Secondly he could use the forge for his own reason and all he need is to pay for materials , there's no fee for using this facility. It was the best place to work for a newbie blacksmith such as him.
After 1 hour of bureaucracy, Elio was given a general information book about Heaven Army then he signed the contract and ran off to his home. There he told everything to his parent and they got so excited that whole neighborhood started yelling at them to get quiet. Elio's parent were as happy as worried for him, he joined the army after all and you never know what may happen.
After the dinner Elio went to his room and started reading. After 1 hour of reading he furrowed his eyebrows, the information writted in the book cannot be found anywhere. It explained internal ranks. Heaven Army ranks were divided into foot soldiers and officers. Foot soldiers were normal humans which couldn't undergo the DNA treatment but still wanted to join the army meanwhile officers are divided in: Initiate, Adept, Knight, Knight Lieutenant, Knight Commander, General, Warlord, High Warlord. The book told if ranked by Adventurer Guild standard it would be E,D,C,B,A,S,SS,SSS. Ranks represent not only their strength but also capability as commanders.For crafstmen there was also a ranking system. It was divided into:
Apprentice, Senior Apprentice, Metal Blacksmith, Heaven Blacksmith, Master Blacksmith, Soul Blacksmith, Mater Souls Blacksmith, Energy Blacksmith.
Elio couldn't understand what means Souls or Energy blacksmith but still it sounded awesome , he thought that maybe later on he would go ask his Master about it.
After he finished reading general info about ranks Elio let out a huge "yawn" , he closed his book and went to sleep. He will finish it reading next time.