“Storm piercer,”
Storm piercer: a hand crossbow crafted by a beginner bio-artisan alone giving the item a special bond with its creator
Grade: Artifact
Durability: 100/100
Attributes
Greater Auto Repair
Mana Arrow: bolt
Lightning shots: any bolt fired from this crossbow will be infused with lightning damage, causing electrical discharges when it strikes a target.
Creator bond: This item has forged a special bond with its creator, granting a 20% bonus to all martial arts and abilities used through this weapon.
Ray did not even have time to celebrate the successful creation of his second artifact-grade item before a voice echoed in his mind.
“Class evolution available. Please select an option.”
As the words faded, a screen popped up, displaying 5 different classes that he could pick from.
Class evolution
Flesh Artificer (Rare)
An artificer specializing in upgrading living creatures with mechanical augmentations
+4 to wisdom and intelligence
+2 all stats for each integrated synthetic enhancement
Ray winced when he saw the first option. While he understood he would most likely see this option, he still wanted to avoid thinking about that man.
Apprentice Blacksmith Tinkerer (Rare)
An apprentice that has taken their first step towards becoming a blacksmith specializing in artificer-like products
+2 wisdom and endurance
+4 intelligence
+2 crafting skill when forging or crafting with items you forged
Ray was happy to see this option as it gave him a great fallback if he did not achieve his goal. He had already seen what Freia could do with her upgraded version of the class and would not be too upset if it was the path he also ended up walking.
Arcane Enchanter (Epic)
An enchanter mostly focuses on improving items with magic. This variant mostly focuses on infusing spells into items.
+6 wisdom and intelligence
Spells cast through items have their effects increased by 20% of your intelligence
Ray’s eyes widened when he saw this option. He zoned out for a moment as he thought about all the items he could make with this class and the devastating spells he could unleash. He finally snapped out of his daydreams and continued down the list, making a note to come back for this class if nothing else caught his eye.
Hexblade (Artifact)
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A rouge dabbling in the arcane. Strike from the shadows channeling spell through your blades, rendering all those in front of you to not but ash
+4 intelligence and endurance
+8 dexterity
Attacks made against an enemy unaware of your presence gained 20% increased effect based on intelligence and dexterity
While he would still choose Arcane Enchanter, he was excited to see his first artifact grade class. He had learned from Freia and the Draconic library what each grade meant. For each threshold, every incarnate would gain a class evolution and the grade was based on how advanced the class was.
Common: a step below where a class should be at this threshold.
Uncommon: if following a normal progression path, this should be the level of class you expect to receive.
Rare: This class normally appears one threshold later than when you received it
Epic: This class normally appears two thresholds later than when you received it
The grades continued like that up to divine, which was a full tier of ascension above your current threshold.
Magus of crafting (Artifact) (Unique)
A class focusing on the creation of items utilizing every form of crafting available
+8 intelligence and wisdom
Access to all artisan-related panels
+4 all stats when using a piece of equipment solely crafted by you
Unique:
This class has never been obtained before and thus comes with additional benefits for its discovery.
Multiplier increased
Wisdom 1 -> 2
Intelligence 2-> 3
Ray gaped at the last option.
“Freia, can you come look at this to make sure I'm not seeing things?” Ray asked.
“Just a second. I'm finishin' up this last piece, then I can come over,” she responded.
She walked out of the forge room less than a minute later.
“What’s up?”
“Look at this,” Ray said, sharing the screen with her.
“Well ill be damned, you actually did it and a unique class too!”
“So you know what that means?”
“Yeah, basically it means that class does not currently exist and you taking it would bring it into existence, making it possible for others to gain the class in a far easier manner than you did. So the system rewards ya for picking it up with some extra bonuses. It used to be a lot more common, but it's gotten rarer and rarer over the years.”
“Thanks for letting me know.”
“Happy to help my student out. Congratulations on achieving your goal, by the way.”
“Thanks,” Ray said, selecting the class.
“Quest complete. Third threshold achieved,” the goddess said within his mind.
“Alright, now that you're done with that, I could use some help with that order,” Freia said, walking back to the forge room.
“Right,” Ray said, shaking his head to clear his thoughts and following Freia.
Several hours later Ray collapsed on his bed close to 1 AM. Freia had overestimated their abilities again and they were lucky Ray had achieved his class evolution and gained access to the smiting panel, otherwise it may have been three in the morning before they had finished. Even though he was exhausted, Ray could not help but smile to himself. This had been the best week in his life since he lost his parents. He only hoped that they could see him now. He had a unique class and a partner that he was exhilarated to have her by his side. Ray peacefully drifted off to sleep, unaware of what was happening back in his homeland.
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The cage raddled as a large mechanical beast carried it through the Carinthian forest. Chio held Nevala close as it rocked back and forth with every step. It had been half a week scene that awful creature had captured them and Ren had still not made his appearance. He knew he was still nearby as the leader would throw tantrums daily after finding out another squad of shriekers was killed and bore wounds that resembled Ren’s axe. Chio clung tighter to the shivering woman at his side. He tried his best to comfort her, but he was not in a much better state, as he could not stop his hands from trembling. All they could do was hope that Ren arrived soon as he feared if he didn’t, that beast would stop considering them as worth keeping alive as bait.