Chapter 6
Hephaestus smithy
We started going inside the store and we were shocked once again…
A cracked floor, ceiling that looks like it’s about to collapse. Shelves that have nothing, spider webs by the corners of the store and buckets that are full of swords, and also some armors in mannequins, daggers at the back, spears mixed in with some swords. Lastly a magical sword that’s displayed at the back of the reception.
“WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT??!!”
“What the? Who was that??” Sarah asked.
“LOOK DOWN INSOLENT HUMAN!!”
After looking down we saw a small child that looked like an old man.
“What?? Is it your first time seeing a dwarf??”
“Whoa you’re a dwarf?? That’s so awesome!!!” I said
Then the dwarf started to blush a little bit. He is about 92cm(3 feet) , has a white bushy beard, doesn’t have any hair on his head except his beard, and a muscular build. He is wearing a long leather apron and a pair of pants while holding a hammer(Like what Thor is using).
“You think I’m gonna be happy that you said that??”
“They said that all dwarves are skilled when it comes to blacksmithing!! Which means that you’re pretty awesome right?”
“Well not all of us are pretty good!! BUT I”M PART OF THE DWARVES THAT ARE GOOD!!! HAHAHAHA!”
“Then why is your store like this when you're supposed to be pretty good?”
“THEY WEREN’T QUALIFIED ENOUGH TO USE MY SWORDS!!!”
Then the blacksmith got pissed again for some reason!
“Alright that’s enough Kothar. We’re here to buy these new adventurers some affordable equipments.”
“Well if it isn’t Arthur! One of the people I recognize who can wield my weapons! How are you my friend? But these kids… they look like they don’t even know how to handle a weapon.” He was eyeing us from head to toe.
“They might look like that but they are D-rank adventurers already you know!”
“What!!! No way they are D-rank already right! They don’t even look like proper adults yet!!”
After that we showed him our Adventurer ID cards.
“Whoa!! You’re not kidding! You guys are even just 8 and 7 years old!! HAHAHA!! ALRIGHT YOU GUYS DESERVE TO USE MY WEAPONS!! Pick whatever you guys like! Don’t mind the price! I’ll put it in your guys tab and pay me when you guys start to earn some real money!! HAHAHAHA!!! I haven’t been this excited in years!!”
“How can you run a business when you don’t even charge people for your weapons?”-Sarah
“HAHAHAHA! Don’t worry, I only charge people who don't deserve my weapons!!”
“I guess we’ll help ourselves out!!” -Me
Sarah and Julio started scrolling through the weapons with an excited look on their faces. While I’m taking my time checking out the weapons. Because after my Eye of truth skill went from rank C to B I can see what ranks the weapons are. Like when I look at my wooden sword a stats pop up when I try to inspect it.
Wooden sword
(E)
Durability: 37/50
Power:60
Description: “Made out of Narra Tree, one of the strongest and sturdiest trees in the continent. It can Handle multiple blows. Only recommended for training and not actual combat.”
After I was scrolling through the swords, I noticed that most of these swords are above C rank level and most power level is 1000 and above, that’s where I realize that this Blacksmith is really talented! Unlike how I measure how humans are based on their power level, weapons also have their own power level ranks, which also can be identified by advanced or higher tier blacksmiths. When I asked Gramps about how blacksmiths measure how powerful there weapons are, gramps told me that most blacksmith have a skill that can measure the power rank of their weapons, and not all of the blacksmiths have this skill, he also told me that blacksmiths that have this type of skill usually are blacksmiths that are advance blacksmith or higher leveled blacksmiths. Like adventurers there are also ranking system when you’re a blacksmith, the ranking system of the blacksmiths are different from adventurers it goes from, Apprentice Blacksmith, Novice Blacksmith, Beginner Blacksmith, Intermediate
Blacksmith, Advance Blacksmith, Superior Blacksmith, and Supreme Blacksmith.
There's also a Legendary Blacksmith but there was only 1 recorded Legendary blacksmith in 1000 years of history, which is the Legendary Blacksmith Hephaestus, he created the most powerful weapon the “Black Raiku”. When this sword is wielded by the greatest Magic swordsman back then, just 1 strike from the sword can create a chain strike of lightning coming out of the sword without consuming any of your mana, and the best thing about this sword is its sharpness! They said that it can cut a dragon's head like butter. Dragon bone which is known to be harder than adamantium.
The things they craft are categorized by their power level. 1-50 is F, 1-150 is E, 151-500 is D, 501-1100 is C, 1101-1800 is B, 1801-3000 is A, And 3000+ is S. Legendary swords can GO as low as 10,000+ power level.
I was looking for around 3 minutes now looking for a suitable sword for me! Most of them are quite high ranked swords, but those swords are too big for me, so when I tried to wield them and tried to strike the air I almost tripped and lost my balance, so I tried not to pick up swords that are not appropriate for me. When I was scrolling through the batches of swords that are scattered around the baskets, I realized that there were some swords lying around the floor over the corner so I scanned through those swords too, but I couldn’t find any weapons that would fit my height and body build. Sarah and Julio finished picking their weapons out, Julio’s weapon is a 2 style dagger that has a color of dark red on both with a few designs on the dagger’s blade. Sarah then picked a long halberg that has an ax and a spear in the same design, the pole has a dragon design in it, and the end of the handle has a round finish. I gotta say, they both picked out a pretty good weapon.
Twin wolves fang
(C)
Durability:800/800
Power:1198
Description:”Made from Twilight Wolves fang a B-rank monster that lives in the North of the continent. The sharp fangs of the wolves make the daggers blade, it has a sharp edge and is lightweight. Can cut through any Monsters below C-rank monster like paper. Recommended for assassin and thief classes”
Light Bringer
(C)
Durability:800/800
Power:1258
Description:”Has a Halberg design which has an Ax on the side and a Spearhead. The ax is for destroying enemies with power and the spear is for making holes out of the enemies with precision. Made from the Moonstone, capturing the moonlight coming from the moon thus making the edge harder than steel. Recommended for Spearman and Cavalry users.”
With these items Julio and Sarah are now much stronger. But for me I don’t have any sword that would fit for my physique. What should I do?
“So! You guys picked out your weapons already?” asked Arthur.
I just stayed silent while Sarah and Julio said.
“Yes!!”
“How about you Alex? Did any swords interest you?”
“No. All these swords are amazing. But unlike the dagger and spear of Julio and Sarah mine is dependent on my physique and my size.”
“That’s true! Well most of the swords I make are usually made for adults and not for kids. How about this? I will make you a sword that’s suitable for you. Use this sword first, It’s small but I think that it would be okay for your first use.” said by Kothar.
“Whoa!! You’ll make me a customized sword?? That’s awesome!! And this sword is great!! But how much is the total of our stuff going to be?”
“Hmm!! The Twin Wolves dagger is 10 gold and 4 silver coins and the spear is 12 gold and 25 copper coins, and the sword you’re holding right now is 4 gold and the one I’m making for you is gonna be around 20-25 gold coins. So a total of 46 gold coins, 4 silver and 25 copper coins for now.”
The three of us have our mouths open wide out of shock and all of us are thinking the same thing.
^46 gold? 4 silver? And 25 copper coins??^
“What the hell old man!!! How long do you think until we can pay that amount??” shouted by Sarah.
“Yeah!! Do you think that we were born rich or something?” I said
^When I calculate that into earth money it will be 46,425$!! I didn’t even have that much money back then^
“Whoa wait a minute kids!! That’s already a discounted price you know! Since you guys piqued my interest I gave it to you for the amount it actually cost to make, and I discarded my profits. If I make it to the original price it will cost about 75 gold coins total! Don’t worry since you guys are adventurers. Once you guys become B-rank you’ll make more money than this, you’ll think of 100 gold coins as pocket money.”
“Yeah but still I’m still E-rank and both of them are D-rank adventurers you know!!”
“HAHAHA!! Don’t worry about it, you guys are still young! I bet that you guys will be A-rank adventurers before turning 25, and it is an honor to make weapons for future A-rankers. Who knows you guys might probably become S-rank hunters in the future you know! It is worth investing in youngsters like you guys, and as a congratulations for becoming adventurers, I’ll be giving these things to you guys.”
After saying those things we started to become more calm and started to reach out our hands to receive what Kothar was giving us. We receive clothes that have built in stats in it. I received a sheath for my sword, a white coat that has white fur inside, gray pants that look like it's hard to move on but are actually stretchable and comfortable like a jogger, and lastly he gave me white shoes. The Pants and sheath that he gave me has no stats, but the shoes and the coat that he gave me has stats on it.
Black Furry Coat
(E)
Durability:400/400
Power:357
Description: “Made of Ferocious Rabbit fur a F-rank animal that has a thick fur that is hard to cut, and has a light weight on it”
White air shoe
(D)
Durability:600/600
Power:568
Description:”Made out of Ferocious Rabbit leather, a F-rank animal, and infused with air mote. When poured with mana your speed will increase by 15%.”
After I received my items, the next to receive the items was Sarah. Sarah receives a white long dress that covers her shoulders to her ankle and there’s a strip on the left feet, so kinda exposing her thigh to her ankle. The design of the dress is a sleeveless dress, and at the side there’s a diamond pattern and at the back it is cut like a crescent moon. Then she receives brown boots which have a simple design, brown boots and at the top there's fur. Julio then receives a sleeveless black hoodie, a pair of black bracers, and a black shoes. After receiving our gifts, we started to change into it in the changing rooms. Julio looks like an assassin straight out of assassin's creed and Sarah now looks like a famous martial arts character straight out of manhwa and me! Well I’ll let you guys imagine what I look like!
“Now you guys look like decent adventurers!” said Arthur.
“I look beautiful right, Arthur?”-Sarah
“Of course!! You’re more beautiful now than you were earlier!”
“Alright master!! Stop lying to her. She might think that she really looks good in those! HAHAHA!!” I said
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“Hehehe”
Then Sarah started chasing us with her weapon.
“Heyyy!! You’ll kill us with that!!”
“Stop!! I didn’t even say anything to you!! Why are you chasing me?!!”
She didn’t stop chasing us for about 2 minutes then Arthur started talking.
“Looks like you guys are ready for our little adventure huh??”
She then stopped and looked at Arthur.
“I am ready Arthur!” with a serious look on her face.
“Before we head out can we come by my mothers place and say hi? I promised her that when we are close by that we are gonna go say hi to her. And I really want to see what store she works for.” I said
“That’s a good idea!! I want to see aunt Faith one more time before we leave” said by sarah
And Julio just nodded.
“Don’t worry, I was already thinking of going there. Because one of the things that we need is over there.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“You’ll know when we get there!”
I was full of questions! What is my mothers job? What does she do? After collecting my thoughts we started packing our things before heading out and said our thanks to Kothar and said our goodbyes.
“Thank you Kothar! I’ll see you again when I need some repairs.”
“Alright see you guys again soon! Don’t forget that when you guys need some repairs I’ll be the one that’ll repair your weapons alright?”
“Of Course!! Thank you so much for the things that you gave us Kothar, we’ll start growing faster so that we can pay the money that we owe you!” I said
“Don’t worry about that! Just be careful out there! You don’t know what will happen to your guys' mission alright? Ohh yeah and here! This was mine back when I was still an adventurer but you guys will need it more than I do”
He gave us a small pouch that has a sigil mark on it, and when I started to raise some questions he told me that…
“Don’t worry this will help you a lot! This is called a dimensional bag. It can fit up to 600 pounds of things, since you have the most leadership I will entrust this bag to you okay!? Don’t worry about the cost! Just think of this as a gift for a future A-rank party!!”
“Thank you so much Kothar!! I will never forget this favor, I will make sure that I repay this 10x more than what we receive”
“STOP BABBLING AND JUST GO BRATS!!”
The sudden change of emotions surprised us.
“Alright Kothar, see you again soon!”
Sarah said Julio also started saying their thanks and goodbye, after they said their goodbyes they gave me all their belongings so that I could put it on my pouch. The pouch size was small and it was also lightweight so it was really convenient.
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We started walking away from the store and heading towards my mothers place. We walked for about 10 minutes until we arrived at my mothers shop, it was close to the adventurer guild. The store that my mom was working at was a potion shop, it was full of adventurers and merchants. The store is a 2 story building that is wide, the entrance has a wide gate with an alchemist logo in front of it. The logo is an eye with a potion at the sides, there’s also a gate going at the back for the merchants to sell their goods, after that we went inside to look at the things they are selling, the place is packed with adventurers but it wasn’t chaotic at all, there is a system that is implemented in the store that you can find your items by names up top, and when buying the potions there is a line towards the 10 cashiers on the first floor. The first floor consists of lvl 1 potion all the way to lvl 8 potion, there’s also some lvl 9 and 10 potion but it is not displayed amongst the things because of its rarity so you have to pre- order it before you can get one. The second floor consists of antidotes for poison, and also some strengthening potions. There are also 4 cashiers stationed on the second floor. My mom’s store is one of the most famous potion stores amongst the adventurers, not only is the store's potion really effective, the store is also the one that is the most recommended by the guild. Adventurers tend to not steal anything over there because if you’re caught stealing, you are banned for entering any potion shop anywhere around the country, and you have to pay a hefty amount of money for your crimes to disappear, which for adventurers is unwise because potions is also considered one of the most important thing that an adventurer should have.
Going in I saw my mom working as the head of the store. She was asking people to resupply the empty shelves with a serious face, after about a minute she noticed us walking in the store and looking for some potions.
“Ohhh!! My precious baby!!”
She hugged me in the middle of the store and everyone was looking at me.
“Hey mom! Can you stop hugging me now please! I came because I promised to come here.”
She then dropped me on the floor and started hugging Sarah and Julio. It was embarrassing when looking at it but I didn’t really care because looking at how happy my mom and my friends are makes my heart stable.
“Thank you for keeping your promise Alex! I already know you guys will go here anyway, and here! This is my gift to you guys. 50 lvl 4 health potion and 30 lvl 4 mana potion, I also added some antidotes over there in case you guys need it. It’s my congratulation gift for becoming full time adventurers.”
“How did you know we’re adventurers' moms?”
“Hehehe!! I have my own ways son.”
I was thinking that maybe she has some friend in the guild that told her about us and didn’t really think about the thing too much.
“Thank you for the potions mom!”
After that I put the potions inside the pouch and it surprised my mom.
“Whoa!! Where did you get that?”
“Kothar gave it to us saying that it is a gift for the future A-rank party”
“Hahaha!! That old man really is the best. Since he gave it to you guys, you should be careful with it, because that’s an expensive puch you have there.”
“It’s a given that I should take care of it, you know!! But how much is this pouch anyway?”
“It can go as low as 10 platinum coins to almost 300 platinum coins.”
“Platinum coins? That’s the first time I've heard of it!”
“1 platinum coin is equivalent to 100 gold coins”
^So if 1 copper is 1$, bronze is 10$ , silver is 100$ and gold is 1000$ won’t that make 1 platinum 100,000$???!!!!!!!^
“WHAT!!!?? This thing cost more than 1000 gold coins?!! Why would he give it to us??”
She then moved us to a quieter place to talk!
“Don’t worry! When that old man does something you really can’t do anything anymore! I can’t understand that guy, and isn't that awesome! Now you guys won’t have to worry about baggage.”
“But still!!”
My mother interrupted me and said,
“You don’t have to worry about it! If you still feel guilty in a year. Just repay him little by little, not with money but with something better!”
“Alright mom! Thank you!”
I forgot how reliable my mother is. She really is the best person in this world.
“Alright better go on your adventure now my son! Sarah my dear! Julio, my second son! Be Careful out there! You don’t know what could happen, and please take care of Alex for me.”
While she hugs both Sarah and Julio.
“Don’t worry Aunt Faith! I Won't let anybody hurt Julio and Alex while I’m still here!”
“I’ll be the shadow that won’t waver Aunt! Alex is the light and that I’m gonna be the one that follows him until the end!”
“Hahaha! Look at you both!! Growing up in front of me. Don’t just protect Alex I want you guys to protect and look at each other's back! Alright go on! Go and do your adventure!”
We started walking out of the room we went to, and started walking out of the store. I look back and I could see my mother waving goodbye with a smile on her face.
“Alex! Remember this moment right here, because you’re gonna want to cherish this! When you start going active as an adventurer you’re gonna forget this feeling. I want you guys to remember this moment too!”
“Yes master!
We all said
We walked all the way back to the gate and said goodbye to the soldiers guarding the door. We waited for a coach(like a taxi but with a horse) to arrive and bring us all the way North. It takes about 7 hours until we arrive all the way to the Grandure Mountains. We arrived there and there’s also adventurers walking around. It was already night so we’re going to camp at the foot of the mountain. We arrived in front of the forest and we started camping down, taking out our tent and building our fire.
“Alright kids! Since you guys already got this I will leave you guys alone and just observe from a distance! Think of this as a real quest and it is also a life and death situation alright!”
“Yes sir!!”
We all said
“Alright I’ll leave now! I’ll see you guys again in 1 day, I hope that you guys dont need me on this expedition.”
Then Arthur started to disappear in front of us like a mist.
Chapter 7
Hunt
“Julio! Start installing your traps around us! Sarah gather some wood for our fire. I’ll start preparing for what we need tomorrow! After we finish our preparations we’ll go and eat then sleep for tomorrow.”
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“ALEX WATCH OUT!!”
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Kothar Jargnar(Earth Blacksmith)
Dwarf 47
Health: 2814/2814
Mana: 252/252
Power: ?
Status:Happy, Excited
Stats:
Str:134 Agi:15
Magic:12 Int:49
Skills:
Blacksmithing(A)
Eye for Weapon(C)
Smash(B)
Fire resistance(B)
Weaponry(B)
Aftershock(C)
Fire Control(C)
More…
Sarah Davis (Vortex Spearwoman)
Human 7
Health: 1428/1428
Mana: 882/882
Power: 701(D)
Status:Excited
Stats:
Str: 68 Agi: 35
Magic: 42 Int: 36
Skills:
Spearmanship(D)
Dash(D)
Air Thrust(E)
Vortex Stab(E)
Gust(E)
Not yet Learned:
????
???
?????
????
Item:
Light Bringer
(C)
Durability:800/800
Power:1258
Description:”Has a Halberg design which has an Ax on the side and a Spearhead.
The ax is for destroying enemies with power and the spear is for making holes
out of the enemies with precision. Made from the Moonstone, capturing the
moonlight coming from the moon thus making the edge harder than steel.
Recommended for Spearman and Cavalry users.”
Julio Santana (Shadow Assassin)
Human 8
Health: 882/882
Mana: 441/441
Power:703(D)
Status: Happy, Excited
Stats
Str:42 Agi:71
Magic:21 Int:30
Skills:
Shadow Manipulation (E)
Dagger(D)
Camouflage (D)
BackStab(E)
Dash(E)
Chain strike(E)
Trap instalment(E)
Poison dagger(F)
Trap detection(F)
Trap disarm(F)
Not yet learned:
????
????
More…
Item:
Twin wolves fang
(C)
Durability:800/800
Power:1198
Description:”Made from Twilight Wolves fang a B-rank monster that lives in the
North of the continent. It has a sharp edge and a light weight. Can cut through
any Monsters below C-rank monster like paper. Recommended for assassin and thief
classes”
Alexander Sator (Commander)
Human 7
Health: 966/966
Mana: 1218/1218
Power:647(E)
Status: Happy, Sad, Excited
Stats:
Str: 46 Agi: 20
Magic: 58 Int: 70
Skills:
Eye of truth (B)
Command(E)
Hawkeye(E)
Swordsmanship (D)
Mana Manipulation (D)
Fireball (E)
Gust (E)
Dash(E)
Earth Shock (F)
Minor Heal (F)
Not yet learned:
???? (?)
???? (?)
???? (?)
Items:
Black Furry Coat
(E)
Durability:400/400
Power:357
Description: “Made of Ferocious Rabbit fur a F-rank animal that has a thick fur
that is hard to cut, and has a light weight on it”
White air shoe
(D)
Durability:600/600
Power:568
Description:”Made out of Ferocious Rabbit leather, a F-rank animal, and infused
with an air mote. When poured with mana your speed will increase by 15%.”