Just like that another week had gone by. Mochi had finished shaping the basement, and I was now done with my forging. All in all, I created two full armor sets and replaced all my gear, even reforging my dad's steal sword into Vethrian steal.
To be honest, with so much material it felt like I had enough to make twice as much, but in order to enchant it I needed to make sure the armored plates were thick. My skills were still lacking. Of course, I just made up for that with a featherweight enchantment… But it made it take twice as much material overall, at least for the armor.
Since, as I had said, I honestly didn’t know all that much about any of the advanced crafting techniques… I figured it was probably better to not even bother with them. In the end, I ended up just hammering out the plates like normal, the same with my weapons since molded steal was worthless in terms of functionality. I wasn’t sure, but it seemed safe to assume the same applied to Vethrian steal as well. Partially because of those reasons, my armor ended up being made of several bulky plates fastened over black minitour leather for flexibility.
As for the weapons, I was ecstatic, I couldn’t even draw any of them without giving myself chills or nearly starting to cry from how happy the sound made me feel… Mochi thought I lost my mind when she saw me sitting still, sliding my sword in and out of its sheath just to hear the unique sound and see the magical blade shimmer as it came into the light.
I spent the fourth day enchanting, while Mochi went out completely on her own to the construction site.
For the dagger, I slapped it with as much sharpness as I could. It was my gutting knife after all. There was still room after I reached the limit, so after that, I made it glow just for fun, all thanks to me knowing the mage light spell.
For my longsword, I just put the standard combination of, sharpness, durability, and lightning, and thanks to my knowledge of wind magic I could use the blessing of wind, making my sword completely ignore air friction. At least any relevant amount it would run into from speeds I’d be swinging it at.
Next up was my greatblade, a seriously massive, deadly, and awe-inspiring weapon… Although in reality, it was just a giant rectangle with a point like the last one… Because of its range and versatility somewhere along the way, it became my go-to weapon, and because of its sheer size, it could hold three times the enchantments my longsword could. Sharpness and durability, the blessing of wind, those were given, although unlike my longsword I had room to make them even stronger.
I didn’t adjust the weight because with such a heavy blade it was honestly part of the damage potential. Next, I added Minor self-repair, thanks to my knowledge of metal magic, and lesser barrier, thanks to my gold magic, a spell that was only effective against other magic, but I figured why not. Finally, with the last little bit of space on the blade, I added a cutting edge, an enchantment that extended a blade of wind to precut whatever you were slicing just before the blade touched it… Unfortunately, the enchantment didn’t take because the blade was at its magical limit… But it was honestly hard to be disappointed considering…
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For my spear I put on a piercing lance, which was more effective than sharpness for piercing weapons, it was the same concept as cutting edge, but using knowledge of the more advanced wind lance, instead of a wind blade. Then on the shaft, I put lightning amplification, and detoxify. So… Technically if I stabbed myself with it after getting poisoned I’d be all better. Well, theoretically. That was what I was thinking when applying it, although… Hindsight is 20/20
My ax I actually enchanted with heavyweight, instead of featherweight. Again I used the blessing of wind, and then on the blade, I used impact induction to double the force behind the blow, and rending, named after my rending vines spell. Essentially it sends magic into whatever it hits and then the magic expands like a plant growing inside a rock until it cracks… Again, theoretically at least.
“Chika… Are you ok? You’ve been sitting there laughing like that ever since I got home It’s really creepy… And there are dark circles under your eyes… You look really pale too… And you never made dinner. I’m hungry.”
‘It’s good that she’s starting to talk more…’ As I raised my eyes the world began to blur around me. ‘I might have overdone it a little…’
“Chika? Hey, your nose is bleeding, can you even hear me?”
‘My nose… Ah, mana exhaustion… My fingers are black too, I thought it was just… What did I think it was? Soot from the forge… That’s not right I haven’t been out there today…’ My ears started to ring until I blacked out.
I wasn’t out for that long, having woken up by the next morning, but I spent almost the entire day in bed, only getting up near the end of it to go see Mochi and how things were going… I tried to inspect her work… But she wasn’t having any of that and made me go home, packing it in early herself and walking me back.
‘It’s weird that Tooly and Kesh aren’t back yet… Either they struck gold or they died…’
It took me another three days to recover fully, but I didn’t mind, it was nice being able to sit back and watch Mochi work on our house, she had taken a liking to it as well, almost like she was a painter with a canvas in her hands, I had a sneaking suspicion that was the real reason she wasn’t letting me help, even though I designed it.
When I was finally recovered I enchanted my armor. Durability, impact absorption, acid resistance, self-repair. However, for the leather intersections between plates, I only did acid resistance. I wasn’t the best smith by any means, and it wasn’t exactly a tailor-made full plate either, but it was honestly unlikely anything would be able to hit me, much less hit me between my armored plates. On top of that, metals that resonated well with magic spread the enchantment to nearby areas. Technically speaking if I had mithril, the strongest resonating material, I could enchant it with durability and even if I only wore enough to be legally considered clothed, it would probably still affect my whole body. Vethrian steel wasn’t nearly that strong, but it was strong enough that I wasn't worried.
‘It feels weird… Feeling like I could take a hit and not die instantly… With this armor… I bet I could even take on a spider knight's bladed legs without getting a scratch.’ I paused for a moment taping the metal breastplate as I lay it on the table. ‘I probably shouldn’t test that… Now I’m curious though, if the legs are that sharp, could I cut one off, enchant it, and use it as a weapon? Would it be even better than Vethrian steal? Though, bone doesn’t usually take to magic like metal on account of living creatures having mana circuits… But if its base quality is higher that would make up for it since my enchantments aren’t the best.’
Mochi opened the door and washed off her hands and face after a hard day of digging around in the dirt. “CHIKA… Again!”
I chuckled nervously. “What, it’s not that bad this time, really. I’m just a little tired is all.” She let out a heavy sigh and started cooking some porridge, making me rest again. ‘So she’s taking care of me now? Huh… This is kind of nice… It’s funny how her voice never really gets louder, but it still felt more serious somehow. She’s never sounded like that…’