Chapter 121: Custom Weapon
December 13, 2014
Author: Floating Tower
The Bloodline of the Divine Offspring is actually difficult to evaluate.
Strictly speaking, Gloria also belongs to the Bloodline of the Divine Offspring, as the Northern Witch was originally split from a certain incredibly powerful organization. This organization existed for a long time, and their leader was even a chosen one of a certain generation of the Goddess of Magic. During that time, many powerful witches were born in the Northern Region, some of whom could even rival deities!
That era is now far in the past.
Only in the oldest relic documents can one find records about the “Chosen of the North”.
As the purest Northern Witch, Gloria inevitably carries some bloodline inheritance, which is somewhat similar to the Elven Nobles in front of her, with some enhancing their innate talents while others have almost exhausted their power. It’s like the God of Slaughter has fallen for an unknown length of time, yet his descendants, the former God of Slaughter’s children, still have many who survived from the Slaughter Cataclysm of that time. These descendants reproduce over generations, eventually becoming almost indistinguishable from ordinary people.
Occasionally, some extraordinarily talented individuals appear, but their bloodline has thinned to the point of one in ten thousand.
There are actually many such people.
Therefore, most descendants of the God are referred to as within three generations; beyond this range, they are no longer considered Bloodline of the Divine Offspring.
As for this Elven Noble in front of her, not to mention divine power, she probably doesn’t even possess a shred of divinity, at most having slightly better innate attributes than an ordinary person. This bloodline talent is roughly equivalent to the direct descendants born from Legendary Professionists, and may even be inferior to the offspring of Legendary Professionists.
Once upon a time.
There was a saying that the hero template inherited the bl**d of the God of Slaughter, which is why they could extract soul energy. Among the indigenous people of this world, only a small number of exceptionally special beings can enhance their strength through slaughter, and these special beings are generally bl**d-related to the domain of the God of Slaughter.
However, this claim has never been verified.
Soren did not pay much attention to the Elven Noble; he went straight towards the inn, intending to rest here for a day.
This village is actually quite large, with a considerable population. At this pace, it will only be a matter of time before it develops into a town. Soren’s half-elf bloodline is thin, appearing human from the outside, and therefore he has not received any special treatment. These elves treat him merely as an adventurous human, and their attitude is generally quite cold. The elven race is actually hard to get along with; it is entirely due to the mystical curiosity from the outside world that they have been romanticized by bards.
Soren even feels that the stubborn dwarves are easier to deal with than these elves!
There is a weapon shop in the village.
The blacksmith is a rather burly elf, with no elegance to speak of, hammering away with a clang. He is also wearing an apron. There is no race in this world that is naturally elegant; to eat, drink, and relieve themselves requires cultivating food, and to have clothing, food, and shelter requires various jobs. Elves also use their excrement to fertilize the land. Some druids who believe in the way of the earth even perform some seemingly dirty labor, viewing it as a form of cultivation.
Hmm.
This last point has indeed been influenced by the monks, especially the ascetics among them.
A long passage of time has bred a multitude of professional paths. Stagnation will only lead to gradual obsolescence. The Druid Order is currently a relatively powerful organization of spellcasters, with the enlightened faction even accepting shamanistic elemental ideas. The elf village where Soren resides falls within the domain of the earth doctrine, and at the center of the village stands an ancient stone pillar.
From this perspective, the world is still filled with boundless vitality!
The burly elf blacksmith glanced at Soren. The profession of blacksmith should not be underestimated; they are the steadfast middle class and a key area for profession advancement.
Those who dare to cause trouble in the weapon shop will always regret it in the end!
Soren naturally did not underestimate the blacksmith before him. After hammering iron for over a decade, he had essentially cultivated into a near warrior. He slightly nodded and said, “I want to purchase a high-quality curved blade. Price is not an issue.”
“A curved blade?” The burly elf blacksmith looked at him, casually pulling one from the back and handing it to him, saying, “How about this one?”
Whiteboard.
Soren didn’t even need to look closely; he took it and felt it was whiteboard equipment, and it was a bit lighter in weight.
He shook his head in disappointment, saying, “It’s too light. This hardness probably won’t withstand the force of combat; it might even break when dealing with werewolf’s weapons.”
The elf blacksmith looked at him again, then said, “That’s all I have.”
“I mainly make sickles and kitchen knives; otherwise, it’s long swords for the patrol guard. If you want a long sword, I still have a few decent ones.”
The patrol guard’s long swords?
Soren recalled that they seemed to use finely crafted products; can the blacksmith in front of him create finely crafted products?
Basically, one could create a first-tier extraordinary weapon using some special materials, and the elven forging techniques are quite good. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have forged two legendary curved blades in the Underdark. The blacksmith before him is definitely not a master-level forger, but creating a +1 curved blade should be possible, right?
High-level blacksmiths are rare; it’s not that their skills aren’t sufficient, but the key is that blacksmith masters are all high-level professionists!
Among them, there are even those who are concurrent wizards researching alchemy.
The one who once forged a legendary curved blade for Soren was a level 15 ranger/level 3 charismatic rogue/level 8 sorcerer—a definitely legendary level professionist. Furthermore, this guy is also a quarter-dragon bloodline.
His family once captured a shadow dragon.
The shadow dragon is not the key; the critical point is that this shadow dragon was male, so the evil drow imprisoned it.
They even used some special transformation spell to turn it into a human.
What followed doesn’t need much elaboration; what good deeds can drow do? A group of female drow kept it imprisoned for a long time, engaging in inappropriate activities every day until they successfully gave birth to a large number of half-dragon hybrids. When that male shadow dragon escaped, it nearly went insane, fighting its way through the drow, but some of the half-dragons survived.
The one who crafted a legendary curved blade for Soren is one of them!
Soren worked hard for him to forge the curved blade, even eliminating a candidate for a certain family matriarch.
The blacksmith in front of him naturally doesn’t have such high demands.
Soren glanced at him and tentatively asked, “If I bring you the materials, can you forge an extraordinary weapon?”
“Eh?”
The elf blacksmith looked at him, pondered for a moment, and then said in a deep voice, “If you have the materials, that’s definitely possible, but I don’t understand alchemy and cannot add element damage to it.”
That would suffice.
Soren no longer dared to hope for any element damage; that required one or two hundred points of alchemy to attach, and for him, being able to forge a +1 ordinary extraordinary curved blade is already very satisfying. There are plenty of third-rate blacksmiths, but those who can forge high-quality military products are quite rare, and even fewer can enchant with alchemy. The dwarves boast highly of their blacksmithing skills. Soren’s initial visit was to encounter high-level blacksmiths with forging skills of 150 to 250 points.
d*mn it, not a single presence capable of forging a third-tier legendary curved blade was found!
It seems dwarven words can’t be trusted too much.
These fellows boast when they drink, and their boasting isn’t reliable at all!
The elf blacksmith before him appears to be approaching middle age; at this age, he must have hammered iron for a long time. It is likely his forging skills exceed 200 points. Forging a first-tier extraordinary curved blade should be feasible.
Soren then spoke up, “What materials do you need? I’ll get them for you as quickly as possible.”
First-tier extraordinary materials are not uncommon.
Soren probably has high steel here; the shortcomings might be some other items.
“300 Gind,” the elf blacksmith said rather calmly, first glancing at Soren. He then took out a rough piece of paper and wrote a few items, saying, “Just find these few things; you can actually buy them from Priest Yero.”
Soren reached out to take it and glanced at it.
The items on it aren’t particularly rare, worth about 200 Gind; among them, the fluorspar is the easiest to find. Custom weapons are priced twice as high as used ones, and 500 Gind is within Soren’s acceptable range.
Thus, he readily agreed.
For a moment, he even felt a sense of emotion; having been in this world for so long, he can finally obtain an extraordinary weapon.
Although it’s merely a first-tier weapon, he is already satisfied.
At the very least, the custom curved blade can be crafted according to his standards, definitely more handy than the military-grade products he bought before. For a meticulous wanderer like him, the weapon must suit him best. Otherwise, it’s not difficult to buy a +1 long sword, spending a little more money would suffice. But the problem is, a 1.2-meter long sword and a 1.3-meter long sword are both long swords, but the feeling of holding them is completely different.
Wanderers are not as picky about weapons as warriors. The skills of warriors significantly reduce their weapon requirements.
With this business settled.
The elf blacksmith started working as soon as he received the deposit; he needed to refine the high steel first. Extraordinary weapons are forged using the skill of layering steel repeatedly, and the characteristic of elven forging is creating minute fish scale patterns during the hammering process. Dwarven forging techniques emphasize high hardness, while elven forging techniques emphasize good toughness, making their crafted weapons not easy to break.
Soren directly bought all the materials without much haggling and brought them here.
The elf blacksmith seemed to be quite enthusiastic about forging extraordinary weapons, and surprisingly lit the furnace overnight, stating he could complete the forging within three days. This was undoubtedly great news since, by then, Soren’s injuries would be nearly fully healed.
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(PS: I will upload the new model of the curved blade to Related Works later; once validated, you should be able to see it. You all are amazing! Floating Tower will add a chapter tomorrow!) (To be continued ~^~)
