Chapter 11: Old Smith, The Unknown Blacksmith
Chapter 10: Grand Chase
Creating his escape plan, Liu Yang began to put it into practice. First, he wears the black cloak that covered his whole body, then he looked at the clock, and saw that it was not yet time, and Liu Yang lay in bed for a while and slept.
After a few hours, when Liu Yang woke up, he saw that it was almost three in the morning, and got up from the bed and straightened his black robe, after looking out the window carefully, he saw a crowd of players coming and going with everyone types and equipment, selling, buying. Realizing that there were a lot of players who were wearing the black cloak equal to him, Liu Yang decided to start putting the plan into practice.
Activating the Return Scroll, Liu Yang returned to the center of the city, he went to the shipping stone and checked which places were available, Liu Yang selected the "City of Steel", one of the big cities that were subordinate to the Lands of Fire, and called the Blacksmiths' Temple, this place was where about 50% of the items were forged, but forging it is necessary to find the right blacksmith for the service.
The stones shone and covered Liu Yang's body, the trip was instantaneous. After arriving in the City of Steel, Liu Yang saw was a vision similar to what he saw previously, but there was much more frenetic and alive, it is not for nothing that was called the second largest city with money movement of the human kingdom, and only lost to the Winds Association, where was the largest trade of various items of the human kingdom.
But these two places only counted the human kingdom, but there is a place where they surpassed the four great kingdoms together, the name of the place was "Federation of Independent States", as the name itself says, it was a place that was not subordinated to any power, it was a neutral zone, the place gathered people of all races, there the only things that mattered were: wealth and power; in that place, if you do not have these two attributes, you were nothing.
The City of Steel was divided into three zones, the first zone was the place where there were the houses and restaurants, the second zone was the commercial area in general, the third zone was the site of the forge that was at the base of a great volcano extinct. The city looked like a triangle with the tip headed back to the volcano.
Going to the first zone to search for hosting, Liu Yang chose a lodging based on a rumor that had spread a long time ago. Where one of the inn's workers was an old man who was always asleep, but it was not as simple as it sounds, it's because he had the same name as a famous blacksmith who produced a legendary 10th level weapon that was found by one of the great shots of the human kingdom.
So began their search for the blacksmith, the great shots found him after much searching but never found anything that could prove the theory. One thing the great shots was right, was that there was a relationship between the old blacksmith and the family of the Lords of the Lands of Fire since in the description of the weapon said it was made for some of the past generations of the Lords of the Lands of Fire.
Finding the hosting of the rumors, Liu Yang came in and saw a counter with an old man sleeping behind it.
"What does the young adventurer want?" Looking at the old man who asked the question suddenly, Liu Yang checked the old man's name on the nameplate, "Smith"; this was the name of the unknown old blacksmith, he was an old man full of white hair, thin where you could see even the bones, it seemed that he would not last for a few seconds alive.
(It's him!!!!)
"I'm looking for a teacher to teach me the forge arts." Finishing his speech, under the black cloak, Liu Yang understood the hand that was closed, and then opening it, he showed old Smith the keystone, which he had received to enter the mountains, for a moment, before storing again.
Seeing the item in the hands of the unknown person, old Smith is surprised but does not demonstrate it, taking a key from the drawer and giving it to Liu Yang, before speaking.
"Here's the key to your room."
Ding ...
"Quest: Old Smith's Apprentice - Description: Old Smith does not accept any type of apprentice, before becoming an official apprentice, it is necessary to pass a test before.
Level: D. Requirement: Be a friend of the Lord of Lands of Fire family and have something that shows their trust. Reward: Become an official apprentice of old Smith."
"Accept - Decline"
(It seems my theory was not wrong.) Liu Yang's theory was that to get anything from old Smith it was necessary to have some connection with the Lord of the Lands of Fire family and could not be superficial. It seems that he was right, the item he received from Miss Veola was not simple.
"Thank you, sir."
Ding ...
"Quest Accepts"
"Have a nice rest."
Taking the key and heading toward the room, Liu Yang saw that the room was not a room, but a small refining room with a small bed near the wall, several plates of various types of metal scattered on the floor, There were several forging tools such as hammer, anvil, pliers, sandpaper, and so on.
Liu Yang noticed that there was a piece of paper on the table, looking, he saw the following message.
"Rest tonight, tomorrow will begin your test, take all the metal pile in the room and refine, I need at least one refining successfully, the forging method is written behind the paper, you have two weeks to complete the task."
Turning the paper, Liu Yang saw the following message.
"Take the metal, take it to the furnace, let it warm up, take it off, start hammering it until all the impurities come out."
Finishing to read, Liu Yang almost cursed old Smith.
"Fuck... This is nothing but general knowledge that most people would have"
Looking at the time of the quest, Liu Yang decided to skip the next classes to do the forging quest, tidying the room first, he arranged the materials and equipment in order before starting, thinking of stopping just to sleep and eat. After arranging everything, Liu Yang began his work.
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Meanwhile, at the entrance to the lodge, a small line had formed in the interior, old Smith was handing the keys one by one, when it came to a pale young woman who looked rather fragile, with her black hair up to the neck, light eyes, fine-tuned nose, small mouth, and thin lips, with a height of five feet, she made the same gesture as Liu Yang, but the item she delivered was a kind of rolled parchment for old Smith.
Old Smith looked at the parchment, took a key, and handed it to the young woman.
"Have a good rest young lady." Saying this and seeing that there was no one else in the queue, old Smith picked up a wooden plaque that had the following words written: "Turn Shift, Please Wait".
After doing this, the old man went to some place in the back of the lodge. Moments later, a beautiful young woman appeared who was dressed as a maid and sat in the old Smith's seat.
Looking at the situation, the sick young woman cannot help rejoicing, walking up to the room, she noticed that it was very common, looking more carefully saw a paper on the table with the following message "It's not your time still, turn the paper and leave it where it was." After reading it, she was furious.
"It cannot be ... Someone has been able to activate a quest with him before. Anyone who dares steal our work will definitely be dead!!"
Leaving the lodge, the sick young woman went to the other hosting, going straight to the third floor and knocking on the door. The door was opened by a low figure, when the figure saw who was the person on the other side, he made a gesture of respect and invited her to enter. When she entered, she looked at everyone and spoke.
"I want you to gather everyone who's been watching old Smith's hosting in the last week to this day." That said, a group of seven people lines up. After the group was assembled, the young woman spoke again.
"I want to know who were the last people who came in the last few days. I want every possible detail of these people."
They each told their vision of that day, told about every person and every gesture they made. There were a total of twenty suspicious people, seven people with black cloaks that covered their faces and bodies, thirteen who were using the equipment. As the sick young woman searched, the sky was clearing.
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Returning to the Lands of Fire...
As the sun rose and the sky brightened, a crowd formed in front of and inside the lodging, old Break Times, Tears the Sky and Arrow were in front of Liu Yang's room, they were waiting for him, but like no one left even after knocking on the door several times. They decided to call a maid to try to open the door.
The maid asked in front of the door, "Young adventurer, it's time for breakfast", but no one answered, trying to turn the door handle, saw that the door was open, opened it, everyone saw that the room was empty, the faces of the old Break Times, Tears on Sky and Arrow could not help but be distorted with anger.
"We were fooled!!" That's what they thought the moment they saw the scene.
When a person who was also looking for Liu Yang saw that the room was empty, he screamed.
"The mysterious young man disappeared !!!!!! He ran-away!!!!!!"
After this speech, local went into a complete uproar, an angry mob was preparing for a hunt, the city was fully guarded, it seemed even a siege scene, but it was not, it was just that a player who managed to cheat more than thirty hundred of the great shots of the human kingdom.
Reward bids have been placed for any useful information about Liu Yang, some great shots have put the following message prominently in the official community of New Earth: "Any useful information about the whereabouts of the mysterious young person will get the reward of ten gold coin."
The group put a photo of Liu Yang in the message, but it was impossible to relate Ward's picture to Liu Yang because their faces were different, and neither of them knew the name of Liu Yang inside the game. Players could put faces different from real life, this was to be safer in certain cases. So, Liu Yang's face was very different from his version in the game.
When the information was posted, more than 70% of the players were in fervor, because it was ten gold coins, for most of them, it was a lot of money. So the places next to the Lands of Fire began to get full of players looking for Liu Yang, the mysterious young man.
But what they did not even realize was that the place where Liu Yang was about a hundred miles away, if they were to use the transport stone, would cost only two silver coins.
Without knowing what was going on abroad, Liu Yang set about refining the metals of old Smith's quest.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone