Pulling a few ingots from his 'Item Box' Lumas exhaled a deep breath as he unsheathed Shadowsteel, Placing the sword that has been with him for quite a long time on a plaque Lumas began to heat the ingots, the Ingots were simply some Elunium. A material not much better than steel but under oridecon, slowly he began to beat on the heated metal focusing his intent and mana. Hidden behind a veil of mana Yggy curiously watched, not many of the raceswere capable of wielding mana to a degree even somewhat comparable to what Lumas was able to...let alone humans, the least talented in wielding mana. It seemed to bend to his Will, something that even Yggy was unable to do when she was the master of the origin.
Slowly the ingot began to take shape, the sword that was slowly being forged could only be described as ordinary, taking the shape of a longsword with a basic crossguard. Setting the blade aside to cool Lumas began pulling various magic stones from a sheet of black unceremoniously tossing them into a mortar, next he pulled out a vial of golden liquid which happened to be the blood of Amphisbaena mixed with a few trace amounts of his Ichor and balanced with mana, pouring the whole vial into the mortar Lumas took a pestle and began breaking down the magic stones
The mixture of powderized magic stones and the vial of blood began to form a sort of thick reddish-black liquid with a hint of gold, putting it to the side to let it settle. Lumas returned to the sword, moving it to the enchanting table. Grabbing a brush from the side Lumas took the mixture and began inscribing various inscriptions into the blade, the inscriptions took the shape of thorny vines interlinking across the blade. As he finished Lumas poured his mana into the blade beginning the process over again this time etching them into the blade itself.
Nearly 4 hours have passed and Lumas was on his tenth pass the blade itself looked like it had waves coursing through it as the inscriptions overlay each other, bringing the sword back to the forge he started heating it back up before his hammer fell once again
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Welf Crozzo, A boy who ran from his imprisonment… his home… in hopes of joining the Hephaestus Familia and making a name separate from his family by forging equipment unlike any other, but yet his curse of a family name followed him everywhere. He couldn't even count the amount of people that have seemed him out only to ask for a magic weapon, something he swore to never forge again. Not after seeing how devastating they could be on the frontlines, he was always told it was for the greater good but how?
However as he looked at the sword in front of him he couldn't help but be shocked, a magic sword with no magic… such a thing was beyond beautiful in his eyes, those that want Magic Swords only want them to showcase strength far above their own, but this… this is something that Welf strives for
"Who forged this?" He couldn't stop his curiosity he needed to know
"Lumas Freycliff, His 'Blacksmith' skill isn't that far ahead of yours either" Welf couldn't believe Hephaestus' words the creator of 'The Scar' forged a weapon like this, slowly his thoughts began to drift he has heard rumors that he was a decent blacksmith but those were cast out into the shadows by the ones surrounding his strength…
"No your wrong, His weapons didn't create The Scar, he managed that with his own power" Hephaestus chuckled as she watched Welf's expression mellow, yet she continued "Actually, now that I think about it you two are awfully similar… He has a few weapons in my shops. When they sell I'll have you deliver his payment, make sure to greet him properly. His insights into forging are quite useful. Tsubaki's sudden change in forging methods were because of him I believe"
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Bell was currently solo in the dungeon, Harley and Franx had previously agreed to enter the dungeon with their previous party and Bell didn't want to impede so he went off on his own, He was able to push himself to the 3rd floor without using '100 Illusioned Movements' but it was quite a bit more difficult than he assumed, swinging his halberd bisecting a goblin he twisted it as he thrusted forward ending a kobolds charge before it could start, rapid sloppy footsteps sounded out from behind him flicking his halberd into a great axe he snapped around robbing the goblin of its head. Hurriedly back stepping Bell narrowly avoided a Kobolds claws, deciding now wasn't the best time to be careless he used '100 Illusioned Movements', his steps seemed to blur as each step seemed to cross that same distance as 3 previously, his arms moved in a manner that seemed impossible to follow. This was a skill that Lumas couldn't see through, how could goblins and kobalds compare?
Whenever Bell killed a monster he felt a stream of strength flow into him ever so slightly boosting his stats, he couldn't be sure as he hadn't had his status updated but he felt as if this was normal and didn't want to ask in case it was normal making himself look dumb in the process… little did he know, it was far from normal…
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As Lumas finished wrapping the hilt of the sword in rough leather he felt as if he broke through quickly he thought about his status
[!Ding!]
[Lumas Freycliff
Pantheon: Unnamed
Familia: Unnamed (God: Lumas Freycliff)
Title: The Keeper
Race: God-Blood (Perfected)
Level 2
STR: 1001-S END: 1357-S
DEX: 1000-S AGI: 1002-S
MAG: Zenith
Skills: Item Box (S), Equivalent Exchange (S), Test of Will (A)
Developmental Skills: Blacksmith (B -> A), Reforge (B), Embodiement of Magic (EX), Reset (EX)
Magic: Magic Bestowel (EX), Magic Mimic (EX), Genesis Flames (Zenith)
(Available Next Level Up: Swordsman, Sword Dance, Consecutive Hit, Mixing)
Familia Members: Lumas Freycliff, Bell Cranel]
Lumas began jumping around the forge in joy, he finally did it… HE FINALLY BROKE THROUGH. Taking a few moments to relish in his victory Lumas slowly began to calm down taking a second to carefully inspect the sword
[Unnamed (Low)
A sword forged by a blacksmith at a bottleneck, This sword was forged to be as ordinary as possible but yet the sword's edge is sharp and the intent held within even sharper.
•Hidden Edge (A): Despite how dull the blade may seem, the edge will always cut
•Breakthrough (I): The weapon holding this enchantment will never be held back, its piercing capabilities are untold]
Lumas cursed internally, why can't he just make a normal weapon for once, even the ones he is having Hephaestus sell are out of the ordinary. One was so sharp it was dull… like how is that possible? However that blade was still deadly, despite being 'dull' it could cut most things when properly maintained. Looking at the sword in his hands a frown came to his face as he began grinding the edge away, no need to have it sharp if it's going to cut anyways...