BXBX NOVEL Chapter 1085: Preparing Everything Before the Competition
There were at least three more groups preparing things. One of them were the brothers, who only glared at us from afar without saying a word for now, they were preparing the smithy and sharpening their tools.
Every group was given materials, a blueprint of what to make, and also a smithy. However, tools and such had to be brought by the participants. We could also bring our own smithy, but nobody had the ability to do that, at least no NPC.
Of course, it was different with us, Players with an Inventory. We brought Ambil\'s whole smithy with us, and I gently placed it over the floor, connecting all the parts together.
These smithies were like huge, metallic chimneys crafted by the dwarves, they worked by feeding them magic crystals, usually the crystalized internal mana of monsters, or sometimes fire spirit stones, which were the most effective.
"It\'s done," said Mark. "It is completely assembled… Now what do we do?" he asked Ambil.
"It should be done for now," Ambil said, patting the old metal. "This Smithy belongs to my family; it has belonged to us for many generations. It is said to have been forged using dragon scales and also Black Mithril, one of the rarest types of Mithril only found in the depths of the earth."
"Interesting, is this why it is so strong and can handle any fire without melting?" I wondered.
"Indeed, the way it was even made… I am not even sure how it was properly done," he laughed. "To smelt such a metal that won\'t burn and melt against any fire is insane to me."
"Well, Lily can shape and transform ores, so perhaps they used alchemy and metal manipulation!" I said.
"Oh! Yeah, I had not thought about that, now that I think about it," Ambil nodded. "But to have such a high level of steel magic, that\'s incredible. Black Mithril is often said to be the steel of the gods, after all."
"That tough?!" I wondered. "I thought that was Orichalcum?"
"Yes, there are many types of divine metals. Orichalcum is perhaps one step ahead of Black Mithril," Ambil nodded. "Your weapon and your armor… Both have some Orichalcum on them. It is a metal that can only be created by the Gods though, unlike Black Mithril, it doesn\'t grow naturally."
"So the armor and the weapon I have… They were direct gifts from Gaia, right?" I said. "I suppose that\'s why they got some Mithril. I have always given them for granted, but both are amazing equipment\'s."
"Of course they are, hahaah! I would love to analyze them with more detail…" Ambil seemed rather interested in taking a look at them.
"Well, maybe for later… Anyways, I think I\'ve enhanced my connection with him enough to bring a part of his fire," I said. "Shall I summon him?"
"Sure, go ahead," Ambil nodded.
I walked towards the Black Mithril Smithy, which gained many eyes from the onlookers, both participants and the people around the chairs waiting for the competition to begin.
It was all thanks to a certain Skill I inherited from Hephaestus.
[Divine Forging Flame Spirit Furnace: Lv5]
A Unique Skill that cannot Level Up through Skill Points and will only Level Up through constant practice and improvement of the Hephaestus\' Successor Subclass.
Through the power of Hephaestus\' Divinity dwelling within you, you\'re capable of creating a Divine Contract with a Divine Forging Flame, which are Spiritual beings of their own, often referred as "Fire Souls".
By channeling the power of your Contracted Divine Forging Flames, you can summon a part of their bodies anywhere you go to both forge new items with them and to use to fight, albeit limitedly.
As this Skill Level Ups, the Contracted Divine Forging Flames become stronger, their Volume, Firepower, Mass, Divinity, Spirituality, and Quality increases by +125%.
By summoning their power, you can summon the Divine Forging Flame Spirit Furnace, a special Building that can be summoned and unsummoned at any time, which will grow larger the more Divine Hephaestus Smithies you find.
Contracted Divine Forging Flames:
[1: Ignis, the Third Divine Forging Flame Spirit] [Divine Hephaestus\' Blessing: Smelting Synthesis]
[2: ???]
[3: ???]
[4: ???]
At Level 1, I couldn\'t summon Ignis anywhere, but that was different now, after working so hard to make so many items with his powers, the Skill Level has increased to five!
And now, I think I could even summon him back on Earth!
But for now…
"Come, Ignis!"
FLUOSH!
An eruption of spiritual and divine flames emerged from my hands, quickly gathering into a powerful form, a genie made of crimson and orange flames, muscular and handsome.
"Oho! So you can now summon me outside of the smithy, isn\'t that nice?" he wondered.
"W-Woah!"
"What is that?!"
"A Spirit of Forging?!"
"Right! Now I recognize her… she had changed so much out of nowhere, that\'s Planta!"
"No way, it\'s her?! The hair color and everything looks so different!"
I guess I was fairly different than before now, after I evolved into Aeternitas.
"Ignis, can you stay inside the smithy? We\'re on a competition right now."
"Oh, so that\'s it! Planta, I would really appreciate if you, well, could elaborate and tell me these things beforehand, perhaps?"
"Hahah, my bad. I\'ll try to tell you beforehand next time!"
"Hah, very well."
He quickly flew inside the smithy, blazing with spiritual and divine flames.
FLASH!
The Black Mithril became slightly red, but did not melt at the end, it only got rather hot.
"I\'m ready to smelt anything you want!" he laughed. "Also, you can use my special abilities here too!"
Chapter Stay:
"Interesting…"
Perhaps if I can summon him IRL, I could make insane weapons, or enhance our already existing weapons!
Anyways, with preparations done, I quickly moved to assess my other items.
Skill Specialization Marble, Elixirs, and Skill Books, let\'s see…
Should I just use everything anyways?