Kyros began to gather all the spare swords used in the training sessions and also took the anvil that the rcenaries brought with them.
Kyros sat by the campfire and hamred away at the many swords.
The rcenary with basic blacksmithing skills accompanied Kyros to see what the young lord planned to do.
But as he saw Kyros hamring away, he was rather impressed.
"Lord Kyros. You have such skill!" The rcenary praised.
"Is my form alright?" Kyros asked.
"Compared to the style my family has, it is a bit inferior. But your strikes are rather accurate." The rcenary gave an honest assessnt.
"Can you teach the proper way to hamr and the form as well?" Kyros asked.
The rcenary happily obliged, and the two began to discuss more about blacksmithing.
Kyros had learned a ton of theoretical knowledge. While he was able to create the Dark Armguards, he knew his hamring skills needed a lot of work. And this was exactly what he needed.
The night passed, and even the rcenary went to sleep, but Kyros stayed up late at night hamring away. When he noticed that everyone was asleep, he then brought out the Basic Earth Core.
"Hmm... While I can't easily wield Earth Energy, this Basic Earth Core should have enough energy to help add so added magic effect on this, right?" Kyros wondered.
And suddenly, Kyros summoned the Basic Earth Core.
He then began to channel the sword, and with the newly learned hamring skills, he began to hamr away.
The power of Earth was sent to the hamr that Kyros wielded, and he began to strike away.
mories of the Celestial Code appeared, and while Kyros could not fully grasp it, he was sohow able to send the energy into the hamr.
[Earth Artificer Job acquired.]
The notification appeared.
Kyros kept channeling the energy, and after several twenty-so strikes, the magic in the Earth Core was drained.
Kyros sent the item back and looked at the stats.
"It didn't recover the MP. So it has to be in the temple..." Kyros then sent the Basic Earth Core from the Inventory and willed it to appear inside the temple area. Kyros used one of the back areas of the temple where no one could notice it. The Earth Core began to recharge, and Kyros continued hamring without the Earth Magic.
After a minute, the Earth Core had been recharged, and Kyros summoned it back to himself and continued hamring.
The theories of Calaminus were being applied, and Kyros was even able to add his variation.
"Impressive. Having experience wielding the Celestial Code has given you a basic understanding of Earth. While you can't create it, you can redirect it. Pretty soon, you'd be able to wield it!" Calaminus praised.
Kyros was silent and continued to concentrate on improving the spare swords of the rcenaries.
"Wow. So much effort for your rcenaries." Calaminus teased.
"I've seen war and lost my n in battle. I don't want that to happen. And while expending great amounts of gold is reckless to outfit my n, these things that also contribute to my training are perfect. I'm afraid, Calaminus. I'm afraid of losing everyone again. Success Limiter. That is the curse that is befalling . And while I have ways to survive the fangs of Fate, these people do not have that luxury." Kyros explained.
"Well, at the very least, you have a way to protect your family now."
"I'm not so sure about that. I can feel it now. The call of Fate and how it wants to kill . Its attack is getting stronger."
"Impossible. You just have the Success Limiter. What you have is Apathy of Fate. This ans Fate neither hates nor loves you."
"Yes. But my actions have already changed things! Success Limiter is working double ti because I am getting successful! Look at what I've accheived! Fate is adjusting itself to hinder . It is apathetic of , which ans I won't get any fated benefits. Fate's favor won't shine on because of this curse. But yet, the Fate that I have to ti travel is sothing that clearly shows great favor. The gods and fallen who created this temple had found the ans to bypass Fate or outsmart it. But rember what my mother said."
"Fate's power has its limits..." Calaminus recalled what the goddess said to Kyros.
"Yes. And so, Fate is compensating. The Limit of Fate is swinging to the other side of the pendulum because I am succeeding. It will try to stop ."
"I see. Wow. You are finally learning what Fate is about! Wait... That ans your Soul Console is working!"
"Yes. For so strange reason, I can now feel Fate's changes. Let check my Soul Console." Kyros willed it, and the black screen was displayed once more.
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Soul Console 1.43
Current Soul Tasks:
Origin Absorption- Level 2
ALERT! Spirit Shackle is limiting the rate of origin absorption. Next Soul Force increase: 13 days.
Soul Unsealing- Level 1
Estimated ti of decreasing Spirit Shackle's strength by a discernible margin: 344 years.
God Unsealing- Level 1
Estimated ti of decreasing strength of all god seals: Unknown.
Devil Unsealing- Level 1
Estimated ti of decreasing strength of all devil seals: Unknown.
Celestial De-Code- Level 1
Estimated ti of decoding the Celestial Code: 587 years.
Fate Comprehension- Level 1
Estimated ti of decoding the Celestial Code: Unknown.
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"Incredible! Your Origin Absorption has grown stronger! It can fight the seal in your body!"
"Celestial De-code now displays an estimate. I guess wielding the Earth elent helped my body rember and is now trying hard to understand how to use Earth. And Fate Comprehension has finally changed. Instead of a failed task, it now shows an unknown ti estimate..." Kyros noted the changes.
"When my foster father arrives in the days to co, I'll just hurry to get them to bring all of the Steele clan here. I try to ensure that everyone gets a level-up, and then I'll tell my father and uncle to send for the kingdom. Let's see how Fate plays his cards. Will he allow the wicked n to co here which will benefit ? Does Fate know that I am the temple? Or has my mother found a way to deceive them?"
"Hey! Now that I think about it, you're right! The temple has a way to slow down the process of Fate. And if it can, why can't Fate target the temple? Is it because it's an inanimate object? What an interesting theory."
"We'll see where this goes." Kyros continued to hamr away. When it was three hours until the alarm would sound, Kyros dragged his tired body and slept in the temple and while activating Pronto.
Aron was already awake even before the temple alarms resounded. Although he had woken up several tis during the night as Kyros kept hamring on and on, he was generally well-rested thanks to the temple.
The first thing he did was observe the swords that Kyros spent all night working on.
"I wonder if Kyros repaired the spare swords?" He retrieved one of the swords and unsheathed it.
"Not bad. He repaired the dents! And here I thought we'd have a safer sparing match with these blunt swords." Aron laughed and took a closer look at the swords.
His smiling expression slowly faded as he realized the strength of the sword.
"What did my nephew do to these swords?!" He finally shouted.
"Lord Aron? What happened?" The rcenary blacksmith was stunned at Aron's shout.
"These swords!"
"Lord Aron, did Lord Kyros make a mistake? I can assure you that his skills are good enough to repair the spares!"
"Good enough to repair?! These swords are stronger than your real swords! What good enough to repair!?"
Aron cursed as he showed them the swords.
The amazed rcenaries looked at it, and even the one who thought Kyros so tricks were tongue-tied.
The alarm soon rang, and Kyros awoke.
"Good morning." He greeted happily.
Aron, however, looked at Kyros and imdiately raised the swords up.
"How did you do this? Those were spare swords that we bought with cheap change! And now these things are... how?"
Kyros looked at the stats of the swords as he was confused. All he did last night was make sure that the swords were repaired.
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Definitely not a Spare Sword
Attack: 32
Durability: 30
Can channel Earth magic.
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Kyros was shocked at the sword stats. The average swords had an attack power of 20. Aron's sword was at 38, and this was considered a top-tier sword among nobles! And if Aron knew that the sword could be used to channel Earth magic, he'd be bewildered. Wizards, battlemages, and other spell casters will love this sword and pay a great price to acquire it!
The rcenaries had swords that the blacksmiths of the Steele clan worked on, and they had an attack of 25 to 29. The small gap of 29 to 30 was the dividing line from normal swords to magic swords. Unless powerful steels were used, average swords crafted by average tals could only go as high as 29.
Kyros managed to change the spare swords that were at 24 and brought it up to 32.
"Oof. How are you going to explain this, Kyros? I thought you knew what you were doing." Calaminus laughed.
"I didn't check the stats! Who knew it would beco like this!" Kyros cursed.
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