Draco started working on the iron armor sets first.
Iron ingots needed to be lted and filtered before turning into a malleable form that could be shaped into whatever you were making it. However, Draco did not need to filter the iron ingots as he had refined them with a perfect trait.
They were at the highest point iron could reach, so there was really nothing more to do here. He directly lted them in the furnace until they beca very supple, allowing him to use his Three Pound Origin to begin the hamring and shaping.
This stage was a breeze for Draco, as his Three Pound Origin was far too overpowered for crafting sothing as simple as iron armor sets.
It was akin to using a laser sword to cut spiderwebs. Just how much hatred did you have for those poor webs that you would go so far?
Draco started with the chestplates first. Since he needed to make a set, he figured that the most arduous part should be done first. Well, it was usually arduous, but in this case it was just ti-consuming.
Draco spent over 15 hours of non-stop work on producing the iron armor sets, which had no enchantnts. After all, this particular Hidden Quest involved his skill as a blacksmith, not an enchanter.
Enchanting and Blacksmithing went hand-in-hand, like husband and wife. Still, they were each distinct fields of work that had their own difficulties and nuances.
He took the bulk of the 15 hours working on chestplates and greaves, the other parts taking far less ti and using up far fewer resources.
Efficiency due to high Tradeskill level wasn’t limited to the preparation stage. It was present in the action stage as well, with how many ingots of a mineral that one would need to craft a weapon or armor piece on average against their level.
In other words, if soone needed 2 ingots to make a set of pauldrons, one could use just a single one, or even half of an ingot, depending on how high their Tradeskill level was contrasted with the rarity of the mineral and the rarity of the armor being made.
Another example was trying to make a Rare armor set with no enchantnts. One would need to use a Rare tal to craft it, like Adamantium. If one wasn’t at least, Master Rank in Blacksmithing (level 61-80), they could forget about hoping to achieve 100% success rate, much less high efficiency.
As a high level blacksmith in the Master Rank, i.e level 75-80, one would have the maximal efficiency with Rare tals. This would also include their forging success rate for Rare items.
So while using fewer ingots of the Rare Rank to craft an item of any rarity, it would also take fewer to craft a Rare equipnt piece specifically.
After all, one could use only Rare tals to craft a piece of equipnt and end up making an Uncommon item that was really strong for its rank, but not a Rare item. Crafting items of a certain Rank had its own difficulty, which was separate from using materials of a certain Rank to craft anything at all.
(Author’s Note: If you’re still confused, don’t worry. I’ll explain more about it when we encounter new Tradeskills in the future.)
As such, Draco had used far fewer iron ingots to make these iron armors than a level 20 Amateur blacksmith would. Out of the almost 1200 ingots he had, he had only used less than 400 to craft a hundred 5-piece iron armor set with a weapon.
｢Iron Sword – One handed sword
Rank: Common
Atk spd: 0.2
Dmg: 9-16
Effect: None｣
｢Iron B.r.e.a.s.tplate – Chest Plate
Rank: Common
Def: 25
Effect: None｣
｢Iron Pauldrons – Pauldrons (2)
Rank: Common
Def: 9
Effect: None｣
｢Iron Arm Guards – Arm Guards (2)
Rank: Common
Def: 9
Effect: None｣
｢Iron Greaves – Greaves
Rank: Common
Def: 25
Effect: None｣
Even the basic na showed exactly how elentary this set was. Draco didn’t try to be fancy in anyway, he followed the blueprint of the basic armor set style to the letter. The difference was that he had been much more efficient in his crafting and the items possessed slightly better effects than most others of the sa tier.
Draco put these away and didn’t even take a break before he started lting the steel ingots. Making iron armor sets was not a challenge in anyway to him, though it was tedious. The old him would have had to take many breaks during the process, but his rebuilt bloodline body had almost limitless stamina and vitality.
His mind was on the sa level as his body with his Dark Angel Inheritance, which focused on beauty and psychic abilities. His mind was not sothing that could be easily worn down by stress anymore.
Unlike with the iron ingots where Draco could begin hamring away, he had only refined these particular steel ingots at the Exquisite quality, which was only one level below Perfect.
Still, anything below Perfect needed to be filtered before use. Draco had managed to circ.u.mvent this when making the Dragorugio sets because Orichalc.u.m was a magical ore with properties that eliminated impurities.
Steel, while incredibly useful for all purposes, was not magical in anyway.
Draco spent another three hours filtering all 120 ingots of steel into the best possible state. Filtration did not increase an ingot’s quality level, just made it less likely to create problems in the finished product when the forging was complete.
After the filtration was complete, Draco began work on the proper forging. His unleashed his Three Pound Origin technique to its fullest, and what a wonderful technique it was.
Since it was created based on Draco’s use of Control, it had naturally beco stronger when his body had been rebuilt and his Control had strengthened. It hadn’t broken into new level, still staying at rank 3 of 10.
Still, Draco did have to put in so effort with these sets. Unlike the iron sets, steel was at his crafting level, aning he had no efficiency support, only 82.5% basic success rate which was boosted to 100% with the help of his title and Mystic Fla.
He wanted to squeeze out his skill as a forr Master Rank Blacksmith in his past life to forcefully increase efficiency without relying on stats and assistance from the ga.
This was like being a child and trying to benchpress 20kg weights.
His ntal and physical stamina was impressive, but he still began to sweat lightly. Draco had stamina, but that was a passive benefit. Since he couldn’t properly use any of his Inheritances actively, they were limited when it ca to actively assisting him.
If we were to quantify his ntal stamina, it would be 300 points, where a normal human male or female had 10 points. His ntal resistance however, would be 30 where the normal human male or female had 10 points.
It was lower not because the Inheritance was weaker, but because he simply didn’t know how to use it well. He could easily achieve higher levels of stamina and resistance with training.
As such, since his resistance was barely higher than others, the strain from trying to overco a herculean task that was only made easy with the help of the system began to eat at his mind.
Draco fought on and fought hard. Every strike of his hamr was rapidly calculated ten tis before his hand could even land on it. His movent speed outside of combat was outrageous, but his enhanced mind coupled with the Pinnacle Intelligence passive skill that he got from King made his mind even faster.
Naturally, Draco made mistakes as he went, but he quickly corrected them. This was due to a mixture of his analytical abilities, his talent and most importantly, the Insight passive skill that Roma gave him.
Draco’s skill acquisitions seed random and very compartntalized, but the truth was that they were extrely useful to him at all tis and in many different areas that weren’t initially intended.
By the ti he had finished the chest plate of the 12th armor set of the 30 he needed to make, Draco had reduced his ingot requirent from 4 ingots per set to 3 ingots per set.
It didn’t seem like much, but it was a great improvent on his own.
Draco breathed out heavily and close his eyes for a bit as he felt the special feeling of success.
It was an incredibly gratifying to be able to improve your skill in a certain field that was very vocational. When an artist got better at drawing, or a writer got better at writing, the feeling of success and confidence it gave them was much different from being told your were handso or beautiful.
Roma, who had been watching Draco work in utter silence, suddenly moved forward and ripped a piece of her dress to wipe off his sweat. She didn’t have any napkins or handkerchiefs, so she made do.
Draco simply smiled and gave Roma an appreciative glance. His sweat would not stick to his skin and roll off him in ti, but she had ripped a part of her attire, which was the only thing reminding her of her ho and her people, just to wipe his sweat.
This spoke volus about the importance of Draco to Roma, and he greatly appreciated and trusted her because of that.
Re-invigorated by the presence of Roma, Draco resud working hard on the steel sets, his hamr smashing into the ingots with such power and vigor that one’s heart felt constricted.
It was as if what he was pounding wasn’t tal, but one’s own heart instead!
Draco spent more than 6 hours finishing all the steel armor sets. When he was done, he inspected each and every one of them to make sure the quality was consistent throughout.
｢Steel Sword – One handed sword
Rank: Uncommon
Atk spd: 0.8
Dmg: 16-24
Effect: Damage boost 5%｣
｢Steel B.r.e.a.s.tplate – Chest Plate
Rank: Uncommon
Def: 80
Effect: Defense boost 5%｣
｢Steel Pauldrons – Pauldrons (2)
Rank: Uncommon
Def: 30
Effect: Defense boost 3%｣
｢Steel Arm Guards – Arm Guards (2)
Rank: Uncommon
Def: 30
Effect: Defense boost 3%｣
｢Steel Greaves – Greaves
Rank: Uncommon
Def: 80
Effect: Defense boost 5%｣
Uncommon equipnt pieces usually had at least one effect due to the nature of the material used. Coupled with Draco’s skill and Three Pound Origin, not only were the sets stronger than those of the sa type, even the effects were noticeably better too.
If an absolutely normal, yet perfect Steel Armor set would be given an A , Draco’s Steel Armor set would be given an S because it went slightly above what a perfect Steel Armor set would possess in terms of quality.
Draco nodded his head with satisfaction and put these sets aside.
Then his face hardened as he brought out the 7 Mithril Ingots from his inventory. They way he looked at them was no different from a man heading to his final battle with his arch-nesis after saying ’I love you’ to his woman.
It was a bit comical, but Draco was absolutely serious.
Making a Rare set would be easier than making the Dragorugio sets which had been Semi-Epic with his much higher level. Not to ntion that his body was no longer easily weakened like before.
However, the true difficulty of making a unique Mithril set was compound.
Firstly, he had fewer materials to work with. He had only 7 ingots and with his current level, there was a penalty to efficiency since he was at the Elite Rank when Rare items/equipnt crafting was aid for those in the Expert ranks (level 41-60). This was why he strained himself with the Steel Armor sets, because it would allow him to lay a foundation for working with this set.
Secondly, he had limited materials to work with. If he only had 7 ingots but could acquire more from sowhere, it would be stressful, but manageable. Here’s the case where 7 ingots was all he had in every way. Nothing, not even a single extra ore, would be available to him in anyway. Once he ssed up, that was it.
Thirdly, Mithril was not like Orichalc.u.m which had magical potency. Mithril was a more physical tal that had the trait of impenetrability. Since that was so, enchanting it would be three tis harder than when Draco had done so for the Dragorugio set.
Of course, to make a unique set, one would have to have enchantnts on it. There was no circ.u.mventing that.
The good news was that Draco’s body and mind were strong, and his Blacksmithing level had grown from 33, 39% to 35, 86%. It wasn’t a huge leap, but every bit helped, especially in regards to the penalty on efficiency.
Draco began by filtering the Mithril, but this ti he used Worldly Energy as the base. He filled the tal ingots with much of it as he could, taking away hidden impurities and increasing its strengths while suppressing the weaknesses.
When the filtration was over, Draco placed the ingots into the furnace and began working on them after they beca malleable. His Three Pound Origin Technique was used to its fullest, his complete focus brought to bear.
Unlike before, all the Worldly Energy of the area was brought to his side as it acted like an assistant, constantly making sure every step was perfected as he went through them.
It took Draco less than an hour to finish the set with the help of the Worldly Energy, but he had to close his eyes and take a few deep breathes to alleviate his ntal strain.
Still, he was only halfway done at best. Now ca the truly worriso part, which was the Enchanting.
Draco once again called all the Worldly Energy to bear as he began to draw runes in the air. He didn’t even need to move his hands or anything, the runes just converged together the air as the Worldly Energy was pulled into lines and symbols that were too esoteric for the common man to comprehend.
Enchanting was separated into Naming, Power and Execution. Naming dealt with the definition of the item being enchanted. So for a sword - Sin. For a dagger - Tse. For a chestplate - Dura and so on.
Power dealt with the source of power for the enchantnt. If one wanted it to be an elent like fire it would be Huo. If one wanted it to be an aspect like durability, it would be Den.
Execution was the challenge though, since enchanters would use this point to state how the enchantnts would function, any mistake here would ruin the enchantnt and possibly, the equipnt itself.
One had to be very clear as to what they were doing, which was why Draco had spent soti visualizing what he wanted to do before he started crafting.
His aim was to make an enchantnt of reflection, which would reflect so damage received to the attacker.
The Naming was easy. Whether it was for the chestplates or the pauldrons or any other part, he simply drew their relevant rune. For the Power, he drew the aspect rune of reflection - Debain.
For the naming, he chose Omno Jero Rera - Omni-directional return strike. This was so that no matter which angle you attacked from, the enchantnt would be able to return so of the damage back to the sender.
Of course, such a thing required a lot of power, so Draco had to pull out 10 dium grade soul stones to power the enchantnt, which was double what he needed to power the enchantnt for the Dragorugio Semi-Epic sets.
After filling them up, Draco took a deep breath and chose to rge the enchantnt with the Mithril Armor set.
The mont the runes fell on the armor pieces, they began to tremble and shake, like a person who was bound by a large snake. It was as if the armor rejected the enchantnt and wanted to get it off, but the enchantnt was too strong for it to break free of.
This directly weakened the enchantnt, so Draco had so supplent its wasted energy with more soul stones. By the ti the Mithril Armor set had gone silent and accepted the imposition of the enchantnt, he had burned another 3 dium grade soul stones away.
Draco breathed and audible sigh and relief as the sweat fell off him, his chest moving up and down a bit heavily.
That crafting process had drained his energy away and left him more than tired. However, the results were great!
｢Congratulations on creating new set: Unnad (Mithril)(Rare)
Rewards:
95% Exp
100 gold
150 reputation with the Tradeskill Association｣
Draco’s level directly rose to 60% of level 20, and his three stat points were sent into Strength, bringing it from 10 to 13.
He decided to na the Mithril Set after its future owner.
｢Lokthar – Chest Plate
Rank: Rare
Def: 1500
Effect: Defense boost 50%, Damage reflection 50%｣
｢Lokthar – Pauldrons (2)
Rank: Rare
Def: 500
Effect: Defense boost 25%, Damage reflection 25%｣
｢Lokthar – Arm Guards (2)
Rank: Rare
Def: 500
Effect: Defense boost 25%, Damage reflection 25%｣
｢Lokthar – Greaves
Rank: Rare
Def: 500
Effect: Defense boost 50%, Damage reflection 50%｣
｢Lokthar – Cloak
Rank: Rare
Def: 25
Effect: Defense boost 12%, Damage reflection 12%｣
｢Lokthar – Set Equipnt (5 piece)
Rank: Rare
Effect;
- With 2 pieces equipped: Grant the passive skill ’Rebound’
- With 3 pieces equipped: 15% Defense
- With 4 pieces equipped: 10% Physical Resistance
- With 5 pieces equipped: Grant the active skill ’Impenetrable Rush’｣
｢Rebound – Passive skill
Physical Damage Reflection 10%
Magical Damage Reflection 10%｣
｢Impenetrable Rush – Active skill
Effect: Dash forward at 3x tis your movent speed and inflict 200% physical damage to anything in your path. Stamina cost is quintupled.
Duration: 10 seconds
Cooldown: 15 minutes｣
(Author’s Note: The contents of chapter 30 have been completely overhauled due to repeated bashing from alpha males.
Please find ti to re-read chapter 7 (setting up shop) and chapter 30 (Two in one chapter - hatred and reconciliation) because they introduce new elents that are important.)
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