CLANG!
"Fuuuuh..."
TANG!
"Fuuu..."
TINK!
tallic sounds clashing with each other echoed across the huge but simple workshop every second.
"Fuuuuu..."
A man holding a not-so-huge nor well-designed hamr was continuously slamming it down on a black and curious sword blade in front of him.
TING!
Sparks flew near him every ti his hamr made contact with the blade.
TING!
His hamring was neither strong nor weak, and he was precisely striking the black blade at specific spots and parts of it.
But it’s to be noted that from another’s point of view, he’s just carelessly and aimlessly hamring the blade in front of him.
TINK!
"Fuuuuuh..."
The man was taking deep breaths between each clash to maintain his concentration and consciousness.
SWAAAH~!
His concentration was indeed admirable, as it seed like he wasn’t feeling or even seeing the raging fire from the huge blast furnace in front of him that wanted to engulf him!
SWAAAOOH~
And soon, the fire did reach him and made contact with his body!
But contrary to what would really happen under normal circumstances, the man didn’t get burned.
Instead, the blood-colored fire was absorbed by the man and it gently scattered throughout his whole body—then into his hamr!
T I N G—!
The fire seed to give the man more energy, and the fire on the hamr made it much easier for him to reform the material in front of him.
"I can see it..."
CLANG!
The man muttered and hamred the black blade again. His voice was rather dry, and there were dark circles under his eyes, indicating his tiredness and lack of sleep.
And that man is Tyrone Vulcan!
He’s currently in the last phase of making Raven’s sword blade!
"I can see it..."
CLANG!
Tyrone mumbled again.
"I can see where I should hit..."
He muttered unconsciously. He’s currently in a deep trance!
"I can tell how strong my strike should be..."
CLANG!
He added.
"And I can see that I’m almost finished..."
CLANG!
CLANG!
CLANG!
...
...
*****
(Vulcan’s POV)
"Done..."
I weakly muttered as my energy was almost at its limit.
"I’m finally done!"
My voice then got louder, and happiness erupted from after seeing the black, shining, sharp katana blade in my hands.
I’ve been hamring the mysterious mineral Raven gave for these past four days, only stopping to eat and rest a little.
I worked non-stop because Raven needs it by tomorrow, and I want to fulfill his request—at least to return the favor I greatly owe him.
I wasn’t able to get a single minute of proper sleep in that ti.
Well, I fell asleep countless tis while standing, but only for seconds.
And what else—I wasn’t even able to take a bath!
Looking at the countless vials of mana and stamina potions near , an exhausted smile crept up on my face.
I bought a lot of them when Raven gave the money for the commission of his weapon and the upgrade of his gun.
I don’t know about gunsmithing, so I only made a small adjustnt to Raven’s [Nyx], and it only took half a day to do it.
But making Raven’s sword is a different matter. I’ve made a lot of swords before, so I know what I’m doing—and I don’t like half-assing my work, so I poured everything into making it.
The material Raven gave is a lot sturdier than any other material I’ve handled my whole life!
’I might not even be able to scratch it without the skill and artifact I received from my papa...’
A bitter smile appeared on my face after rembering my papa.
But then, I shook my head and grabbed a sword handle that was on the table beside .
Raven gave the material himself too for this sword handle.
He said it’s from a King Wolf? Dunno what the hell that is—anyway, the sword handle is made with the King Wolf’s bone and skin, so it’s red with embroidered white crescent moons on each side.
And with that, I combined the sword handle and the sword blade to finally—and really—finish my work.
Then, a beautiful black katana was born at that mont.
I’m really happy and satisfied with the result of making Raven’s sword and upgrading his [Nyx].
"Now, I just need to send this to him and I can finally rest easy..."
I weakly mumbled.
Raven said that after finishing...
’I should call the number he gave and make them deliver the sword and [Nyx] to him as they are trusted people.’
I thought and shrugged. I grabbed my phone and took out a small papel from my pocket.
"Oh shoot, I almost burned it."
I said with a frown, as the paper was almost burned. Luckily, the written phone number was still visible.
So with that, I dialed the number Raven gave.
I don’t know what to do anymore as I’m tired as hell.
Ringgggg– Ringgggggg–
Kachak–
And just after a second, soone answered.
-This is Velcro, who is this?
And soone spoke from the other side of the line.
*****
Friday, [4:00 AM].
The day before the start of the assessnt test.
-----
"I missed you!"
-Kyuuuu!
Raven imdiately but gently embraced Yuki as soon as she entered his dorm.
Raven got a signal through his link with Yuki that she would be coming back, so he waited for her.
Well, not just waited really—Raven also prepared a huge chunk of roasted red wolf’s at and so [F ] monster cores just for her!
"I’m sorry for giving you such a difficult mission..."
He said as he patted Yuki continuously.
-Kyuu!
Yuki shook her head in response, wanting to say it wasn’t that hard.
Raven smiled as he understood what she wanted to say.
"I’m so lucky to have you."
He stated.
And after playing with Yuki for so minutes, Raven’s face beca a bit more serious.
"Anyway, can I see what you got?"
He asked Yuki.
-Kyu!
And Yuki imdiately replied proudly.
She opened her beak widely and soon a white vortex ca out from it.
Thud-
Then with a dull sound, a small cara the size of an eyeball fell on the floor.
"Ohhhhh..."
Raven then picked up that cara and looked at it as if it was a treasure.
"Do you want to co check it with or do you want to eat first?"
Raven asked Yuki as he stood up.
Yuki looked at her food for a second before flying toward Raven and landing on his right shoulder.
-Kyuu!
Raven smiled and connected the cara to his V.D.
"Let’s see how great of a spy you are, Yuki."
-Kyuu!
*****
(Raven’s POV)
"So just like in the original story, Ervin is not that deeply involved."
I muttered with bloodshot eyes.
I watched the 30-hour video that Yuki recorded—or to be precise, I skimd through the video and only watched the highlights where Sean was actually doing sothing.
And at the end part—the latest part of the video...
I saw Barry and Sean having a conversation about the assassins they sent to kill my family.
"As I expected... They should be deleted in this world."
I mumbled with an enraged voice.
But based on their conversation, it looks like they failed.
As expected of my parents, they’re not normal or easy targets.
But that’s not what angers the most—it’s that one of their targets was Nisha.
Nisha, unlike and our parents, is just a normal kid.
I appraised her stats before, checking if she was sowhat special too.
But after checking, it turns out she’s just a normal kid.
Well, at least for now, as I don’t know what’s happening in our bloodline.
Anyway—
"Huuuu..."
I took a deep breath to calm myself down.
And just promised myself to pay Barry and Sean for what they did—twofold! ...Or maybe much more!
Then I focused on the last scene I saw from the video Yuki recorded.
The secret vault or safe behind an ugly portrait of Sean.
"I assu that’s where he hides his disgusting hobby..."
Rage erupted inside again as I gnashed my teeth tightly together.
’Tonight... I’ll move tonight.’
I thought.
I stood up from where I was and started to get ready for today’s classes.
"Just you wait... Sean and friends."
I mumbled to myself.
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