When Ralph managed to walk in to the forge, he and Grace spotted an absolute ss. It wasn't just that the forge looked like soone had been parading around and causing chaos. It was that it appeared soone had been using every forge in quick succession as they moved through their forging process.
Naturally, everyone walking in stopped. They had never seen the forge in such a state. But what they all soon realized was that there was soone in the very back hamring away at a large set of armor. Sothing that should have taken weeks to make but had definitely been made in a day. The next shocking point was that there were no molds used.
The fact that molds were not used was a heavy hit to every single person that saw this. Molding was the best way to get armor for the youngest of blacksmiths. They could use the molds to get a general shape. From there, they could focus on altering, refining, and then fitting the armor to their standards. To freehand an armor set was sothing reserved for those with high skill.
"He managed to free hand an entire set of light armor in just a day…" similar mumblings ca from all the young blacksmiths around Ralph. But that didn't stop Ralph from walking forward.
Just as soon as Ralph ca to stand in front of the person hamring away, the air seed to get slightly hotter. The hamring stopped and deep red flecked eyes looked at Ralph. They were what Ralph's blacksmithing books had referred to as a unique trait that ca with unique bodies. Those that had exceptional forging talent from birth.
Considered a telltale example of soone that would rise higher in the forging world.
"I get it now, you have so special physique for forging and you abuse that to make a massive ss and force everyone out of the forge. Arrogant bastard." Ralph's blunt comnt made the red flecked eyes blink. As the boy stood up he was glancing around with confusion.
"I paid four people to watch the entrance and hand out so coins for the disturbance. I needed the forge to complete my exam piece. Why am I the bastard?" It was Ralph's turn to blink and feel confused. When he glanced behind, he found that Grace was standing at the door and four students had tried to escape secretly.
The only reason they weren't moving forward was the ice that had started to form even though the high temperature in the forge would stop normal ice from forming. It was a show of elental prowess and strength.
While Ralph knew that Grace was very strong because of the ti that she spent in Nebula growing with her beast in the cold environnt, she had not realized the feat that she had achieved. But that was still going to be the case since she was focused on keeping the four where they stood.
"So you four brats pocketed the coins that he proffered everyone that ca to use the forge today and thought you would get away with it?" Ralph's knuckles cracked as the molten boar snorted and scraped its hoof on the ground. Everyone sensed that a fight was about to break out. But what they didn't expect was for the boys to imdiately fold.
"We just wanted the money!"
"We can return it. I promise we didn't spend it at all!"
"Here, here!"
"It was our mistake!"
The four all pleaded for their safety while holding out the silver coins they had been paid. It was clear that the boy forging in here had paid properly for the fact that he monopolized the forge for the day.
"I hate saying this, but hey, I was wrong about you. I thought you were so corrupt brat that tried to rob everyone. So I will sort these four out." Ralph took the money and began distributing it to the others. He saw that he had made a decent change in all of their emotions. Now they were directing their animosity to the four that had lied and tried to withhold compensation.
"Well…I didn't think that would go that way. I just needed space to craft an armor in the fastest ti possible. I didn't prepare properly for the final exam. I'm graduating ahead of my class…" The words were half mumbled while the boy spoke. He was definitely older than them being a senior student, but he was also odd.
From what Ralph could see, the boy had multiple small burn scars along with very short hair, most likely because of the fire dangers in a forge. But he also had a well developed physique from working in the forge. Furthermore, the eyes that Ralph had noticed that stood out were focused on the armor he was crafting. So much so that Ralph couldn't help but wonder what he saw differently.
"Um, Listen, I was finishing the last rune carving here. Then I will clean up and leave. That's fine, right?" It seed that the boy was fairly nice which made Ralph feel a bit worse for accusing him.
"I'll help ya clean up. Take it as a favor paid back since I ca in with too much heat." The molten boar imdiately started snacking on the broken pieces of scrap tals while Ralph started to put away tools.
"Really? In that case, my na is st, I had to use the forges to make different parts so I could assemble this armor properly. I managed to figure out that if I assembled it at a faster pace then the runes would flow better. If I could make it all at once I would have a perfect rune, but that's a few years away. For now, I have a middle tier armor.
Probably considered a decent grade for the exam." it appeared that st didn't think it was good enough though., a normal attitude for a blacksmith to have who wanted to be better.
"I'm Ralph and that's Grace. I can forge but I am at the basics still. Grace helps cool and also heat the forge more. My partner lts tals and can create basic alloys to beco ingots while handling any toxic fus or acids." all of Ralph's anger had evaporated at this point. Grace had also let the four students rush away since the others had begun to target them.
The other students had left in pursuit of the previous four as well.
"So that beast can eat tal and lt it!? It even has acidic effects that handle the poisonous fus that co from certain tals and materials? That's amazing." st stared at the molten boar which huffed out a little smoke from its nose. It appeared that it liked the sudden praise.
"My beast is a little different. It's called a fla man. Basically it's living fire. It takes in fuel to let it grow and makes that its body. It's always burning but it can control the temperature of flas. Since I used the whole forge, it took over all the flas." a single body separated from the forge flas and stood next to st.
While Ralph had believed that his molten boar would be one of the best possible beasts of a blacksmith, he had not expected a beast like this. A fla man was a beast he had never seen before. But the fact that it could fuse and take over the flas of any source as long as it had fuel was amazing. That ant that st would always be able to forge with the optimal temperature.
"This is my frost finch. It can cool things for Ralph, like oils or even the tals. But with the wind affinity we can also make the fire much hotter." Grace was glad to join in seeing that the combination of her and Ralph would equal what the fla man did to a degree. Control the temperature of the flas.
"So that's how you work around fla temperatures. That's great. I would have an assistant but every ti I advanced they were left behind. I move a little too fast sotis." st was a little solemn in this but was glad to see two interesting beasts that worked well together. He could care less that they appeared to be opposites. "So, want to check out my armor?
It's pretty cool right?"
It appeared that st had not held a single bad feeling toward Ralph and Grace at all. He even forgot the four students that had tried to scam his money from others. The only thing st seed to care for was forging. Proof that he had sothing unique about him. Not to ntion that he had the skills to back up that unique focus on forging.
"If you two stick around, you can use the forge. I need to just carve runes so I can finish it easily with others around. I don't need dead silence." This was all Ralph and Grace needed to hear. They could see soone carve runes for the first ti while also working on their own side of training. For Grace, she would focus on resisting the fire energies which were her and the frost finch's opposite.
Ralph would be able to weather experience from a valuable older student with higher skills than anyone else he had t. It was a win win.
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