chapter 12

once Arowen was in the base he went to the kitchen to help and guide the others, during the past 2+ years, his helpers made some progress in their cooking skill, little as it maybe it is still progress, it seems to him that this worlds people have horrible talent in cooking, as there are few people who can cook well, at least for now them make decent food even without him supervising them

after finishing with his helpers, his next stop would be Swara, who despite his looks is one of the best doctors in the surrounding seas, Arowen didn't bother to check out in which of the blues he is by the way and I don't think it is important to mention

"hey Swara, how is it going?"

"hoh! Arowen, why am I not surprised by your visit" Swara had a dark look at his visitor

"common man, don't give me that look, at least act happy to see me"

"really man! because of you my workload skyrocketed, and I lost so much precious time that could be spent on my research if you didn't cook that well I would've left you to die, I am serious"

"ow! that hurt! arrow straight to the heart, and I thought we were friends, after all these years"

"we may be friends, but you fucked up my time table"

the banter continued for some time between the two and Swara decided to end it there, Arowen was wasting more of his time

"So what do you need?"

"tired of me already..." Swara cut him immediately

"cut to the chase" yeah Swara learned a few quotes from Arowen during the time they spent together

"gee, no fun"*intense glare from Swara* "ok! ok! I need some medicine to help with blood regen"

"what for, it's not like you have some disease or special condition"

"well! I don't know how to explain it, but I am making something and it needs a lot of blood to get done, mine preferably, so got anything for that"

"I got something that would do the trick, a secret recipe of mine, but it'll cost you, it isn't mentioned in the medical supplies, so I have to acquire the materials myself plus the effort and ..."

"give me a break man, I am broke right now not a single belli, can't you put it on my tab or something"

"it will be difficult, I got to earn something otherwise I will go broke as well"

"common man, can't you think of something, for old times sake"

"what old times!? mother-fk-er I am still young and kicking ... hmmm .... I can give you a discount but you have to pay me, we're friends, but money is money (something he learned from Arowen), you can start paying me next month, how much do you need anyway"

"aah! I knew you could find it in your heart, lets say that I will be bleeding every day for an undetermined time"

hearing that Swara sighed, pulled one of his drawers and took out a blue potion

"i swear you would be the death of me, this is one dose it has 10 mm, take one orally after whatever you're going to do, it will accelerate blood production, but it needs a lot of nutrition, so apart from your meals you will need to take supplements if you will be loosing blood everyday, otherwise it will have severe consequences on your health short and long term"

after that and a few instructions about which food he should eat, and what supplements and in which order Arowen had dinner and went to sleep early

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next day afternoon, Arowen could be seen in jeels workshop, sitting on the bed and observing jeel pouring his blood over the hot iron, by now it was red and gave off a bloody smell and light

*sst**sst**sst**sst*

jeel was standing over the the anvil, his eye-patch off, revealing his strange eye, it looked like a chameleons eye, but the eyeball was bigger, pupil slit like a cat , and his color had the color of hot ember shimmering in heat, he was completely focused on the metal, holding it on place with a pincer and hammering it with all his strength, the noise made was deafening and made Arowen feel dizzy, there was shock waves each time he hit it, his body as well as his tools were coated in a reddish black that turns invisible from time to time, that my boys ... is haki ... armament haki

'if i remember well, in the anime, the different shades show how much mastery one has over the haki, first invisible the weakest, then purple back, then red black, and finally the peak of armament haki, return to origin where the haki becomes invisible once more'

(AN: in the wikis haki has no color, they add it in anime for visual affects, so i did my bullshit on it to show progress in the mastery of haki)

jeel was hammering the metal, with hardly any effects just barely visible dents here and there, and from time to time he would pour some blood on it and continue hammering, Arowens role is already finished so he could go if he wanted to till tomorrow when he will need to provide another portion of blood, but he decided to stay and observe, but he regrets it now, the force used by the old man was frightening even though there was some kind of barrier around the work space, what slipped through it left Arowen shaking and feeling sick

inside the barrier, Jeel was focusing on hammering the metal and totally forgot about Arowen, he had to focus otherwise the forging might fail, the technique he was using was special and ingenious in itself, it used all three types of haki, perception, armament and royal haki at the same time, the first was used to detect the weak point in the metals structure, the second to protect the user and his tools, as well as boost him up and it imbued some of the haki into the metal as well,for now those wisps of haki will not have an effect but after finishing the forging process, and after a buffer time those wisps of haki will merge with the final product increasing its durability and with a little bit of luck and a push from the royal haki, a seed of will that may grow into a spirit could be born, and finally the royal haki, this type of haki projects the shape the user wants the final product to be and slowly through the forging process as the blacksmith hammers at the weak points of the metal it will take a shape closest to the forgers projected image and that is also the reason why the bloody fang dagger of the dracule family could repair itself to its initial shape, a marvelous and ingenious technique,

Arowen already told him that he would prefer a bastard sword or a long sword, and by now he had enough, and decide to head back to base to rest, he already felt tired and dizzy, but the medicine helped a little and he made it back to his duties and a good night of rest

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from that day on arowen would always, go to the shop for blood letting, and be back to the base, and during this time his body grew thinner and paler even with the help of medicine and good nutrition plan, as a result his training downgraded and he couldn't keep the same pace as before, at that rate everyone was worried for him, he looked always sickly and out of energy, and the most worried was Swara he was after all his close friend, even if they badmouthed and insulted each other, it didn't help that he was a doctor as it only made him more aware of his friends condition, he is even surprised how he was able to hold on until now, he knew that Arowen was using his blood for something and it wasn't a small amount, he became afraid that he will not come back one day, this continued for 5 months straight everyday, even Jeel the old monster got thinner and the bags under his eyes grew bags of their own

one thing that they didn't know was that by using the blood of a dreamer in the process of forging the sword, they drew the attention of a powerful being, the dream world itself, it isn't the first time that such a thing happens but each time it does, it will need to be present after all the use of blood of a dreamer in the forging process makes it a dreamer weapon, only second to dreamers themselves, and dreamer weapons are always living creatures themselves so they can be considered denizen of the dream world themselves

from the moment the first drop of Arowens blood made contact with the metal, the dream world was alerted and started paying attention, not only that but it started nurturing it, and by the end of the process as the final hammer strike hit metal, a shock wave was generated and blew Jeel back making him slide on the floor till he hit the wall breaking it and leaving two trails where his feet held on to the floor to steady himself and even made him cough a mouthful of blood, the weapon was finished and it started cooling down rapidly, loosing its red color leaving it black with red veins all over its body, even the haki imbued in the metal melted down and merged perfectly with it, and a small seed of spirit formed, not a will seed but a spirit seed, a dream spirit seed, this type of seed is of better quality than the will seed, and being a dream spirit made it even better, due to its dream attribute, it will grow rapidly into a full spirit and gain intelligence faster than its normal counterpart, not only that but it also would grow to have abilities with his enigma (made with his blood so daah)

for now Arowen was at the base resting, these 5 months cost him too much, and if not for his powerful spirit and dreamer constitution, he wouldn't even be awake but in a coma, but it wasn't without benefits, the hardest of the attributes to grow, his vitality ... improved

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