The Blacksmith

(Shouting loudly)

Jay : X you damn fool .

McElroy sipping on the tea .

McElroy : Here he goes again .

Livia and Lilia left. Livia had some urgent matters to attend while Livia can't afford more days off from her research .

Butler : Sir the breakfast is ready , please come downstairs.

It was french toast but it had the same name with no correlation.

So is this can inconsistency with the system ?

McElroy:

Oh. I wanted to talk about the quest .

Jay :

Hmm go on .

McElroy:

This is an escort quest . We are tasked with escorting one of the high ranking members of the round table.

Jay :

I think they have strong warriors already why go to the guild .

McElroy:

I heard they are busy preparing for some sort of war .That's we are supposed to go to .

Phone rings .

New quest : Escort request.

Condition:

Target must reach the destination without serious injuries .

Failure :

Impact on further quest . Quest is mandatory.

Reward:

Favorability of Order of the round table increased .

Difficulty : C

With this text I can expect a chain quest . This reward seems a bit low maybe nothing will happen .

It is mandatory either way .

According to the employers we are supposed to guard a caravan carrying goods . War supplies I think . I hope I don't participate in the war . Just escorting is enough .

The caravan is supposed to leave from a branch of the knight order then it will pass through the territory of the Azuma clan after that it will stop at the ruins of the Chroma for whatever reason . And finally the destination will be the fortress at the port . The fortress of Lord Frontera . A devout follower of the order and one of the highest ranking members . He also has another name The Paladin of the light .

My plan is to take them to Frontera estate take a break for couple days and leave .

I still don't have any leads on me .Maybe those underground bunkers have something. There is nowhere else to look it's as if they are non existent .

Near the Azuma clan there was one dungeon we went over maybe if we go there once again we could find something. Right now I'm very desperate.

I don't know how long can I hold on .

Anyway .

We used to have horses and a carriage which suddenly disappeared when we asked the tenants of the house they said that we took them with us when we went to Chroma and we never returned with them ?

Maybe McElroy knows something,

Jay :

Hey McElroy remember we had horses and a carriage

McElroy:

When did we have something like that ? We always traveled by foot Jay

Jay :

I clearly remember we took a horse to Chroma and even our housekeeper said we left with a horse of our own .

McElroy:

Bullshit , I remember myself walking to Chroma .

Jay :

Is it even possible for us to walk there .

McElroy:

I remember wearing the fast shoes you gave me . It was tiring but we made it .

Jay :

From that I remember to check our tool conditions. McElroy make prep for the trip while I check the conditions.

Jay started checking the conditions of the weapons .

Twilight blade : Lost in the city .

ARMOR OF THE HOLY SAINT : Shattered . Unusable

Boots of Hermes : Sent for mending .

Spear of the successor :

Became very dull sent for mending .

Rest of the equipment:

Either broken , or withering or lost effectivity . Need to replace .

Light Tempest scale Armor :

Pierced badly irreparable .

McElroy's sword : Lost in the city

Jay took a deep sigh . Guess we need to use those now .

The blacksmith Jay used to visit had vanished . But he left a note for Jay .

It stated :

I have to leave the town for sometime and I won't be back anytime soon .

If you want something I have an apprentice he's just as skilled as me .

He'll be able to keep up with the orders . Since you're my only source of income .

The blacksmith left the town since we left for Chroma .

Jay and the blacksmith go way back .

Since Jay joined the guild .

One day Jay wanted to do something about the scales of Tempest . So he seeked a. blacksmith but had money as always .

And as with no place to call home he hung at the guild .

Thats when he met the blacksmith. He was an old friend of the Guildmaster.

It was the time I tossed some fakes of me and McElroy.

He saw the spear of the successor and was interested in its craftsmanship. If I remember his name correctly it was Glock .

Glock :

Hey whose that kid over there .

(points towards Jay )

Guildmaster:

That's one of the most promising recruits we've had until now .

Glock :

He has some interesting equipment on him .

Glock rushed towards Jay with light speed movement .

Glock :

Hey boy , hey boy here .

Jay saw glock and his stature . He was like a bulky kid with a short stature and a mustache and a overgrown beard on him .

Jay first thought of him as a child until he noticed the beard . The neurons in his brain fired to find relevance .

And found out that he is a dwarf.

Jay :

Yes what do you need .

Glock :

Show me your spear boy . It looks interesting.

Jay handed his spear to Glock .

Glock :

Hmm interesting craftsmanship, looks like something straight Raizon tech .

Jay ,: (shocked)

You know Raizon ?

Glock :

Hahaha how could I not . Their technology is pure gold. Though all left is relics of that past .

Glock :

Hey kid I need to look it in depth can I borrow it for a second. Visit my Smithy to take this back . I'll even sharpen it for you .

He just took my spear and took off . I had to roam around the town to find it hidden in some dingy corner .

It was an run down Smithy .

Where Glock was examining the weapon .

He had an apprentice who was hammering the iron . His name was Paul . .

Paul :

Listen here geezer would you stop playing with. that spear and do something about the Smithy so it won't run to the ground .

Glock :

Don't worry we just now have a customer.

Jay :

I'm not a customer I'm just here to take my spear back .

Glock:

If you make me your exclusive blacksmith then . I'll do one task you ask for free .

Jay :

Fine , here I have some scales of the beast Tempest . Can you do something about it.

Glock :

This material would make some fine Armor . And it will be lighter and stronger than others .

Jay : Make 2 of these and you'll be my exclusive blacksmith.

Glock : Deal kid .

From then he has been my exclusive blacksmith and he produces quality .

Returning to reality .

Jay :

Hey Paul is the master here .

Paul :

No he isn't , do you have something for me to do .

Jay :

Actually lots of things .

The tempest Armor your master created broke and we need new Armor .

Paul :

Its a good thing that he isn't here or he would've tried to strangle you .

Jay :

True (He loves his creation that much)

Jay :

I have some good quality material with me can you do something about it .

He removed the scales from the inventory and gave them to Paul .

Paul :

These scales are radiating such coolness . They won't be temperable with heat but Ill see what I can do about it .

Anything else

Jay :

My sword actually withered so I'll be using these ones instead can you sharpen them .

Paul :

Dude where did you get this . This thing is like a relic . And and don't use this long whatever it's called

Just use this one .

Oh and before I forget here are the boots you sent . I've done what I can do but they won't last much longer .

. With every mending the become less boots of Hermes and more regular boots .

Give me 2 days Ill do everything. And this will require. a hefty sum for all of this .

I kept the gold bar on the table .

Jay. :

Will this suffice.

Paul :

From person who uses metal magic no . From a regular person yes .

I suppose I'll take it .

He quietly and slowly slid the pure gold bar under the table .

Paul :

Nice to work with you as always .

Jay : Then see you later .

Jay left the Smithy .

What's then left to take .

Water no need we have McElroy

Food , something light and fulfilling .

The caravan will be covering everything from food to water .

Then the prep is done .