Chapter 11 - Hephaestus is angry.

If you give me your power stones you'll find a wife like Hephaestus in the future

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The probabilities that appeared excited me because I even have a 1% chance of forging a legendary sword. But 1% is very low.

But I have a relatively high probability of forging a rare sword. A 7% probability is excellent—every Gacha player dreams of having a 7% chance of pulling an SSR character.

But what makes these swords different?

Depending on the rank, are they sharper? More durable? Do they come with special abilities?

I'll only know when I forge a higher-ranked sword.

And so, I began my work.

I started hammering.

Clank!

Clank!

Clank!

I followed the same process as yesterday.

But this time, I was even faster.

When I finished forging the first sword of the day, a system message appeared before my eyes.

[ You have forged a Level 1 Common Sword ]

"Another common sword..."

"You're faster now. That's amazing. But don't stop; try forging another one before lunchtime," Balnan said, smiling in satisfaction.

They were standing there, watching me.

They didn't offer any tips or help.

'Maybe that's why even after training for years (as mentioned in my background), I didn't evolve at all. These guys don't teach anything.'

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Sometime later, just before lunch…

[ You have forged a Level 1 Common Sword ]

Sometime later, by the afternoon…

[ You have forged a Level 1 Common Sword ]

Sometime later, as night fell…

[ You have forged a Level 1 Common Sword ]

"At this pace, you'll manage to forge six. You'll hit the target—congratulations. Hahaha," Balnan laughed while looking at me. I was nearly collapsing from exhaustion.

I was sweating so much my clothes were drenched.

'Damn it, I have a 20% chance of forging a "Refined" rank sword, but I can't even manage that. This sucks.'

Spitting out my frustrations, I started hammering again to forge my next sword.

After some time, the sword was finished.

[ You have forged a Level 1 Refined Sword ]

"I DID IT!" I shouted in joy when I saw the system message.

"What did you do, you idiot?" Balnan, who hadn't been paying attention, asked. His eyes lit up as he approached and saw the sword in my hand. "What's this? Why does the blade of this sword look so beautiful?"

Balnan grabbed the sword from my hand.

"What is this?" He was speechless for a moment. "Why do I suddenly feel more energized?"

[ The passive skill "Stamina Boost LV1" has been added to the sword ]

'What the hell is this? Can my swords come with skills? And this skill is excellent! It's just a Refined-rank sword! Imagine what kind of skill a rare sword might get?'

I snatched the sword from Balnan's hand.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing!?" he yelled angrily. "Give it to me; I'll keep it safe."

"Of course, I'm not giving it to you. This sword is much better than the others, which is why you want it. I'm not an idiot."

"Are you implying I want to steal this sword? I can make a sword like this whenever I want! What's so special about it? Just because the blade looks prettier than the others!?"

"You know very well this sword isn't just pretty."

"Tsk! You're so annoying."

"What are you going to do? Beat me up and steal this sword from me? I'd like to see you try." I smirked maliciously.

Even though I wasn't confident in my strength, I didn't back down in front of him.

This guy is annoying. I can't stand his presence anymore.

"I don't want this damn sword!" Balnan charged at me. He was so furious that I started to feel nervous.

But contrary to my expectations, Balnan wasn't very fast.

He reminded me of that idiot from my old world. The one who threw such a slow punch, I easily dodged it.

Balnan's fist came toward my face slowly. I was holding the sword, but using it here wasn't a good idea.

I moved my head to the side, dodging his punch.

"What!?"

Right after, I spun around, kicking Balnan in the side and sending him flying. He rolled on the ground, groaning in pain. He lifted his head slowly to look at me, grinding his teeth.

"You're slower than I expected. You'd better be careful because I'm getting angry with how you treat me. Who do you think I am?"

"Hey, idiot, did you forget about me?" Then, I was caught off guard by Luck.

I had completely forgotten about him.

But he was stupid enough to warn me before attacking. Never do that in a fight. That's just dumb.

Luck, who tried to attack me from behind, missed.

I walked away from him, preparing to confront him head-on.

But as I prepared to attack him, Balnan had already recovered and picked up one of the swords I forged from the ground to attack me.

"I'll kill you! No one hits me and gets away with it!" Balnan shouted as he charged at me with the sword in hand.

But, unfortunately for him…

"What do you think you're doing?" A cold, feminine voice reached my ears.

Before I realized it, Hephaestus was standing in front of me.

Just looking at her back, I could feel her coldness and anger.

"Goddess?" Balnan, who almost attacked her by mistake, turned pale.

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Next chapters: Chapter 12 - She's so cool! / Chapter 13 - Tsubaki (Hephaestus's POV) / Chapter 14 - Kind Maid. / Chapter 15 - Mikari. / Chapter 16 - Was Hephaestus hiding your talent? / Chapter 17 - I'll explain everything later. / Chapter 18 - Capacity to evolve infinitely.