Chapter 19 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

“What? You actually obtained so many Level 10 Iron Ores? Not bad! It seems that you’re a very hard-working person. Give me the Iron Ore and I will give you extra rewards. I hope that this forging craftsmanship can shine in your hands!”

As expected, this little trick had existed all along, the only difference being when it was discovered. After handing in all the Level 10 Iron Ores to the blacksmith, he smelted the Iron Ores into Iron Ingots under his guidance before he forged a Level 1 staff. He had officially learned to forge.

While looking at his full 100 points of proficiency, Fatty only felt satisfied for a while. Although it had taken him a lot of time to mine the Level 10 ores in the mineshaft, he was able to raise his forging proficiency very quickly, which virtually saved him a lot of time. Although Fatty wouldn’t dare say that he was the first in the game to forge Level 10 weapons and equipment, he was definitely one of the first ones.

Weapon forging requirements of proficiency were divided into several stages. After reaching 100 points of proficiency, the player could forge Level 10 to 19 weapons. However, if they wanted to forge a Level 20 weapon, they would need 400 points of proficiency, while forging Level 30 weapons required 900 points of proficiency. This also meant that the proficiency needed to forge the weapons happened to be the square of the equipment level! In the later stages, the proficiency requirements would become higher.

After looking at the system time and realizing that it had almost gotten dark ever since the game beta trial had opened, Fatty spent three and a half hours walking from the Novice Village to the main venue. In the mineshaft, he had spent nearly two hours mining, which added up to nearly 6 hours! The day-to-day conversion of the system took place every 6 hours. Right now, it was almost time to switch. To verify his conjecture, Fatty did not plan on going out to level up. He just waited at the blacksmith’s to forge a staff and test it.

However, there was nothing wrong with standing there. Upon seeing so many players pulling other players to help them forge weapons and acquire proficiency, Fatty followed these players and started shouting.

“I’ll help you forge weapons above Level 10! Bring your own materials!”

Once he shouted, the players on the street of the blacksmith immediately were dumbfounded. One by one, they turned their heads to look at Fatty.

Many players were forging weapons for free on this street now, but only Fatty could forge weapons above Level 10. It would be strange if he did not stand out!

Every time a weapon was forged, the proficiency acquired depended on the weapon level. After forging a Level 3 Weapon Blueprint, the forger could obtain three points of proficiency. Likewise, a Level 5 blueprint would allow the forger to acquire five points and a Level 10 one ten points.

Theoretically, forging ten Level 10 weapons would allow a player to acquire sufficient proficiency. However, there was a problem there. Without 100 points of proficiency, a player could only forge a weapon below Level 10!

Forging a Level 3 weapon required forging more than 33 weapons to put together enough proficiency, while forging a Level 5 weapon required 20 weapons. So many players learned to forge that there was a strain on business. Plus, there were very few blueprints currently. Even after shouting for a long time, some players did not manage to solicit any players who wanted to forge weapons. Thus, it was indeed not easy to help forge for free and acquire 100 points of proficiency.

That was why Fatty stood out among the crowd… After all, the other players didn’t know the little trick necessary to raise their proficiency.

Fatty shouted so loudly that it actually worked. Immediately, a player ran over and looked at him before he asked, “Can you really forge a Level 10 weapon?”

The player looked at Fatty and Fatty looked at him. This was a Level 12 Undead Thief, so his level was considered high. Fatty nodded and said, “I can. It will cost you two Silver Coins!”

The Undead Thief player was immediately taken back. “What about one Silver Coin? Other people are forging for free. You’re the only one collecting such a high fee. Two Silver Coins are equal to 200 Bronze Coins! Why don’t you rob me instead?”

Actually, Fatty had never thought business would find him so quickly. The price he had quoted just now had been casual. After hearing this Undead Thief player, Fatty felt uncomfortable and answered lazily, “Go find someone else to forge for you since they are doing it for free!”

The Undead Thief player suddenly choked. What a joke! Find someone else to forge for him? Did they even have enough proficiency?

If their proficiency was not enough, they would likely forge a Level 10 Weapon Blueprint into a Level 5 weapon. Since Level 10 Weapon Blueprints were currently hard to obtain, the market price was also relatively more expensive. It was around 10 Silver Coins. This Undead Thief player had obtained a suitable Level 10 Dagger Blueprint with a lot of difficulty. If he asked somebody else to forge it to a Level 5 weapon, wouldn’t he weep to death?

Therefore, the Thief hesitated for a while before he asked Fatty, “Big Brother, can you lower the price? It’s too high!”

In front of the controller, Fatty couldn’t help but rolled his eyes. This was already the second person who had said that the price was too high. Was that really the case? This was slander!

Thus, Fatty replied impatiently, “Take it or leave it!”

When he said that, Fatty felt that this was very familiar. It seemed that before he had gone back in time, a player had also told him something along the lines of ‘take it or leave it’. He hadn’t expected that he would actually say this to someone that day…

This was not simple. Fatty sighed as his cheeks started streaming with tears…

Upon seeing Fatty’s firmness, the Undead Thief could only grit his teeth and say, “Wait. I’ll borrow money from my friend!”