21 Chapter 21 (2/2)

He shrugged and picked up an iron ingot from the pile by the wall, and slowly placed it in the furnace. After this something weird started to happen, the smelting furnace began glowing and music began playing. He then looked at the anvil in the middle of the room as an enthusiastic voice could be heard coming from it.

”Get Ready! 3...2....1...GO!”

He was bewildered as a slab of red glowing metal appeared on the large anvil, a catchy tune began playing and some glowing green prompts started appearing on the slab.

*God damn... this is a rhythm game!?*

He had the golden hammer in his hand and started hitting the glowing green spots that turned red if they were out of sync, the whole thing took about 2 - 3 minutes and as he kept hitting the hot block of iron it started turning into the shape of a dagger.

”Congratulations, you created a common Iron Dagger middle grade”

He looked at the dagger on the anvil while some confetti got tossed in the air and then vanish soon after, he picked it up and swung it around and sure enough it was a real dagger and it was quite sharp too. Matt was a bit surprised by the whole thing but that explained why he didn't get any direct knowledge about crafting, it just put it in the game like system and depending on how well he did in the rhythm game, the quality of the item would be decided.

*Uh... I'm not good at rhythm games...”

He sighted while tossing the dagger into his inventory, he decided to chug another ingot into the furnace and now being prepared he run up to the anvil before the countdown started. A different tune than before started playing which made him frown but he was more ready than the last time as he started hitting the spots with his golden hammer, the slab of iron glowed quite a bit as he managed to land a perfectly timed hit but this was just his second time and all things considered he did quite well though he missed here and there.

”Congratulations, you created a common Iron Dagger high grade”

He took out the first dagger and compared it to the other one, the high grade one was shinier and it looked sharper than the first one he made. He poked at the tip with his finder wondering how sharp the thing was, but the dagger wasn't able to inflict any damage on his superior body, that had a high body refining technique and common grade items couldn't damage him.

”Well, I guess this is an interesting way to do it... at least It's fast I just need to gather materials and the rest thing is automatic. I wonder if I can add some special effects to these items...”

He started playing with the crafting interface and he figured out that he could add other items to the ones that were required, the prompt only showed him the minimum required items needed.

”Wonder what will happen if I add one of those beast cores...

He had the big rabbit core on him and also the smaller crimson wolf cores that the villagers gave him previously. So he decided to test it once more, going for a regular sword now, it used up one more iron ingot then the dagger. After adding one of the cores he started hammering the now bigger slab of metal in the middle of the anvil. He started getting better and better at the game but he wasn't perfect at it quite yet, but after getting the finished product he got surprised.

”Congratulations, you created a common Crimson Long Sword perfect grade”

”Hm, don't need to get a perfect score to get the highest grade item? Maybe if you add high grade materials it lowers the requirements for the items.”

Afterward he went on a weapon creation frenzy and used up all the iron ingots and cores to create perfect grade common weapons, he made a Spear, a two-handed Hammer, a Greatsword, an Axe and a Jian Sword there were all in the crimson series and looked nice and menacing as the added cores gave them a style upgrade as well.

”I need cotton fiber or leather for clothes, so I guess I'll try those later... don't think the hammer game will play for those though.”

He didn't see any tailoring equipment, it looked like a forge mostly for weapons and maybe metal armor, though people in this world didn't really wear those as they used a plethora of colorful robes and clothes. Guess you don't need iron armor if you can make your body as hard as a diamond.