27 Chapter 28: Magic Stone (1/2)
Morning came and Ariel was completely recovered, she got emotional when she saw that Me and Serena were alive and started to cry. Flustered i explained to her in a hurry about what happened and how a party saved us after we passed out
She felt grateful for what they did and planned on thanking them if they ever met again.
That happened this morning, right now we're on our way to the blacksmith after finishing breakfast. There was something I wanted to do.
”So john, what exactly are you planning?” Asked Serena as we entered the smithy
”Nothing much, just improving our equipment..” I replied
With our daily fees, food and advanced payment of our stay at the inn. We have exactly 106 gold coins left. Counting silver takes too long so i don't bother, instead, I exchange all my silver to gold.
”Um, excuse me. Mr blacksmith you have customers.” I said out loud
A muscular dwarf came out of the back room shortly after and said. ”I'm the owner of this smithy, what can i get you?”
He reminds me of the blacksmith back in halfaust. Coincidence? I think not.
”Well, i wanted to improve our current gear. I already have in mind what i'd want.” I said”Is that so? What is it?” He asked
I walked up to him and told him about the wand i wanted to make for Ariel while Ariel and Serena were looking around and what the man crafted.
”I see... However for that you would need a strong magic stone, one that is able to be refined and has enough magic capacity.” He said
”Will this stone do?” I asked as i pulled out the green magic stone from the
”!? T-This!” He said
”This?” I asked”This stone will definitely do, no in fact, it's more than enough. It's great for the core, and will be able to be easier to use after refining” He said
”I've been wondering, what does refining a magic stone do?” I asked
”If you refine a magic stone, it will be easier to use and you will be able to recharge the mana within it.” He said”Oh! That sounds promising. Also, with this size i should be able to make more than 1 magical core right? Isn't it too big?” I asked
”No it's possible to compress it. You could split it, but that would also split the power, but in this case, it's would still be too big, so you would have no choice but to compress it. Compressing keeps the power the same so i recommend just compressing the entire stone.” He said
”You can do that?” I asked with an astonished face
”Of course, leave it to this old man.” He said
”Gladly, but either way. I'm still planning on splitting it, Split it to 3 even pieces, It should be 30 cm in diameter in total so make each one a ball of 10cm in diameter.” I said
”So you have plans with having 3 pieces?” He asked”Not really, it's just my party worked hard to get it so they all deserve a piece.” I said
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”A magic stone... Hm... I don't know, i don't really have anything i'm missing...” Serena said
”Neither do i...” Ariel added”Ariel, I already told the Blacksmith to make you a magic staff with your piece as the core.” I said as i looked at the blacksmith
He nodded at her to confirm it
”Wha- But I don't deserve i-”Before she could finish i interrupted her
”There you go again. We're a party, we all worked hard and risked our lives to get it. So stop saying things like you don't deserve it.” I said
”O-Okay... Thank you john.” She said as she tried to hide her happy expression
”Good, now as for Serena, he'll refine your stone for you and give you your piece so you don't have to think of what you want right now, you can think it through over time.” I said
”Alright, i'll do that, thanks.” She said
”And as for me... You know already right?” I asked as i looked at the Blacksmith
”I do, it's honestly an insane idea, making gloves which act as a staff,” he said as he let out a sigh
”You want him to make gloves which act as magic staffs?!” asked Serena
”Yeah is that bad?” I asked
”No it's just it's the first time i've ever heard of something like that... People who specialise in hand-to-hand combat such as martial arts prefer to enchant their melee weapons with magic.” She said
Ah i see, so their might be gloves which increase the damage done, but it won't really work as a wand like what i'm asking for.
”There are many people who use magic stones to improve there power but they mainly put it in the form of a staff like me. Yet, you're putting it in the form of gloves... That suits your style, it's a good idea.” She said as she gave me a thumbs up
That's an exaggeration, isn't it?
”Haha... So yeah, how much would it cost in total? To refine the stone, split it into 3 equal pieces. Create a magic staff with one of them. Split the 2nd piece in half to make a pair of gloves and leave the last piece as is.” I asked
There goes all our money.
”Let's see... Refining the stone and splitting it to 3 equal pieces is 5 Gold coins. Creating a Staff would require 2 Gold coins in total, due to the wood and compression of the stone... What sort of design would you like for the staff?” He asked
”What would you like?” I asked Ariel
”You can choose, I don't really have any ideas of what the design would look like and you seemed experienced.” She said
”Alright, As for your gloves...” He said as he looked at me
”As for my gloves?” I repeated
”You're lucky you met me. I don't mean to brag but there aren't many blacksmiths here which are able to create magic staffs of quality as high as mine. I'll be getting some help but that's not important. Connections are part of skill.” He said as he gave me a thumbs up
Wow... This man is really running a business,
”Making gloves is no issue at all. Leather as a material should work. It's the first time I'm making something like this. I usually either make staff, magically enchanted weapons or armour.””So there's a chance of failure?” I asked
”I doubt it, we're making something new but i should be able to use the same process i use to make staffs. As long as it has a core and it's enchanted in the correct form, that's all that matters. A staff an enchanted well-designed long stick of wood with a core.” he said
Ah i sort of get it now.
”If we follow this process. As long as your gloves are able to be enchanted in the same way as a staff, and I do the compression correctly, then it should work.” he said
”I see... Are you the one that does the enchantments?” I asked
”No, It's done by a friend, I simply everything else, such as the designing and creating,” he said
”How much would it be in total?” I asked
”10 Gold coins for everything, including the magic gloves, It'll be ready in a week” he said