Chapter 306 - The Adamantite Blade (1/2)
The reforge process proved to be rather slow, it basically consisted of melting down the ingot and then pouring it into an ingot mold and leaving it to settle over the night, then there would be a 50% chance that its grade was raised, the magic lay in the molds which were something called a magic tool, besides being rather expensive it was a one-use item, when Mercury heard this he hesitated in using it, but Marie said that it was fine
”Besides that, I haven't paid you for the work you have done yet, so take this as a form of payment, plus I have about 30 or so reforge ingot molds laying around from my dad's time”
”I… Okay, if you say so”
Marie nodded looking pleased with herself before she patted her modest chest
”It's fine to rely on me sometimes… I am your woman after all”
Mercury nodded before he asked
”So… What now? We have already purred the ingot, all there's left is to wait for it to settle overnight right?”
Marie blushed a little before she declared
”Yeah… So we should hurry up and sleep…Together...”
”Yes ma'am”
Mercury picked up Marie in a bridal carry and carried her upstairs…
The next morning Mercury woke up, someone was poking his cheek, he opened his eyes and saw Marie was the culprit, she was wearing her polka-dotted pajamas laying next to him
”Moring~”
Mercury blinked a few times before he showed a smile
”Yeah morning Marie”
Marie jumped out of bed and reached her hand out to Mercury
”Come on, get up!”
”Sure…”
Mercury got out of bed and followed after her downstairs and all the way into the workshop where she looked at the ingot of adamantite that had been left overnight to solidify before she spoke out happily
”It's grade 1 now!”
Marie raised her hand high, Mercury smiled and gave her a high-five
”Then let's melt it down again and re-pour it”
”Hold on Marie”
”Yes?”
”Let's get dressed first… And get some food”
Marie looked down at herself and saw she was still wearing her pajamas and nodded as a blush spread over her face
The days passed like this, over time Mercury got used to forging different kinds of things, from nails to lethal weapons, he also picked up the [Blacksmith] skill and even leveled it to level 2, speaking of levels Mercury reminded himself to visit the temple soon and chat a little with Party, he needed to ask her about the whole skill level thing, among other things
”Mercury, focus!”
”Yep, sorry”
Mercury focused on the tasks in front of him, he and Marie were currently forging his sword, over the past month they had managed to raise the grade of the adamantite ingot to grade 8, unfortunately, they had run out of reforging molds so this was the best they could get Mercury had even spent some time to talk down Marie that wanted to order more molds from a merchant
”Let's go!”
”Got it!”
Mercury took the ingot out of the furnace, they had been heating it for the past half hour, so it was understandable that Mercury would drift off, after all, his job was to assist this time, so the two of them worked about 10 hours before they dunked the finished product into an oil bath to cool, Mercury and Marie both walked out of the workshop without saying a word and outback where both of them sat down on the grass
”I'm tired~”
”Yeah so am I mercury… What do you say we sleep in tomorrow?”
”Sure… But first”
Mercury rolled around the cold grass to cool down a bit while Marie looked at him with an amused smile…
The next day Mercury and Marie woke up early and Mercury fixed a steel grip on the adamantite blade using his [Lesser metal weaving] and a grade 5 ingot, this lowered the grade of the grip down to 4, but that wasn't so important since it was only the grip, the two of them walked to the back of the workshop where Mercury turned his cane into a cast around his injured leg before he stood straight and held the sword with both hands, the blade had a dull red-brownish color and was double-bladed and straight, it was around half a meter long, the grip was a dull black with enough space for Mercury to grip it with both hands, besides that there was also a cross guard made of steel
”Well then, let's try…”
Mercury swung the sword down once, then he lifted the blade again and swung it down again, then Marie asked
”How is it?”
”It's surprisingly light… But it has a certain heaviness to it”
”How is it heavy?”
”Well… It's a weapon made to kill right? When you hold a weapon made to kill you inadvertently prepare yourself to kill… In that sense, it's the heaviest thing I have ever held”
”A commendable attitude!”
Mercury turned to the entrance of the workshop where Evelin suddenly had appeared, he smiled a greeted her
”Morning Evelin”