Chapter 55 - Rewards and Trust (2/2)

”Of course, not.”

”Then let us handle it. for now. We will meet you as soon as possible,” said Merlin ending the call.

”Well, he really doesn't like disturbances when he is in the middle of a fight,” thought Balthazar as he walked back to the village market. He wanted to check if there were any designs or recipes are available to purchase. But as expected there were none because unless the player who found a recipe or design wanted to use it himself, he would sell it to a guild at this stage of the game. Without an auction house or having a good relationship with NPCs having trade professions.

Right now, the only NPCs having a trade profession and a good relationship with him were blacksmith Kade and the tailor Lydia. Tailoring isn't something he concentrated on nor did he have any plans on doing so. Kade was his master so it would be a good idea to consult him on the same.

But even at Kade's shop, he didn't get what he wanted. The system obviously didn't want the designs to be accessed that easily. Kade flatly denied him saying that he needed to find his own designs and develop his skills before he could come to him for training. He even pointed at the badge given by him and told him that the reason he gave the badge was also the same.

This was quite unexpected as he remembered that designs were available at shops once players managed to raise their favourability, but he never tried this at the village. But this didn't stop Balthazar as he always has another plan. If he didn't after having all the knowledge of his previous life, it would be a total waste of the gift that he had been given.

With him being stuck and unable to progress at trade professions. The only other options he had to increase his experience was to go to the start along the path to the city or town.

There were two conditions for a player to be able to enter a city. One was to be above level 10 and the other was to clear the path to the city as it was filled with monsters. This path was always the same. The quest for this was always provided by the village head once one reached level 5.

But this was a very hard one and even after the first upgrade where they increased the number of beginner villages due to an increase in the number of players, there were very rare occurrences of players attempting it at level 5. For this, he had better equip himself with tools like throwing knives or crossbow bolts.

So, he asked Kade if he could provide these weapons. Kade thought for a while and replied, ”I sure can make such weapons, but iron ore isn't the best option for these, the weapon need to be of a finer quality and sharper. If you could provide me a few blackrock crystals, I can make a good set of throwing knives.”

New quest: Forging throwing knives: Gather blackrock crystals for blacksmith kade to help him create a set of throwing knives for you.

Minimum requirement: 5 crystals

Rewards depend on amount of crystals procured.

This was like a quest given to him just to make use of the blackrock crystals that he had acquired. He already had 15 complete blackrock crystals from the goblins and 20 crystal pieces. He quickly exchanged the 15 blackrock crystals.

”Huh! You already have blackrock crystals? And not a small amount either,” said Kade as he took the crystals from Shadow Tyrant. ”Pitch black with a slight violet glow at the centre. These will sure be of use to me. Come with me boy. Let me fulfill me end of the deal.”

He quickly led Shadow Tyrant into the interior of his shop. As he told before, there was a Basic Blacksmith workshop inside. Once inside, a silver flame burst from his hands and using it, he quickly sculpted a pair of black rock crystals into 6 thin leaf like structures. It was like the fire itself took the form of a tool and cut a crystal into three of those structures.

Kade made a set of 6 knives in a second with just the blackrock crystals. He quickly had a piece of iron ore melted and had the molten metal form a thin layer on the crystalline knives. He quickly put these in a pail of water to form a set of six perfectly similar knives.

Quest Completed: Forging Throwing knives.

Performance: Extraordinary

Experience +300;

Apprentice Trust value increased by 50 points;

Reward: Set of 6 throwing knives forged by Kade.

System: Kade's Trust in you changed to not guarded. Gives access to few designs.

”This is very good. I am glad that you are a very resourceful adventurer,” said Kade handing him the knives. ”These will be fine till you fight monsters above level 10.”

[Blackrock crystal Throwing knives] (Black Iron Throwing knives)

Level 5;

Requirement: Strength 15;

Attack +15;

Causes additional 50% damage to worgen and warg families.

Durability 10/10;

”Though you have the knives, the common problem with these is that they have to be thrown and quite frequently get lost in a fight. So, I will give you a design for throwing knives. Though they are not of the same quality as the ones I am giving you, they will be decent substitutes in case you lose them,” continued Kade giving him a design he pulled out from his pocket.

[Throwing knives x 6] (White trash throwing knives)

Level 5;

Materials required: Refined Iron Ore x 1; Blackrock crystal pieces x 2;

Requirement: Strength: 7;

Attack +8;

Durability: 5/5;

”I guess I can confide other designs to you, but I can only exchange them in return for materials like blackrock crystal, gray serpent scales, cougar claws and the like. There rare they are the better the designs you get to choose. I need them to make weapons for my journey back to the white heart city and I have been stuck here long enough,” said Kade showing him a bunch designs from pocket.