DanMachi: Starting with a Sword Soul Template

Chapter 151: Coach, I Want to Learn Smithing!

"What a greedy fellow. This is an indestructible attribute, and moreover, the highest grade of indestructible armament!

Sword Soul Liam, you actually want me to forge twenty-four of them?" Goibniu's tone was a bit strange. You have to know, the indestructible attribute was a very special attribute.

Even for Goibniu, forging one required a great deal of effort.

So, Goibniu even suspected if the other party was joking.

"Could it be that you can't do it?"

"A joke! How could I possibly not be able to do it? It's too troublesome, you know? This is the meaning of very troublesome!"

Liam unhurriedly took out the two pieces of metal dropped from killing the two-headed dragon.

Two rare metals, one blue and one red, shimmering with light.

One piece was emitting a faint ice mist, while the other piece of metal was slightly spreading a red mist.

"This is what I got from hunting the 27th-floor lord, the two-headed dragon Amphisbaena. Two pieces of metal condensed from the two-headed dragon's blood and its entire essence."

The red mist, upon just touching the tablecloth on the table, immediately melted it.

Liam hurriedly wrapped it in an enchanted package, "You see how many blades can be made from these materials? I'll compensate for this damaged tablecloth!"

Goibniu sucked in a cold breath, "You really solo-killed the two-headed dragon? What Lv are you now?"

"Yes, I solo-killed the two-headed dragon. I just advanced to Lv3 before this expedition, and now all my ability scores are A-rank."

Liam briefly stated his weapon requirements, "I need a two-handed greatsword, a two-handed longsword, a one-handed short sword, and an armor-piercing blunt weapon."

"No wonder, no wonder. Sword Soul Liam, your growth potential is truly something I've never seen in my life. Good, good, good.

Then I will accept your commission. I will personally make it for you! One top-tier First-Grade armament with the indestructible attribute, I need at least four days.

For 24 blades, at least 96 days are needed!

With the materials you've prepared now, I can probably make a total of two two-handed greatswords, four longswords, and four short swords or daggers.

An armor-piercing blunt weapon consumes roughly the same materials and price as a longsword.

A greatsword is four billion a piece, a longsword or blunt weapon is one point five billion a piece, and a short sword or dagger is five hundred million a piece!"

Ninety-six days? What a joke! He couldn't wait that long!

And, isn't the cost too much?

Even a landlord's house has no surplus grain.

"Can't you speed it up a little? And isn't your price a bit too black-hearted?"

In the original work, the First-Grade armament (Fire-attribute rapier) custom-ordered by the Astrea Familia captain, Arlesha Rolfer, had a cycle of 10 days and required the full commitment of a top-tier smith.

That is to say, according to the efficiency of a top-tier smith, it generally took ten days to forge one blade.

So for Goibniu to be able to make one in four days was absolutely the highest efficiency at full power.

Liam just wanted to forge twenty-four highest-grade First-Grade armaments with the indestructible attribute.

What did he do wrong?

"You brat, you're getting greedy? Everyone in my Familia is very busy.

If it weren't for my great curiosity about your ability, even I couldn't spare the time for a forging commission."

"Can't you commission others in your Familia to help me forge them together?"

Goibniu was a little angry, "I've already handed over my own commissions to them to complete desperately.

Otherwise, do you think you would even see me?

If you really want to get your weapons faster, then just be my assistant! Serve tea, pass water, add fuel, work the bellows, and all that!"

Liam's eyes lit up. A new idea rose in his heart.

A First-Grade armament was already the highest level of armament a god could forge.

If Liam wanted to possess even more powerful equipment, then he had to create it himself.

"Coach, I want to learn smithing! No, Master, please teach me smithing!"

Goibniu actually had a very good impression of Liam. Just possessing the ability to briefly increase a weapon's sharpness was a great fit for a smith.

And, this guy Sword Soul Liam's potential was really ridiculously high.

As a god, in all his years, he had never seen an adventurer with such ridiculous potential.

If this guy Liam was also very talented in forging, he wouldn't mind passing on his skills.

It was just, could this guy Liam really inherit his legacy?

Also, adventurers needed to go to the Dungeon.

Would this guy die prematurely in a place like the Dungeon before he could grow up?

A headache.

"Looks like things here have come to an end. Then Liam, I'll be leaving first."

Liam stood up, "I'll see you out."

"Okay!"

Eina nodded with a smile, and at the same time, felt worried for Liam.

"Liam, the compulsory Familia expedition is in five days. You must be careful again and again, don't push yourself anymore!"

"In every battle, I will ensure that I won't encounter fatal danger.

I just want to become stronger, not commit suicide."

"Then, I'm relieved."

Goibniu guiltily studied the materials Liam had taken out. He had heard the chat between Liam and Eina just now.

As a god, his only remaining small hobby was forging, and also listening to gossip.

Compulsory Familia expedition? No wonder this kid wants to possess the highest-grade armament so much.

A powerful weapon could indeed guarantee one's own safety.

Liam came before Goibniu and directly picked up a pen and paper.

"I've thought of a design. Let's try to forge one or two of the weapons first.

I will name this entire set the Seven Sins!

These are the shapes of seven weapons, and they can be separated or fitted together to form a combined greatsword."

Liam drew the designs for the eight-sided Han Jian, Tang-style curved saber, Zhanmadao, Katana, Claymore, Yatagan, and "Neon" Wakizashi.

Of course, to allow them to finally combine into a two-handed greatsword, he made certain optimizations to their shapes.

For example, the hilt of the Zhanmadao, he designed it to be an armor-piercing blunt weapon.

The head of this hilt was not only an armor-piercing blunt weapon but could also be fitted with other weapons.

"Not simple, not simple at all! This combination method has really opened my eyes!"

Goibniu's whole body turned red with excitement, and even his head was constantly steaming.

He had never seen such a concept. Not just the fitting and separate use of seven weapons, he also saw the possibility of Liam becoming a master smith in the future!

As long as one continues to work hard, the path will continue to extend!

This kid has the potential to become his final disciple!

"So, shall we begin? You don't need to consider the money for now. At the very least, I definitely won't let you lose money!" Liam shouldered the forging materials and looked at Goibniu.

"Don't talk to me about losing money or not! I want to forge this Seven Sins now! Start now!"

Goibniu impatiently led Liam to the forging room.

"Liam, what are you standing there for? Add fuel, work the bellows! Then watch my movements!"

Goibniu knew Liam didn't have much time, so he prepared to first make a top-tier indestructible Tang-style curved saber for Liam.

He directly took out the blue metal that emitted a cold mist.

"First make the main weapon you use most comfortably? What shape?" Liam nodded and pointed at the drawing he had made, "This one first?"

Goibniu glanced at the schematic diagram of the katana shape, "Sure!"

This was also the type of armament Goibniu forged most often.

The blue metal was placed in the furnace for calcination. In the highest-grade runic forge, this piece of metal was melting bit by bit.

"Liam, this time I'm preparing to go all out to forge a weapon for you."

Although Goibniu didn't pay much attention to outside news, he had learned about Liam through Tsubaki and his own Familia members.

The time he had been an adventurer was too short, yet he could repeatedly create great deeds and miracles.

He even killed the operator of the Grand Casino not long ago, completely clearing out a major tumor in Orario...

All these factors combined were the reasons why Goibniu chose to help Liam.

"Yes, thank you very much."

Liam thanked him again seriously, and at the same time, began to work the bellows even harder according to Goibniu's instructions.

This world clearly has magic, so why does working the bellows still require manual labor?

Goibniu looked at Liam, "Liam, I need your blood, and your exclusive power, like magic power, to be input into this piece of metal!

Only equipment that has recognized its master is the best equipment!"

Liam nodded. In other words, Goibniu wanted to forge soul-bound equipment? After use, it couldn't be traded or auctioned, right?

Following Goibniu's instructions, Liam used his weapon to cut a wound on his arm.

Blood sprinkled into a crystal vessel carved with special magic runes.

Liam, following Goibniu's guidance, placed his palm on the outside of the vessel.

Magic power, as well as Selfless Sword Aura and dragon-shaped sword aura, were all poured into it.

Goibniu looked at this vessel in astonishment, "What is this situation?"

He only saw that in the crystal vessel, Liam's magic power, Selfless and dragon-shaped sword aura, had fused with Liam's blood.

Then, the blood began to boil, and even directly transformed into a gorgeous, faintly golden, blood-colored dragon head.

Then, one after another, faint blood-colored sword auras condensed into a dragon's body, cutting towards the surroundings.

This dragon-head-shaped blood slowly moved in the crystal vessel and emitted a faint dragon cry.

"Roar..."

Goibniu was truly stunned. What scene hadn't he seen?

He had really never seen this scene!

Whose blood, after being activated by magic power and such, could directly come alive?

It only maintained this state for about ten seconds, then the blood returned to its normal state. But the three powers from Liam did not dissipate, just deeply fused with the blood.

Goibniu tried his best to suppress the monstrous waves in his heart, then dripped the blood from the vessel onto this piece of metal, bit by bit.

The blood rolled down the pipes of the forging device. With the enhancement of special magic patterns, there was no loss in the process of it falling onto the metal.

As Liam's blood fell on the heated blue metal, this piece of blue metal was visibly accelerating its melting!

And faint sounds of a sword's cry and a dragon's roar also came from this metal.

"What?"

Goibniu's eyes were about to pop out from shock. Whose blood could actually accelerate the melting of metal? He had really never seen such a ridiculous thing.

Liam looked over with some worry, "Lord Goibniu, is it really okay?"

Goibniu shook his head calmly, "No problem, you can rest assured!"

This guy, he should just directly inherit my legacy!

I must snatch this person! He, Liam, is a natural-born Saintly Body of Forging!

This guy should join his Familia!

According to the current melting efficiency, he might even be able to forge one blade directly in a day!

And it would be the highest-grade indestructible armament!

"Liam, are you interested in inheriting my legacy, and joining the Goibniu Familia?"

Liam noticed that Goibniu seemed very excited. So what was the reason?

Because he had never forged anything by hand, Liam was truly ignorant of the current situation.

"Excuse me, if I don't join your Familia, can I learn forging from you? Even just entry-level forging knowledge is fine!"

Being old doesn't mean one has deep city-smarts.

Not to mention these gods who had been around for thousands of years or even longer.

Without experiencing profound pain and tempering, it wasn't a big problem for a god's psychological age to be immature.

After all, most gods were satisfied as long as they could have fun.

Goibniu sighed, "Liam, if it's you, I won't just casually teach you.

Since you want to learn, I will naturally teach you seriously.

So, for now, help out while carefully watching my movements!"

"Okay!"

As a Lv3 adventurer, Liam's basic ability scores combined with his panel attributes were very exaggerated.

He just felt that working the bellows was very tedious, so he was a little tired.

But if it was to forge an armament for himself, or to learn related forging knowledge, then he was not tired at all.

To become a qualified Sword Saint, perhaps besides mastering a large number of weapons, he also had to learn to create various weapons from scratch!

With this thought, Liam began to listen more attentively to Goibniu's lecture content.

In less than half an hour, the metal in the forge had been heated.

Then Goibniu took it out with tongs, placed it on the anvil, and began to strike it with a hammer.

Could this be the legendary Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique?

Liam stared at Goibniu's movements, memorizing these actions seriously.

"The very beginning of forging is to first mix the metal billet with various materials and heat them.

Then is the forging, to expel the excess impurities.

After that is continuous folding and forging."

Folding and forging?

Liam had a slight impression, "So generally, how many times do you have to fold and forge?"

Goibniu responded while forging, "Generally speaking, conventional weapons will be folded and forged dozens of times.

A Third-Grade armament at least a hundred times, a Second-Grade armament five hundred times, a First-Grade armament at least a thousand times.

I remember the highest-grade armament at present was forged three thousand times!"

Three thousand times!

What an astonishing number!

Especially the higher the grade of the material, the more exaggerated its toughness would be, and thus the difficulty of processing would also soar.

Forging mundane iron ten thousand times was not as difficult as forging a First-Grade armament a hundred times.

(End of this chapter)

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