Blacksmith of the Apocalypse

Chapter 1325: Back home

---Minas Mar, Workshop---

Seth spent some time with the girls, catching up, before his attention turned back to his projects. It was finally time to concentrate his efforts on the pile of dragon materials that had been staring at him reproachfully ever since AlʼZalsar brought them back.

The Nemesis of the sorceress, Al had shown no mercy when dismantling his corpse. Unfortunately, among the huge pile of materials, not everything she had cut off the dragon corpse was legendary.

Although Tydis, the Dark-blue Sky Dragon, had a big title, it was a lower species of dragon, slightly higher than the Lower Venom Dragon. However, this time, Seth had all the useful parts and not just part of the fangs recycled from a broken item. Taking inventory of the legendary parts AlʼZalsar brought back, there were:

1 Sky Dragon Core,

1 Dragonite,

1 Dragon Heart,

20 liters of Sky Dragon Heart Blood,

20 Sky Dragon Heart Scales,

Sky Dragons were a species of lower dragon that specialized in magic; as such, their legendary materials were mostly the ones they utilized for casting magic. The heart, the source of its mana and life force.
The heart blood, which was the blood inside the heart at the moment of death, which meant it was incredibly rich with mana and life force. Lastly, the core which acted as mana center to store and concentrate mana for spells. Al had already reserved that one for her own uses, she had just bragged a little with it.

The Dragonite was a stone that could grow in the brain of a dragon, not all dragons had one and it was not necessarily legendary, but this one was. It was more coincidence, than certainty. A lucky drop, so to say. Although it was a stone, it was more of tonic fro dragonkin, than a crafting materials for Seth.

Of the legendary materials Al brought back, only two were of interest to the blacksmith. Three, but the core was Alʼs. First and foremost, the Heart Scales, which were the big armor plates meant to protect the heart. They were premium material for mage armors.

Judging by his estimations based on the , the scales had not only the capabilities to strengthen the magic and mana of the wearer, but also negate a certain percentage of damage, just like his own. His guess was around 30-40% damage negation.

The other was the blood. Although the heart and blood were actually Alchemy materials, and not legendary for his main profession, Seth had a certain interest in them for two reason. The Ravenous Sog and the Draconic Blade.

The Ravenous Sog was a relic-rated growth weapon Seth had made a while ago. Since then, the biggest growth it had experienced was when it sucked away a pool of blood potion meant to create a godʼs avatar. It was only natural that he was curious about what would happen to it if it were allowed to absorb legendary dragon blood.

The Draconic Blade, on the other hand, had been with Seth ever since before he returned to Urth. He had lent it out sometimes, but it usually returned to his hands after a while. He had forged the blade from Wyvern Fangs, and during its growth, it had gained a certain animosity to dragons, making it the Draconic Blade, which dealt extra damage to dragons.

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According to the appraisal, the weapon itself had reached its peak and could no longer grow by absorbing blood. However, the flavor text promised a miraculous transformation,

“Once it tastes the blood of a Dragon, the item will evolve to become a legendary Dragon Slayer Blade.”

Seth was curious. Would drinking actual dragon blood allow the weapon to fulfill this requirement, break through the limitations of its own material to evolve further? The blade was already relic-rated, although its damage fell a little short of what would be expected from that rating. Worst case, nothing happened, best case...there might be an interesting surprise.

Although the blacksmith only had use for some of the legendary materials, the rest of the massive heap was all for him. The legendary parts only made up a small portion of the dragonʼs materials, but the rest wasnʼt trash; it was all relic-rated. Apart from the legendary stuff, there were:

100 Sky Dragon Armor Scales,

500 Sky Dragon Scales,

50 Sky Dragon Teeth,

20 Sky Dragon Claws,

10 bales of Sky Dragon Leather,

3 bales of Sky Dragon Wing Leather,

100 liters of Sky Dragon Blood,

3 Bundles of Sky Dragon Tendons,

A complete Sky Dragon Skeleton(Various bones broken)

Although these were not legendary, they were relic-rated materials of superior quality. On top of that, Seth intended to experiment with them, using his path as the legendary Forger. He had already gotten the idea to try and upgrade the materials of the Guivre to dragon materials, but never tried it because he lacked the Power of Existence. 𝐑𝘢𐌽օ𝔟Еš

Now, he had a good amount and was gaining a lot daily, and compared to the Guivre materials, which were “only” relic-rated materials from a species related to dragons, these were materials from an actual dragon. The cost will probably be infinitesimally smaller! (He hoped)

The difference between the Armor Plates and the Heart Plates was actually not that big. The Armor Plates were estimated to be able to negate up to 30% of incoming damage, too.- The bigger difference was in their capability to strengthen magical ability, which lagged far behind the heart Scales.

Once he worked with Heart Scales, he hoped that he would be able to at least upgrade the Armor Scale to legendary material without paying too much of his Power of Existence. As for the rest, the bard didnʼt dare to hope that he would be able to do the same for the ordinary scales.

Although they were sturdy, their damage negation only ranged between 5-15%, and while their mana and magic power enhancement was less than half of the Armor Plates. Taking that into consideration, he doubted that it would be cheap

It was similar for the rest of the materials. Considering the power of the legendary effects of dragons, he had to seriously consider whether it was worth the investment to upgrade all of them, either using the Ancient Dragon Effect or the effect he hoped to gain from the Heart Scales.

Well, it would still be cheaper than using it on an ordinary item, but... he also had the bones of an Ancient Dragon collecting dust in a valley outside. Although Tatzel had eaten a portion, there was still a lot. Maybe it was easier to find a way to get rid of the curse? Then he could keep his Power of Existence to raise his level.

He would see what the future brought. For now, he wasnʼt going to process these materials anyway.

A knock on the door and the door immediately swinging open told him that his guests had arrived.

“Hello, Seth! Oh, is that your new assistant you talked about? Very impressive,” Tored entered the workshop with a greeting, and checked out Rún standing beside Seth with interest. Right behind him, another figure appeared in the

“I came as you asked. What is that big project you mentioned?” Neeco Boos asked, as his eyes wandered through the workshop, stopping at the golems and the materials stacked up on one of the tabled.

“We are still waiting for someone. Please wait a moment,” Seth asked the tailor to wait, but the next moemnt a third and fourht person appeared at the door.

“Iʼm not late, am I?” Grant May asked, sweating a little from running down to the workshops.

“You asked me to come by, whatʼs up?” Wedan asked relatively relaxed, in stark contrast to the enchanter. One just had to cross the corridor, the other had to run down a few flights of stairs.

“Donʼt worry, everyone is on time.”

He had invited the greatest masters and disciples of the tower, except Nädel, who was working on Minaʼs equipment, to top work with him on the ultimate project:

The blueprint for a set of legendary armor made of the Sky Dragon materials.