The Fukaros Familia, starting from DanMachi.

Chapter 83 Forging Technology

With the talkative elf girl Lefia around, the atmosphere became even more relaxed and pleasant as they chatted and laughed along the way.

Fen Yu and two girls from the Loki Familia soon arrived at the Hephaestus Spring Clan shop located in the bustling Eighth District.

Unlike ordinary weapon shops, this place is more like a huge steel palace.

The shop door was open, and a wave of heat, a mixture of the smell of burning coal and the scorching metallic scent, rushed out, accompanied by the rhythmic clanging of hammers coming from deep within the shop.

The walls were covered with all kinds of weapons and armor, from simple short swords to ornate armor with intricate patterns, each piece gleaming with a cold and deadly luster.

"Hey, isn't that Fiora and Thousand Fairy? What rare guests!"

Just then, a hearty and loud female voice came from the shop's forging area, easily drowning out the clanging of hammers.

Following the sound, the three of them saw a beautiful woman with neat black hair and bright red eyes.

She wore a distinctive black eye patch over her left eye, her healthy honey-colored skin glistened with a thin layer of sweat, and bandages were casually wrapped around her chest, outlining her stunning curves. She was tall and fit, exuding a convincing artisan's aura.

"Ah, Ms. Tsubaki, good morning."

Upon seeing the other person, Lefia immediately greeted them politely.

Fen Yu immediately recognized the other party.

Tsubaki Corbrand, the leader of the Hephaestus Familia, a Level 5 adventurer, known as the "One-Eyed Master Craftsman," is also one of Orario's top mortal blacksmiths.

However, this one-eyed master is really tall; Fen Yu estimates he is over 1.7 meters tall.

He had heard that the other party was a half-dwarf, a hybrid of human and dwarf.

Add to that the bountiful mistress and the equally astonishingly tall shopkeeper, Mia, and the dwarves of this world truly opened Fen Yu's eyes.

At this moment, Rafia had already briefly explained her purpose to Tsubaki.

"Oh? This young man is here to sell weapons?"

Chun's one eye curiously scanned Fenyu, then glanced at Ais and Lefia beside him. "You're also a member of the Loki Familia? I don't think I've seen you before. Are you a newcomer?"

The Hephaestus Familia and the Loki Familia have extensive business cooperation, and sometimes the Hephaestus Familia even accompanies the Loki Familia on expeditions. Tsubaki remembers most of the well-known members of the Loki Familia, but she has no memory of the white-haired boy in front of her.

"You've misunderstood, Miss Tsubaki."

Fen Yu shook his head, smiled, and introduced himself, "I am not a member of the Loki Familia. My name is Fen Yu, and I come from the Fukaros Familia."

"It's not?"

Chun's face showed obvious surprise.

It's quite surprising that someone who can act so closely alongside the Sword Maiden and the Thousand Fairy isn't a member of the Loki Familia.

"Never mind, it's not important."

Chun quickly waved her hand. Although she was curious, weapons and forging were what she really cared about, rather than gossip between men and women. "Our shop does buy weapons, but the prices may not be ideal. You should be prepared."

"I know, then please name your price, Miss Chun." Fen Yu smiled and showed Chun the white-tasseled spear he had been holding.

When adventurers sell weapons to weapon shops, the price will definitely be reduced, and if the weapon is of dubious origin, the shop may even refuse to buy it.

Fortunately, Fen Yu's white-tasseled spear was not a stolen product; its origin was clean, so he had no worries about it.

"Oh?"

Chun raised her eyebrows almost imperceptibly.

She glanced at it casually and gave a preliminary assessment: "It's actually a level two adventurer weapon, and it's brand new—whose new product is this? I've never seen anything like it on the market."

Upon seeing the white-tasseled spear, Chun immediately recognized its grade, and the spear itself showed no signs of use, appearing as brand new as if it had just been forged.

"Since it's a new product, I can offer you a high price for the sake of Sword Princess and Thousand Fairy — wait, no, wait a minute."

Chun was about to casually offer a fair price when suddenly her gaze froze, as if she were nailed to something, staring intently at the white-tasseled spear in her hand.

The noisy hammering sounds inside the shop seemed to fade away at that moment, and all that remained in her single, bright red eye was the reflection of the spear.

"I'm sorry," her attitude underwent a complete 360-degree change, her previous casualness and generosity vanished without a trace, replaced by the earnestness and focus of a craftsman, "Could I—take a closer look?"

"Please." Fen Yu calmly handed the white-tasseled spear to her completely.

Chun carefully took the spear.

Her hands, which could easily wield a heavy hammer, were now gently caressing the patterns on the gun barrel, as if she were touching a masterpiece of art, or as if she were touching the skin of a lover.

Her fingertips slid from the butt of the gun to the tip, feeling the seamless flow and the incredible balance.

"This texture—this material—I almost mistook it for something else—"

Chun muttered to herself, her voice low and filled with disbelief, "There's such a thing—such an unprecedented forging method—how is this possible? This—this is simply unbelievable!"

As the top blacksmith in Orario and even the entire Nether, Chun has seen countless blacksmithing techniques, whether human, dwarf, elf, or even the divine skills displayed by the god of blacksmithing on a whim.

But the forging techniques displayed on the white-tasseled spear were something she had never heard of or seen before.

Hearing Chun's self-talk, Fen Yu understood.

Sure enough, the experts had a sharp eye.

Ais could see its value, but Chun saw through its true nature.

In Tsubaki's view, the forging method of this weapon from another world was completely new.

Although Fen Yu couldn't discern the specific technology behind the white-tasseled spear, he knew that the world that produced this spear possessed all sorts of weapons, and its forging technology had also reached an extremely high level. There were even a large number of truly "divinely created weapons."

Although Orario also has a god of forging, their divine power is sealed, and they rarely forge divine weapons themselves.

The most powerful weapons in the lower realm are probably those transformed from ancient immortal essences, which are extremely rare and hard to come by.

The Hestia Blade, possessed by the protagonist Bell in the original work, is also known as a divine weapon, but it was ultimately created by Hephaestus without using divine power. In essence, it is a weapon that grows and is bound to its user.

Unless it's in the very late game, it simply can't compare to those real weapons that were created by the gods with divine power.

How many levels does Bell need to reach before that little black knife can rival a true divine weapon?