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The props took effect immediately, and Harder's face instantly changed from red to bluish-white, and he woke up with retching. It's more of a torture tool than a sobering tool.

"You little bastard again, how many favors do I still owe you that I haven't paid back."

What he saw as soon as he opened his eyes was Herbie's smiling face. Harder's face instantly changed from pale to red again, but this time it was because of anger.

"You owe me a lot."

Herbie stepped back, allowing Blaze to appear in Hader's line of sight.

"Look at the guests I brought you."

"I'm your guest—oh oh oh oh—"

Hard's cursing suddenly turned into a rooster's cry, which was so loud and deafening that even the chicken nestled in the lion's skin and mane was awakened, rubbing its eyes with its wings and looking left and right.

"Where did the rooster come from?"

"This, is this the legendary dream metal, soul steel? I have only seen soul steel as big as a fingernail in my life, but this entire set of armor is made of soul steel!"

Harder gasped and spread his fingers as if he wanted to touch, but he was unwilling to leave traces on the armor with his fingers. He could only twist his limbs like some evil ritual dance.

When Hebie saw this, he smiled as expected. It was definitely not the expression of a businessman who had used up a favor, but a smile of success as the other party owed another favor.

"Do you recognize this armor?" Blazer ignored Herbie's expression, cooperatively handed his arm to Harder, and asked when the other party lightly touched and observed.

"I don't know. This doesn't look like dwarf craftsmanship, at least not the dwarf craftsmanship I inherited."

Harder admired the dense scars on the armor and couldn't help but sigh.

"As expected, soul steel is most suitable for making armor."

"What is Soul Steel?" Although Blaze was a little regretful that Harder didn't recognize this armor, he wanted to know more about it if he could.

He had never heard of a metal like soul steel.

"A kind of fantasy metal. You should know that the metal itself has memory and lifespan." Harder pointed to the armor on the crafting table. There was a huge crack in the armor.

[Noble Knight Breastplate/Griffin Engraving]

[The armor once given as a reward to the knights who swore allegiance to the nobles, left huge scars after being attacked by the gryphon. 】

[When attacking, there is a probability of triggering a wind element attack, causing fragmentation damage. 】

After the [Noble Knight Breastplate], which was originally just an ordinary armor, was attacked by a griffon, the metal remembered the attack and transformed it into the armor's ability through a certain forging ritual. But as a price, the durability and defense become the same as light armor.

"The memory of metal can remember the damage it has suffered, but the lifespan of the metal will also be reduced in each memory. Even mithril and fine gold cannot avoid this."

"But soul steel will not. Soul steel is a dead metal, and dead things will not die again. The armor made of soul steel will become stronger and stronger, but of course the defense will continue to decrease as a price."

"But this armor has never shown the memory of these scars." Blaze touched his chest. There was a huge scratch here, which seemed to be left by a dragon species, but it had never triggered any related abilities. .

"Because this armor has forgotten my name, and it has even forgotten that I was injured."

After Harder admired it enough, he took out a bottle of wine from somewhere and started drinking again. He felt that his work was over without permission.

"If you want me to help you find the name of the armor and awaken the metal memory, then I'm sorry, I don't have the ability."

"The dwarves who can talk to fire and metal are now lonely. There is no one in this world who has that ability."

"Talk to the armor...?" Blaze looked at the cracks in the armor thoughtfully.

"Ah, by the way, where did you get this armor?"

"Generally speaking, this question should be asked first, right?"

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Chapter 29 The Sacred Ceremony of Forging

"I see, this is my lost hometown?"

Hader nodded thoughtfully, took a sip of wine, and said seriously.

"totally do not understand."

Blaze stumbled and almost fell down. The moment Harder heard "Lost Kingdom", his expression became solemn. He thought Harder could hold something back.

Unexpectedly, it turned out that it was simply that as a person aged, there were too many wrinkles on the face, and no matter what the expression, the face always looked full of deepness.

"Since the incompetent Master Hard has no way to solve the armor problem, let's settle for the next best option and repair the weapon." Herbie folded his arms and pretended not to do anything.

"Tsk, I never make excuses. I won't charge you this time. Just take out the weapons." Although Harder was dissatisfied with Herbie's playful attitude, he was surprisingly an honest man and opened his arms to Blazer. It’s calloused hands.

[Twisted Great Sword/Damaged]

Blaze handed the Twisted Greatsword to Harder's hand.

"Oh - this is also a weapon that has been through many battles. The craftsmanship is similar to your armor, but the material is ordinary metal."

Hader easily raised the twisted sword with one hand, and while stroking his beard, he looked at the twisted sword. From time to time, he tapped the sword with his fingers and brought it to his ear to listen to the echo of the metal.

Blaze leaned close to Herbie's ear and whispered: "How many times have you used this trick to deceive Master Harder?"

"How can you call it a lie if you agree with me?" Herbie tapped his lips with his index finger, tilted his head and showed a simple smile.

"Probably from the time he owed me a favor, he has been having sex for nothing until now."

Blaze looked at Audrey and pointed at Herbie, hoping that Audrey, the future baroness, would use fair laws to speak out about this little devil. But Audrey turned her gaze away. It was obvious that the future baroness gained something from every prostitution.

"It was cut off with a single blow... The opponent was a master of swordsmanship... A big sword, no, it was a giant sword user, Dragon Blue Ox Slash? He actually used the chef skill... Bone weapon? I see..." Ha De put his ear against the Twisted Great Sword and whispered as if the Twisted Great Sword was telling him a story.

"Is this the special ability of the dwarf equipment appraiser?" Blazer was surprised that Harder knew so many things just by listening to the echo of metal, and he could know the skills and profession of Flying Bricks without facing him face to face.

"Well, this is a skill that only dwarves can unlock and teach. It is a skill that can talk to metal and fire." Herbie crossed his arms and lowered his voice.

"Um?!"

Had, who had half-closed his eyes, suddenly opened them wide, and hurried to the crafting table. He clamped the twisted greatsword with a vise, then tapped the broken surface of the twisted greatsword with a small hammer, and used a small dish to catch the white powder that fell from the broken surface.

Blaze and Herbie moved forward curiously. It looked like the bone meal of some kind of creature.

"This is it!" Blaze's eyes widened, blessing him with an incredible result.

【Tail vertebra bone powder of Yamata no Orochi】

[The weapon pulled out from the tail vertebra of the Yamata no Orochi, Amancongyun will drop penetrating bone powder when attacking, causing multiple splash damage. It is generally difficult to collect, but there is a very low probability that it will remain on destroyed equipment]

"With this, I can extract the metal memory from this weapon and add skills to your weapon."

"Really?" Herbie's voice was louder than Blaze's, "How much will Blaze owe me if it succeeds?"

Before Herbie finished speaking, Audrey covered Herbie's mouth from behind. Finally, the future baroness couldn't stand Herbie anymore and stopped her. Herbie's legs lifted off the ground, and after twitching twice, he rolled his eyes and lost consciousness.

"You two, please don't pay attention."

Audrey hugged Herbie like a doll, bowed slightly towards the two of them, and exited gracefully.

Hader and Blaze tacitly ignored Herbie's fainting, staring at the faults of the twisted greatsword and discussing forging.

"I can't do anything about your soul steel armor, but I can help you with this greatsword."

"Then there's Master Lao."

"There are two preparations for the forging ceremony of extracting memory-making skills." Harder raised two thick fingers.

"First, metals do not remember each other, so the wounds must be caused by life, including animals, plants, insects, and even undead skeletons."

"Two, the part of life that caused the wound, such as the noble knight's breastplate."

Hadena [Noble Knight Breastplate/Gryphon Engraving] raised the Liezi.

"The scars caused by the griffin were forged with the griffin's feathers and claws to create the passive skill [Griffin Mark]."

"But this bit of bone meal is not enough." Hader took a plate of bone meal and felt a headache.

"When attacking, penetrating bone powder will be dropped, causing multiple splash damage..." Blaze touched his chin, and with a flash of inspiration, he pulled off the Nemean lion skin on his shoulder.

"Ah! Human! What are you doing!" The chicken was startled, flapping its wings and almost falling into the fire pit next to it.

"What do you want to do to my nest?"

"Don't use someone else's shawl as a chicken coop." Blazer felt helpless at the chicken's domineering behavior and handed the lion skin to Harder.

"Master, when I was attacked, this lion skin also withstood the attack. Maybe there is enough bone powder on it."

The Twisted Great Sword broke into two pieces after just one hit, and then the Nemean lion skin withstood eight attacks.

"Oh~ so much bone powder! This is enough for the forging ceremony!" Hard's eyes lit up, he took the lion skin and started shaking it. I don't know how he did it, but all the bone powder he shook actually fell into a small dish. inside.

The stove automatically lit a flame, and the apprentices and clerks looked over one after another, looking at Master Harder longingly. This respected blacksmithing master would only forge on fire when the senior partner of [Hermes' Brigade Hat] came, and spent the rest of the time drunk.

They hated Herbie, a greedy businessman, but only when Herbie appeared would the master reluctantly lift the hammer and do what he loved most.

But today, they saw the master's passion. The embers in the furnace rose and burned, and the heat filled the forge room again.

The clerks and apprentices took action consciously. Some went to close the blacksmith shop, and some went to prepare props. One of them brought a bucket of water to Hard.

Harder raised the bucket and poured the water over his head. Hader's skin turned red the moment it touched the water, and the water evaporated from his entire body like red-hot iron.

In the rising mist, a red rabbit loomed on Hard's back.

【Fire Rabbit Totem】

[It is equivalent to the "Fu Xu Jie Chuan" in swordsmanship, which means that you have mastered all the skills of the school and passed the test in all aspects. You can tell others the qualifications of your sect's name, and you can also recruit disciples in the name of that sect. 】

[It exists as a tattoo on the back, gaining high favorability from the fire fairy and the ability to talk to metal. 】

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Modified Sister Melushi's appearance plot.

Modified skill levels, such as Peak Jab LV5-Peak Jab A

Chapter 30 Men are bathing in fire, women are being reborn

Blaze has always superficially believed that forging is a dirty thing. Dirty here is not derogatory, but descriptive.

The blacksmith inevitably had to come into contact with fire and ashes. His face burned red, the ashes stained his skin, and he was sweating profusely from the forgings.

But Hader changed Blazer's prejudices and even made him a little ashamed.

Forging is a sacred ceremony to regenerate metal.

The metal turns red in the flames, like a gestating baby.

Harder swung the hammer, and all the muscles in his body trembled under the heavy blow, but he hummed an ancient fairy tale about metal very smoothly.

The flame is the womb and the hammer is the umbilical cord.

Today’s scars are the morning dew that will lead to tomorrow’s growth.

Your story ends in the cold winter, and you sleep in the cold blood.

I will wake you up in midsummer and open a new chapter with blood and fire.

Ding dong——ding dong——

That's the thunderous heartbeat, that's the rain-like breathing, that's the cry of new life.

Hard sprinkled the plate of bone meal into the flames.

Hiss ha——

The flames suddenly burst into flames, and the eight evil gods were resurrected in the reborn flames. They looked down at everyone with cold eyes, expanded their bodies, and wanted to use flames to reorganize their bodies.

"Humph!"

Hard snorted coldly and struck down with a hammer. The Yamata no Orochi seemed to be severely injured, but it did not flinch and instead bit Hard as if it was enraged.

"what?!"

Blaze stepped forward to block Harder, his fangs penetrated the armor and pierced into every part of his body, and the venom composed of flames was injected instantly.

"Ahhhhhh-uh!"

Blaze felt like his blood was burning and evaporating, and the bulging veins on his forehead even turned red.

"Human!" Chicken screamed, but the scorching flames forced her back, and she yelled angrily at Hard, who was in a daze.