The weapons I forge are absolutely flawless.

"Master, what do you mean by this?" Sagozi was still somewhat bewildered.

"Shouldn't I be asking you that? If you hadn't managed to create it, that would be one thing, but now that you've finally managed to create it, you want to destroy it? Have you been absorbing too much furnace ash and it's taking up too much of your brain?" Viner said bluntly.

“That is indeed my fault,” Sagozi unconsciously admitted. “I shouldn’t have forged a weapon that no one could use. Rather than let it fall into the hands of demons, I should have—”

Wiener was truly exasperated by this stubbornness. "You're saying no one can use me, does that mean you think I was just dancing?"

Sagozi was speechless.

He only regarded Vina as a gifted master blacksmith who had the potential to reach the level of a craftsman god, like Tauronio, but he never thought of him as a warrior.

He was also unaware that the demon blacksmith master, whom Vena had described as being hacked to death like a stray dog, was actually a demon apostle.

“I’ll accept this sword as your graduation project.” Venus put the sword into her ring and continued, “In return, I will forge a sword for you as a graduation gift.”

He walked slowly forward to the apprentice who had been the loudest, pointed to the workbench next to him, and said, "It's right here."

"I'll prepare it for you right away!" Sargozi exclaimed with delight.

Witnessing Wiener's forging process last time was the greatest opportunity of his life, and now that he has the chance to see it again, how could he not be excited?

“Use the same materials as Mercury, no more, no less,” Venere instructed.

"Ok!"

Sagoci readily agreed and immediately directed several apprentices to accompany him in preparing the materials.

While waiting, some people might start sweating profusely.

"How many months have you been working in this workshop?" Viner asked with a friendly smile.

"Two or two months."

The louder it was before, the softer it is now.

From the moment Sargozi called his name to help but was stopped by Viña, he began to tremble.

“Two months...that’s already considered old,” Viner glanced at the works on his table. “What do you think a master blacksmith should look like?”

“I think Master Sargozi is what a master blacksmith should be like.” As he said this, the apprentice straightened his back a bit and his voice became loud again. “Even if he isn’t now, he definitely will be in the future.”

“Very energetic.” Viner nodded in satisfaction. “Learn from Sargozi well; he will be a good teacher.”

Meanwhile, Sagoci had already returned with the materials.

"Take a look, these are the materials that Mercury uses. If you need anything else, I can—"

“Half is enough,” Viner said, raising her hand to stop Sagozzi. “Do you think I can’t see that? There are two sets of materials to begin with.”

Mercury did not use any rare materials; Venus had already roughly figured out its composition just from the time he weighed it earlier.

“Well… better safe than sorry, better safe than sorry,” Sagozi said somewhat awkwardly.

Forging a Mercury only requires half of the materials, but if it fails along the way, then it will take more than that.

He failed three times from the moment he got the idea to the completion of the work, so this extra set of materials can be considered an insurance policy.

Wiener did not dwell on the issue, but instead started the furnace.

"Before forging, the direction must be determined. Since it is not forging for a specific target, at least the suitable group of people must be considered."

Wiener demonstrated and explained at the same time, and his method of simultaneously purifying multiple materials was enough to amaze many apprentices.

"For example, families that like to use heavy weapons and have produced famous strongmen include the Caceres family and the Valentin Merchant Guild, but the Caceres family prefers to use axes."

A blacksmith's perspective also influences their skill level.

These should have been kept secret, but Wiener only gradually learned about them after joining the Silver Wolf Class.

"So let's make the Valentine family the potential users of this weapon."

Stacking and forging red-hot iron blocks should have been a task requiring complete concentration, but to Wiener, it was no different.

The relentless commentary didn't even disrupt his breathing.

"The best way to train a greatsword user is to start from the basics and gradually replace the greatsword with a new one as his strength improves. But I'm a bit lazy and prefer to get it right the first time."

Despite claiming to be lazy, he meticulously answers everyone's questions.

He answered every question that needed answering, whether it came from Sargozi or from other apprentices.

As the forging process progressed smoothly, none of the apprentices paid any attention to Felix anymore; their eyes were only on the figure in front of the forging table.

"It's done."

Wiener took the forged weapon out of the quenching pool.

But can that really be called a sword?

It looks like a stone knife carved from stone, lacking any metallic beauty, and more like a primitive and rough stick than a sword.

If they hadn't been captivated by Viner's skill during the forging process, they would never have been able to associate this iron-bar-like object with swords.

"It's probably a forging failure," the apprentices thought.

Even if it's the master's master, if he's distracted while explaining, constantly stopping to demonstrate, and then rushing to finish in just three hours, failure is to be expected.

But no one dared to laugh at them.

The loudest guy from before was practically kneeling on the ground after witnessing Venere's technique.

Even if the apprentices who can enter this workshop cannot understand it now, they can instinctively realize how amazing the technology that Wiener is demonstrating is.

This is something even their master, the forging master Sargozi, could not achieve; it represents a fundamental difference in their skill levels.

At this point, no one doubted Wiener's status as a master blacksmith.

Even though everyone else remained silent, one person still dared to speak up.

"You've failed?" Lisette broke the silence.

"On the contrary."

Wiener shook his head, held the stone-blade-like weapon horizontally in front of him, and then gently released it.

"咚咚-"

A loud bang was heard, and the entire workshop shook as if it had been hit by an earthquake.

The stone blade then sank into the reinforced ground in a remarkably natural manner, leaving only the handle standing.

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There's a bug in the cat maintenance, so the update will be delayed.

As the title suggests, several bugs appeared after this cat maintenance, causing sign-in tokens to fail to be credited correctly, potentially leading to update failures for the author and readers not being able to see the main text in chapters. The editor suggested a later update, so I'm going to take a nap first and will post today's update after I wake up. Please be patient (*゜ー゜*).

Chapter 466 The Posture of Uronho

Primitive, robust, hard, and exceptionally heavy.

This was the first impression everyone had of this stone blade.

However, the total weight of all the materials used by Viña was less than seventy pounds. Even if it was slightly heavier than Mercury, it was impossible for it to have such an effect just by weight, after removing the intermediate losses and impurities.

But seeing the scene of him smashing through the ground by his own weight, no one thought his forging had failed.

Only a master blacksmith could create such a weapon that defies common sense.

“Aren’t you going to pick it up and take a look?” Viña asked Sargozi.

“You’re joking. How could I possibly lift such a heavy weapon?” Sagozi said with a wry smile.

Although he could lift Mercury, being able to lift it and being able to wave it are two completely different things.

The stone blade forged by Venus, just from the way it fell to the ground, showed a weight more than ten times that of Mercury.

“Ah,” Wiener sighed, then turned and called out, “Felix!”

"Come on, come on!"

Felix, standing to the side, had been itching to get started for a while.

He shoved the Night Sky Blade into Lisette's arms, then transformed into a blur and appeared in front of the stone blade. He rolled up his sleeves slightly and pulled it out with all his might.

"Ah—ouch?"

It wasn't so heavy that it couldn't be pulled out, but rather surprisingly light.

Felix, having exerted too much force, ended up taking several steps back.

He switched from using both hands to one hand, then casually twirled the sword, not feeling the expected weight at all.

Felix looked at Vena with a puzzled expression: "You didn't use the 'illusionary illusion' on me again, did you?"

“Is it really necessary?” Wiener countered. “Just think of it as a divine weapon and imagine making it heavier.”

"Heavy, heavy, heavy—Eh!!"

Felix, eager to see just how heavy the stone blade could become, suffered a setback because he was too impatient and dropped it on the ground with one hand.

The ground shook again.

“Even you have moments when you can’t hold the knife properly,” Viner couldn’t help but laugh.

"It was just an accident!"

Felix looked at the stone blade in front of him with annoyance and raised it again.

This time he clearly found the key, controlling the weight of the stone blade to change constantly, sometimes swiftly, sometimes violently.

"This is so much fun!" Felix exclaimed happily.

“Once you’ve had your fill, let’s hand it over to Sargozi,” Viner said.

"Oh."

Perhaps because he knew the sword wasn't made for him, Felix didn't feel any reluctance when he handed it over.

"This sword is..."

Sargozi accepted the stone blade as if it were a precious treasure.

"It's called Double Blade Hammer."

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"Dual Blades & Hammer:"

Weapon type: Sword

Weapon grade: B+

Usage Restriction: Human Race Only

characteristic:

Effortless mastery: The dual swords and hammer can freely change weight within a certain range. Strength determines the speed of change, while swordsmanship determines the upper limit of the range of change, with a minimum of twenty jin (approximately 10 kg).

Offense and defense in one: sacrificing sharpness in exchange for extremely strong toughness and hardness, it can be used as a blunt weapon and shield.

High-frequency oscillation: When the dual swords and hammer strike the target, they will emit a strong shockwave, causing a wide-range interference to surrounding enemies and disrupting their center of gravity to some extent.

Human Exclusive: This weapon possesses a unique characteristic bestowed upon it by the master blacksmith Venerer, making it unusable by any race other than humans.

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“This sword is enough for a greatsword master to use from the beginning to the end. I’m giving it to you as your graduation gift,” Vena instructed. “Whether you keep it to study it slowly or find a suitable master for it is up to you.”

Since he had accepted a sword from Sargochi, he should naturally return to him a prized possession.

This variant sword may appear to be only Rank B, but it was deliberately made by Wiener to show him the limits of a master blacksmith.

“Forgive my ignorance, but I can understand everything else. It’s clearly just a weapon, so why is it called a pair of swords?” Sagozi looked puzzled.

"That's easy to explain, because it's a weapon that requires both hands to unleash its full power."

Sagozi: "..."

Wiener looked around and saw that the apprentice craftsmen were still in shock and hadn't recovered yet, knowing that they would need some time to process it.

He then smiled slightly and said to Sagozi, "If there are no more problems, let them disperse first. Then find a quiet place; I have some questions for you."

“Leave it to me.” Sagozi nodded respectfully, and then began to evacuate his apprentices as instructed by Viner.