291 7.19 Upgrade From Iron Tools To Steel.

"Robin, didn't the wolves you killed just now drop any spoils? I failed to notice it until now." Matilda's voice was soft but audible enough to hear and stirred me from my slumber.

"Urgghh... No spoils. Only spoilt meat. Rabid and rancid meat. Cannot eat." I sat up and rubbed my eyes and went over to the spring water and drank some and washed my face.

"How long have I slept? It seems forever to me..." I asked Matilda while she was munching on a Snickers bar that she snuck it with her when she went to the crews' buffet table in the background when I slept.

"Hmm...? I don't know... Maybe 2 hours or so. I forgot to change check the time when I have gone over to the table there to get something to bite. You want some...?" she offered me her half-eaten bar of snickers which had her mouth's fluids slobbered around it. "We are not in a relationship and yet you wanted me to share your fluids?" I thought.

"Errr... No, thank you. I could get mine if I wanted to later. By the way, after you finish your snack, you'd better go and sleep. I'd take this watch and furthermore, I've got something to do too."

"What do you need to do? Are you going to leave me all alone here? Would it be better off for me to sleep in the trailer? Tell me you half dim-witted dum dum...!" she implored and hugged the blanket closer to her.

"Just go to sleep... Sigh...." what a talkative little airhead. I moved a few distances from her and sat cross-legged while I hold my crumpled piece of a sword in my lap and I meditated and soon arrived in the Realm of Mind.

"Time to get to work...! I went to the Refined Steel area and picked a plate and went to the next Blacksmith area and visualised a fusion chamber. It would be like one with five slots and the finished product in one slot in the middle. I could place a weapon, an enhancement and another material in any of the slots and it is going to be like a roulette thingy. I removed the gem from the socket of the sword and put it in my pocket.

I placed my crumpled sword in one slot and I placed the Refined Steel in the other. Now there's no more forging or hammering, everything should be done with this fusion chamber. I slid to close the door and shut it firmly. I chose the slider to 'weapon' and pulled the handle like a jackpot machine.

(This is the best I could think of as a fusion chamber. I hadn't seen one so I have to think of one.)

Keeping my fingers crossed and my eyes closed, I prayed for the best and the best did arrive early as a Christmas present...!!

*Ding* Fusion complete. Success!

There was a lot of white smoke/mist coming out from the door as I slid it open and lo and behold! A new sword was born and it was placed inside the middle, finished slot. I drew it out and weighed it in my hands and find that it's a dull blade and needs blade washing. I stepped to the grinding stone and spun it to high speed and began to lay the blade on it.

"Zziiiiinnnggg... Zziiiiiiiiinng... Zziiiiiiiiinnnnnnngggg..." the blade moved over the grinding stone and I slowly blade washed it until I got a double-edged sword. The tip was sharpened as well for stabbing purposes. I used the circular dual stone to sharpen the edges to be as sharp as a katana and when I'm done it looked perfect!

I rubbed my thumb over it and it made a 'twaaaang... twaaaang... twaaaannng' sound and I'm satisfied with the results. The blade is now slightly thicker and when I tried to bend it, it doesn't provide much yield. I placed it into its scabbard and it fitted snugly.

Time to upgrade the tools too. I logged off my meditative state and returned to the real world and found Matilda was staring right into my face when I opened up my eyes. I blew at her and she backed away and pinched her nose. "Eh eh... Mulut bau busuk macam bangkai tikus...!"

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I laughed at her for her silliness as she commented about my bad breath that smelled like a dead rat. Hahahahaha.

I showed her my sword and she was surprised to see that it had gotten brand new and not curly like someone's nostril hair...!! Hahahaha.

"How did you do that? You didn't leave your spot and was sitting there doing nothing and when you open your eyes, you showed me a brand new sword...!" she exclaimed excitedly as she held the sword and scabbard and pulled it out and find that the look is much better than Bladeworks.

"I'm going to improve our tools from being Iron axe and pick to become a steel axe and pick. It's much more durable at least 5 times longer. Pass me your tools and mine and I won't be long."

She gathered her tools and mine and placed it in front of me. "Give me half an hour and I'd be back with better tools than this..." I said as I held the 4 tools and went to the Realm of Mind after I meditated. I went to the Refined Steel area and took out 4 plates and returned to the Blacksmith area. I placed an iron head axe without the wooden handle in one slot and placed a steel plate in the other.

I chose 'Tools' on the slider and closed the door and pulled the jackpot handle.

*Ding* Fusion complete. Success!

I opened up the sliding door and retrieved the iron head axe and find that it had a gleam to it and was blunt. I repeated with the rest of the tools and every single one of them came back as a success.

I fitted them all back with the handles and went to the grinding stone to perform blade wash on it. Within 30 minutes I had completed all the blade washings, even on the dual circular sharpening stones. I collected the tools and logged off and return to the real world after I meditated off.

When I opened up my eyes, I saw Matilda was munching again, this time she was holding on to a party snack pack and it contained legumes... Roasted Cashewnuts with honey...! My favourite...! The moment she saw me, she gingerly walked to me and wiped her hands on her clothes and take a look at the tools.

"Wow...! These are steel tools? It looks the same but it's much shinier and sharper especially the edges here that seemed to glint. It's a bit heavier than before but let me test this axe on this tree here."

She took and axe and removed the leather headcover and stood near a tree and she started to swing wildly at it. Within 3 chops, she had felled the tree successfully and she automatically collected 4 logs, 6 sticks and 3 leaves.

"Wow... Not bad... Not bad at all...! I like it very much. Now to test this pick... Hmm, here's a rock mound, let me try..."

She swung her pick down at a rock mound and after 3 hits, the rock mound breaks apart and she automatically collected 5 rocks and 2 flints into her storage bag.

"Does it mean I would hit 3 times before I get to harvest them?"

"Not really, Matilda... For rocks it would be 3 hits, for copper it maybe 6 to 8 hits, for tin it would be 10 to 12, for iron it would be 14 above, for silver it would be 20 above, for gold, it would be 30 above, for crystals it would be 50 above."

"Using these steel picks would also be able to harvest green and red gems and you might collect some blue ones too. There are quite a number of gems but just think of Red as Ruby, Green as Emeralds, White as Diamonds, Blue as Blue Sapphires and Black as Onyx."

"If we used iron picks, it would take much longer. So if possible, anything above Iron mines would be for collection and sales and anything above Iron mines, 2 hands are better than one."

"I'd remember that. Now, since you are done snacking... I would love to get those roasted cashew nuts..."

"But Robin... That's the last pack and only left with groundnuts, broad beans and lentils." Why does the world seem unfair?