Chapter 107 - Making The Katanas (Part One)

Lucas had escaped the place quickly as he had caused quite the ruckus there. He was sure that news of a break-in would spread around the town, and sooner the people would begin to think the Kingdom is in danger. 

He blended into the crowd and made his way back to the place he had rented out. After entering, he quickly went to bed as tomorrow was going to be a busy day, blacksmithing. 

The next morning came, and a sweet smell wafted into his nose after he had finished his daily tasks. He was looking at his stats when the smell disrupted all of his thoughts. 

[Status]

[Name: Lucas Heart]

[HP: 350/350] 

[MP: 350/350]

[Level: 16]       

[Job: None]

[Title: Defying The Odds, Master Of Stealth, The Schemer (inactive), Master Tactician (inactive)]

[EXP: 29,620/40,000]

[Accumulated EXP: 0]

[System Level: 3/10]

[Strength: 52]

[Stamina: 49]

[Agility: 52+19]

[Perception: 47]

[Magic: 43]

[Stat points to be used: 70]

He quickly got up from his room and went running into the kitchen. He was curious as to what was making such a wonderful smell. His thoughts got the better of him and he saw Emilia cooking in the kitchen with an apron.

A smile formed on his lips and He wanted to embrace her, but he refrained from his thought. After what he did last night, his heart was still in a mess as to what he was feeling and how he was going to deal with it. 

"I also have to analyze the information I got from father. If it is something of grave importance, I am willing to let go of this tradition and protect the family", he said in a resolute voice as he turned away from Emilia.

"Something wrong?", came her voice from behind, and all of his worries began to melt away. It was something he needed right at this moment, as being stressed would mess up with the quality of the katanas he was about to blacksmith for the day.

He took a deep breath to clear his mind of all the worrisome thoughts and looked at her. He then went into the kitchen and looked at what was being made. "Meat soup and bread?", he thought as he looked at the contents that were spread on the table. 

Lucas was hungry after the workout, and he was craving some meat. Seeing her make the same meat he was craving was somewhat satisfying for him, and a thought popped up in his head.

"Is this what it is like to have a girlfriend?", and he quickly shook the thought off. This was something unnecessary for him right now, and the primary focus should be building his strength.

After last night's fiasco, he understood the caliber of danger that the Kingdom was about to face. He was preparing himself for this, and thus he needed experience in combat. For that, he will need to fight against more beasts and level himself up more.

"How much has the integration succeded?", he asked Valentine. He was now at the lower parts of his body, and reinforcing here was much easier compared to reinforcing his other body parts.

"Your whole body has reached 80% integration. I advise you to think this through once more. you will not be able to handle the backlash from this if it were to go wrong", he said in a worried tone.

Although Valentine found Lucas to be annoying, he had slowly begun to take a liking towards him. One, it was because he was his descendant and two, was because he never ceased to amaze Valentine.

Lucas just had a smile on his face, and he didn't utter anything. In a few minutes, there was a knock on his door, and it was none other than Robert. He had brought the materials in which the training swords had to be made, and he also had another request.

"I would like to see the method in which you blacksmith. Don't worry, this is for my curiosity", he said. He still couldn't get over the fact that Lucas made him a spirit weapon in a span of a measly two hours. 

A normal blacksmith would take days to make a normal weapon, let alone a spirit weapon. Thus, his curiosity was piqued. Lucas smiled as he was in a dilemma now.

"I can't reveal that I have the Legendary Inscriptor Blacksmith's Diary. But I do not have any choice as I wanted to practice and check if there were any methods for mass production that could save most of my time", he thought.

He was still thinking of what to answer him. He didn't want to refuse, but he also didn't want him to witness the notebook. He rubbed his chin and pondered for a moment before he nodded his head.

He then took the materials below and began to set up the furnace. He wanted to make the old-fashioned way first, to know the quality of the swords that he would get out of the materials, and the best ratio to make one.

After entering inside, there was a screen that was hovering in the right corner of the room. Lucas eyes at it and he was confused as he didn't see it yesterday. He walked towards it and began to inspect it. 

The screen had a circle, and it had some boxes attached to the circle. There was a scanner right next to it, and it also had a section called the output. After some analyzing it, Lucas was taken aback at what it was.

"This is something that I have only seen in the palace. I never expected this place to have one", he thought as he ran his hand on the screen. He quickly picked up the scanner and began to scan the materials that he had brought along.

After the scan, he brought the materials into the box and began to run simulations to see what was the best ratio to bring out the potential that is hidden within these materials. Each and everything was complementary to each other, and thus bringing out the full potential was possible for Lucas.

After running the simulations, a smile was plastered on his face. He then picked up the equipment he had brought in as a sample and scanned it. After the scan, he compared his model and the model which was brought by Robert.

"Let's say we are going to make an upgrade to the katanas that you have brought back", he said as he looked at him. Robert was confused as to what was happening, but if something good was coming out of this, then he was also elated about it.

Lucas brought out the metal that was to be used, and he began to melt it. Since it was a normal training Katana, he was sure that it would not need any special attacks. But if it did end up with one, he was sure that Robert would be the first one to be elated about it.

He began to use the first technique he had learned from the notebook, and the weapon had begun to take shape. The extreme heat was making Robert sweat buckets, but he didn't mind it as the Katanas were the most important things for him. Lucas's techniques were just a bonus for him.

Lucas was hammering away at the material that was given to him, and it slowly began to take shape. Each strike was done with his Aura. After finishing it, he swung it twice and began to test out the balance. He threw it to Robert and he swung it twice.

"It's too heavy", he frowned but Lucas had a smile on his face. He motioned for him to keep going, and Robert followed. Soon his facial expressions changed, and it was of glee and worry.

"Then how will the weight stabilize? We need something for training them with. If this is an adaptable type, then making training swords with them isn't a good thing", he said as he pondered. Lucas had an idea, and he wanted to test his theory out.

"Take that sword to your father, and let him decide on how much weight it must carry. I am sure he will be able to do that. After that, bring the sword along with your father and I will make all the swords of the same type", he said and Robert nodded his head.

"Lucas, just make sure that this technique isn't shared outside. If anyone learns of this, your head will be up for an auction",  he said with worry. Lucas chuckled as he showed Robert out the door. 

He took out the black notebook and began to sift through quickly to find a technique for mass production. And there was one technique, and the formation looked the same as the circle which he used in the computer. 

"That's strange. I thought formations are used here and that was just to make the interface look cool", he thought as he looked at the screen and the formation on the notebook.. It was the same and there were no changes made whatsoever.