Through countless failures, equipment can be modified.
The skill that made Fabio famous!
He learned this skill around the time when he reached Intermediate Blacksmithing.
There was a saying: “Never show all your cards.” If one were to recklessly publicize their full skill on the Versailles Continent, where there were never-ending wars for supremacy, they could easily get dragged into a dispute or lose their life.
Fabio intentionally hid the fact that he could also strengthen swords in addition to armors through Equipment Enhancement. If he had also strengthened swords, he could have made money by the buckets at the time. He made more money in one day than he previously did in one month through armor enhancement alone. Even considering the fact that, besides Merchants, Blacksmiths enjoyed the most lucrative profession, it was an enormous profit.
However, if it was known that Blacksmiths had abilities to that extent, more people would choose to be Blacksmiths.
“My competitors would increase, and they would never let me be.”
Fabio only enhanced armor to a sufficient level. After all, what he wanted was not money, but reaching the peak in his Blacksmithing skills and making the best weapons and armor.
After making money with the Equipment Enhancement skill, he was able to use minerals without limit. He went as far as to purchase the Thor Kingdom's mithril, iron, and silver ores in bulk.
His Blacksmithing skill reached Advanced.
And a hidden Blacksmithing skill he acquired through quests and his connections!
Ego Sword Production Beginner 8 (49 %): Can infuse a soul into equipment. However, it requires a large amount of Mana and a special soul.
Results improve if made in a graveyard.
Ego swords.
Fabio experimentally tried imparting souls into the swords he had.
Ding!
All the Mana you possess has been used.
An ego has been granted to the sword.
The sword's properties have changed.
17 % reduction in damage.
65 % reduction in durability.
It now has magical properties.
Depending on the Ego Sword Production skill level and the Blacksmith's magic prowess, the reduction to damage and durability will decrease and more magical properties will be granted.
Training Sword
Durability: 25/25.
Damage: 31–46.
A basic longsword. It is well balanced and made from tempering high-quality iron. As a crafted weapon, it possesses characteristics that can only be seen in a weapon made by a Blacksmith with advanced skill.
A work made by Blacksmith Fabio.
Ego Sword. A goblin's soul is sealed within. The soul is in an unawakened state.
Restriction: Level 180 Limited to Swordsmen, Knights, and Warrior professions.
Options: Lightning Attribute Damage +2.
Luck +15.
He had great expectations as it was an ego sword. He had expected something amazing, something impressive to come out!
“It's a huge failure.” Fabio scowled.
An ego sword possessed its own self awareness and was a weapon that steadily grew through hunting. For example, a sword with a damage of 40 could increase to 70 or 80 with hunting. It could also unleash certain defensive magic on its own initiative.
A skill that exceeded the limitations of a weapon!
However, there were severe downfalls. Compared to a normally made sword, the damage and durability were too greatly reduced.
“The magical property is nothing much either.”
As a pure Blacksmith, Fabio invested most of his stats into Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Concentration, since it was important to be able to hammer strongly and accurately. Perhaps because his Wisdom and Intelligence were low, he had an insignificant amount of Mana, and he didn't even learn any magic. Maybe that was why, but a completed ego sword could only unleash basic magic, and possessed a low amount of Mana as well.
And most importantly, the ego couldn't talk or remember previous battles.
That was because his Ego Sword Production skill was low leveled and he lacked magical prowess.
“Still, since you never know…”
As an experiment, Fabio made his daughter sell the created ego sword in secret so he could keep track of the ego sword's growth. However, the sword met the fate of being thrown away after being used to some extent by beginner or intermediate players. Even if it was an ego sword, from the exterior it only appeared to be a magic item with one or two defensive options attached.
One person thought something was strange and posted on the forum.
— Something amazing has happened.
This weapon, which I picked up on the road, has the power of lightning. It has a maximum damage of 31 to 46. It's an item with lightning damage +2, but when I identified it to repair it after hunting for a week, the minimum and maximum damages had both increase by 1, and the lightning damaged increased to 3.
I'm now thinking of switching to another sword, but… what do you think?
The replies to his post:
— Short term memory loss.
— Don't drink too much alcohol.
— That sword, can you show it to me once? I'm not asking you to just give it to me, I'll be sure to return it.
— I'm a beginner without a sword, please sell it for 300 Gold.
“It'll be hard for Ego Sword Production to show any satisfying results if it's not at Intermediate or Advanced level.”
Although the Dwarves were a race that naturally excelled at Blacksmithing techniques, he did think the skill didn't suit him since his magical ability was poor. An Elf or Human Blacksmith would have been able to make a slightly better ego sword.
It was really a shame, but Fabio was giving up on Ego Sword Production.
Magic Sword Production Beginner 1 (3 %): You can create a magic sword.
The completed magic sword can show a special ability depending on the characteristics of the material. Can only be used if it is imprinted with magic.
The skill Fabio currently had the most expectations for!
“I'll make the sword imprinted with the best magic.”
It wasn't impossible. Materials with magic power could be acquired in small amounts from places deep within dungeons or by hunting high-leveled monsters. He was striving to make the ultimate magic sword with those materials.
“A true magic sword is made by a Blacksmith, not a Magician.”
A Magician could invest all their Mana into a sword to grant magic that could be used a few times. However, a Blacksmith created a sword imprinted with such magic.
It was a secret skill Fabio had earned after clearing a request he had discovered after finishing a fearsome number of Blacksmithing quests.
Blacksmith of Magic Swords
The secret art of a Dwarven Blacksmith who hated Akryong (Evil Dragon) Kaybern.
Normal swords cannot wound Akryong Kaybern's hide, and it is foolhardy to fight a Dragon with magic.
The Dwarven Blacksmith believed the sole way to hunt Akryong Kaybern was to blast him with magic after piercing him with a sword.
In order to acquire the method of producing a magic sword, a Dwarven Blacksmith must explore the vanished dungeon.
Difficulty: Blacksmith Profession
Quest Restriction: Limited to Dwarven Blacksmiths
It was a profession quest he cleared by secretly leading his guild there.
A magic sword had greater damage than a regular sword, and it also grew by gaining bloodlust every time it absorbed blood. Since it had fewer ego sword-like uses, it could actually be a better method for creating a sword to be used as a weapon.