Vol. 1 - Entering the Game - Chapter 6
Thomas awoke the next morning and stretched his body carefully to work out any knots that might have developed in his muscles. With soft groans, he worked and stretched his body until it warmed up and felt comfortable. With that done he went over to the bag he'd gotten the previous day and pulled out his second set of clothes and set it to the side. In the room, there was a small basin of room temperature water and a rough cloth. He used them to give himself something like a sponge bath.
Once he was clean he pulled on the new outfit and smiled to himself. This outfit definitely looked a little better than the cheap linen clothes, but the more important point was that the clothing was thicker and a little tougher. It would help protect him from random sparks while hitting hot hunks of metal. The pants were made of a thick dark brown cloth and had several pieces of leather stitched to the knee, front and back thighs, shin, and calf. The shirt was made of a similar material with leather patches covering his entire pack, pectorals, and abdomen. It was some sort of soft padded armor, the kind that was easy to mass produce, cheap, and not very effective.
After slipping on the same simple leather shoes he had worn the day before Thomas packed his stuff and made his way downstairs. After turning the key to his room over to Martha he had a nice breakfast. The meal consisted of orc bacon, eggs from some bird he had never heard of, and a bowl of porridge made from a wheat-like plant. All-in-all he thought it was a rather tasty breakfast, especially the orc bacon.
With breakfast finished Thomas left The Swans Nest and made his way over to Rock's Armory. He wanted to show up early to show his enthusiasm to get to work. It didn't take more than a few minutes to walk over to Rock's and enter the building. It was just the same as yesterday, of course, even down to Belle standing behind the counter. When she saw Thomas walk in with a smile on his face she just arched an eyebrow and gestured to the door leading to the smithy in the back.
Nodding to her Thomas walked into the smithy and greeted Rock, "Good morning Rock! So what are you going to teach me today?"
Rock, and the other three blacksmiths, were already hard at work at their forges. Rock hadn't given Thomas a specific time to be there, but he had still come immediately after his breakfast. Rock looked over to Thomas and smiled, "Today I'll teach you how to make a sword." Rock gestured for Thomas to come over to his forge before beginning, "I'll tell you what to do and you just follow my directions okay?"
| System Notice: Blacksmithing Tutorial. Follow the directions of Rock to unlock the Blacksmithing skill. |