Book 13: Chapter 2 (4)
“Right, I’m starting then.”
Once they arrived in the smithy, the men’s atmosphere completely changed.
Shin, Vulcan, and Vaal all fell into complete silence. They looked like different people than when they talked with Schnee moments ago.
“The furnace and iron are ready.”
Vaal, who was checking the fire burning inside, spoke to Vulcan.
Even in the game, without skills blacksmithing was pretty much the same as real life. Materials, forging techniques, and goals changed, but tools and equipment were by and large the same.
Furnace functions, however, varied very much. Tsuki no Hokora’s furnace would imbue magic into the iron it produced automatically, so even just tempering metal could create high level weapons.
Vulcan’s furnace was a special type, close to what Shin had in Tsuki no Hokora. The iron it produced was of high purity and was imbued with magic.
“I’ll start now.”