Chapter 112 - Boreas
It was nice to spend some time with my family again. There wasn't anything I had to run around for and cram in training for anymore. There wasn't a looming threat that needed to be dealt with.
All that was left was the monsters in the waves and I was used to those by now.
It was also nice to give my hammer a rest. Well, give my Warhammer a rest, my blacksmithing hammer was just getting started. That hammer had been singing loud and clear for the past few hours for the first time in a while.
Vinny was across from me in the forge doing the same as me, pounding on a weapon of his own. Adding his hammer clang to mine.
To get back in the swing of things, I went back to traditional forging without any of the additions I had made to the process. A way to ease myself back into it without jumping into the deep end.
After some warm-up, my [Forging Style] came out to play and I was able to really get back into the mindset. I had already managed to snag a level already. It was nice to see the numbers go up after stagnating for so long.
It was relaxing to turn towards creation rather than the destruction that I had been forced into. Forced was a strong word but it was nice nonetheless.
Fighting was fun and all and got my blood pumping, but too much of anything wore on the soul. Especially something as bloody as what I had been doing. My foes being bloodthirsty monsters took the edge off of the carnage but it was still carnage.
While in the middle of shaping the metal into a sword, Abigail waltzed into the forge and walked up to me. Taking the time to finish with the piece while splitting my attention, I looked up curiously.
"We are still working on reducing the time needed but we already managed to halve the required time from a week to half that, but it still isn't enough to complete the procedure before the wave." She said.
"Is there no way to reduce it further?" I asked.
"Not that we know of. There's a degree of control that we need to keep over the process to make sure it is successful and going any faster could lead to... unfortunate outcomes."