Blacksmith of the Apocalypse

Chapter 723. Starting off

They had all assembled in the lobby of Minas Mar for their departure. Everyone currently home, came to send them off. Seth had decided to finally trust Yu and invite them into the heart of their home.

Seeing Yu motivated to accompany the expedition was really reassuring to Seth. Although they also sent a team of Oathguards and Edward along with Evee and the craftsmen, only Yu would be able to face dangers of the level of someone like Dragos.

There was no further news about that terrifyingly strong man. Not even the Adventurer Guild was able to find out a lot about him. A secretary from Mary told him about the guildʼs update on the matter. Even after investigating the remnants of his former guild, there was no lead on who exactly Dragos was or where he actually came from.

”Tower, do you detect the spatial beacon?” ”Affirmative.” ”Then open the path for our brave adventurers.”

With that, a stable, oval portal opened in the middle of the entrance hall. It was shining in a dark blue light and was much more confidence-inspiring than Eveeʼs first try at making a spatial beacon and a direct teleportation path.

Knowing that Yu was going along with the expedition gave Seth the peace of mind to send their party off with a smile. Under the waves and cheers of the chimeras, Faer, and Tijaahk the expedition vanished through the gate, which closed soon after the last person has entered.

The only thing they could do now was to wait. Evee had explained that the tower ego would notify them, once the teleportation hub was completed and was sending out a steady signal for the magic tower to detect.

At that point, it would be possible to safely and reliably open portals leading to the Holy Land using the power supply of Minas Mar at first. As time went on, the teleport hub would collect and store mana from the surroundings and be able to open the portal independently. Although only in regular intervals.

Since the construction would take time and the tower would notify him if there were changes, Seth soon returned to his workshop. He had been looking forward to this day when his reached the level of journeyman.

This had been the goal he set for himself before he would start working on Lydiaʼs bow. Now he could finally combine the results of his work, experience, and experiments over the past week and let it all flow into a new item.

It was a blueprint Seth had come up with himself, and it all started with something Bess had told him. It wasnʼt important what materials were used when building a composite bow, as long they accomplished the task they were supposed to do.

The blacksmith was given the gods sinew, marrow, and timber. Since the marrow was more like a copper-based metal at first glance he had intended to do a sinew-backed bow and use the metal ingot for a mace or club.

After listening to Bess, he had the idea to maybe use the metal at the belly, instead of a kind of horn, to store the compressive force when pulling the bow. Over the last week, he had experimented with different metals and the ways to weld wood and metal together, to see if it was feasible. Depending on the metal, it was very much possible.

Complete confidence in his idea only grew when he tested around with the marrow itself.