Ding!

You have renamed the item ‘Unnamed Blueprint (Artifact)’ to ‘Hammer of Beginnings (Artifact)’.

Due to the immense feat you have achieved, you have gained the title ‘Forger of Artifacts’.

Taking a look at the notifications he had received in response to his renaming of the forging hammer, a faint smile appeared on the young man’s face as he brought up both the hammer’s description and the new title’s description in front of him, ignoring the noise the audience was making as he focused his attention on the screens that had appeared.

Ding!

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Hammer of Beginnings (Artifact) (Level 40)

Rarity: Epic (Growth — Special)

Forge Quality: Transcendent

Having seen a glimpse of a distant future, the maker of this artifact initially aimed to create a replica of the artifact he had seen, wanting to claim even the slightest bit of its properties for his own.

However, rather than create a replica of the artifact he had seen, he instead brought the future into the present, birthing an artifact that was akin to the artifact he wished to replicate, yet separate from the artifact he wished to replicate at the same time.

Though still immature in its form, this artifact contains boundless potential that has yet to be unearthed, its current form already being the target of envy of many blacksmiths all throughout the world. However, in due time, it shall eventually reach the height of the artifact the maker originally wished to replicate and even exceed it, becoming an artifact every blacksmith shall tout as the greatest forging artifact of all time.

Due to its characteristics as a Growth type equipment, this hammer has the ability to ascend to higher rarities under special circumstances, may it be through the experience of the user, or special materials that the user may meld into the hammer.

Due to its characteristics as a Special type equipment, this hammer’s level grows in accordance to the user, removing the need for the user to have to enhance the hammer to their current level.

This hammer increases the user’s forging success rate by 30%, as well as the base stat of any equipment the user forges with the hammer equipped by 10%.

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Remarks: Now this. This is a true piece of equipment.

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“Hiss…” Sucking a bit of cold air through his teeth after he was finished reading through the hammer’s description, a ton of thoughts instantly lingered within Valyr’s mind, prompting him to think about the greater possibilities he would now have in the future with the Hammer of Beginnings being made.

However, rather than delude himself in these thoughts, he instead pushed all of these thoughts to the side as to not overwhelm him, reminding himself to not let something like this affect him too much.

Taking in a few deep breaths to regain composure, the young man then went ahead and shifted his gaze to the screen that contained the description of the title he had just obtained. Unfortunately, before he could even begin skimming through its contents, a familiar person appeared in front of his field of vision.

“…” Staring at the young man in front of him for a while, Julian did not know what to say. Though he already knew of Valyr’s capabilities as a blacksmith, considering that he knew that the latter had forged an Epic grade armor set that was considered an Emulation, the fact that the young man had forged an artifact was definitely beyond his expectations.

After all, what could be better than any artifact replica than a true artifact?

“Could you… could you let me take a look at the hammer?” Taking in a deep breath to root himself to reality, Julian finally asked a question at Valyr, to which the latter responded with a faint nod, giving the forging hammer to him after that.

“This…” Activating his identification skill on the forging hammer, Julian was quickly left at a loss for words regarding its capabilities. As far as he could remember, most of the forging artifacts he had come across and known about in the past all focused on a certain element. If the artifact was stronger, then perhaps two.

However, the artifact he was currently holding did not just focus on only one or two elements.

It focused on five elements at once!

As far as he knew, this was the first artifact of its kind!

“…” Being left at a loss for words once more as he gave the hammer back to Valyr, he then shifted his gaze to look at his daughter, who had a bitter smile on her face as she had a faint idea of what was going on.

“Even I didn’t expect this to happen.” Letting out a low sigh as he took a look at the artifact replica she had made, Julian gave his daughter an apologetic smile before slightly ruffling her hair. “You’ve done all that you can, Theraldine.”

“Now you’re just making me feel like I haven’t done enough.” Though she tried to smile in response to her father’s words, a few tears still began to brim around her eyes, reflecting the inner turmoil the young woman felt towards the current situation. “Go on, Dad. Make the announcement. I’ll be fine.”𝒪𝑣𝓁xt.𝗰𝓞𝓂

“Haah…” Sighing in response to his daughter’s words as he nodded, Julian glanced back at Valyr, who now had a slightly apologetic smile on his face as he realized what he had inadvertently done. Bitterly smiling in response as he faintly shook his head, he then shifted his gaze to look at the awaiting audience.

“To those that have stayed to watch the forging duel in its entirety, I thank all of you from the bottom of my heart.” Taking in a deep breath, Julian’s voice soon bellowed throughout the main hall, prompting everyone to focus their attention on him.

“As the Guildmaster of the Blacksmith Guild, not only am I proud that the two before you have shown everyone the capabilities of the younger generation’s greatest talents, but one of them has even given everyone here the honors to witness the birth of a new artifact!”

“With that, there isn’t really a need for me to make a decision now, is there?” At this question, the audience let out a loud cheer, causing a slight smile to appear on Julian’s face not long after.

“The winner of this forging duel is none other than…”

“Ylvar!”