Guild Wars

Chapter 406 - Barely Becoming A Grandmaster Blacksmith

Draco put the crown aside as he considered what gems to use for his masterpiece. There were few adornments that could fit his criteria, so he brought them out from his inventory.

He would have to smelt and purify them intensely, because they were not to be used as ingots. As such, he compressed and purified them repeatedly until they turned into beautifully shining crystals small enough to fit the grooves he had cut.

The central gem in the front of the crown, which would be right above Eva’s forehead, was a red Alexandrite Cat’s Eye Jewel. This was the perfect gem to use for the crown, as the Cat’s Eye Jewel in Boundless had the effects of magnifying mystic and psychic properties.

Even better was the fact that the jewel would rest exactly where a person’s third eye would be if the legends were to be believed, which should double the effect when Eva wore it thanks to her Celestial Maiden Inheritance.

The supporting gems were different shades of red rubies, green emeralds, blue sapphires, brown quartzes, and yellow topazes. Each one had a specific effect and boosted a different attribute, but altogether would assist Eva’s mental abilities first and foremost.

This crown was designed to help her in that regard. The Light Dragon set would obviously complement her Goddess of Light Inheritance, but for her Abyssal Eye, Draco was still stumped about how to help her improve on that at the moment.

Of course, in the future, after Draco would learn the truth of Eva’s bloodline, he would scheme with her to create her heavenly realm from scratch by performing unspeakable evils, but that was for later.

Right now, he raised the crown and nodded. So far, so good. The jewels were set and were glowing brightly, as the Aetheric Energy locked in the crystals that were used to make the crown flowed through them.

Even without the aesthetic touch-up, it was magnificent. Draco felt giddy when he thought about his celestial beauty wearing this, but he had to calm himself down as now was not the time to play games.

He couldn’t edit the aesthetics for the crown since he was not yet a Grandmaster, so he had to save that stage for later. Since he was done, it was time to inspect the crown’s base stats.

｢Unnamed – Ornamental Item

Rank: Legendary

Effect: Psychic Mastery +80, Psychic damage +80%｣

Draco’s eyebrows rose. These were some damn good stats for the crown that hadn’t even been enchanted yet. One should remember, Enchantment was a separate Tradeskill from Blacksmithing, so one didn’t need to add enchantments when becoming a Grandmaster to complete the requirements.

Another thing to remember was that not every Blacksmith was an Enchanter, and not every Enchanter was a Blacksmith. Usually, the two worked separately, the Blacksmith would create the item and the Enchanter would enchant it.

Draco just did both of them together most times, making them seem like they were one and the same, but they were not.

Pre-Enchantment - at least for Epic and above items - the equipment or items would display their stats in the typical manner of most RPGs, just like how items below the Rare Rank did.

However, once they were enchanted, these would all be hidden and magnified endlessly, leaving only the 1 passive and 1 active behind (assuming its Epic).

If that was so, then what role did these base stats play? Well, it was simple really. Depending on the base stats and effects, it would decide the upper limit of the weapon as well as its receptiveness to the Enchantments.

Enchantments made that encompass the base effects would magnify both, while those made without including them would make the resulting effect weaker as well as the Enchanting process harder.

It was the same as training a pet. If you taught a dog how to dig holes and catch frisbees, you would more than likely succeed after a certain amount of time depending on the intelligence of your dog. However, if you tried to teach a dog how to catch rats and meow, it would just resist as such actions went against its base instincts. Even if it managed to learn, it would never be as good as a cat.

So now that the Legendary crown boosted psychic effects so strongly, the psychic Enchantments Draco planned to make for the crown would obviously stick on better and would become stronger.

Draco decided to name the crown ’Celestial Coronet’.

｢Celestial Coronet – Ornamental Item

Rank: Legendary

Effect: Psychic Mastery +80, Psychic damage +80%｣

｢Congratulations on creating new item: Celestial Coronet (Ornamental Item) (Legendary)

Rewards:

10,000% Exp

10,000% Tradeskill Exp

200,000,000 gold

700,000 reputation with the Tradeskill Association｣

Draco nodded with happiness. His estimations had been right, he would earn 10,000% class and Tradeskill experience for the first craft of a Legendary item! This was a crazy amount he had not earned in ages, since the early stages of the game where his actions were so heaven-shaking that the AI had to legally bathe him in absurd rewards.

The 10,000% class exp was quickly split between Pair Dadeni and Mjolnir 40-60, bringing both of them to 24,000% of 100,000% each. The journey was long, but there was no rush and by all means, one day he would reach the end.

As for the Tradeskill experience, Draco stored it away with the rest. He had plans to stockpile it endlessly because he had picked up an important clue while he was in this Treasury that made it imperative for him to keep that experience in store.

When the time came, he felt like his decision would bring him endless benefits and joy, whereas if he spent it now on his Epic and Legendary Tradeskills, his guts would turn green with regret later on.

As for the gold and the reputation, Draco tossed them to one side. He had seen such amounts over and over again to the point where he was tired. Even though 20 million platinum as a reward was great, it was a pittance to a Grandmaster.

Boss, the cost of materials and reagents went from 200k platinum to about 500k. Putting aside any discounts or special titles, that meant one could only buy about 100 different Legendary materials.

Not everyone had a taboo and cheat-like tool like Pair Dadeni or Mjolnir to negate their costs. They would have to use the actual materials of the actual grade, and then there was the fact that their craft could fail.

Out of the 100 materials he bought, he could only succeed in about 5-10 of them. This was of course referring to external Grandmasters, as the ones in the Treasury had much better quality and success rates compared to those outside.

As such, 20 million platinum was just like giving a housewife $200 to buy groceries for the whole family.

Draco though, had no more time to ponder this as the familiar prompts came before him.