Heroes of Might and Magic: Grand Consul

Chapter 433 Forbidden Blacksmith
When the dream shattered, Goode and the Wind Erosion Cavalry were the first to appear, with the Crimson Dream Beast carrying the wounded cavalrymen leaping down from mid-air.

Despite being a battle in a dream, it is extremely dangerous, especially for the Wind Erosion Cavalry. Since they can charge and fight in a dream, it is not much different from the real world.

The good news is that they did not disgrace the cavalry regiment's reputation, successfully protected Randall, and completed the forbidden forging.

Hammondell slowly awoke on the forging table, while Randall collapsed from exhaustion beside him, only to be helped up by Su Mu.

"Send Master Randall back to the Magic Guild and take good care of him!"

This time, Randall truly exhausted his last bit of strength, helping his prized disciple advance in a dream.

In fact, in his dream, he could have chosen a much easier way to forge Hammondal's body and help him escape danger.

But Randall, seeing Hammondal's past, felt that he was capable of inheriting his legacy, so he did his best to help his disciple, completely integrating the crimson curse into the manticore's body, allowing him to fully master the forbidden forging technique.

"Master Randall sacrificed a great deal this time, you must remember his kindness!"

It's rare for Su Mu to vouch for someone. In fact, with the Duke's guarantee, no one will dare to underestimate Randall afterward.

As the master's last disciple, Hammondal would naturally remember the kindness.

He raised his hands, and a crimson cursed power swirled around his body, instantly transforming his arms into two powerful yet agile mantis-tail hammers. Most importantly, they retained their previous properties, allowing him to erode cursed power and refine subtle details, thus perfecting the treasure's intricacies.

For blacksmiths, details determine success or failure, and incantation determines quality—this is a profound truth.

Hammondell (Forbidden Blacksmith): Attack 2, Defense 1, Spell Power 2, Knowledge 2.

Loyalty 88, Element: Fire/Earth.

Characteristics: Unburnt, descendants of dragon blood, earth scorpion, subject to taboos of fortune and misfortune.

Fire and Earth Descendants: Enhances the effectiveness of forging skills, increasing the success rate of fire/earth attribute treasures and weapons by up to +15% (other effects can be obtained after awakening the bloodline), and there is a certain chance to obtain the blueprint.

Primary Blood Balance (Forbidden): Uses forbidden forging techniques on a treasure to improve its spell power quality, with a high chance of failure; if it fails, it will definitely increase the success rate of the special effect of the next forging (which can additionally increase the attribute bonus of the treasure, currently up to level 2 treasures).

Basic Fire Elemental Mastery.

As expected of inheriting the bloodlines of the scorpion lion and the red dragon, it gained such powerful attribute and skill bonuses after being promoted to hero.

Upgrading Hammondell's skills is a bit troublesome; the Fire and Earth Descendants need to continue awakening the Crimson Dragon bloodline to improve. As for Blood Balance, it definitely requires a large number of failed treasures or weapons as "padding" to achieve good results.

However, regardless of the circumstances, the Forbidden Blacksmith's skills are still very powerful. If forbidden techniques are used, the attributes of a treasure can be increased on top of its original value.

Many useless treasures become practical and functional treasures once their attributes are enhanced; and treasures that are already powerful, such as components of the Titan's Arrow, become unimaginably strong when their attributes are further improved.

Of course, this refers to the treasures that Hammondale reforged; with his current strength, he is far from being able to forge level 4 treasures. But the future is still promising.

"Hamondale, are you willing to pledge your allegiance to Kuraki and serve as the chief foundry?"

"I will not give up even if I die!"

There's not much to say. Apart from Randall, Su Mu was the only one who valued him and personally changed his fate.

If Hammondell doesn't even reciprocate this promotion, then he doesn't deserve to be Kuraki's hero.

"Next, you'll stay by Ouling's side and familiarize yourself with the components of the combined treasure!"

"promise!"

If we're talking about the next upgrade to a combination of treasures, then the Phantom Divine Bow is definitely the one to consider.

Firstly, it has few components, only 3 pieces, and the individual levels are not high, which is in line with the current level of Hammonddale.

If he were to take over Titan's Arrow right away, there's probably no chance he'd be able to do anything but smash all four treasures.

Of course, this doesn't mean he should immediately upgrade his combined treasures. Hammondal still needs experience and to forge a large number of treasures to improve his skills. However, familiarizing himself with the Phantom Bow early on will deepen his understanding of combined treasures.

When it comes to combination treasures, the one Su Mu is most envious of right now is naturally the Angel Alliance.

"Is the news confirmed? Dino is wearing the Crown of the Oracle?" "This matter has been verified by multiple parties. Lloyd gave Dino a special treasure representing the front-line commander, so that he could better command the Golden Dragon."

Furthermore, during the battle in the valley, surviving soldiers witnessed the ranger carrying this treasure, providing the divine golden dragon with an extraordinary attribute boost, which put immense pressure on the Demon Hunter Marshal.

The Crown of Oracles is the most powerful treasure among the Angel Alliance components, increasing attributes by 24. This single item is stronger than many treasures combined, truly deserving of the title of the strongest single-target treasure.

But Su Mu's goal was naturally not limited to this. If he could seize this treasure from Dino, the Angel Alliance would only have two components left. Relatively speaking, the Magic Armor was easier to obtain, and there was definite information about the Prophet's Sword, so neither was a major problem.

"What about the Prophet's Sword? Has it gathered any information?"

"After Isaiah's death, the royal family resealed the prophet's sword and did not bestow it upon any general."

However, according to the general guarding the treasury, this powerful sword was not completely sealed away, and its whereabouts are even a mystery!

This intelligence came as a surprise. Normally, if it were in the hands of the royal family, they would have access to it. If it were lost, there would be no way to find it.

"Contact Marshal Raven and the court ministers, and ask them to pay close attention. Kuraki is willing to pay a high price to obtain the Prophet's Sword; everything is negotiable."

Su Mu's tone suggests that the conditions offered were very generous.

This kind of unrestricted assistance can be in exchange for treasures, large sums of resources, or even conquering cities and suppressing rebellions. If the kingdom is willing to give the Prophet's Sword, everything is negotiable.

As for whether he would be accused of having ulterior motives, Su Mu didn't care much at the moment. He already had enough bad reputation to bear, so one more wouldn't make a difference.

There needs to be some motivation to do work; you can't always be the scapegoat and the firefighter.

"There's one more thing. The Dream Realm Prayer Altar has almost finished accumulating its magical power, hasn't it?"

Last time in Silvertop City, upon hearing news of Cloud City, I had the idea of ​​forcibly activating the Prayer Altar, but Su Mu stopped me. Luckily, I didn't listen to the Congress, otherwise I would have been in real trouble.

Now that so much time has passed, the prayer altar should be able to be reopened.

Forrest is in charge of this matter. Although he has been quite busy recently, the search for clues about Cloud City is still the most urgent priority.

"It's already started, 10000 gold coins + 1 gem each time, and I've prayed for 10 rounds, but it's still a failure!"

Forrest's expression was somewhat grim. It seemed that Cloud City's resource needs were fixed, and therefore the random resources consumed in gathering information were also fixed. Fortunately, Silvertop City's newest resource warehouse produced gems daily, and combined with the existing gem mines, they could keep up with the supply; otherwise, things would have been really tight.

"Have additional deities or monsters been sent to assist in the prayers?"

"They sent everything, even Cedrus himself went to the altar of prayer, but it was all to no avail."

This situation indicates that obtaining clues about Cloud City is extremely difficult. One reason is that the building level is too high, which naturally requires a lot of resources; another reason is that the distance is too far, exceeding the range of the Prayer Altar.

But until there are results, it's all just speculation.

"Keep increasing the stakes. Don't stop until you've prayed 100 times. Have some of the gods and monsters from Silvertop City move over there. If necessary, you can perform a special elemental baptism on the gods and monsters to increase the efficiency of your prayers."

After the altar was upgraded with advanced civil engineering techniques, it underwent a qualitative change in the progress of prayer transformation research. As a result, many gods and monsters were sent to conduct research. However, they could not ignore the news from Cloud City. It can only be said that their forces were still too few. Sederos is probably in a dilemma.

However, the Duke's order must be carried out, and only the astrologer can figure out how to resolve it.

The gods and monsters have indeed not undergone baptism. The elements that can increase prayer power are usually light and water elements, so it depends on how Sederos chooses.

Although clues about Cloud City are hard to find, this is not something to rush; we can proceed slowly.

However, there is one thing that is already on the verge of being implemented.

"The Witcher has withdrawn part of its legions, and Isildur has already taken action. The first legion has set off from the Far Plains and is about to reach the valley, while the army from the hills is also crossing the river and heading towards the city in the valley!"

Upon hearing this news, Su Mu immediately issued a military order.

"Have Orling return to Black Cliff with the Earthbow and the Arcane Prayer, and have Ivan lead the shieldbearers and the strongest swordsmen straight into the rear of the hills. Everything proceeds according to plan!"

The battle on the hills reignites!
(End of this chapter)