I, Stone Golem, only want to forge.

After shouting from afar, Will ran back with his sword, walked to Murphy's side, and said very generously:

"Mr. Murphy, besides the one I passed down in my family that I can't give you, I know of four or five other good breathing techniques. If you want them, I'll write them down in a bit."

"They're different, what's the difference?"

Murphy was a little confused. Wasn't this breathing technique just breathing?

How come there are so many kinds?

Moreover, according to Will, there should be more than just types, but also different grades.

"There are so many differences: conversion efficiency, physical strength after training with breathing techniques, attribute tendencies after becoming a knight, and even additional effects... There are too many to list."

Will brought up breathing techniques, becoming somewhat serious, but this was something that only those inside the field truly understood, while outsiders knew absolutely nothing about it.

Without experiencing it firsthand, it's really hard to explain clearly just by listening and seeing.

Moreover, his own theoretical level is not high, so when he tries to explain, he might make things worse.

"Okay, then write it down. The reward is two wheelchairs for you."

Murphy nodded, then pointed to the ranger sitting on the ground against the wall in the distance, and to Ella being supported in front of him.

Upon hearing that Murphy wanted to give him something more, Will immediately became anxious and explained:

"Oh? No, it's a gift for you. What we offer is nowhere near as valuable as your sword!"

However, Murphy ignored Will, simply handing him the sword case he had made and then waving his hand.

"I'm going to do something, breathing techniques... I'll write them down."

After saying that, it completely ignored Will's shouts behind it and walked into the workshop without looking back.

Once the deal is done, it's done. There's no room for haggling after the deal is finalized.

It won't allow others to ask for a price reduction after it has finished making something, nor will it ask others to pay more after it has finished making something.

Will called after it for a long time, but seeing that Murphy really didn't respond,

He could only sigh dejectedly, and then said to Fina...

"Could you please use the recording technique on me? I need to write something."

Fina nodded. Her magic had recovered somewhat, and she could still use spells like Recording, which were only used for everyday recording or writing documents.

... ...

When Murphy arrived at the workshop and handed the sword case to Will, the forging was finally completed.

[Forging complete]

[Target for forging: Human Lord]

[Forging Level: Perfect]

[Reward: Breath of the Earth]

[The Earth's Breath: The earth's breath is your breath, and your breath is the earth's breath; you will be rooted in the earth.]

[Unlimited Strength +3, already swallowed by the breath of the earth]

[Earth's Breath +1]

……

Murphy stared blankly at the new ability that had swallowed up the immense strength, his mind still reeling.

The person giving the introduction was so cryptic, like a riddle teller, that it was a little confused about what they were talking about.

What do you mean by "the earth breathes" and "you breathe"? What are you babbling about?

Murphy scratched his head, but despite his immense strength, he was swallowed up.

But it did not feel that its strength had weakened; in fact, it felt even stronger.

Murphy stroked his chin, lost in thought.

However, what's amazing is that as it ponders, magic continuously enters its rock crevices, and then heat rises from its surface.

Ok?

Murphy was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what was happening.

No, how could I be emitting steam?

I don't think I have that ability!

Murphy scratched his head, looking puzzled.

Then the heat in my body gradually turned into cold air.

∑(O_O；)

It seemed to have some understanding of what this so-called "breathing of the earth" was all about.

After a while, Murphy began to sense the reason for the aura emanating from his body.

The aura was faint and elusive, as if it had an extra organ.

After becoming familiar with it initially, it began to gradually control the form of the gas emanating from its body.

The air changes from cold to hot, from dry to humid, and then from humid to dry.

Wow!

So... what's the use of this ability?

Want to make yourself cooler?

Murphy looked at the air around him, which was sometimes cold and sometimes hot, and fell into deep thought.

However, after thinking it over, I couldn't think of a use for it for the time being, so I could only leave this so-called "breathing of the earth" aside for now.

He took out a few pieces of refined iron from the storage room, intending to start forging the things he needed.

It's worth mentioning that for Murphy, building wheelchairs for that group of humans was actually just a side project.

It was originally intended to make those devices for tilling the land commissioned by Goblu, and the two things have similar frames.

The one added to the wheelchair was a shock absorber and a position adjustment device, while the other added a plowshare and power source.

Building several skeletons is the same as building them, so building two more won't hurt.

Murphy then turned on the still-warm stove.

Then, batches of refined iron were brought in and shaped.

With each hammer blow, the rough, square piece of refined iron was gradually tempered and shaped.

Murphy's speed increased, and afterimages gradually appeared behind him.

A wave of heat began to emanate from around his body, spreading continuously in all directions.

boom! boom! boom!

The originally regular and dull tapping sound gradually developed a strange rhythm as the tapping speed increased.

hum~

A buzzing sound came from the metal being struck.

Murphy suddenly stopped, but the afterimages continued to strike the metal.

With the final few sounds, the first skeleton was completed.

The whole process took less than 5 minutes.

Murphy stared blankly at the skeleton in front of him, then at the hammer in his hand.

On the originally plain-looking metal hammer, rows of hexagonal patterns began to appear.

【Craftsman's Hammer (Elite): Ordinary craftsmen can only hammer out the shape of an object, while excellent craftsmen can hammer out its soul.

As elite craftsmen, we should understand one principle—all things possess a spirit.

This prompt suddenly appeared in Murphy's mind.

It suddenly dawned on it.

Previously, when the craftsman's level was promoted, it did not receive any relevant feedback, so it assumed that the craftsman's hammer itself had some new function that it needed to figure out on its own.

However, it now appears that this so-called promotion actually involved two steps.

One aspect is the level of forging itself, and the other is the understanding of forging.

The former determines the lower limit, while the latter determines the upper limit.

After all, if you can't even distinguish between good and bad forging, how can you possibly forge something good?

Murphy's gaze fell once again on the earth's breath.

It now somewhat understands what this so-called "breath of the earth" is...

It's not just a simple blast of air or anything like that.

Rather, it is a way to help him communicate with the earth and with nature.

It initially thought that the breathing technique was given to him because he and Will had mentioned it during their conversation.

However, it now seems that once the forging process for advancement is completed, the earth will be allowed to breathe, so that it can complete the next advancement.

It was just a coincidence that I happened to be talking to Will about breathing techniques.

However, the thought of this breathing technique reminded it of the waves and rhythms of air that constantly emanated from its body during the forging process, as well as the afterimages that continued to fall even after it stopped.

What are those things...?

Is this an extra ability of the earth to breathe?

Just as Weir said earlier, different breathing techniques have different special effects.

Are these afterimages and rhythms produced by the earth's breath?

Murphy pondered for a moment and decided to quickly build two wheelchairs to exchange for those breathing techniques so he could study them carefully.