Zongman, the journey begins from the wrong place

Rose took the form and took a look at it, then a frown appeared on her forehead.

Noah Sifir, human, male, seventeen years old, that's it.

The birthplace is blank, the background is blank, and all other items are blank, blank, blank...

Really, just like that little girl.

Rose's gaze towards Livilia silently revealed this complaint.

But she could only accept it helplessly and skillfully stamped the parchment with the acceptance seal.

As long as they are not spies or secret agents, no matter where they come from, anyone can become an adventurer. This is the rule of the maze city.

26 Coach! I want to learn how to iron, too!

After the guild finished registering, Livilia and Noah left the Pantheon.

But then, Livilia did not continue walking on the main road. Instead, after passing through several stalls, she suddenly turned into the back alley.

After passing through a complicated alley that made Noah believe he would definitely get lost if he walked on his own, the two finally arrived in front of a stone bungalow.

"Noah-kun, you know the general difference between the production-oriented Families and the exploration-oriented Families in the city, right?"

"That's about right. Exploration Families are like our Loki Familia, primarily focused on entering dungeons to explore and acquire resources. I don't know many production Families, but they mainly include the Demeter Familia, who provide most of the city's agricultural products, the Hephaestus Familia, who have a significant presence in weapons manufacturing, and the Dean Kate Familia, who provide potions and medical services."

Livilia couldn't help but nod at Noah's analysis, with a hint of smile in her eyes.

I don't know if it was because Noah said "we are the Loki family" or because this junior also has some research on the city as a whole.

Most adventurers only know the locations of weapon shops, taverns, medical clinics and amusement streets, but they don't care where the large amount of food needed for the city's population comes from every day.

The fact that Noah ranked Demeter's family first shows that he has some strategic thinking as a leader.

No wonder Finn said he wanted to train him after just meeting him once yesterday.

"The largest forging faction is the Hephaestus Familia, which is quite good, but the Gubernium Familia, which has a priority partnership with our Loki Familia, is also quite good."

Pointing to the emblem with three hammers adorning the door, Livilia pushed the door open and explained to Noah.

The Guberniu clan is a forging faction that forges and repairs weapons and armor, and also undertakes construction.

Although their fame and influence are far lower than those of the Hephaestus Family, the performance of the weapons they forge can be said to be comparable, and they can be called a simple and resolute [Family].

The main difference between the two families is that the Hephaestus family will forge a large number of finished products and store them in weapon shops throughout the city for sale, while the Gubernium family will only start forging after receiving commissions from adventurers.

To be more precise, it will be specially customized, and the price will be lower than the same service provided by the Hephaestus family.

Therefore, among the high-level adventurers, the Guberniu clan is more respected.

The Loki clan has priority cooperation with the Guberniu clan.

Simply put, the Guberniu clan must give priority to providing weapon forging and maintenance services to the Loki clan.

The precious forging materials obtained by the Loki family from the dungeon should also be given priority to be provided to the Guberniu family for selection and purchase.

This privilege is exclusive to the Loki clan, a few powerful exploration clans that can go deep into the dungeon and obtain precious materials.

In addition to the Families, some adventurers would also sign direct contracts with blacksmiths. For example, Grace collaborated with the One-Eyed Craftsman of the Hephaestus Families and only used weapons forged by the other for publicity.

"Excuse me, is anyone there?"

Entering the building that perfectly suited the name 'Forge', Noah could feel the burning heat coming from deep within the house, completely blowing away the winter wind outside.

As if to break through the loud hammering sound, Livilia shouted.

Soon, a shirtless strong man walked out of the house, wiping the sweat from his head and greeting Livilia.

"Oh! Isn't this Lady Jiu Moji? Eh? Who is this young man?"

"A new member of our clan."

Noah saluted at the right time and said, "I am Noah Sipher. Please give me your guidance."

"Um, is the Lord God Guberniu here? I'd like to ask him for help with something."

"The old man is inside, please come in."

"Thank you."

Livilia led Noah through the door curtain and into the room inside.

It was a room that didn't even have much furniture, but it didn't look shabby at all because of the various weapons hanging on the walls.

Inside the room, there sat a male deity with the appearance of an old man, contemplating a long sword in his hand.

Although his face was covered with wrinkles, his appearance was still handsome, with a high nose bridge, white hair and white beard.

His burly figure was without a trace of excess fat and his muscles were firm, vaguely reminiscent of a dwarf.

Neither Livilia nor Noah came in stealthily, but the god was still staring at the sword in his hand, without even glancing at them.

Livilia didn't say anything, and Noah could only stand quietly by the side, looking at those weapons that were not gorgeous at all, but made him instinctively feel their excellence.

After about three or four minutes, the white-haired old man, Guberniu, put down his sword and looked at Livilia.

"Is there a problem?"

"This is a new member of our clan. I want to make weapons and armor for him."

"Ok?"

Noah, who originally thought she was just there to recognize someone, was about to step forward and salute, but when he heard this, he turned around and looked at Livilia.

"I don't have a penny..."

Livilia blinked her eye, and a hint of playfulness appeared on her delicate and intellectual face.

"It's okay, I'll lend it to you and you can return it later."

After hesitating for only three seconds, Noah gave up and continued to salute the Lord God Guberniu.

Just eat women's food, it's not like you can't pay it back.

You can't just throw away your weapons for the sake of dignity, right?

If you really can't pay it back, then you'll have to...

"Your clan always manages to find good seedlings..."

After looking at Noah for more than ten seconds, Guberniu uttered these few words as steady as iron ingots.

Faced with this kind of praise, Noah was like many other children praised by their relatives. He didn't know whether to accept it or to refute it, so he could only remain silent.

“What’s the budget?”

"This child's growth rate is likely beyond imagination. It would be a waste to get ordinary armor. So let's just build a set of armor based on the budget of 50 million faris."

Guberniu, who had been calm and composed until now, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this, and looked at Noah again.

"Hmm, so you think he's that promising? I recently acquired some good materials, enough for armor, but as for weapons..."

After hearing the words 50 million faris, Noah felt a little dizzy and quickly interrupted Guberniu.

"Well, armor is enough. I think my weapons should be enough."

As Guberniu glanced over, Noah pulled the sword out of the gray scabbard.

With a clang, the silver-white sword shone brightly, and a cold light spread across the room.

The eyes on Guberniu's face, which looked like an iron relief, suddenly widened.

"Boy, can you let me see your sword?"

When Noah hesitated, he added another sentence.

"I'll give you a discount on the armor, and charge you 40 million faris, how about that?"

Seeing that Guberniu offered a 20% discount so readily, Noah knew how much profit was involved.

My goodness, you look honest and simple with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but in fact you earn much less than the Hephaestus family!

They are all profiteers!

Sooner or later I have to learn how to be a blacksmith. It makes money so quickly.

27 Stand still here, I'm going to...

"Well!"

Gu Bo Niu originally stretched out one hand, but as soon as he got the sword, he couldn't help but frown.

After being granted divine power, although Guberniu's forging skills were still in the "realm of God", his strength was indeed within the range of ordinary people.

"...It's unexpectedly heavy. It's probably much heavier than orichalcum, right? No, given the same volume, it's probably heavier than any other metal I've ever seen."

So Noah had to put it on the workbench next to him.

Guberniu came to the workbench and turned on the magic stone lamp, which was quite bright because it was refracted and focused by multiple mirrors.

Under its light, Livilia was able to see the sword in its entirety—

Except for the hilt wrapped with ordinary hemp rope, the sword body is silver-white all over, and even has a crystal-clear feeling under the light, as gorgeous as a carefully carved work of art.

Both sides of the sword are engraved with patterns that resemble lightning and flames intertwined together. If you look closely, you will find that these patterns are made up of tiny runes.

No matter who sees this sword for the first time, they will probably think it is just a decorative one-handed sword because of its gorgeous texture.

But the blade is at least 80cm long, and including the hilt it's probably 110cm long. It's undoubtedly a greatsword for slashing, and Guberniu just mentioned that it's denser than orichalcum...

Livilia speculated that the weight of this sword was probably no less than that of first-level weapons such as giant swords and heavy axes.

This conflict between the exquisite appearance and the bloody nature gave Livilia an ominous feeling.

"What a wicked way—"

With a sigh that was not only full of emotion but also of astonishment, Guberniu finally took his eyes off the sword and looked at Noah.

"Boy, if I were to ask you where this sword came from, you wouldn't tell me, would you?"

Feeling that Livilia was also looking at him with curiosity, Noah thought for a while and shook his head.

"I don't know much else about it. I just heard that the sword was made from a piece of meteorite iron, which was melted in a volcano using the fire from the earth's core to form its original shape. But it was soon lost. I found it on the top of a mountain that is filled with lightning year-round."

Noah didn't lie, but he only told half of the story he knew.

The material of this sword includes not only meteorite iron, but also the downfall of a race and an empire.

Thousands of years ago, in order to defeat the demons, the emperor of the empire that conquered most of the continent, who received the oracle, led his army on an expedition overseas. He searched for meteorites in foreign lands and sent them to the ice and volcanoes, promising to give him half of it in exchange for the help of the dwarves.

The meteorite iron was hammered in the fire of the earth's core for several months before it melted, but it still could not take shape.

The emperor, lost in desire, mobilized his army to massacre the entire dwarf race, and the endless blood helped the sword to form.

However, the emperor who obtained the magic sword died in an alien attack on his way back, the army collapsed, and the empire fell apart.

The sword disappeared in the chaos until it was discovered again by Noah.

In Noah's original world, this period of history was named the Sword of Betrayal.

"Where's the name?"

"Some call it silent sadness, but I prefer to call it thunder."

Staring at Noah with deep eyes, Guberniu nodded.

"This sword truly possesses a terrifying power. I don't know whether to call it a holy sword or a demonic sword."

At Guberniu's wave of his hand, Noah stepped forward and put the Thunder Sword back into its sheath.

"Boy, a weapon that's too powerful will hinder the user's growth and even harm the wielder. You should have experienced this yourself. You've been using this weapon for a long time, right?"

Thinking of something, Noah's eyes couldn't help but wander.

Livilia next to him frowned slightly when she saw his expression.

Gu Bo Niu closed his eyes and pinched his brows. "The budget of 40 million remains unchanged. I will do my best to create armor that matches this sword. Of course, I'll only do my best..."