This isn't a souls-like game at all.

"Warriors have their own battlefields, and blacksmiths have their own. You're going into battle empty-handed. Are you planning to throw shit at the enemy?"

The old blacksmith was slightly stunned, and immediately became angry with his beard puffing and glaring.

"You know..."

Just as he started to speak, he saw Ye Yiyi take out something and throw it at him.

"Uh..." The old blacksmith took it hurriedly. After seeing clearly what was in his hand, he stood there with his mouth open, unable to utter a word.

It was a crimson stone hammer, the very same Meltdown Hammer that Ye Yiyi found in the weapon box of the furnace.

"This is your stuff, don't throw it around."

Ye Yiyi smiled slightly and said, "Fortunately, I picked it up for you."

"..."

The old blacksmith's lips trembled as he gently stroked the hammer in his hand, as if he was caressing his lover's skin.

"Alas, you are right..." He sighed deeply, "In that furnace, I thought for a long time about why the kings resurrected me."

"Because the war is not over yet." Ye Yiyi answered.

He walked forward, past the saint, pulling the blacksmith out of the intersection of light and shadow, letting the light from the dome shine on him.

He pointed towards the prayer hall and said, "See? The Heavenly Forger is standing there, looking at you.

“When it’s time to do something, do what needs to be done.”

He loosened his hand and looked at the old blacksmith who raised his head and stared at the statue of the Heavenly Forger, who held a hammer in one hand and a book in the other.

"call……"

The old blacksmith took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

"You are so good at talking. You are indeed a natural born hero."

He looked at Ye Yiyi and said, "You are right. Since my old bones can crawl out of the grave, they are still worth using."

Ye Yiyi then smiled and reached out to pat the old blacksmith's shoulder hard.

"Old man, you should have gotten up and started bombing the gold... Bah! I meant to help me check out the weapons."

"Please follow me." The Saint said with a smile, "There is an unused smelting shop in the hall. Now is the time to restart it."

"Who is the old one..." The old blacksmith rubbed his shoulders with a tangled expression, "You might die before me, so you are the old one."

"That's hard to say." Ye Yiyi grinned.

Led by the saint, everyone stepped into another corridor and walked along the stairs in the corridor deep underground. Soon they arrived at a room.

The old blacksmith looked around, and finally walked to the cylindrical steel blast furnace in the center of the room, took a look, and then reached out to Ye Yiyi.

"Lend me the Melting Sword."

"Take it."

Taking the greatsword, the old blacksmith held the sword in one hand and flicked his finger lightly on the dark golden sword.

Flames suddenly ignited on the greatsword, and as the flames became fully ignited, the dark golden sword body also became bright red.

He inserted the sword into the opening in front of the blast furnace. With a flash of red light, the blast furnace in front of him seemed to be given life in an instant. The sound of violent metal collision came from the furnace, like a beating steel heart.

"Okay." He drew out the big sword, extinguished the flame on the sword, and threw it back to Ye Yiyi.

"With the help of the melting sword's core, I have started the smelting furnace. If you find any blueprints for weapons or armor outside, bring them back to me.

"Of course, forging requires the corresponding metal materials. Apart from His Majesty the King, no one can create weapons and armor for you out of nothing.

"If your weapon is broken, you can bring it to me for repair..."

"Bang-dang-dang~~"

The old blacksmith was checking the operation of the smelting furnace when he suddenly heard this sound. He was so frightened that he almost burned his beard.

He turned around and glared, only to find that weapons and shields were constantly falling from behind Ye Yiyi's butt.

"?" The old blacksmith looked horrified.

What the hell? Where does this guy usually hide his weapons?!

“That’s all there is to repair.”

Ye Yiyi lowered his head to count, nodded, and then took out a broken sword.

"What about the enchantment slot? I even found a flame gem here."

"Let me see." The old man took the broken sword with a complicated expression.

"The setting is sloppy, but the gems can still be used if removed, so let's put them aside for now."

"That's it."

"Wait a minute. Let me make this clear. With my abilities, I can only open up to three enchantment slots on a weapon or piece of armor. If you want to open more holes, you'll need to go find the King of Craftsmen..."

"Are you sure that Master Wang is still alive?" Ye Yiyi raised his eyebrows.

He knew that the royal craftsman was a craftsman who served the kings and had a very high status, which was not comparable to that of an ordinary blacksmith.

When the war came, the royal craftsmen followed the king into battle, using their lives and souls to forge the seal, and finally all died in battle.

The old man wanted to become the king's craftsman all his life, but he was never recognized until the king's death, so he became discouraged and turned his neck to follow the king.

These Wang craftsmen died without even their souls left. Where should Ye Yiyi find them?

"I haven't finished speaking yet."

The old blacksmith shook his head. "Go find the workshop of the King's forging master. There he has his forging experience and various tools. With those, I can open more enchantment sockets for you."

"I understand." Ye Yi nodded, thinking that this was pretty good.

He knew about Carpenter Wang's workshop. After settling the issues here and entering the southern border, he would be able to find Carpenter Wang's workshop.

After finishing the conversation, he asked the old blacksmith to knock off the solidified lava on his body. "By the way, this is for you. It's useless to me."

He was about to leave when the other party threw an inconspicuous piece of pottery at him.

Ye Yiyi took it and looked at it, his expression lit up with joy.

This is actually a fragment of the universal cauldron!

[Universal Cauldron Fragment No. 32]

Item Description: Lost for many years, the fragments of the universal cauldron still contain "records".

By combining it with other fragments, you can increase the variety of props you can make.

The following items can be crafted:

——Melting Gold Paper

Molten Kettle

——Holy Fire Resistant Potion

This is a fragment about fire, which can be made into a prop for enchanting weapons with fire, as well as more powerful projectiles.

He fused the fragments with the universal cauldron on the spot, then waved to the old blacksmith.

"Thanks, old man."

"Get out of here! Don't get in my way!"

When he walked back along the corridor to the top of the hall, he found the saint again.

After converting all 22104 soul echoes in his body, Ye Yiyi obtained a total of 5 attribute points.

In addition, there are 3104 Soul Echoes remaining, and the Soul Echoes required to upgrade again increase to 4700.

"The further you level up, the more soul echoes you'll need."

Ye Yiyi shook his head and then began to distribute points.

Of the five attribute points, one goes to concentration and the remaining four go to intelligence.

Level 25 → 30↑

Concentration 14→15↑

Intelligence 20→24↑

In this way, the concentration reached 15, and Ye Yiyi gained a concentration characteristic.

Concentration Feature: Concentration: Increases the upper limit of concentration value, increases the upper limit of spell slots, and slightly reduces the concentration value consumption of combat skills.

Thanks to the concentration characteristic, Ye Yiyi's two attributes also increased.

Focus: 127 → 142 (107 + 35)

Spell Slots: 5 (3+2)

After resting for a night in the temple, Ye Yiyi retrieved his repaired weapon from the old blacksmith the next morning and set out on his journey again.

The melting pot thing is over, and it’s time to go into the city and fulfill our promise.

Chapter 61 Accident in the city (additional update 1/8)

[Principality of Rit - Bottom of the Western Wall]

After a night passed, since the goblins in the fairy garden had not yet woken up, Ye Yiyi had to set off early and return to the holy monument again.

He glanced around and found Virgil, the black horse that had been eating grass from graves all night.

"It's true that a man can't get rich without unexpected fortune, and a horse can't get fat without night grass. Stop eating. Did you ask before you eat?"

Virgil stared at the grave for a while, then opened his mouth like a horse, and suddenly a pile of horse manure came out from behind his butt.

The dung beetle, who had spent the entire night finally getting out of the large smelter, happened to pass by and was nearly hit by horse manure.

It leaned towards the horse manure, seeming a little surprised.

There is actually such a good thing that shit falls from the sky and gets you drenched in shit?

"You are quite smart. You knew to come back!" Ye Yiyi was a little happy and raised her hand to grab the dung beetle.

The dung beetle watched the horse manure drifting away and danced with anxiety.

Ye Yiyi took out a piece of linen and wiped the dung beetle, then put it on the horse's back.

By this time he had changed back into the Zhige magician robe and put on the Yongyue pointed hat, and turned back into the magician and prophet Michaela.

"It's time to find a way to get into town."

But before going into the city, he had one more thing to do.

There was still soul resonance left in his body, enough for him to go to the combat skills teacher to learn the remaining combat skills.

After confirming the safety of Virgil and the dung beetle, he used the holy tablet to teleport to the [Forest Mist Plain, Root Village Ruins].

When we arrived at the training ground, we saw Bal, the former Eagle Beak Knight Master, exercising with the children.

When he saw Ye Yiyi coming out of the village, he was stunned.

In response to Bal's doubts, Ye Yiyi only mentioned the word "holy monument" and then smiled without saying anything.

Then he chatted with Bal about what happened last night and asked him for advice on fighting techniques.

When it comes to the Eagle Claw Knight Master Joseph, Bal is not very worried.

"Don't worry, Master Michaela. Joseph is a veteran. There aren't many decent Knight Masters in the entire Eagle Claw Knights right now. Besides, the smelter isn't disabled, and he's injured, so he's doing his job well.

"The Archbishop of the Holy Blood Cult prioritizes whether duties and abilities match each other, and will not be overly critical of accidents that exceed one's duties and abilities."

In this way, Ye Yiyi felt relieved.

Bal then demonstrated all the combat skills he knew. Ye picked out a few of them and spent his soul echo to learn them.

There are five combat skills in total, costing exactly 3000 soul echoes.

【Heavy Cut】

Skill cost: 8

A combat technique in which the weapon is raised high and a powerful blow is struck down with all the force it possesses.

The most basic combat skills.