Fatty did not feel anything when he was forging. However, upon seeing Create a Future take out the Appraisal Scroll, his heart pounded uncontrollably.
This was the last shot. All his hopes depended on it.
The aura of the venue was oppressing. Around 200 players stared at Create a Future, waiting for him to announce the rank of the equipment.
Fortunately, they did not have to wait long. When the Appraisal Scroll's light disappeared, Create a Future hastily looked at the color of the dagger's name. "Refined!"
The players went into an uproar again. What did this imply? Some players, who were jealous of Fatty's 5-Silver-Coin forging fee, burst into laughter.
Even Fatty despaired upon hearing that. He knew that everything was over this time…
Out of the five daggers, two were Normal Rank and three were Refined Rank. This should be okay, for others might not achieve this much. Producing one Refined Rank piece of equipment was a proud moment for any forger after all. There was a real possibility that they would manage to forge only Normal Rank daggers…
The problem lay in the fact that Create a Future had praised Fatty too highly. The players subconsciously viewed Fatty as a forging expert, and it was normal for such an expert to produce three Refined Rank weapons.
This ironically caused great displeasure among the players. They had been waiting for the production of Superior Rank weapons, not a Refined Rank weapon…
The venue was in an uproar. Fatty really wanted to escape from the place, for he felt completely embarrassed…
Then, someone suddenly realized that Create a Future was still staring at his weapon in a daze and had yet to speak. Hence, that person asked curiously, "Hey, what's up, Brother? Is this blow too great for you? You have indeed incurred some losses over five Level 20 dagger blueprints and materials…"
The other players were either happy about his misery or felt pity for him. Someone even told Create a Future, "Hey, Brother, what kind of sh*tty forger did you find? Make him return the money to you so that you can reduce your losses!"
This advice could be considered goodwill. Unexpectedly, Create a Future suddenly jumped as if someone had stepped on his tail. With bloodshot eyes, he scolded him. "Bullshit! I will have a go with anyone who wants me to make Brother Chicken return my money!"
The players were shocked. What was going on with him? Had he gone crazy because his heart could not withstand such a great blow?
In the end, Create a Future lowered his head again and continued staring at his weapon without blinking.
This sight was very strange. The players who had been reprimanding Fatty slowly stopped. Even the players who failed to sense Create a Future's abnormality lowered their voices and eventually stopped speaking. Everyone looked at Create a Future in confusion.
They could all sense that something was amiss. Had Create a Future announced the wrong equipment rank just now?
Fatty was stunned as well, unable to understand what Create a Future was doing. He was just thinking of logging off.
"Hey, Brother! What is going on with that dagger? Tell us!"
The impatient players finally spoke. Create a Future's expression was really strange.
Perhaps their shouts woke Create a Future up from his daze. He lifted his head and announced in a trembling voice, "Ex… Exclusive! This is an Exclusive Refined Rank dagger!"
His words stunned everyone!
Almost all players had a basic understanding of the game before they started playing, regardless of whether they had participated in the closed beta trial or not. Therefore, they knew what an 'Exclusive' piece of equipment signified…
According to the official equipment rank information, the term 'Exclusive' meant that only the person who appraised the equipment could use it. It could not be given away, traded, or auctioned off. This piece of equipment would forever be in the appraiser's possession, unless its durability was completely used up or it was disassembled using enchantment skills…
This kind of equipment seemed to be troublesome, but it was actually something that anyone who fully understood the term 'Exclusive' desperately sought!
This was because its Stats were higher than the Stats of any equipment in the same rank, as a form of compensation for the lack of trading function.
Every piece of equipment was assigned its own Stat limits that changed according to its rank. Regardless, the Stats of any forged equipment were given randomly. If one was lucky, the Stats might be close to the limit, as such equipment was considered high-quality.
Only Exclusive equipment was exempted from this rule, for its Stats could exceed the preassigned limits…
Therefore, almost all players went crazy upon learning that this was an Exclusive dagger.
Even during the closed beta, there had been no news of anyone obtaining Exclusive equipment, yet this dagger had appeared even though the open beta phase had just started! This was a legendary situation!
"Quickly, show us!"
The players almost went crazy over Create a Future's unresponsive stance. They started to scold him in an attempt to quickly see the dagger's Stats…
Upon realizing that he was about to provoke public wrath, Create a Future clumsily showed the dagger's Stats.
Everyone took a deep breath upon seeing them!
[Cercis Dagger]
Level: 20
Rank: Refined
Attack Power: 42-65
+5 Strength
+ 5 Agility
Acceleration Level +2
Blossom: Passive Skill. After killing a target that can give you EXP or Reputation, your next attack will have an additional 25% chance of a Critical Hit.
Exclusivity: Only Create a Future can use this item. It cannot be traded, given away, or auctioned off. It will not drop upon the player's death.
Durability: 75/75
Forger: Chicken Sugar
Everyone present swallowed audibly upon seeing the Stats of this dagger…
The most surprised person around was Fatty. As Create a Future had announced, this was indeed a Refined Rank dagger. However, Fatty had not expected that its exclusivity would drastically change the dagger's Stats…
A Level 20 Refined Rank dagger should possess an attack power of around 38, yet due to its 'Exclusive' aspect, the attack power limit was broken, thus increasing by 27 points! Such an attack power already exceeded the attack power of the average Superior Rank weapon!
The +5 Strength and Agility was akin to having 5 extra levels of Stat points. Acceleration Level +2 meant that the attack speed of this dagger would increase by around 2%. Combined with the high Critical Hit ratio of the Thieves, a Critical Hit was almost guaranteed.
This Exclusive dagger most likely surpassed any Superior Rank weapon, almost reaching the ranks of Legendary weapons.
The players finally understood why Create a Future looked so dazed. The four daggers previously had made him lose all hope before he had suddenly received this present. It was already impressive that he had not burst into laughter immediately.
What the hell! He was such a lucky bastard! The very first Exclusive piece of equipment of the game belonged to him! The players were all very jealous.
"Brother Chicken, I… I…" Create a Future was so excited that he had lost his ability to speak. As he lifted his head and looked at Fatty, he did not know how he should act.
At the moment, he was filled with immense regret that he had previously doubted Brother Chicken. That was a grave sin!
He was stunned as he nervously looked at Fatty's face.
The other players were stunned as well. They had suddenly realized that Brother Chicken was completely expressionless and calm!
Did this mean that Brother Chicken had already predicted this outcome? Was he always so confident about his forging standards?
Everyone, including Create a Future, had a eureka moment. Perhaps the four daggers made at first had been used to test them.
Create a Future instantly felt relieved that he had chosen to believe in Brother Chicken in the end and allowed him to forge that last dagger!
Then, Create a Future suddenly realized that he'd almost made a grave mistake. If he had made the wrong choice, he might have lost the opportunity to possess this dagger!
Filled with complicated emotions, upon seeing Fatty's expressionless face, Create a Future realized that he did not know what to say!
Everyone's respect for Fatty grew by leaps and bounds, yet they were unaware that Fatty was not as collected as he looked. After all, he was using the holographic access device. His character would not show any feelings if he was not controlling it at that moment…
Fatty did not realize this or the impact it had on the other players. After looking at the dagger's Stats, he felt relieved. Fortunately, he had not destroyed his reputation.
"Since the forging process is complete, I shall log off!" Fatty informed Create a Future.
"Oh, oh… Okay!" Create a Future hastily nodded. "Thank you so much for today, Brother Chicken! Tell me if you need my help. I will definitely be there!"
"Alright, thanks in advance!" Fatty replied. He was about to log off when he suddenly thought of something. "Have you learned the Venom Skill?"
"Yes!" Create a Future replied honestly. "Why?"
"Nothing. I just have a few bottles of Slowdown Poison and I would like to know if you want them!" Fatty answered.
"Yes, yes!" Create a Future nodded in assent. "Anything you produce will be exemplary! I will take them all!"
"Great, name your price then!" Fatty happily sent him a trade request.
In the end, Create a Future placed 40 Silver Coins and 32 Bronze Coins on the trading window and said in embarrassment, "So sorry, Brother Chicken. This is all I have on me. If it's not enough, I will give you more when I earn it tomorrow!"
"It's enough!" Fatty said. "Let's trade!"
At his confirmation, more than 40 Silver Coins appeared in Fatty's backpack. Fatty now owned nearly two Gold Coins, taking into account the forging request fee!
Fatty was not embarrassed that he had sold one Slowdown Poison for the exorbitant price of 10 Silver Coins. However, to prevent Create a Future from regretting it, he quickly logged off.
The spectating players looked at each other as they watched Fatty transform into a beam of white light and disappear from sight.
"Do you think that the secret technique warm-up really works?"
"Regardless of whether you guys believe it or not, I do!"