Alex proceeded to try this technique out with many different alloys and metals and the result was the same.
He was feeling discouraged and opened a few forging books he brought with him to see if he could find where he went wrong.
The book was on Tvastar, the god who introduced the technique in the first place.
Alex skipped through most of the pages and found nothing relevant, but a single line intrigued him.
"Tvastar used only Divine Iron for his greatest masterpieces."
'If he described the epitome of forging as using Faith Energy, and himself used it on Divine Iron, then perhaps the latter can withstand the technique...?' Alex tried to rationalize and come to a conclusion.
In truth, he didn't gain much insight, but he realized that the only way to proceed was to try it out himself.
'I should be able to procure some Divine Iron with connections if this fails.' Alex motivated himself and took out the silver-like metal.
He ignited a fire again and increased the temperatures.
