After he entered his extreme focus mode, Heracles took a long breath before making any move. When he opened his eyes, he suddenly began making his fire fiercer than before.
'I need to make this fiercer or else the ores that I will put inside would be unable to mix properly!' Heracles thought to himself as he create a raging fire. As he looked upon the blazing fire, Heracles grabbed some ores from his storage, the same amount his master did when he demonstrated in front of him.
At the next moment, he grand a small amount of carbon to throw into the pot he is going to put into the blazing fire, After he put them on the blazing fire, he decided to wait until the ores melted with the extreme hotness of the forge.
As he observed the fire, Heracles thought to himself, 'We just need to wait for them for a bit! It will be ready in three... two... one... NOW!' At that very next moment, Heracles immediately retrieved the pot from the raging flame. At the next moment, he put the liquid fire toward the molder that his master gave him.
After filling the molder, Heracles immediately pulled the lever controlling the flow of the water. The moment the stream of water reached the liquid fire, steam began to envelop Heracles's forge room.
When the steam dissipated from the room, Heracles immediately lifted the incomplete sword that he just finished. With a smile on his face, Heracles thought to himself, 'Now, it's time for me to do the most vital step!'
At that very moment, Heracles pulled the hammer given to him by his master from his system storage. He prepared the anvil in his forge room and began heating the incomplete sword in his hands in the raging flame.
He pounded the sword to make the metal more compacted. Unlike his master, it took Heracles five hours until he was able to complete that process. Still, he was able to complete this task, which he could not do so in the past hours of his training.
"I finally finished this step! Now, it's time for the last step, the sharpening stage! I better get this done right!" Heracles said as he trembled with excitement. At that very moment, he immediately got the whetstone that he bought alongside his father in the city. His concentration reached its peak as he sharpened the sword to its fullest potential.
As he continued to sharpen the sword, Prince Lucas and Princess Lara visited him as they get curious about their son's well-being. After training for hours and hours, it was already past midnight, so they decided to tell their son to stop training. They wanted him to rest for now and try again tomorrow.
When they saw his great concentration, the couple decided to let him continue without disturbing him at all. Before they knew it, half an hour has already passed away. After just a few minutes, Heracles suddenly raised the first sword that he forged from scratch.
"Finally! I finished forging my first steel sword!" Heracles shouted in joy as he raised his sword. To his surprise, notifications from his system suddenly began appearing in front of him.
[Congratulations! You have finished your main quest!
As a reward, you have gained 100 experience points!
In addition, you also received a Rare-tier skill!
As a bonus for finishing your task earlier, your Sword Vulcan system granted you an additional ten free skill points!]
[You have gained a level!]
Upon seeing the notification from his system, Heracles could only think to himself, 'I gained a new skill? I also gained a level? I better check it out!'
[Name: Heracles von Alcatraz
Class: Prince
Sub-class: Sword Vulcan
Title: Prince Of Alcatraz Domain
Level: 2
Experience: 100/200
Health: 120
Mana: 3
Strength: 7
Dexterity: 5
Intelligence: 3
Wisdom: 2
Charisma: 2
Free Stats: 10
Luck: {Reach LVL 50 to unlock}
Skills: Fiery Flame]
'Fiery Flame? I wonder what is that skill? Is that stronger than the fire that I used in forging this sword?' Heracles wondered to himself as he looked at his status board.
While he was immersed in his thought, Prince Lucas and Princess Lara came running toward him to congratulate him.
"Congratulations, my dear!"
"Congratulations, son!"
Since he was a little shocked by their appearance, Heracles asked his parents, "When did the two of you arrive? I did not realize that you are here all along!"
"That's because you are too focused on your work, son! We decided not to disturb you even though it's already very late," said Lara at the next moment. "It's already late? What time is it, Mom?" Heracles wondered upon hearing his mother.
"It's already way past midnight. We came here to stop you, but we saw how serious you are. That's why we refrained from disturbing your work!" said Prince Lucas in response. "It's already that late? Well, it's worth it staying this late! I finished forging my first sword after practicing for hours!" Heracles said with great vigor.
"You've done an excellent job, son! Now, it's time for you to sleep! You need to show the things that you practiced to your master, after all!" said Lara at the next moment.
Before Heracles could even respond to his mother, another notification from his system suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
[You got a new special quest!]
"I got another quest? I wonder what it is. System, show me my special quest at once!" Heracles said with a serious expression.
[You practiced for the entire night for the assignment assigned to you by your mentor! Now, it is time for you to show him what you got!
~ You need to impress your master with your skills!
~ You will be rewarded a hundred experience points if you finished this special quest!
~ In addition, you will receive an Epic-tier skill if you succeed with high colors!
~ You have two days to finish this quest!
~ If you fail this mission, five random stats from your status will be taken away by the system!]
"I got another quest!"