Some hours past and Lloyd could be seen hammering down on a red hot long metal which resembles a sword.
It turns out that, Ben finished teaching him about the basic of blacksmithing and gave Lloyd something to practicalize on what he has learnt.
'This is tiring than I thought.' Lloyd thought as sweat continuously dripping down from his face, due to the intense hit from the room and also from tiredness.
After hammering for hours, he picked up a plier, pick up the unfinished sword and dipped it inside a barrel of water.
Sizzling sounds from the metal being immersed into water filled Lloyd's ears, then he removed it and placed back on the anvil.
Ben walked up to Lloyd and took a look at what he was doing and nodded his head.
'This boy, he's a natural talent. Not only did manager to sharpen the edges to some level, he also did it on his first try. Talents like this are very rare.' Ben thought.
"Very good, now add some honing oil and sharpening the blade over there." Ben said pointing at a flat rough rock like material.
"Okay," Lloyd said and went to the slab and started the sharpening process. 'Wow this is a lot fun than I initially thought it would be.'
After another hour of work, Lloyd finished the sword he was working on. It was just a plain longsword made from Iron.
[Congratulations For Creating Your First]
[Weapon]
[Name: Basic Iron Sword Longsword]
[Rating: Uncommon]
[Attributes: +3 Speed]
[Durability: 100%]
[You Have Learnt The Skill 'Intermidiate]
[Blacksmithing']
[You Have Received 300EXP & 200 Golds]
[+2 Strength & +1 Defense]
And like that Lloyd received a series of notifications, leaving him surprised.
"From the look in your face, I can tell you've received the rewards." Ben said
"So this is normal?" Lloyd asked still surprised.
"Let me have a look at it." Ben requested.
Lloyd handed the longsword over to Ben for inspection. Upon receiving the the sword Lloyd noticed that Ben's expression changed a little.
"Is something wrong with it?" Lloyd asked.
"No, not at all. This is just unexpected. I expect a Normal rating sword but uncommon is something I never even thought it would be created by you so early." Ben said. "You have quite the talent, you remind me of me in my prime age."
Ben handed the longsword back to Lloyd. "You should be proud of yourself, this is an excellent piece." Ben added.
Lloyd was happy with the results of the weapon he had just created and could wait to test it out, although his main sword 'Demon Slayer' was leaps and bounds better than this, he didn't create that.
After that, Lloyd decided to take a break because he had been hammering none stop for hours.
'Who knew hammering all day would almost deplete my stamina.' Lloyd thought letting out a sigh of relief. 'But the rewards we quite okay'
Lloyd decided to head back to his room to get some rest from the exhaustion of hammering.
Some minutes past and Lloyd arrived in his room only to find Nox, asleep.
'I shouldn't wake him up.' Lloyd thought. 'Come to think of it, I still don't know if he's a boy or she's a girl.'
He laid down on his bed, 'Well, since it has it's own section it means I can buy it right.' Lloyd thought.
"Open Store."
Using he's finger, he navigated to the skill section were numerous skills were sold. The skill section was divided into two sections. Universal Skills and Class Skills. Right he was in the Class Skills section.
The first skill that caught his attention was 'Bone Protection'
He clicked on it and all the information about the skill were open.
[Bone Protection]
[A Massive Skeleton Covering A Ten]
[Meter Radius Summon Blocking]
[Any Form Of Physical Attack As Long As]
[Energy Is Available. The Stronger The]
[Attack The More The Energy Consumption]
[Increases]
[Cooldown: 3mind]
[Cost: 20, 000]
'If it does what it says then it would be really helpful.' Lloyd thought.
[You Have Purchased The Skill]
['Bone Protection' For 20, 000 Coins ]
As soon as he bought the skill, he instantly knew how to use it, like something that was already part of him.
The next skill that caught his attention was 'Soul Restraint' after clicking on it, the description of the skill revealed itself.
[Soul Restraint]
[When Used On The Target Chains Made Of]
[Shadows Tie Them Down In Place Making]
[Them Unable To Move For Five Seconds]
[But TheTime Can Be Reduced Based On]
[The Power Of The Target]
[Can Be Used Three Times Before Entering]
[Cooldown]
[Duration: 5secs Cooldown: 2mins]
[Cost: 9, 999]
[You Have Purchased The Skill]
['Soul Restraint' For 9, 999 Coins]
Both the money he had before, the one's he got from defeating the Chief and the other hobgoblins and the ones Tessa paid them, he had almost two hundred coins.
'There's still a lot of coins left. I'm gonna buy two more skills' Lloyd thought.
[Soul Impact]
[Covers The Had With Soul Flames That ]
[Doubles Your Strength When You Hit The][Successfully. Ignores All Forms Of Defense]
[Cooldown: 5mins]
[You Have Purchased The Skill]
['Soul Impact' For 29, 000 Coins]
The final skill he bought was [Soul Absorption]. This skill allows him to absorb the soul of the enemies he defeated or enemies he significantly helped in defeating uses them to increase his stats by 1 (no duration and cool down).
'That should be all for now, anymore than this and I'll go broke.' Lloyd thought to himself.
Just as he closed the system interface, it opened up again without Lloyd's control or thought, telling him about something dreadful.
[In The Next Six Hours, All Safe Zones In]
[Will Lose It's Protective Power For A Period]
[Of Time. Zombies And Monsters Waves]
[That Will Kill Any Humans On Sight.]
[Survive The Given Time To Get Super]
[Reward.]
[Rewards: ??? Failure: Death]
[Countdown Till Invasion Begins: 05:59:52]