VOLUME 2: MIDGAR IS MORE THAN WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE SURFACE
**_Shop_
_14170 prime credits available_
_Blueprint_
_Manuals_**
He already knew what was inside the blueprint section. It had been updated some days ago and featured a level 2 mecha and a level 1 battle armor. The level two mecha required an alloy that had undergone spirit refinement, so it was something above his current capabilities. The lowest grade of metal required for the battle armor was also alloy, and he couldn't continue with the lessons yet unless he became a rank thirty magico.
He went to the manual section:
_Manual_
_Level 1 Space skills: 5000 credits_ (grayed out)
_Level 1 Psyche ability control: 5000 credits_
_Force control projection: 1000 credits_
He saw the level one space skills and wanted to buy it, but it was grayed out. He guessed that he needed to fulfill a condition to be able to purchase it, and he already guessed the condition. He purchased the level one psyche control ability, and a manual appeared in front of him. However, he decided to stop there, as too much knowledge without a way to absorb it would be hazardous. He needed to control his strength and learn how to fully utilize it first before learning about other abilities.
He also purchased the force control projection after reading its use. It allows him to fully utilize his strength and even project it outward to cause damage. A video of a guy with blue hair and a crystallized body appeared in front of him. The man was floating in the air, and a large stone was in front of him. He punched out, and "Bam!" The large stone exploded into shards. The video slowed, and he looked at the fist but was surprised to see that the fist only stopped an inch away from the large stone. A force vibrating and distorting projected out from the fist, which imploded the mountain. He couldn't help but marvel at the expertise of this prime race.
The video slowed down, and he saw the squirming of the guy's muscles as he controlled every inch of force passing through his body, compressing it until it turned into a tangible, distorting force that destroyed the mountain. He knew that with this video, if he could master a little of it, he would be able to learn how to fully control the excess strength in his body.
He closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep, his consciousness appearing in another world.
"Dreamscape" - here, he could create anything he wanted, and anything he did would yield twice the results with half the effort. With a thought, a stone appeared in front of him, and he punched out. "Bam!" The stone imploded. However, his fist came into contact with the stone, so it wasn't considered a success.
He recalled the training method he used back on Earth and remembered a way to control his strength. With a thought, a plate appeared in front of him. Using this method to control his strength would be the best approach. He must punch the plate ten times, and the depth of each punch must be equal to each other. If he succeeded ten out of ten times, then he would be proficient in controlling the force. What remained would be learned through combat.
He started the grueling training of punching the plate. He punched the first ten times, but the depth varied by a large margin, so the plate disintegrated, and he formed another one. He continued punching - ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times... He didn't know how much time had passed, but he could feel the control of the force in his body subtly improving with each strike.
Without knowing how much time had passed, he was ejected from the world. He entered his body back and, apart from a slight headache, didn't feel any difference.
"So magical" - he exclaimed in amazement before checking the time and seeing that it was noon. He had been training for over eight hours, but in the world, he felt like he had been training for a long time.
He went to the kitchen to prepare something to eat and then entered the forging room, which he hadn't entered in two weeks. He held the two hammers and felt a familiar feeling coming from them.
"Time to forge my own hammer" - he thought.
He already learned that a good blacksmith must have his own hammer that's able to resonate with him. He took out a piece of silvery iron, about five hundred kilograms, which was the metal he was most familiar with. Within half an hour, he completed extreme refinement, and a light five meters high soared into the air. The difference between a normal hammer and a blacksmith hammer is that they are connected, so it means the blacksmith will be able to improve his hammer as he improves. It's called the lifelong companion of a blacksmith.
He slapped his chest as he spat out a mouthful of his essence blood. The purple, gel-like blood moved slowly as it infused itself into the metal, which had shrunk to one-third of its original size. His face turned pale; what he had just spat out was his essence blood, which would take him some days and a lot of nutrients to recover. However, once it finished fusing with the metal, only he would be able to use it. The originally red metal turned into a purple color, and the metal itself gave a joyful hum.
He started to calcine the metal until it was in a semi-liquid form before bringing it out. The metal writhed as liquid moved about its surface. He felt an ambiguous connection with the hammer. A blacksmith can only perform this refinement twice in his lifetime. The metal felt like a small baby, but he felt a subtle connection with it. He started to carefully shape it into the form of a hammer. After two hours of careful forging, he finally finished sculpting the hammer before throwing it into water to cool and solidify. After some minutes, he brought it out with his right hand.
Even though he used over five hundred kilograms of silvery ore, which reduced to more than four hundred kilograms of silvery iron, the purple hammer did not feel heavy in his hand. He knew this was because the hammer was connected to him, so it reduced its weight so that he would be able to carry it. He looked at the dense hammer. Ordinary blacksmiths will only use two hundred kilograms of metal to forge their blood-refined hammer because using more than that would mean their blood essence would not have its intended effect. His blood essence was very effective, to the extent that even using a thousand kilograms was not a problem. This was the reason the silvery iron, which was white in color, originally transformed into a purple color, showing the potency of his blood essence.
He carried the hammer as he familiarized himself with the newly forged hammer while thinking about his future plans. What he wanted to do now was incorporate coding and runic technology together. Earth's code had increased to a terrifying degree, to the extent that it could be used to serve as a replacement for runes, but Earth did not have runes because if they did, it would make them even more terrifying. In the future, he would create a smart home, and the home would mainly be made with tempered metal so that if anything happened, he would be able to safely retreat into it. He would have to get an underground location where he would be able to build it. He could build it, but it required a lot of resources and also the incorporation of runic technology and programming.
This world also had programming, but their programming was generations behind that of Earth. The cellphones they were using could only be used to make calls, showing the backwardness of their programming and technology. He would try to learn how to incorporate runic technology and coding together while also building a set of surveillance equipment using nano-technology. He would be going to the main city in some months, so it was better to be safe than sorry. He also needed to forge his weapon and a little bit of firearms that would at least pose a threat to a rank 50 magico so that he would be able to protect himself. He walked back to his room as he pondered his future plans.
START OF VOLUME TWO
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