Chapter 245 Target Obsidian
Before making the Arcane Sentinel, Eric decided to get a feel for it by making some basic mana-infused Armor Scales of the Ancients.
The forging process in Divine Realms: Legends had become more complex after the evolution, significantly increasing the difficulty. Simple high-level Whetstone of Precision and mana-infused Armor Scales of the Ancients were still relatively easy, but weapons and equipment had become much more complicated, unlike before when they could be made with just a few steps.
"Feels about right, I should give it a try now," Eric said after making dozens of basic mana-infused Armor Scales of the Ancients. He finally took out mithril ore and gold ore from his backpack, along with the Magic Spirit Crystals he had advanced from Isabella.
Isabella had agreed to pay in advance to get the Arcane Sentinel first.
Two hundred Magic Spirit Crystals were enough to make twenty Arcane Sentinels.
Eric had only about a 20% success rate, the lowest since he started making equipment. If other blacksmiths tried, they might waste hundreds of materials without making a single one.
Those self-important guilds thought they could easily make the Arcane Sentinel just by having the design. If Eric hadn't bought it, by the time players made an Arcane Sentinel, fifty-man team dungeons would have been cleared long ago.
When Eric started making the first Arcane Sentinel, he took his time to gain experience, making sure to do each step as perfectly as possible.
Unknowingly, it took Eric over twenty minutes to make the first Arcane Sentinel.
Compared to ordinary shields, the Arcane Sentinel was crescent-shaped, entirely silver, and engraved with many magical runes. It looked immensely powerful, but it was unclear if it was a success or failure.
Eric clicked to generate the data.
After ten seconds, the Arcane Sentinel's data was read.
"Sure enough, it failed," Eric said after looking at the data. Although it was indeed an Arcane Sentinel, its quality had dropped by one level, only reaching Mithril Level.
Arcane Sentinel, shield, Mithril Level, equipment level 15, defense 330, defense rate 31%, strength +10, stamina +20, evasion +3, passive skill one Melody of Life: each time damage is taken, gain a layer of life force, increasing max HP by 2% and healing effects by 1%, lasting one minute, stacking up to 10 times. Passive skill Twofold Refraction: triggers every 50 seconds, negating one instance of damage.
"Overall, it's not bad. At least it's a Mithril shield, which should fetch a good price," Eric was quite satisfied with this failed product. Mithril-level shields were rare at this stage anyway.
As far as Eric knew, most main tanks in second- and third-tier guilds were still using Dark Iron-level shields. If he sold it, it could be worth six or seven gold coins.
Although it was a failure, it wasn't a complete failure, becoming a substandard product. This indicated that something wasn't done right, preventing it from becoming an Adamantite-Level one.
"The forging process itself wasn't the problem; it must have been an issue with the rune engraving, preventing it from becoming Adamantite," Eric thought. Based on past experience, if there was a problem during forging, the result wouldn't be Mithril Level; at most, it would be Bronze Level.
Eric didn't rush to make another Arcane Sentinel but carefully studied the runes on it.
The rune engraving mainly relied on the Magic Spirit Crystal, but it wasn't easy to complete. Eric could only mimic the design without understanding its meaning.
Even without understanding, practice would yield results.
So Eric began practicing rune drawing.
Once... twice... ten times...
Each drawing took four to five minutes, but as he practiced more, Eric became more proficient, and the runes he drew looked increasingly accurate.
This free practice saved a lot of money compared to direct production, so Eric didn't mind practicing more.
"This should do it," Eric said, satisfied with the latest rune drawing, which was almost identical to the design.
Eric then started the second attempt.
The entire forging process went smoothly, taking just over ten minutes, but the second attempt was a complete failure.
This time, it was just bad luck; the 20% success rate didn't favor Eric.
Eric then made ten more attempts, with the time spent decreasing and his technique becoming more proficient. Out of ten Arcane Sentinels, two met the standard, and two were substandard, but they were of Dark Iron Level and Mithril Level quality.
Overall, it was quite good.
However, Eric was not satisfied with the quality of the Arcane Sentinels.
"I'm now very proficient in making Arcane Sentinels. The next step is to improve the quality. If Cola can get an Obsidian shield, our chances of clearing the Demonic Citadel will be much higher," Eric decided to use the Rune of Aurum, a reward for advancing to a senior forging apprentice.
The Rune of Aurum not only increased the success rate by 10% but also had a good chance of improving the quality by one level, up to Obsidian Level.
Unfortunately, Eric only had five of these valuable items, giving him five chances to possibly make an Obsidian Level Arcane Sentinel.
The Rune of Aurum was a stone emitting a metallic glow, filled with rune energy.
After the smelting was complete, Eric directly integrated the Rune of Aurum into the red-hot mixed ore. The ore immediately changed, turning from bright red to dark red, greedily absorbing the energy of the Frost Azure Flame.
As it absorbed more energy, many golden runes emerged from the ore, gradually forming a rune array.
Eric knew the fusion was complete, so he immediately took out the scorching ore and began hammering it into the shape of an Arcane Sentinel. The surface had a layer of natural golden runes, looking incredibly sacred.
After a few minutes of hammering, it finally took shape. Eric then took out the ground Magic Spirit Crystal, now a black liquid, and began drawing runes on the front of the shield.
With each stroke, Eric was fully focused, not daring to be careless.
When the final stroke was completed, the natural runes on the shield combined with the drawn runes, forming a new golden rune, different from the usual black runes.
"It has to succeed," Eric said, carefully clicking to generate the data.
Although the Arcane Sentinel looked perfect on the surface and had triggered the Rune of Aurum's effect, the final success depended on the data.
One second... two seconds...
This time, it took a full twenty seconds, and the system still hadn't confirmed the data, making Eric anxious.
The longer it took, the more it indicated the system was unsure whether it was a success or failure. Eric's process was excellent, but with only a 30% success rate, the data would take longer to read if the failure rate was higher.
Finally, after thirty seconds, the system responded.
System: Arcane Sentinel forging successful, forging proficiency increased by 4 points, gained 80,000 experience points.
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