NABC Chapter 805 Visitor Friendly
Chapter 805 Visitor Friendly
Chapter 805 Visitor Friendly
For the next three days, the shop remained closed, and all of the crafters worked on building a new stock for the store.
A few times a day, locals would come to sit on the benches along the wall, letting the magic of the Altar in the backyard heal them of whatever illness they had contracted. As the shop was closed, it would be rude for them to simply walk around the back of the house to find the source of the magic, but it was commonly known that if you were unwell and went to sit in the yard, you would be healed.
On the second afternoon, Lotus went to the market square in the Redwood Sprawl, and spent the afternoon as a Healing Tree, while Tessa cooked a free meal for the needy, and a group of City Guards watched over them.
The guards had learned that anywhere in the Darklight Host property was just as good for the healing effect. So, if they stepped inside the gate and out of sight during the lunch break of their shift, it would eliminate all the sore and stiff muscles that they had accumulated.
Soon, the Guard Commanders would stop them from doing it while on duty. But for now, they could at least get a refreshing break while they were stationed at the gate. @@@@
Lotus had even grown a picnic bench out of wood for them to sit at, right in the corner by the gate, where their boss wouldn't be able to see them, but they would only be two steps from their station.
Warriors at Monarch and Overlord Rank could easily hop the wall, and the wards wouldn't keep them from leaving, even in the event of an emergency.
Each day, Dana, Tessa and Ophelia went to the dungeon with Rae and Thor, bringing back loot for the smithy.
On the fourth morning, the ache in Dana's body had subsided enough that she was willing to try the altar again. She could feel the restrained pressure of having hit the bottleneck now, a different sensation than the feeling of being at the peak, which she had mistaken for it before.
The Overlord Rank mana from the altar flooded her body, pushing the Royal Rank energy out, the same as last time. But this time, when she began trying to integrate it with her body, she felt something change. A subtle shift that made it easier to integrate the energy, and the relief that came with not needing to reduce the density and quality nearly as much as she had to the first time.
Her rank broke through to Monarch, and her mana capacity soared, refilled and refreshed by the healing magic emitted by the totem, even as she depleted its stored mana.
Tessa pulled her into a hug, and Thor gave her an envious look. He still couldn't feel the bottleneck to the Overlord Rank, but he was hoping to get ahead again and be the first of his siblings to advance.
Karl's writing speed had immensely increased since he started doing Runecrafting.
Unfortunately, not in common.
But he could scribe a runic power passage on both sides of a sword in under fifteen seconds now.
As the weapons were stopping two full Ranks below him, he didn't even need to put effort in to complete them. But the shining silver mixed alloy with the glowing purple runes would quickly become a trademark of their shop.
Especially with Ashbringer putting the Darklight Host mismatched wings symbol, one demonic and one feathered, on the root of each blade.
"I think that we've got enough of the bulk merchandise. I am going to switch to higher grade alloys." The Demon suddenly announced.
"Alright. I am fine with that. Do you need me to send someone to get you more ore?" Karl asked.
Ashbringer shook his head. "The various alloys of the Uncommon and Rare items that were discarded are good enough for my work. But you should make a full set of accessories for everyone, including the staff. It would impress the customers."
Karl looked at the Monarch Ranked Mana Jade and nodded. "I can do that. It will only take a few minutes to tailor an existing themed set to everyone's skills. Is there anything in particular you would like?" Ashbringer considered it for a few seconds. "Skill Power and Strength should be good enough for most of them, but if you can add agility to the larger pieces, that would help my speed."
Karl made an approving gesture, then looked at the items that had been created. There was a thick golden chain that the Smith had made last night, and that would work out very well with a Fire Gem in it, inscribed with a skill.
He wasn't a mage, but surely Karl could grant him an ability that he would be able to use.
He had quite an affinity with the forge, so Karl decided that giving him a [Ghostfire Body] spell. That would be perfect.