Master Of None

Walker was looking closely as the wandering blacksmith examined the moldable crystal ball. The looks of attention and care he had while examining it was only that of a master. "Dark and Light…" The wandering blacksmith saw the balance of elements already in it and wasn't sure it would work. 

"I was thinking we could remove the dark and light then somehow fuse these with the orb." Walker showed the pure elemental crystals next, shocking the wandering blacksmith yet again. "These should be able to balance each other without too much issue and would easily fill the space of the dark and light elemental mana." Walker felt proud of his plan and the wandering blacksmith nodded along. 

"I also have this branch from a certain tree that can be used for the base. Even if it takes a staff form that I can transform, that is fine." The wandering blacksmith recognized the branch instantly. He had never crafted with something with such perfect attributes but could tell that the ageless attribute would let the weapon last well beyond what it would if it was made with any other materials. 

"With the lesser nature spirit helping the mana can be balanced, the moldable crystal ball can allow a change to happen, and if we use the branch and orichalcum we may have a very powerful and strong weapon.." Walker was sure all of it would come together perfectly. 

"I will draw designs. Give me time." The wandering blacksmith spoke all of this then took the materials to display on the main work table. He was already building multiple designs in his head and found that they would all work. However, they were not the best he could do and he would need to branch out. 

"Just remember, the harvest festival is tomorrow. Please try to get out and relax while enjoying the food and such. I'm sure the forge will have a few blacksmiths at the adventurer's guild you might want to check out. Some might even have some materials you want to use." Walker didn't want the wandering blacksmith to miss out on the festival. 

He only received a nod but knew that he would not receive anything else. The wandering blacksmith looked as if he had just been handed a new toy to play with. He only wanted to discover and build from this. The blue prints were already to be drawn and before Walker left he saw that the first prototype was being drawn. The skill the wandering blacksmith had were far beyond what Walker could do anytime soon. It was a major boon to have such a friend around. 

Midnight looked around and seemed to want to help forge something with her new golden flames. But it was not the time however, Walker had the feeling that she would want to help and stopped for a second, "Midnight will also help with her dragon flames. She is going to learn other elemental dragon breath skills but has one that produces golden flames." This made the Wandering blacksmith crumple his design and start over. Yet, Walker saw the wide smile on his face and knew it was a good thing. 

After she huffed in agreement, Midnight followed Walker out of the forge. The two knew it would be some time before they could forge anything and that the time would be used to strengthen the dragon breath skills along with Walker's understanding of the elementals. It was a two birds with one stone scenario.

"Brother, there is a great deal of dark smoke over there." Onyx had raised his head to find black smoke billowing through the air. Walker knew this had to be coming from the alchemy lab and rushed to check the situation. 

"I told you it was too hit! The spirit could have lowered the temperature of the flames and we could have added something to neutralize the impurity. But you just had to push on yourself without listening." 

"Oh, yeah? And what if the process had evaporated too much? What if we had half the amount of potion?" 

"Half? That would be better than the burned sludge we have now! We can't even use this to fertilize the garden!" 

The argument between the old master alchemist and Remey was too loud to miss. Walker almost backtracked and left the extended alchemy lab. But he had already been spotted by Remey who was gesturing for him to enter. 

"This is basically poison, think Gil can use it on arrows." Remey wanted to make the best of what their failure had brought them and did not hesitate to start in on the issue directly. 

"Umm, let me use my appraisal skill to see what it can do." Walker was a little thrown off by the prompt question but did not hesitate. 

'Failed health potion

The failed health potion has an incredible amount of impurity. The potion has been cooked too long and not properly condensed. This leads to the opposite effect if spread on the skin or ingested. It will force the afflicted to lose three health points per minute until the failed health potion is washed away and detoxified by the body.'

"It's a health poison. It can cause health to bleed away over time. I think Gil can use this pretty well. But I think the smell might tip off animals and monsters so it might be better to sell elsewhere." Walkers' evaluation was helpful and the two began to bottle it up for sale in the Garnet family auction house. 

"By the way, Lisa made some costumes for everyone to choose from for the festival tomorrow. Feel free to check them out. I'm sure you will have a lot to choose from that suits you two." Walker knew that the old master alchemist would not be left out. Lisa was too thoughtful for such things to ever happen. 

"Ah! Festival time already? I can't wait. There are plenty of fall herbs that will be brought in by the merchants. I have a small fortune to clean house again this year." The old master alchemist cackled in his victory to come. 

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