Chương 1309: 1308. Beak of Destruction

Since the body was born, it needed a spirit and Seth was going to forge it. Unfortunately, his soul supplier was still missing in action and Sandra Irving was struggling to get in more merchandise without him, leaving Seth with only a small collection to choose from. If he had been a little freer, he might have considered going to a dungeon to get a better soul, but he doubted he could get one on short notice.

The most fitting high-quality soul Seth was currently left with was the <Soul of the Doomling> he had gotten a long while ago from the goat. The blacksmith regretted a little that he wasn't able to join the battle against spatia. This would have been easier if he had had the chance to get the souls of various beasts, monsters, and undead that Natina had thrown at their walls. Using the original Rhino's soul would have been the best.

Alas, the doomling was not the worst choice as it was his way to improve critical damage without using an enchantment. Doomlings were humanoid monsters close to demons. Despite lacking human-like intelligence, they were able to survive among beasts much stronger than themselves. This was owed to their peculiar trait, that made them assassins by nature. The trait they developed was called "Vicious Badger".

As they usually fought creatures much stronger than themselves, they would naturally aim for weak spots and attack them without regard for their own life.

"Vicious Badger" increased the damage of a critical hit by 50%, while the wielder would lose all their base defense for the duration of the attack. Like a honey badger holding onto the balls of a lion for their dear life. Since whoever was going to wield this would also be clad in a set of Seth's armor, the blacksmith didn't really worry about their safety. In his opinion, it was like getting a free power-up. This was why he was more or less satisfied with the soul.

Originally, the <Soul of a Doomling> was only medium-sized, despite having an epic rating. To make sure it was able to bear the Blessing of Perses without incurring additional mana costs for the wielder, Seth had to improve it. In preparation for the weapon, the blacksmith had already ran the soul through the Soul Refinery together with a bunch already clean souls he had prepared, to end up with a massive, epic soul. With the soul prepared like this beforehand, Seth began forging it without worry.

Using <Spirit Forging>, Charon's Obol, and some help from his Wraithguard, the soul armament quickly became a carbon copy of the Raven's Beak he had finished a while earlier. The only difference between the two weapons came when Seth finished its shape. Pulling out his soul engraver, the spirit blacksmith got ready to enchant the soul armament with the Blessing of Perses. It had been a while since he used one of the Olympian Enchantments.

The reason for that was that they were unique, and there were not many of them left. The generic ones created by Hephaestus could be used without limit, but all the others could only be used once and not again until the item that carried the enchantment was destroyed. As a result, he had become more selective about when to use the remaining Olympian enchantment. However, no matter how selective he was, how could he resist using the power of the Titan of Destruction on this?

The Sigil of Perses was a little special, as it was not immediately visible what it showed. The Sigil looked like a hexagon filled with a web of jagged lightning bolts that met in its center. Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author's preferred platform and support their work! Only on second glance did Seth understand that this was a broken plate, symbolizing the abstract concept of destruction in the most mundane and easily understandable way possible.

Having understood what it was trying to convey, Seth felt ready to start the engraving. Like in the past when he used an Olympian enchantment, Seth could feel the pressure, which made the seemingly easy task so much harder, and as before, he could feel a presence behind him, looking over his shoulder. Godly eyes were scrutinizing his work and judging how much to contribute. The aura of Perses Seth could feel in his back resembled Vine in the most uncanny way.

What he felt was as unexpected as the presence of the demon. The titan exuded the aura of power, of an unstoppable force and strength, but also incredible intelligence and wisdom. Yet, there was nothing off-putting about it. There were not signs of cruelty, or trickery. As if to say that there was no need for deception with absolute strength and great wisdom.

As Seth cut the pentagon, that symbolized the plate, and started his work on the cracks in the plate, he imagined to feel a slight hint of satisfaction from the entity looking over his shoulder, as if Perses approved of the weapon he was creating and was really giving it his blessing. The sigil began brimming with power, growing with each crack added to it. When Seth finished the sigil, the power contained in it broke out.

Spreading across the whole soul armament was a net of spider cracks, originating from the sigil. Now the whole weapon looked like it would fall apart any moment, but they were just the superficial markings every sigil had created so far. They were the sign that Perses had given his blessing. With the appearance of the cracks, the presence also vanished, leaving Seth to fulfill the last steps and finish the weapon.

After infusing the soul armament into the body forged from the <Horn of Destruction>, Seth sent it into the Waters of Styx for a quick tempering bath. Moments after placing the weapon inside the bubble of water, Seth heard the notifications. <Ding! You have created a legendary item. +100p Power of Existence. > <Ding! Your item had changed due to a synergy of energies! > <Ding! Your item had changed due to a synergy of materials! > <Ding! Your skill <Blacksmith (Master)> lv. 2 had become <Blacksmith (Master)> lv. 3!

> O. O Shocked, Seth checked his status window. He stopped paying attention to his skill proficiencies, as they barely rose, even when creating legendary items. So it came as a great surprise when he suddenly got the message that one of his main skills had finally leveled up! Having his skill level up was even more exciting than finishing the Raven's Beak. Or rather, it's initial completion.

Seth still intended to bathe it in the blood drawn from its original owner, the Rhinoceros of Destruction, to strengthen the material further. After calming down from the initial excitement, Seth turned his focus to the weapon he had just finished. As he had hoped, there were several synergies at play. <Beak of Destruction Legendary Phys. Damage: 3200 Durability: 1800 1. Aura of Destruction 2. Feasting 3. Trait: Vicious Badger 4. +250% Physical Damage 5. +65% Weapon Breaking 6. +65% Armor Breaking 7.

+30% Item Breaking 8. Spell Breaking 9. Passive Skill: Fervor of Perses A vicious war hammer from the hands of Master Smith, the first Master Blacksmith and Master Enchanter of Urth. Using legendary materials and various mysterious means, he created a weapon nothing would dare to be hit by. > For the most part, the result was as expected: high damage, pitiful durability.

The Blessing of Perses was even crazier than Seth expected, adding every kind of breaking effect he had seen so far and even one more, Spell Breaking. Spell breaking allowed the weapon to directly deal damage to magic itself, allowing the user to not just destroy spells with the weapon, but also enchantments. Seth had technically created the nemesis of anyone relying on items, especially since the damage done would be permanent.

The only thing unexpected was that the demonic enchantment seemed to be missing at first glance, but Seth quickly realized that this was the result of the synergies. The power of Vine had reacted with the Blessing of Perses and created the passive skill <Fervor of Perses>. <Passive Skill: Fervor of Perses Grants: 50% Armor Penetration +25% Armor Breaking When entering combat, the Beak of Destruction needs to take at least one life.

If no life is taken, the user will lose a random memory as part of their soul is taken away. >