Blacksmith Assassin

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Zeke’s consciousness didn’t fade completely. In fact, it remained in tact before it glitched out for five seconds. When it returned to him, he’s no longer in the crimson room where he talked with the god of the forge. No. Zeke is now in the complete opposite of this room.

He’s in a completely empty space. There is nothing inside of it. Though Zeke is sure that it exists because, he can still move his body. To a limited extent that is since he seems to be going on a downward path. Evident by the way the breeze is hitting the back of his body more and, evident in the way that he can feel gravity pulling him down.

This feels odd and uncalled for. Unless there’s something he needs to do in this place, then it would be better for him to just have been thrown straight towards the kingdom he’d be affiliated with. Thankfully, there is a purpose for him being caught in that state and, this came out right in that second.

[Hello master.]

[I am your system. I will be your guide and helper throughout your mission of defeating the Demon Lord.]

“Wait, how are you talking to me?” Zeke asked.

This isn’t part of the interface of the system. As far as what he’s read, there’s nothing there that states that the [System} should be able to talk to him. But that is only as far as the available information on the [System’s] operations are concerned.

[Due to your efforts in finishing the Forest of Trials, I am now closer to my full potential. This is part of the interface I get when you advance master.]

“I can interact with you now huh.” Zeke said. “That’s good. I wouldn’t have it any other way after what that bastard made me go through.”

[We need to go through a short briefing before you actually get transported to your kingdom master.]

[But first, would you like to choose your job class now?”]

“Choose my job class huh.” Zeke repeated. “That doesn’t sound so bad at all. I’ll need the extra boost in case the people of the kingdom are hostile towards me.”

[Understood.]

[Here are your three choices.]

[Secondary Job Class]

[Option I - Shadow’s Reaper]

[Information: Grants abilities that get stronger the more shadows or darkness there is around. The peak of the power can be manifested at a night with the New Moon.]

[Secondary Job Class]

[Option II - Berserker]

[Information: Increases damage explosively, attaining feats that shouldn’t be possible before. Taking this path will grant immense raw power but, at the price of one’s sanity.]

[Secondary Job Class]

[Option III - Blacksmith]

[Information: Creates weapons, items, armor, and other items that can be produced in the forge.]

At first glance, Zeke wanted to choose between the first and the second option. After all, both of these are heavily damage oriented job classes. If he combines it with the skills that he’s already gained through being an assassin, then Zeke would easily reach a point where he can kill a whole tribe of ogres all by himself. That’s what he’s thinking and, this is his final answer.

“I’m taking the blacksmith job class.”

There’s no mistake in this choice that he’s making. He’s not doing this because he’s lost his marbles. Far from it, it’s because Zeke is entirely sane that he can arrive at conclusions such as these.

It’s the blacksmith job class that he needs the most. Through it, he will be able to make traps. He will also be able to forge his own weapons, customizing each and ever one based on his needs. He doesn’t have to scour the earth for what he needs before he fights, he can simply make these himself by being a blacksmith. This is his line of thinking when he made the decision which, the [System] approved.

[Understood]

[You are now given your Secondary Job Class.]

[Current Profile]

[Name: Zeke Elwood]

[Level: 10]

[Job Class: Blacksmith Assassin]

“Perfect.” Zeke said, entirely satisfied with the choice that he made. Why wouldn’t he when this is basically all that he’d need.

[Information: You have gained three new skills because of your choice.]

[New Skill: Blacksmith’s Essence]

[Skill Type: Passive]

[Mana Consumption: None]

[Information: Grants a 10% proficiency to the job class Blacksmith.]

[New Skill: Forge]

[Skill Type: Passive]

[Mana Consumption: None]

[Information: When creating items through a proper forge, skills in creation are doubled.]

[New Skill: Living Forge]

[Skill Type: Active]

[Mana Consumption: 200]

[Information: Creates a forge in the place where the caster is located. Making items in a living forge has a 50% reduction in success rate but, has a faster creation capacity.]

[Information: The living forge exists for a total of thirty minutes.]

“Of course it’s only going to give me basic skills.” Zeke said, not too excited about what he got.

Nevertheless, this is enough for the start that he wants. If he is going to a kingdom and, if that kingdom is going to win against the Demon Lord, then he needs to make sure that they are all properly equipped. And, of course, he’s going to set himself as the basis. The example that his allies will follow after.

Though if there’s one thing that’s good about these skills, it’s that they will be useful to jumpstarts his activities. Both in getting better at creation by being a blacksmith and, also the act of killing monsters through the use of traps. Just thinking about these things is making him more and more excited. Making him want to fight right away. And, thankfully, he doesn’t need to wait long anymore.

[Everything you need is now set master.]

[You will now be transported to the Kingdom of Forge.]

“Man, can’t they think of a better name? Why does it have to be some plain word that’s so obvious.”

These are the last words that the human said before the entirety of the light enveloped him. The journey of Zeke Elwood in the land of Ragna now begins. His journey to defeating the Demon Lord and…towards defeating monsters far beyond what he expected.