#419 - Holy Artifact (asking for monthly ticket recommendation ticket)

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“You don’t understand,” Anduin said with a contented smile. “Ordinary alchemy can indeed directly shape things with magic, but magical metals that are mixed together don't have a very tight connection, and there will be some impurities in them. If you want them to completely become one and exert a stronger effect, forging is essential.”

“It’s like those exquisite goblin craftsmen. It’s not that they don’t know magic, but when crafting fine equipment, they still choose this traditional craft. Moreover, after the forging is completed and the runes are engraved, they will perform a re-smelting. Only after such a process can the crafted equipment be called a ‘Sacred Artifact.’”

Anduin learned about this process partly from a drunken goblin guard captain while socializing with Gringotts.

On the other hand, he summarized it while studying the 'Ghoul Summoning Bag' and the 'Traveling Kettle'.

Of course, Minister Bardot's help was also indispensable. She obtained a lot of alchemy materials from Anduin's colleagues in the Order of Merlin. After all, Bardot said that she would give him as much support as possible, and this could be considered as keeping her word.

“You want to create a ‘Sacred Artifact’? Like Gryffindor's Sword or Ravenclaw's Diadem?” Brandewarden looked at Anduin in surprise. He only knew that the other party had commissioned him to forge a piece of equipment, but he didn't expect it to be something so amazing.

“It can't be considered a ‘Sacred Artifact’ just after it’s made. Magical artifacts still need a lot of nurturing. The reason why magical artifacts are powerful is because they all have the potential to gradually grow and improve.” Anduin shook his head slightly. He didn’t have such high aspirations. Being able to make a Sacred Artifact prototype would be good enough.

“That’s already amazing.” Brandewarden exclaimed, “What an honor it would be if I could witness the birth of a new Sacred Artifact today.”

“I hope so, but I’m not sure how far we can go. Let’s start. Remember to use the magic anvil and alchemical hammer that I made specifically for you.” Anduin was also crafting such a complex piece of equipment for the first time, and he wasn’t sure either.

“Okay, don’t worry.” Brandewarden nodded solemnly and turned to shout to the other two centaurs, “Let’s get to work! Everyone, perk up today!”

With that, Brandewarden placed the stone ladle into the giant furnace, and Bane also put all his effort into working the bellows. The raging flames raged in the furnace, but the metal in the stone ladle was not ordinary and would not heat up so easily.

The group watched the changes in the metal in the furnace nervously. After burning for nearly half an hour, the metal in the stone ladle turned into a cup of red-hot liquid metal. By this time, Bane, who was responsible for stoking the fire, was exhausted, with sweat dripping onto the ground.

“It can be shaped, get the mold!” Brandewarden shouted loudly when he saw that the heat was about right.

Anduin's reaction was also extremely quick. He immediately took out the box containing the dragon heartstring. This box was also specially made and had strong high-temperature resistance.

After he opened the box, Brandewarden immediately directed Firenze to use tongs to take out the equally hot stone ladle and pour it directly into the long box containing the dragon heartstring.

Watching the smoking hot metal being poured onto the dragon heartstring, but without causing any damage to it, even the silver-blue light on it did not diminish. Even after these metal solutions completely submerged and enveloped the dragon heartstring, the faint silver light could be seen through the red-hot metal surface.

“The thing inside is an organ of a magical creature, but it can withstand such high temperatures. It’s amazing.” Brandewarden looked at the mold in front of him with surprise.

Anduin just smiled slightly. This was why he had been using 'Wild Lightning' to soak this dragon heartstring for so long. Even if this dragon heartstring came from a ferocious Hebridean Black Dragon, it could not escape its biological attributes.

Only by being soaked in the Wild Lightning magic that can withstand Fiendfyre could it withstand such high temperatures, and it could also give the equipment powerful 'Wild Lightning' characteristics.

After the metal liquid completely enveloped the dragon heartstring, everyone began to silently wait for it to cool down, knowing that the real forging had not yet begun.

Fortunately, they didn't have to wait long before the metal liquid in the box turned into a slightly red, meter-long square metal rod.

“Okay, onto the anvil!” Brandewarden said seriously to Firenze.

Firenze was already ready at this time. He immediately changed to a smaller pair of forging tongs to clamp out the metal rod and gently placed it on the anvil.

Brandewarden and Anduin on the other side also approached, standing on one side each.

Brandewarden held a huge iron hammer in his hand, and Anduin had a slightly smaller hammer in his hand, and specially stood on a raised platform because the anvil was too high.

Then, a continuous 'clang clang' sound rang out in the yurt. Anduin and Brandewarden took turns swinging their hammers at the metal rod on the anvil.

At the same time, with each strike, streaks of magic patterns could be seen lighting up on the surface of the anvil and hammer. Obviously, these hammers and the anvil under the ground were not ordinary objects either.

In fact, Anduin had engraved runes on these tools, a bit similar to his previous Damage-Free Hammer, but with more powerful functions.

The two hammers, one large and one small, alternately struck the metal rod, quickly flattening it and turning it into a metal plate half a palm wide.

After they had hammered the metal rod into its basic shape, they immediately inserted it into the furnace again. After the raging fire had re-heated it to a red-hot state, they clamped it out again and hammered it.

After repeating this operation several times, the original metal plate also showed its final shape.

It was a four-sided Han sword with a metal handle. Each side was smoothed to perfection. At the same time, if you looked closely, you could see some fine lines and the glittering sparkle of star-like crystals on it.

“Quench!” Brandewarden shouted loudly after seeing the sword take shape.

Then, Firenze carefully clamped the sword and inserted it into the water tank next to it. After a burst of blue smoke passed, the sword was completely displayed in front of everyone.

“We’ve finally completed half of it.” Brandewarden wiped the sweat from his forehead. This sword was very hard even at high temperatures, and it took him a lot of effort to get it to this point.

“Yes, now we just have to wait for me to engrave the runes on it and then proceed to the next stage of forging. However, after it is imbued with spells and magic, the current level of temperature will probably not be able to do anything to it.” Anduin was also exhausted, panting as he spoke.

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