I Am Legend

When Ryth arrived at the smithing place, Mr. Har was currently working on his workbench. Ryth approached him and gave his greetings. He then asked his permission to use the smithing place to make new weapons. At first, Mr. Har offered his services to help Ryth but Ryth refused and said that he does not want to bother him. Mr. Har nodded his head.

"Daedalus, I"d like you to make me a longsword and a short sword."

"Oh? Is the short one for Miss Azalea?"

"Ah no, the short one is for me. The longsword is for her."

"Why?" Daedalus asked, confused.

"Well, a shorter sword makes it easier for me to use when I"m in my 3-swordplay stance. And its lighter than a longsword," Ryth explained.

"Oh, I see. Alright, then."

Daedalus immediately controlled Ryth"s body, again with his permission, to make new weapons. At the same time, he also fixed Llyod"s gears. After everything is fixed and done, it was already after 2 PM.

Ryth looked at the sword in his hands and was awed by its beauty. "Wow! This sword looks amazing!"

"I know, right? Ku ku ku!"

The length of the short sword was half of [Vengeance] and [Ryuujin"s Will], where the grip was colored in black and the blade itself was coloured in blue with a black line in the center.

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[Blue Heart]

A powerful short sword made of The Blue Giant Lake Serpent"s Fang.

Attack : 300

Durability : 200/200

It can only be fixed and upgraded with special creature"s materials.

Requirements :

STR : 35

Effect :

The user will have 30% resistance to opponent"s debuff skills

Duration : 3 seconds

Immune

Will have 30% resistance against water type attacks

Active Skill :

{Heal}

Heal the user gradually during battle.

Duration : 2 minutes.

Requirements

MP : 200

Cooldown : 10 minutes

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"Wow!" Ryth exclaimed in amazement. "The skills are great! Good job, Daedalus!"

"Ku ku ku! Take a look at the other one as well!"

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[Blue Soul]

A powerful long sword made of The Blue Giant Lake Serpent"s Fang.

Attack : 300

Durability : 200/200

It can only be fixed and upgraded with special creature"s materials.

Requirements :

STR : 35

Effect :

The user will have 30% resistance to opponent"s debuff skills

Duration : 3 seconds

Immune

Will have 30% resistance against water type attacks

Active Skill :

{Rain Dance}

Made 6 slashes with water attribute attacks in a very high speed.

Attack : Multiplied the weapon"s attack by 4 (Multiplied by 6 if the opponent is weak against water attribute attack)

MP : 150

Cooldown : 10 minutes

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The blue longsword looked very elegant and smooth, with a white line from the tip of the blade to the grip. The grip was also painted in white.

"I have already enchanted them with two left grand soul stones," Daedalus said. "Ku ku ku! And since Azalea"s second job is a mage, I decided to make it as an active skill. She probably have quite a high INT points."

Ryth smiled as he placed the two swords inside his inventory. "Good job, Daedalus," he thanked.

Making the swords can be tiring that it had taken a toll on his stamina. Ryth wiped the sweat off his forehead. He then began to clean up the smithing area and was preparing to head back to his house to rest.

He greeted and thanked Mr. Har, on his way out.

Outside, he was walking down the path, greeting the dark elves with a smile on his face. He waved at them as they shouted their greetings at him.

The pathway to his a.s.signed house was quiet, except for few chatters of the elves nearby. The wind blows the area smoothly, making the scene to be more peaceful and relaxed. With the trees covering the pathway from the sun, it wasn"t that hot at all.

After few minutes, Ryth finally arrived at his a.s.signed house, where he immediately went straight to the kitchen. In the kitchen, on the table, there was a note being left by Hill and Llyod. He grabbed the note and read that the two had gone to help Woodgard and Tregnar with some tasks in the village. And apparently, they have already cooked his lunch for him so he can eat it anytime he wants.

"Ku ku ku! Such caring guardians you have," teased Daedalus.

Ryth ignored Daedalus" teasing tone and nodded. "Yeah, I"m very grateful to have them on my side," he mused. He then proceed to eat his lunch.

Once he was done with his lunch, he went to have a bath as he was sweating a lot during the smithing process and continued on to his room to take a nap.

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"My lord, the dinner is ready."

Llyod"s voice from outside of his room woke Ryth up.

Ryth sat up on his bed, stretching. "Ah, yeah. Will be there in a minute," he answered. He got up from the bed, straightening his clothes and went out of the room.

When he reached the living room, he saw Llyod and Hill sitting on the dining table, ready to eat. Ryth immediately joined them and they ate their dinner together.

After they were done, they chatted for a bit, mostly Llyod who was talking about what they had done earlier today with Woodgard and Tregnar. At that time, Ryth also pa.s.ses over Llyod"s equipment, which he had took from his inventory.

In the conversation, Ryth also informed them of his plans to meet up with Azalea and to test out his new sword. Hill nodded his head, while Llyod gave him a cheeky grin with two thumbs up.

Ryth just rolled his eyes in answer and went back to his room to grab his bag. He then walked out of the house, heading towards Lady Elsa"s house.

It was already 7 o"clock in the evening when Ryth was on his way to Lady Elsa"s house. There were fireflies around the area, sparking their lights nearby the trees. Although, the moon was blocked by clouds and trees, the lights from the torches helped lighten the pathway outside, making the area looks eerily tranquil and serene.

Few minutes later, Ryth finally arrived in front of Lady Elsa"s house. He knocked on the front door, "h.e.l.lo?"

A beautiful voice called out from inside, "Yes! Wait a minute!"

Seconds later, the door opened to reveal Lady Elsa"s puzzled look. "Mr. Myrad?" she asked in confused. "What"s wrong? Please, come in," she invited as she stood aside to let Ryth enter.

Ryth slightly bowed in greeting. "Good evening, Lady Elsa," he greeted. "Is Azalea inside?"

Lady Elsa tilted her head in thought. "Azalea…? She"s probably at the back, below the trees. She has been training all day. Even continuing on after dinner," she answered.

Ryth nodded. "Alright. I"ll go on over there. Thank you, Lady Elsa," Ryth bowed his head and head to the ladder, that leads to the area below the trees.

Lady Elsa narrowed her eyes in suspicion. "I wonder why would he want to meet up with her?" she mused thoughtfully. She sighed. "Well, maybe it"s not a bad thing. At least, she has someone to talk with, someone her age."

Outside, Ryth slowly climbed down the ladder, being careful. Once landed on the ground, he started walking towards around the tree.

"WUSH, WUSH!"

The sounds of sword swings could be heard. Ryth followed the sounds. The clouds began to slowly dispersed from near the near, shining the moonlight down on a female who was swinging her sword gracefully in the bask of light. Her short silver hair glowed beautifully as it swings side by side and her golden eyes gleamed with concentration.

Like the whole world paused for a moment. Ryth was in a daze for a second.

"Hey, is that you, Ryth?"

Ryth came back to reality as he scratched the back of his head, "Ah, yeah, it"s me. Good evening, Azalea." Ryth waved his hand, awkwardly.

"Oh, so it"s really you...." Azalea smiled back to him.

Ryth sighed softly as he stared at the beautiful elf in front of him. "Ah, she"s really beautiful," he said softly to himself. Then he shook himself as he tried to not daze off. He cleared his throat awkwardly as he embarra.s.singly look at elsewhere. "Um, do you have a moment?" he asked. "Can we talk for a bit?"

Azalea was puzzled. But then she nodded her head slowly. "Sure…"

Ryth proceed to open his bag, pretending that he was taking out a sword from his bag and handed it to Azalea. "Here. This is a new sword that I"ve made this afternoon. Come and give it a try," he invited.

Azalea"s golden eyes widened in surprised as she accepted the sword. She unsheathed it and test the weight in her hands. "Oh my," she said softly. "This is indeed such a beautiful sword. It"s really a good sword. The weight and the length are perfect, as well!"

Ryth laughed, "Haha, of course!"

"I will give it a try."

"WUSH, WUSH, WUSH!"

"Woah... this is amazing! You must have made it from some special materials."

"Yeah, I made it from the big serpent"s fang from before."

"And you give it to me? Why?"

"Well, I just thought that it might cheer you up... and besides, you might need it in our upcoming battle, right? Better be prepare"

Azalea felt warmth in her heart as her chest tighten up a bit, as she listened to Ryth"s. She bit her lips and agreed, "Ah yeah... I do need a good weapon."

"Oi, partner... I know talking to a beauty is making you happy, but don"t forget about the active skill! Tell her to try using it." Daedalus said to Ryth.

"Ah, yeah! I forgot!" Ryth touched his forehead and said, "Azalea, there"s a special skill inside that sword, you can try activating it."

"Oh? Okay... but how do it works?"

"Just pour your mana to the sword and when it glowed with blue lights, the technique instructions will appear in your mind and you just need to follow it later."

"Mhm." Azalea took a fighting stance, Ryth moved aside, giving her some s.p.a.ce and said. "Now!"

[Blue Soul] glowed with blue lights and bunch of scenes appeared in her mind, "Woah... I mastered it just like that? Now I know what is the skill that attached in this sword!". She lifted the sword towards and shouted.

{Rain Dance}!

She disappeared and 6 blue lines appeared as it slashed a big rock near them.

"WUSH! SLASH, SLASH, SLASH!"

The big rock fell to the ground, cutted to pieces. Azalea stared at the sword in her hand, turned to Ryth and said with a smile on her beautiful face. "Woaah! This is a powerful skill!"

Ryth chuckled as he walked towards her. "Glad that you like it. At least, I managed to cheer you up abit."

Azalea blushed, tugging on her clothes with her left hand awkwardly. "Ah, yeah... thank you, Ryth..." she said slowly.

Ryth waved away her concern away. He then gestured to a big flat rock near them. "Care to have a chat for abit?" he asked, thumbing towards the rock.

Azalea turned, nodding. "Sure."

The big and flat rock was on an open s.p.a.ce, where they could clearly see the stars from there. They walked to the rock and sat on it.

Ryth turned his head towards her. "So, how are you? Have you calmed down now?"

Azalea bit her lower lip, looking down as she hugged her legs to her chest. "Uhm… Yeah, I guess that I"m alright now. I try to train myself until late to keep my mind off about things. I mean, I don"t want to mourn for too long. I need to be strong!"

Ryth nodded, agreeing as he turned to face front. "Yeah, true."

She closed her eyes for a bit before continuing on. "So, yes. I"m fine now, thank you."

They were quiet for awhile.

Not wanting to make things uncomfortable, Ryth quickly changed the topic. "Don"t the stars look beautiful tonight?" he looked up at the night sky.

"Demn it," he scolded himself in his thoughts. "That was kind of lame."

Azalea looked up at the sky and nodded. She then turned to look at Ryth and saw his smiling face. She felt her heart beat fast and said in a soft voice, "Yes, it does. It really put my heart at ease."

Ryth leaned closer to her, since he could not hear her completely. "What? I can"t hear you," he said.

Azalea blushed more when she felt Ryth coming closer. "I said, the stars really put my heart at ease," she repeated, pulling her legs more closer to her, putting her face on top of her knees, feeling shy as she faced away from him.

Ryth chuckled as he leaned back. "Ha ha ha. Yeah, I think so, as well." He then turned to Azalea, who was facing away from him.

He furrowed his eyebrows. "Is she cold?" he thought to himself.

Azalea was only wearing a black t-shirt with a tight black trouser, so it must be quite cold for her, Ryth took out a jacket from his inventory and wrapped it on Azalea"s back. "If you feel cold, you should wear a jacket... it"s night after all."

Azalea was a bit surprised by Ryth"s action, her face became red all the way to her ears, "Ah... yes... I forgot to bring a jacket with me."

"Haha, so you can be a little bit clumsy at times." Ryth laughed.

"No, it"s just, there are many things I"ve been thinking, so I kinda forget about the jacket part." Azalea replied, she still couldn"t turned to face Ryth.

"Haha, yeah I know." Ryth paused a bit, "I will help you, you know? Just don"t try to shoulder all of those things alone. You have me." Ryth stood up and turned towards her, "The others will help you too, so don"t be too hard to yourself."

"Mhm." Azalea nodded her head, revealing a smile. She could feel the warmth inside her heart.

"Okay, I think we should head back. You need to rest too."

"Yes." She nodded her head shyly.