Ding!
[You've Completed the [Special Subclass Quest] related to the current [Quest Chain]: [Help the Ember Family Smithy Increase Their Sales!]
[Not only did you managed to triple, quadruple, or even multiply the sales by over ten, but you helped Ambil pay his debt and regain his reputation, keeping his Smithy and even all the things given to him.]
[The Divine Forge Spirit is pleased for what you've done and has decided to reward you! Additionally, because you not only helped Ambil improve his smithy's monetary gain but also raised his reputation and even allowed him to be recognized by the King, bonus Rewards will be added.]
[Completion Rewards]: [50.000.000 EXP] [300.000.000 Gold] [Divine Flames Crystalized Heart (S+++ Grade)] x1 [Skill Book: Runic Inscription Arts (A Grade)] x1 [Blazing Spirit Fire Fruit (A Grade)] x10 [New Quest Chain]
[Level Up!]
[Your Level has increased from Level 172 to Level 173/180]
[All your Stats have increased. You gained Bonus Stat Points and Skill Points.]
The rewards were finally given to me, as I saw my inventory become filled with them. There were three special rewards aside from the EXP and the Gold.
There was a huge heart-shaped red crystal made of divine flames, most likely what will allow us to open the Gates at long last.
The reason we needed this was because the Smithy naturally stopped producing Divine Flames, saving them into its depths before the Ambil family could end up exhausting them all.
According to what the Divine Forge Spirit explained, Hephaestus Smithy did give the Ember Family some reward, in the form of these Divine Flames it let out into an opening right in front of the gates.
With these Divine Flames, the Ember Family created master pieces through the many years. However, they became too greedy and ended exhausting the Smithy.
To punish them, the Divine Forge Spirit stopped letting the flames emerge, and took them back here they came from, leaving the people without them.
Since then, the Ember family has been into a constant decline…
With this stone, it should be possible to create more Divine Flames, enough to finally open the Gates to the Smithy!
And lastly, the other two items… Another Skill Book, this time one for Runic Inscription, it is a Skill for that! I have heard that there was no Skills that could actually control Runes.
But here it is! One right here and now…
And lastly, there are these Spiritual Blazing Fire Fruits, which have the shape of large, red chili peppers.
Reading their description made me realize they are similar to those Ki Potions I got before, after eating them, I would gain Fire-Attribute Ki Essence into my body.
It might help me become better suited to use Hephaestus, a fire-attribute god's skills and also his Smithy… but I don't know if I would be able to digest this energy well enough, seeing how I'm still weak to fire.
Well, the description does say I'm compatible and it won't harm me… I guess I'll eat them later.
"It looks like you got what you were waiting for." The Divine Forge Spirit noticed what I was carrying in my inventory.
"Yep, this is it, right?" I asked, taking out the crystal. "Looks like the System did indeed deliver an item… A most valuable one at that!"
FLAASH!
The red crystal gave a bright shine, almost blinding most of us… It was simply dazzling in all aspects.
"Incredible, that stone…"
Ambil was the first to notice how great of an item it was…
"Woah, just a huge red crystal?" Rita asked. "I really expected something better for all our efforts!"
"Come on Rita, don't be like that…" I sighed. "I'll make you some cool equipment eventually."
"Well, you better fulfill that promise then, hehe." Rita seemed to be looking forward to that.
"Now…"
I quickly handled over the crystal to the Divine Forge Spirit, trusting him with this incredible treasure.
He glanced at the crystal greedily, licking his blazing lips. It seemed like he was about to eat it at any moment…
However, he didn't, and slowly placed it into a small fissure within the gate.
Crack… CRACK!
The sound of gears beginning to spin and move happened almost instantly, as the red crystal imbued the entire gate with divine power.
Red-colored blazing flames surged from within it, coursing through it all!
FLUOOOSH!
The old-looking gates slowly turned deep red, gaining golden linings and decorated with orange metals. It was a beautiful artifact of ancient times by itself!
Whoever made these ancient and divine gates, wasn't a human… It was most likely Hephaestus himself.
Creaaak…!
And then, the Gates finally started to open up in front of all of us. We were left speechless as we sensed a small part of a God's true Aura coming from it.
TRUUUMM…!
It was an overwhelming, blazing pressure… But it only lasted for a split of a second before it dissipated, revealing to us the entrance to one of Hephaestus' many Divine Smithies.
A corridor made up from black and gray stone was revealed in front of us, which was slowly illuminated as hundreds of torches lighted up one after another across the walls.
"It is finally open… After many eons, someone has finally arrived carrying your legacy, Master…"
The Divine Forge Spirit appeared in the middle of the corridor inside of the Smithy, his form taking looking almost the same, like a ghost made of flames floating in midair.
"So this is it, huh? We finally got into one of these…" Rita said.
"Well, I can already tell that pressure we felt was… something else." Mark said.
"Most likely the presence of my Master left behind within his creation!" The Divine Forge Spirit said proudly. "Now, now, what are you waiting for staring at this place in awe? Come inside, you can bring any of your friends too, Successor."
"R-Right…!" I nodded, glancing at Brisingra. "I think this could lead us to the Ancient Valley, one of Cloudia's Fragments!"
"That means… We could find clues about my mother?" Brisingra wondered.
"I hope so! Let's go, Brisingra, everyone!"
I led everyone inside, as we walked across the corridor.
