The sealed blade

Back in the middle of the capital city Hrisse, stood a smithy named Hephta's forge runned by a blacksmith in his 30s ,a burly man with an athletic build with blonde hair and blue eyes ,it was a small smithy that barely got by due to it's location being a block next to the capital's most famous smithy, dragon's forge , however even a small smithy like this had regulars

CLANG CLANG CLANG -

Glavis the blacksmith stopped hammering as he could hear the sound of the familiar footsteps , the guy had not come for 2 whole weeks for the maintenance of his last work for him so hearing the hurry in the rhythm of the incoming steps already gave him a bad premonition

{ That kid ,he didn't break it already did he? He better not }

Cling ling

As the door to his forge opened with a chime of the door bell ,Glavis put his hammer down and turned to his customer ready to hold back his anger just in case and asked

" Okay kid what did you do to my sword this t- huh? "

Chris carrying two swords came in ,one on his waist and one on his arm covered up with animal pelt ,rugged and battered,he looked roughed up even though he had no visible injuries as he immediately came to the shop after he entered town before he even got back home , looking tired while sweating,he raised his remaining right hand that held a sword sheathed in a golden scabbard and stated with a smile

" It's a long story "

Glavis pinched the middle of his brows and sighs and looked at the kid with a small smile

" Come on to the back, I'll brew some tea "

With that he closed the forge for the day and began to listen to the tales Chris told him about his recent quest ,what he found, what he went through and how he pulled through on the backroom of the forge while drinking some warm Chaffle tea (a common tea for commoners)

The blonde blacksmith's went through a rollercoaster of emotions hearing the tale ,it wasn't every day that one heard such a tale of how one faced against a middle class demon that is also an anomaly born in an irregular dungeon

Chris left out about how he nearly died and explained how he survived by running into the bossroom after losing his arm, the blacksmith was skeptical but did seem to inquire further so he dropped that topic and asked

" So have you reported it to the guild yet ? News like this needs urgent attention after all".

" Hmm I will after you check this thing for me "

Chris then placed the sword on the table between them and took off the animal pelt covering it revealing the golden radiance ,Glavis looked at the scabbard of gold and marveled at the design and sight of such a work

" G..gold? Pure gold? And this ...this design "

" HMM? Putting the gold aside you recognised this design?? "

" hmm oh!(snapped out of his awe) sorry kid ahem ,no I do not recognize this particular design but I do know that this design is runic "

" Runic?(puzzled){Isn't that magical language?}(excitement crawled up on his face) Is it a magic sword ?"

The blacksmith did not even saw the excitement on the kid's eyes and his gaze were stuck on the golden scabbard as he studied it with much focus

" hmmm no "

" Aaa man (disappointed) well then what are runes for then? "

" I don't know for sure but ,it looks like a seal "

"{ Wait }(paled as he had a bad feeling) umm it's it's a seal is it a cursed sword ? Please tell me it's not "

" From what I can tell It likely that ,sorry kid you should throw this piece of work away or sell it to the black market "

" Eee?? "

The young man was distraught and disappointed, who would've thought that the only item he brought back with him would end up being a cursed item, he really had to curse his bad luck inwardly this time

{ Damn you accursed luck of mine }

" Welp (covered the sword back) Thanks for the info anyway mister Glavis "

Glavis smiled at the young man's gratitude and suddenly remembered something important that he was gonna ask and asked it to the young adventurer

" Oh how's the new sword I forge for you ,you rarely brought it back so it can't be in a good state right? Especially after this incident of yours "

" ahaha yeah it really isn't "

After letting out a dry laugh Chris then took out his sword and showed it to the blacksmith who carefully examined it and let out a long sigh and plainly stated

" I really hate how you treat my work you know kid ".

" Sorry I have no excuse for that "(he stated as leaned back on the couch)

" Well I won't blame you further, you made it back here alive even if you lost a limb after all ,it means that It did it's job ,a sword is useless without it's wielder after all "(stood up and pats Chris's shoulder) "Good job kid"

Chris smiled at the praise he got and replied

" Thanks I guess ?(felt a bit embarrassed)Mister Glavis"

" Don't mention it, now then (looks at the blade) I'll get to sharpening this and reconditioning it as much as possible, it'll cost 20 silver as it's magisteel,the usual price "

Clinginginging

grab

The blacksmith instantly grabbed the coin that Chris flicked at him

Glavis :" Kid I said it's 20 not o- huh? "

It was a gold coin , seeing the cold coin the blacksmith slowly turned his gaze back to the young adventurer

" I'll need a new prosthetic arm too , there's a lot more where that came from so don't worry about the price Old man "

" Hehehe(giggles) Kay okay " (clenched the gold) " I'll call you after I'm done with the sword first ,wait here "

With that the blacksmith went to his forge with the blade while ,Chris was left with the cursed sword alone.

Chris :(looked at the sword covered in pelt with much disappointment) "{ Why did it have to be a cursed sword (inwardly sighs)} me and my bad luck, seriously a cursed item?"

Click

" huh? "

Chris hearing the clicking sound quickly took of the animal pelt and found that the sword was slightly unsheathed revealing it's golden rain guard

" Shit "

Thuddud dud

Seeing the sight he quickly got off the couch and took 7 steps back , he had already activated and covered himself with mana ready for anything that might happen

" { What's going on ? Even among these cursed items don't tell me I got one that's haunted } (he intensely stared at the sword first even the slightest movement) "

Tssh

A black aura seeped out from the golden scabbard

"{ black mana? } Hell naaw a demonic sword? "

He quickly ran out of the room however

Thungggg

The sword of the sword falling to the ground stopped him

" { Huh? }"

He slowly got back the room while hiding at the corners and looked at the blade that fell down on the floor

" This "

The blade, after finally getting a good look at the sword Chris a veteran adventurer could instantly recognize it

" The hell?{ It's made of iron? } "

End of chapter