The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 708

Forgemaster Granite’s arms were powerful, and the first swing that he made with the regular hammer caused a flare of light on the barrier over the dummy.

"Impressive strength without using a combat skill. Do you need me to teach you one quickly for more effective testing?" Karl asked.

Forgemaster Granite shook his head. "I know how to fight well enough. But pure strength should always be the first test for a weapon. You never know when that fancy magic mumbo jumbo will fail you, and it will be time to just beat something to death."

Duke Ambrose looked somewhat dubious about the logic behind that, but Karl knew that it was true in more ways than one.

You could be injured, out of mana, exhausted, or simply in an argument with Cara, and you wouldn’t be able to use the skills that you were after.

Granite swung the hammer and smashed it into the barrier, giving a solid low Commander Rank impact reading just from physical impact. _{ƒгeewёbnovel.com}

That was truly impressive, and under that loose shirt, he had to be even more physically powerful than Karl himself had become.

"Impressive." Karl congratulated, but the smith simply grunted and nodded as he switched weapons with a reverent smile at the new one.

He swung again, and the numbers on the meter began to grow, stopping just short of the standard for a Royal Ranked skill.

"Now that’s a hammer." He sighed fondly.

"That’s as good as an actual skill, and all he did was swing the hammer. There was no added input on his part. Now, a lot of that is down to his physical strength, which humans will struggle to replicate, but I must say that the result is impressive." Duke Ambrose noted.

"Do we have a regular human Elite here?" Karl asked.

Duke Ambrose looked pointedly at Karl, and the bearded Forgemaster began to laugh.

"No, we don’t have any other Warrior type Elites here. Most of the apprentices have system skills, but they’re the ones that awakened research and crafting related skills, so they’re not officially Elites, they are researchers." Granite explained.

Karl sighed. "Alright, then we have Forgemaster Granite do the honours for Commander Rank testing. I will do the full output destructive testing, and his strength can be our proof of concept.

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I strongly suspect that we won’t be having too many problems with the quality of the weapons his subordinates have been turning out. But with every new design, there is a need for testing.

Now, we have a blade design that will enhance skill output. A hammer to improve impact force. Do you make ranged weapons here?"

Chief Engineer Fizzspark jumped up and down on Cara’s back, waving her hand, while here pink pigtails waved along with her.

"That is my department. We have learned that the gods disapprove of mixing too much technology with magic, so while it can work, it won’t link with the system.