Karl decided not to use tools, but to use a careful application of [Rend] on a pencil to carve the runes, in honour of Hawk’s first skill. Somehow, it just felt right for Rend to make the first weapon that was imbued with Hawk’s fire.
Hawk had chosen deep red fire element stones for the two spells, which should go well with the Runes when Karl was finished. The amount he wanted to add would stretch his skills to focus on all the effects at once. But with the gems completed separately, at least it lightened his load somewhat.
This might actually be why so many ancient weapons had enchanted gems. Purely practical reasons for the enchanters.
With one long stroke, Karl wrote the runes across the entirety of the axe head, never once lifting the pencil, while continuously imbuing power and intent into them. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
Then, with the last rune carved, he began to increase the energy level until he felt the two gems link at Commander Rank.
After that, it was smooth progress as the runes turned purple, before becoming a deep and rich ruby red.
The weapon gave off a sense of foreboding, as if simply looking at it threatened the life of the viewer. Most of the room was in hiding, only sneaking glances. But Blue Dragon Clerics weren’t afraid of new knowledge, even if it did get them killed, and the Forgemaster was never going to be intimidated by his own weapon.
"Should we test this?" Granite asked reverently.
Karl shook his head. "If I do, it will bond, and I don’t think that I will be able to break the link to give it away again. We need to call a Berserker Class Overlord in here, or bring the weapon to them."
Granite nodded decisively, and walked to the stairs, where a phone was mounted on one of the railings.
{Base Commander. We urgently need a Berserker Class Asset here at the Overlord Rank. We have a finalized product that needs to be bonded immediately.} He declared.
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{Three minutes.} The voice replied simply.
Sure enough, three minutes later, a portal opened, revealing a massive Overlord that Karl suspected might be part Orc, with the strong jaw and the way that his lower teeth dented his upper lip, but didn’t quite extend to tusks.
The face was wrong to be part Troll, but Karl supposed that he had only seen a small sample of Trolls, so it might be one of them as well.
"Garrick here." The burly Overlord announced as he stepped through the Portal.
"Thank you for your prompt response. I want you to pick up that axe and bond with it for testing. It will be yours if it survives the tests." Karl announced.
The Berserker’s eyes flashed green with magic as he smiled and stomped to the weapon.
At first, it flared with fire when he tried to pick it up. But the Berserker simply growled at it and grabbed it by the handle to hold it up and smile at it.
"Oh, we will be good friends, you and me." Garrick insisted, talking to his new weapon.
The portal was still open, and Karl gestured through it.
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