SSS Awakening: Rebirth of the Strongest Vampire God novel Chapter 475

Chapter 475: What is your problem exactly?

"A smithing trial?" Damon raised a brow. Of all the possibilities, he had not expected something like this. An enormous anvil stood in the center, ringed by braziers that burned with hellfire. A tray slid out, revealing raw ore that glowed.

Damon had no idea what that ore was. He tried to inspect it but came up empty-handed. As he approached the anvil to take a closer look, another system notification chimed in front of him.

[Ding! Temper the ore with your life, shape it under the right heat, and survive the test.]

Before Damon could even react, the small sprite quickly darted forward and gobbled up all the hellfire essence in the braziers.

Damon smiled bitterly. It looked like the first test was easy enough, but not for him. He was not really talented when it came to smithing. He had tried it a couple of times. That’s all. Both times, he had forged absolute pieces of shit. The NPC in the forge specifically made sure to tell him that.

And now he was in a legacy related to smithing? After so much struggle? Life was a bitch sometimes. This was definitely a lost cause. It was a shame that he was going to fail again, even after removing the curse and not losing the chance to step inside this trial, but it did not matter.

At least now he knew. He had already tried his best, and there was nothing he could do about his terrible luck. Still, he couldn’t really leave without giving it at least one shot. He walked over and set the ore on the anvil. Goldy buzzed around curiously.

Though Damon had not dabbled a lot in blacksmithing, he knew the fundamentals about it thanks to observing many smithing videos in his last life and also from the raw knowledge he had gotten when he stole the skill and made it his own.

He lifted the hammer near the anvil with ease and then started banging on the ore. "Goldy, can you handle the heating part? Make sure that the ore is neither too hot nor too cold. Can you do it?"

Honestly, he knew everything was going to shit the moment he brought down that hammer. Fuck it. He did not care. He was about to bring the hammer down when he suddenly had an idea. Could he just pocket the ore and get out of here?

It looked like it was precious raw material, and the many, many talented blacksmith friends he had would be pleased to use something like this. Maybe this trip wouldn’t be a complete waste after all.

Damon shrugged and then swiftly placed the ore in his spatial ring. He then tried even pocketing the anvil when a gruff voice sounded behind him. "Just how did you manage to come so far?"

Damon instantly blinked away in response. He turned to see a ghost staring at him with clear amusement in his eyes, and wait, he had fangs? This was a vampire ghost!

All sorts of theories popped up in Damon’s mind, and he prepared to defend himself when the guy chuckled and shook his head. "You don’t have to be so paranoid. I am only a guide to the legacy. I am incapable of harming anyone."

Damon let out a sigh of relief. Even though he did not want to completely trust the words of this stranger, everything seemed to add up, and there was no reason for the guy to lie to him.

"Can I take this hammer at least?" Damon asked.

The old man’s face twitched. "No, it is bound."

Damon nodded and walked over to stand in front of the anvil. It was not that he wanted to act like a fool in front of his guide ghost, but the thing was, even if he acted all high and mighty, the very first swing of his hammer would betray everything about him. It would publicly display his blacksmithing experience for everyone to see.

Well whatever. Damon sucked in a big breath of air and looked at the sprite next to him. "Goldy, come on. I am counting on you." He then picked up the hammer and first rolled it around in his palm to get a sense of it.

The weapon was neither too heavy nor too light. Seemed perfect for him. The old man nodded in approval, looking at him with renewed interest. Damon inwardly shook his head and wryly chuckled. Here goes nothing.

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