Death... and me

Frandin, obviously, didn't know that Roan was talking with Sister Orb, only that he went silent for a moment.

"In any case, you won't be able to get close to the trial sites."

Roan then looked at him before nodding.

"Alright."

Roan wasn't in the mood to discuss with him whether or not he could get there. Since Sister Orb confirmed that it was possible, it was enough for him. As mentioned before, the distance of the teleportation was decided by the rank of the Spirit Stone. Rank Two Spirit Stones can only be used for teleporting up to 300 kilometers. Above that, they would need Rank Three ones. However, 300 kilometers was more than enough, in Roan's opinion.

'Soul Power... Let's see how good this thing is.'

Back inside the workshop, Rean continued to practice his blacksmithing. To be more specific, Rean didn't have an issue in becoming an Earth Peak-Level Blacksmith. After all, his knowledge about forging was definitely leagues apart from any other blacksmith on this planet or in the old Sunkan.

His only problem was his cultivation. To create Earth Peak-Level Equipment, he needed a lot of Spiritual Energy, and it had to be his own. It is not possible to use other's Spiritual Energy since you can't control it. Usually, you would need to be a Core and Soul Fusion Realm cultivator to do that. However, the twins' Spiritual Energy Pools had always been much bigger. Now that he was in the Peak of the Core Formation Realm, his Spiritual Pool was equivalent to a Core and Soul Fusion Realm cultivator.

With that said, Rean only needed experience. Because he had never worked with Earth Peak-Level Materials before, he couldn't make the weapons straight away. Nonetheless, his problems rapidly disappeared as he got to understand those materials better.

*Bang, Bang, Bang...*

Rean hammered the metal as he used both the workshop's and the Soul Gem Realm's tools to work. At the same time, he asked Qia to inject her Earth Element on the equipment. He didn't have Earth Element Affinity, so he was doing the same thing as he did with Roan, using someone's else element. As long as the Spiritual Energy was his, he could drive the element that Qia infused there.

'Hmm... It's almost there. This armor won't turn out to be Earth Peak-Level, but it'll be very close. At least I know where I missed this time. The Duran Ore I mixed with Kalan Power didn't mix as well as I thought when Earth Element was used. However, I can make up for it next time in the refinement process.'

Just like that, the days passed, and soon, another week went by. During this time, Roan and Frandin went out again to buy Alchemy Materials. Roan might not be able to make Elemental Affinity Pills without Soul Power, but he can definitely do other types. That being said, he decided that he might as well breakthrough to the Earth Peak-Level Rank as an Alchemist. 

Roan's issue was basically the same as Rean's, the lack of Spiritual Energy due to his cultivation. Now that he was at the Peak of the Core Formation Realm, he had finally achieved the last requirement. In his case, Old Worm made sure to force all the knowledge necessary for the breakthrough into his head. 

Just like Rean, one week was all he needed to bring his pills up to the Earth Peak-Level. The only problem was the ability to buy the materials for Earth Peak-Level Pills. After all, Frandin was only at the Earth Low-Level.

However, Safran thought that Frandin was buying the materials for his ' Master,' so he allowed it to pass. Well, truth be told, Safran was right. Roan was Frandin's Master... in a certain way.

The only problem was that the amount of Earth Peak-Level herbs available in the Alchemist Guild was pitifully low. It's not that Sunkan Planet had many of them, but this world definitely lacked it a lot more. As always, the problem was in the lack of Spiritual Energy and the cold environment.

In any case, Roan was successful. Not only that, but Roan had Frandin bring his Earth Peak-Level pills back to the guild to trade for more Earth Peak-Level Materials. That only confirmed Safran's suspicions that Frandin really had an amazing alchemist master.

It would be one thing if the herbs were wasted. However, since Frandin did bring the pills back, Safran had no issues trading the completed product for their materials. Of course, the Alchemist Guild made sure that they obtained profit from these transactions. 

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*Shzzzzz*

Rean had a sword in his hand, which was being immersed in a Spiritual Liquid. That was the special combination that Rean came up with for his refinement process. As for the sword itself, he emanated a searing feeling that felt like it would catch on fire at any point. 

Agis, who was observing by the sidelines, couldn't help but feel a little excited.

It turned out that Rean decided that his sword would be the first Earth-Peak Level equipment he would make. So far, Agis had been using an Earth Middle-Level one given to him by his Master. It wasn't a bad sword. At the very least, it was excellent if you considered other swords at the same level out there.

However, compared to Rean's special forging method that allowed one to absorb the surrounding elements with one's weapon, his old sword was several times worse. Let alone the fact that this sword was at Earth Peak-Level instead of Earth Middle-Level. Rean was pretty sure that this sword would be able to rival a piece of Heaven Low-Level Equipment. It's just that it couldn't carry any weapon formation inscriptions due to the material level. Otherwise, he was sure that it would be even stronger.

"Phew... It's finally done. Let's see... What shall be the name..."

Agis had helped during the forging process with his Fire Element since Rean couldn't use it. That being said, Rean smiled before passing the sword to him.

"You go ahead and select a name. You will be the one using it, after all."

Agis looked at his new sword and could feel just how much better it was than his old one. He wouldn't care too much about names in the past, but he had to admit that such a masterpiece deserved a name.

"How about... Flame Thrower?"

Rean's mouth twitched a little as he asked.

"Where did you hear this name?"

"I just came up with it?"

Rean narrowed his eyes.

"You came up with it? Are you sure that a certain orb didn't give you a few ideas?"

Agis looked away, pretending that he didn't hear the last part.

"Ahem... What's wrong with Flame Thrower? It matches the sword's ability perfectly. Once I infuse my Spiritual Energy inside, it gathers Fire Element. My Fire Element Skills combined with my Wind Element manipulation. Both would really be a sea of flames. Flame Thrower seems very cool."

Rean scratched the back of his head. Sure, Flame Thrower was a cool name. It's just that it was the name of a completely different weapon. Who would call a Sword a Flame Thrower? It was just too weird.

Malaka and Calina, on the other hand, nodded at Agis.

"It is indeed a good name."

"I agree. I don't see what Rean has to complain about it."

Sure enough, none of them knew what a Flame Thrower was. However, Rean didn't try to explain. Chances are that they will never see a real flamethrower in their lives, so he might as well leave it be.

"Whatever. As long as you like it, then so be it."

Rean then took it back from Agis to finish the last parts, like the handler, scabbard, and the engraving of his name. Yes, the engraving of his name was definitely the most important part of it... or so Rean thought.

"Alright, it's done."

Agis didn't like it very much to see Rean's name there, but he didn't complain. That's because Rean also put the word 'Flame Thrower' in much bigger letters, much to Agis' satisfaction.

Following that, Rean contacted Roan through their Soul Connection.

'I can already make Earth Peak-Level Equipment. Come to the workshop so that I can reforge our Swords.'

Roan refused, though.

'I can't right now. I'm working on a pill at the moment.'

'Pill? Which one?'

'What else could it be? A Cross-Realm Pill. We got a lot of those Masput Rocks back in the valley. Now that I'm at the Earth Peak-Level, I might as well make a few of them for Malaka, Calina, Qia, and Agis.'

Only now did Rean remember the Masput Rocks in the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm. Because they were forced to stay in the valley for so long, Rean's group made sure to gather those rocks. Now they had quite a few of them since the Lakures didn't seem to care about it.

'That's good, then. In that case, I'll make your sword first since I only need the Light Element for that.'

'Go ahead. I'll let you know when I finish it here.'

Rean then began to work on Roan and Malaka's weapons. Of course, in Malaka's case, he used the Goulan Ore he got in the auction to make the alloy for Malaka's Staff.

Malaka smiled when she noticed that her staff was able to gather even more Water Element than before.

"I love it! Thank you, Rean!"

Rean laughed.

"It's fine. Now, help me make Roan's Sword."

Rean then continued his work to improve everyone's weapons.