Chapter 1433 Cloudy Night Sky: What Remains After Suffering a Huge Loss Part 1

「Man, I’m sorry, Break! I know that you won’t probably believe this, but I just so happened to lose those Scorpion Gauntlets that you have made for me all the way back then! Crazy, I know!]

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Huh? What the……? What’s this thing? A cup? No, I guess that’s not it. This is actually one of those things that is used when you want to pour melted metals like iron and such into a mold, am I right? It’s a common tool for a blacksmith all over the world to use, isn’t that right? There was a time in the past where I have been researching about those things a little bit for fun, so I happen to know a thing or two about it. This thing is actually called a “Crucible”, correct?

「Umm? What is it?]

「Come on now. Don’t be shy! Just chug it down! Just drink the whole damned thing in one go!]

「Umm, I’m sorry, but I’m not all that good when it comes to hot drinks. You know, cat’s tongue and all that.]

「…… Well, that actually sounds more like a “you” problem rather than “me” problem. But I also guess that on the battlefield those things just happen. Being suddenly separated from your weapon.]

I guess it would be foolish of me to actually tell her the exact circumstances in which I have lost those gauntlets. So let’s just keep the version that I have lost them during the battle and that it was a terrible loss indeed! It is thanks to that fact that for the time being it would seem that I managed to avoid the fate of having to chug down on the whole crucible of the hot melted iron (where calling it “hot” is putting it very lightly) all at once. Which is a really good thing.

「…… So? What are you doing here this time? I assume that you are not here right now only because you wanted to apologize? Because if it is just that, then we are officially done here!]

「That’s our Break for you! The future God Master of Blacksmithing is really something else! Nothing is escaping your insightful eyes, I see!]

「I don’t mind you complimenting me so much, but give it a rest. It won’t get you anywhere, believe me.]

Oh believe me when I say this, my words of praise are hardly any ordinary flattery. I do believe that it is no mere exaggeration to say that if Break proceeds to up her blacksmithing skills and techniques as she is doing now, the better the blacksmith she becomes, the better and more godly weapons, armors and accessories I am going to obtain in the future. So actually making either Break or Imron a God Master at blacksmithing (or both of them) is something I really want to do. And if they are unable to become a God Master at blacksmithing, it will only make my potential road towards the future that much harder. Looking back at it, I wonder if I hadn’t actually skipped some content regarding blacksmithing, but that’s a completely separate issue for now……

「So hey, Break? Completely incidentally…… Do you happen to know if you Vorpal Bunnies lot have some of those secret professions out there that you can attain?]

「Huh? What are you talking about?]

「No, I mean, what I said was……]

Oh yeah. I totally forgot. Apparently the box where the sub-class would be located for any Player or an NPC is left completely blank in case of the Vorpal Bunnies.

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「S-Sanraku-san!!]

「Yo there, Emul! I know it hasn’t really been that long since we’ve last met, but it surely feels like a lot of time has passed since that time!]

After I asked Break about the secret sub-classes for Vorpal Bunnies I happened to receive a whole lecture from her about what the job of the “God Master” would entail once she would obtain it, alongside with a few examples of what she would be able to do with it once she manages to obtain it. I then went around selling some of the stuff that I would be finding no use for in the nearby future, and from the money I earned that way I managed to buy myself a few much needed Disposable Magic Scrolls with the Teleportation spell imbued within them. Then I proceeded to do some necessary shopping for all of the expendable items like HP and MP potions and such. Having done all that, I was just about to go back to the frontline base, when…… I have encountered Emul on my way, as if she was waiting for me specifically.

「Yes, it certainly feels that way. But Fath…… I mean, the Boss was telling me that you have been working really hard over that time, Sanraku-san……]

「Hoo, when it comes to Big Bro, information surely reach him fast, huh?]

Could it be that Weissash is keeping tabs on me thorough some sort of artificial satellite that was placed on the orbit? Sometimes I really think that something like that is actually the case in here.

At the current moment Emul is unable to form a party with me once more, perhaps due to some sort of mysterious story-progression or quest-related restrictions that I am not aware of. So, it is precisely because of that reason that I needed to prepare some means of transportation between faraway places for myself for the upcoming days and events. In order to be able to Fast Travel without issue I needed to procure magic scrolls with “Coordinate Movement” and “Coordianted Movement Gate” respectively. Otherwise doing what I wanted to do would become way more problematic than it has to be. …… And while I know that this is something that cannot be helped, I also cannot help the fact that this was becoming really harsh on my finances and doing a real number on my wallet.

「I, umm, this is…… I really want to help you out, Sanraku-san! I really do! It’s just that…… Father says that I can’t. He says that I must stay inside for now and do not go outside, that’s it’s not safe……]

「Yeah, I wonder why that is, huh? A real mystery.]

Even as we are speaking, Rabbitz is being invaded by Goldunine’s forces through the net of underground caves and tunnels running deep below Rabbitz itself. In other words, it only goes to show that both Rabbitz and Goldunine must have some sort of a history with one another to some extent, and the moment Bossdunine herself has become more and more active as of late, it seems that all Vorpal Bunnies were basically forbidden from leaving the city’s premises. All for their own assumed safety…… I mean, even if it is just a coincidence, it is some truly crazy one.

「I mean, what are one hundred or even two hundred defeats? You really think it is something that is able to stop someone from trying again and again?]