Blacksmith of the Apocalypse

Chapter 584: Assistant Needed

Working with the composite materials was harder than he had expected. Considering, that they were both materials with a high resistance to almost everything, it made sense. Knowing this still didn’t make the work easier, but thinking of the end result made him able to pull through.

Inspired by the original structure of the scorpion carapace, Seth decided on a design that diverted from his usually traditional style. The cuirass was more form-fitting and made of a few segments to allow for more mobility and flexibility. Obviously, also because Seth thought it would look pretty neat.

Once he was in the right head space he started swinging Charon’s Obol, parting and forging the almost black plates. He had to strike the metal with all his power. It was different from the vambraces. The individual plates were bigger and slightly thicker, which meant there was a lot more material to move. Having to split his concentration between forging and singing the forging ballad also didn’t help.

By the time he got to the parts for the back plate of the cuirass, he was already drenched in sweat and his muscles were screaming. Seth was also mentally exhausted from keeping up the forging ballad for this long. It was at this point that he put away everything for a moment and took a break.

He drank some water and walked a little to cool off. This wasn’t the way. Of course, he could pull through with brute force. But this was not how things were supposed to be. Facing the process of working with legendary, highly resistant material, forced Seth to make a decision.

“Cerberus, pause whatever you are doing. I need my assistant here.”

It was to use his forge assistant for the first t