Waking up then next day, Marcus saw Lilia off along with Riley who was going with her and staying with Lilia as her tutor and maid.
Waving goodbye, both Marcus and Lilia smiled at each other until Lilia had gone out of view heading back on her way to the royal academy.
'Damn I am going to miss her but spending time with kids her age and getting a good education are important. Just knowing how to read to a high degree in this world can allow someone to make a living and I want Lilia to be able to do whatever she wants in the future.'
After looking out at the horizon in the direction Lilia had been heading for a few minutes, Marcus headed back though the gates of his estate.
With Lilia now no longer here Marcus decided it was time to get to work.
The first thing he did, was have Grace and Elianna deliver a letter respectively to Sir Karter and Joy from Vicious Cold, agreeing to their commissions and quoting them a price for the items they wanted.
After that Marcus decided to get to work on creating the two swords for Clarisa and he was especially excited since they would be the first weapons he would forge since learning from Thabon.
Arriving in front of his own personal forge, Marcus began an inventory of his supplies making sure that he had everything that would be necessary for him to craft two high tier swords for Clarisa.
'I managed to get two high grade magic cores that came from a type of monster with a lightning affinity since Clarisa has lightning magic. Though the biggest find was the talon of a thunderbird which is an epic grade beast. I feel a little bad that the seller did not know what he had, and I got it for cheap since he though it just belonged to a giant shocker eagle but hey, he should have kept up with his own merchandise.'
Marcus after taking out the core items he was going to use also took out a pair of lightning crystals, along with a few other supporting items before taking out the mithril ingots and celestial platinum.
With all of the material he needed ready Marcus lit up his furnace and as it was heating up got to work.
The first thing he did was separate the thunderbird's talon into two halves one for each sword.
After that he placed the necessary amount of mithril he need into a crimson ore crucible and began melting it.
When the mithril had turned molten Marcus went through the painstaking process of separating it into two batches one for the short sword and the other for the long sword.
Once he had the correct ratio to create swords that were the same length as the ones Clarisa currently had, Marcus placed the two halves of the thunderbird's talon within each of the separated crucibles of mithril.
With that step finished Marcus heated each of these crucibles up with extreme heat using his control flames spell until the talon and mithril were melting together.
However, at this time Marcus also added a small amount of celestial platinum to the mixture before supplying it with mana which helped to fuse the mithril and thunderbird's talon together.
'Okay the mithril is prepared, now I just need to cool and treat it before shaping the two blades.'
After Marcus had poured the lightning enhanced mithril into two different ingot molds, Marcus waited for the ingots to cool before getting to work on the next step.
Taking the smaller of the two ingots, Marcus heated it up until it became malleable and using a special enchanted mithril steel alloy hammer, began whacking away shaping the ingot into a blade.
Falling into a trance like state, Marcus continued to forge the first sword for Clarisa and after around five hours finally had the correct shape and length.
With that completed, Marcus grinded down the sword before adding the fuller and sharping the blade.
'The first blade is now ready. Now to complete the next one and then I can add the guard and handle before going ahead with the enchantments.'
Having the first of the two blades completed, Marcus went through the same steps with the next one with the only difference being that this blade was around twenty percent longer.
Once Marcus had the two blades completed, he added the guards and handles he had made before getting to the enchanting of the two blades.
First Marcus implanted the magic cores he had procured into each of the blades followed by the lightning crystals a few inches further up the blade.
When that was finished Marcus pulled out the special mana etcher that Thabon had given him along with an ingot of celestial platinum.
After melting the celestial platinum and putting it into the storage area within his mana etcher, Marcus began carving the intricate enchantments he had planned out into the first sword.
With his focus brought to the maximum, Marcus began etching the most complicated series of enchantments he had ever done, using his intuition and training to add the correct amount of celestial platinum to strengthen and stabilize the enchantments.
Hours went by as Marcus never once lost focus on his work not even registering Clara's presence when she had brough him food.
'Almost done, I just need to connect the last line to the magic core without crossing into any of the other formations, I barely have enough room, but I can do it.'
With a steady hand Marcus brought the final formation to completion and the short sword which he had just finished began to glow softly before the image of a bolt of lightning actually formed on the blade's surface.
Staring at this unusual phenomenon Marcus could not help but be surprised since he never expected this to happen.
'Thabon told me about this, but I did not think I would be able to achieve it on my first try. If an item is considered a true masterpiece the system may bless the item with a mark representing the items affinity increasing its power slightly.'
Picking up the completed sword, Marcus gave it a few swings feeling its perfect balance and the noise it made cutting through the air sounded impeccable.
He then activated the most basic enchantment on the sword causing numerous sparks of elctrictiy to cover the blade's surface.
'Wow, this sword is far superior to anything I have ever made including the scythe I poured my heart and soul into. This just goes to show the quality of the techniques that Thabon taught me.'
Examining the blade thoroughly, Marcus could only be proud of his work since every enchantment worked properly and the sword came out even better than he imagined.
Setting the sword down, Marcus sat down for around an hour to recover his mana and mental strength.
After taking his rest, Marcus felt that he was back at his peak and taking the other sword he had ready, Marcus began the painstaking process of enchanting it.
Entering into the zone again, a trance like state where Marcus could only see the work in front of him, he once again completed the enchantments on the long sword for Clarisa, and again to his surprise the system classified it as a masterpiece marking it with a lightning bolt.
Swinging around the new sword to no surprise it worked perfectly causing Marcus to have big grin appear on his face.
'It certainly was difficult and took me more than an entire day, but the sense of fulfilment is truly great. With this I have created my first weapons as a budding forgemaster instead of just a novice. Now time to test out if the dual enchants work.'
With both swords in hand Marcus exited his workshop and entered his yard where he began testing out the full capabilities of the swords he had made, causing many bright flashes of lightning to light up the early morning sky.
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The next few day quickly went by, and Marcus received response letters from both the other people that had requested commissions from him, agreeing to the prices that he had quoted them.
Getting to work, it took Marcus around a day to finish the spear for the knights son and another half day to complete the three dozen arrows.
However, as he was finishing the enchantments on the last few arrows Marcus suddenly felt a loud message in his mind.
"HUNGRY, I AM INCREIBLY HUNGRY! FEED ME NOW!"
Getting this loud message that came out clearly unlike the normal more empathic messages he had received, Marcus pulled the beyond mythic magical beast egg he had received a long time ago out of his companion storage and saw that it was flashing rapidly.
At the same time, he noticed that without giving any of his mana the egg began sucking it out of him forcefully and even the unfinished arrows on his work bench suddenly had the magic cores inside them drained.
Not sure what to do Marcus ran out of his workshop before the rest of his projects were ruined heading to an isolated area within his estate to deal with the current problem.
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