Thanks Kaiju_TSlaymer for the Magic Castle~!
That adds some more bonus Chapters to what I still owe you all lmao~!
Shelur and Renna retreated towards one of the crates behind me, the two watching as I pulled one of the hammers from my inventory alongside some tongs and a pair of thick leather gloves, which I put on instantly to protect myself from the flames.
Then a leather apron to match fell atop my chest and protected me from anything that might damage me, whilst still leaving a majority of my skin exposed to the world, which let the two ogle me freely as I began to work.
To start, I placed the reddish silver metal into the furnace - an ingot of Ardere Steel - and began to heat that up as I browsed through my inventory and found some simpler, yet still excellent quality supporting materials for Shelur's weapon, like Mana Wood and some Geri leather.
The Orc wanted a long, heavy, single edged axe to compliment her sword that she already had, so I had to ensure that the materials were bound together perfectly as well, which made me pull out some more Mana Steel to utilize for pins and braces on the axehead.
I also wanted to make this a bit stylistically unique as well, something that would look amazing and powerful to match the Orc's natural stature, while also keeping it to a minimum so that it wasn't flashy; I wanted it unique but subdued, which... well, I mean, considering how Shelur acts and how big she is in multiple areas, that might just be impossible anyways.
Whilst the metal began to heat up in the furnace, I got to work cutting the Mana Wood down into the haft of the axe, making it a bit wider than normal since it would be wielded by someone with larger hands, and also leaving a tapered tip that I would need to drill through to secure the axehead to the haft.
There were probably easier ways to get this done, but it was what seemed easiest to me, so I got to work drilling out the holes using a cylindrical file and simple 'drill', which was just a flattened, sharpened tip of metal that had a wide wooden handle for me to rotate back and forth, using it to cut into the wood and create a straight hole.
By then the metal was thoroughly heated, so I used the tongs and pulled it from the furnace before placing it onto the now clean anvil, the red metal glowing with an intense heat that felt like it might begin softening the anvil enough to get damaged.
Grabbing the heavier hammer, I began to flatten the ingot down into an inch thick sheet of metal, which was then reheated after I got it to be rather uniform; as I did so, I also got a second ingot ready to go inside the System's interface, just in case I messed up doing it myself.
While I waited for it to get red hot again, I got back to working on the haft, smoothing the wood and shaping it some more, losing myself to this physical labor once again; it was soothing in its own way, and despite having a System that could do this for me in almost no time at all, I rather enjoyed using my hands for something besides lovemaking.
Speaking of, despite me being lost in my own little world that only had the anvil, crafting table and the furnace, I still got to see peeks of the 'outside' whenever I glanced at the crates that the other two rested on, and what I saw didn't really surprise me.
Renna was leaning into Shelur's embrace, her hands dancing up and down the Orc's cock as they both watched me with obvious lust; sometimes Shelur would lean down and start suckling on Renna's tit, and sometimes Renna would lean down and start sucking Shelur's cock.
I really wanted to join them, but as I began to do the shaping of the axehead, I lost myself once more to the forging process as I got to exert my creativity onto something that would be someone's gift, and it consumed all of my attention as I got into the details.
The red metal was gradually lengthened to form the bulk of the head, and I lengthened the beard of the axe downwards, giving Shelur a larger blade to work with and deal damage with, and after some contemplation I decided to lean into the fiery elements of the metal.
Curving the blade inwards in the middle of the beard, but curving it outwards at the top - so that it vaguely resembled an 's', albeit not as curved - I got it to look similar to fire in a vague sense, but with some detailing on the blade and some etching, I would definitely get that desired look.
All I needed to do was focus on the axe's socket, which needed to have holes that matched the ones on the wooden haft - something that wouldn't be easy to do normally, but with a System aiding me, I cheated in just this single area, marking out the areas I needed to drill holes into and using heat to help puncture the metal.
When it was all done, I had a beautiful crimson axehead and a nice, dark brown wooden handle that was going to get a cross hatch leather wrap to help Shelur grip the axe better, as well as a leather sheath to protect the blade.
That would be done later, but for now I had the bulk of the work done, and just needed to begin assembling the axe, which didn't take too long; the Mana Steel pins secured the axehead to the haft, and I ensured everything remained together with a bit of System support just as a precaution, binding the two pieces together to create a single, unique item.
[Ardere Steel War Axe : Attack Value +30, Fire Mana Damage +25%, Fire Mana Gathering Efficiency +15%, Increases {Wielders} strength by 5%]
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