Extra's Path To Demon King-Chapter 100: The Greatest destined to be…

Standing in front of the academy purchase shop, he saw the pretty lady at the desk, she seemed to be a first-phase Seeker as well, but there were powerful protections and artifacts all over the place, likely hidden guards and mages all around. This was the place where all the valuable materials were stored.

The reception lady asked him, "Hello, dear student, could you show your magic card and tell me what you are looking for?"

He nodded and handed over his magic card. The lady showed an attentive look towards him, and she looked at him more, but soon diverted her eyes away, hiding a bit of shyness. Well, he wasn’t a moron. He understood the lady found him attractive, well, she wasn’t half bad herself by normal standards. But he didn’t really care that much and stated,

"I need materials for forging swords of the highest caliber within Archon tier 1. Right now, I don’t have any credits or mana crystals, so I just want to know the price for now. And in what methods can I get credits or mana crystals?"

"Thank you, Mr. Axel Nomrad. But if I may ask, do you have prior experience in forging? I presume you have plenty of experience in the engraving procedure as the most promising runecaster of the next generation," replied the lady respectfully.

What is this? What is she trying to butter him up for? Not that he minded it, though. He placed both of his hands on the desk and leaned forward in a swag manner. And the lady couldn’t move her eyes away from his soul-captivating blue eyes.

He said softly, "Hm, I don’t have any experience in forging, but yes, I do have lots of experience in the engraving procedure itself."

The lady gulped down, visibly looking upwards towards him, who seemed to be peering straight into her soul. The princess slapped Axel’s back angrily. Which seems to have broken their stare down. Axel cursed internally, ah shit he had forgotten the princess was here all this time, while he was passive aggressively flirting with that chick. The princess even shot a glare towards the lady.

The lady finally came to her senses and realized that it was actually one of the princesses; she began to sweat. To her luck, the beautiful woman did not focus on her anymore, as Axel tried to appease her anger. She wasn’t really angry at him for ignoring her, rather, she realized what he was doing. He was flirting with the lady, but naturally had no intention to do anything except for that.

She was actually worried for that lady, that she would get heartbroken by his antics. The princess shook her head in disappointment,

"To think you were actually a lecherous man. It seems I have judged you wrongly."

"Uh, princess, you misunderstand. I had no such intentions, please believe this innocent man," he pleaded.

"Oh, princess, you say?" she shot him a cute glare.

"Um, sorry Lumina," added Axel, as their conversation went back on forth. Axel didn’t understand what she was upset about. Well, if he flirted with that woman, the lady might think about him for a while day and night, and that can’t be all? Right?. And no, Axel was moderately sure Lumina didn’t see him romantically.

But now that they loosened up with each other a bit, they enjoyed each other’s company.

The princess wasn’t as naive as Axel thought. But she merely put on such a front since people perceived her as a simple but beautiful flower. Only worthy of decorative charm. So, she acted as such. Of course, she was still quite soft and innocent inside.

The lady at the reception coughed slightly to get their attention. She spoke,

"As I was saying, since Sir Axel does not have any particular experience in forging itself and since it is a procedure completely different from rune engraving itself, I would recommend that you go to the academy library and read some books related to this."

"And you would need to set up a forgery, buy all the equipment necessary for the forging itself, you could also go and watch any experienced forger of a warrior class, I believe, just seeing a master forger work on equipment would be enough for you to get started."

Axel nodded towards the lady with a grateful look; her suggestions were right. Getting some initial information on forging and seeing a master forger forge physical tools. He thought back on the trial, how he would always just purchase premade weapons, since he was on a tight time limit, his oh so-called master actually suggested to him many times that weapons forged by another person would always, in some minuscule angle, not 100% match his engravings.

Making the best type of personal weapon should always be done while keeping that person in mind, which wasn’t the case for his massive amounts of ready-made and forged swords back then. Now it was time to learn how to forge those basic swords. Of course, he didn’t need any significant teaching or learning on that topic. Just the basics that would allow him to try and make weapons endlessly. That’s all he needed.

The lady spoke again, "As for the pricing of the material, you might need multiple types of materials to mix and manage, and then find the perfect solution for the type of engraving or the weapon you want to create. But all in all, Archon grade Tier 1 materials for weapons are priced at 2 credits or mana crystals per kilo, but Mr. Axel, seems to have a 50% discount on everything given by the academy authorities for an indefinite amount of time, so that would be 1 credit or mana crystal per kilo."

"Then, as for how you can earn mana crystals or credits, there are a few ways. Warrior-type aspect holders can usually do forging and sell them, utility-type aspect holders like yourself can engrave weapons as a Runecaster, and alchemists can sell potions. After 6 months have passed after every student become a Seeker, students can do odd jobs for the professor or work as their office assistants, these jobs do pay a lot. But like I said, this option will be availed after 6 months." frёewebnoѵēl.com

"Another option is to make a new technique, spell, meditation method, any new and significant discovery or improvement on any previous and typical methods."

"But the most common is simply hunting magical beasts, monsters, and mutants. Sell their corpses back in the academy. Doing a good job of hunting does pay more than enough."

"One more thing, please take this," she said, handing him a folded parchment.

Looking at her, he took it in his hand and opened it. He clicked his tongue in humour, "Uh, right, I almost forgot about the basic level of space ring the academy was supposed to provide on ’loan’ right?"

She stated with another smile, "Actually, the academy has decided to provide you this for free."

Axel raised an eyebrow at that comment, "Oh, for what occasion? I believe only the descendants of the highest echelon of each of the great kingdoms were privy to such a free gift?"

It was a basic spare ring, with only 5 square meters of holdable space in it.

Her smile stiffened a bit, but it returned to normal in the next second. She did not say anymore. Axel nodded internally in some understanding; his grandpa card was at work again. Welp, not like he minded getting a free thing with no debt to pay. He could only pray internally to his generous grandfather, He had farmed so much aura at his time that even he was benefiting two generations later, what a Chad.

But the surprises weren’t over, the lady revealed, "Actually, if Mr. Axel wishes, the academy can loan you some credits in advance."

Now, this time he was genuinely surprised, even the uninterested princess showed surprise on her face, Axel put a hand on his chin, and eventually he said,

"Thank you for the offer. I’ll let you know if I do need such a loan, and thank you again for all the information that you provided. It was helpful."

She gave a professional smile and nodded towards him as Axel left the place and started walking towards the academy library alongside the princess. Lumina asked,

"Don’t you feel a bit overwhelmed?"

Axel tilted his head and looked at the golden-haired beauty questioningly. She asked with a trace of hesitation, "Correct me if I am wrong, but such zealous treatment, is it not because of your grandfather’s existence?"

"I don’t know much, but as I heard, he was the most decorated Runecaster in known human history, unmatched in his specialty as a runecaster and unhinged behavior as well."

"Are they not treating you so well, because they see a shadow of his existence within you? Thus, my question," finished Lumina her statement.

Axel looked at her for a moment and said, "So, your question is if I feel overwhelmed by the weight of expectation placed on me?"

"To be honest, no, I don’t really care a single bit about their opinion, they could go to hell for all I care." he showed a small, careless smile, turning towards her.

"More than that, how can I fear the skills or the legacy of my grandfather, when I am the one simply destined to be better than him?"

"As I always will be," declared Axel in a prideful undertone.