From Player To Npc

On the way back to the shop a lot of the Players tried to speak with Volig and Shingi to make a starting relationship with them, especially with Shingi who looked to be more like a Player to most than an actual NPC because of his robes.

He had done some adjustments to them in the past weeks with the help of Zhen, by placing some Enchantment Runes on them that could help some of his detection Skills and way to stealth.

He had also some more equipment on him which he gained with the help of the Blue Moon's Guild or he had created them himself.

He had one more ring other than his Spatial Ring, which was working as a store of Spells instead of things. The Spell would be a little weaker than if he actually cast it, but it still could save him time, as it was faster than using a scroll and almost as fast as casting it with using one Mana Seed.

He could store up to three Base Grade Spells on it.

He also had a black leather gauntlet in his right hand only, which had some enchantments on the inside. This had the effect of increasing his accuracy with attacks he made with that hand, either if he threw something or cast a Spell with that hand.

He also changed his boot from the typical brown ones to ones completely white, which didn't seem to get dirty, and kept their color, which had a yellow stripe on their side. They were one of the special items which the Guild found in one Quest he was with them. They could make him fly for a limited time as wings would appear from the stipes and allow him to fly, but not as fast as he could normally get with his feet on the ground, but still faster than one could go.

The boots lasted for a few minutes and took an entire day to recharge if fully used, so he had to use them wisely.

He also had made a sword for him and had it on a scabbard hanging at his left side, as he was going to use Sinhunter only if it was necessary.

He kept training with Sinhunter to increase its INT and had made quite some improvements on that.

He still couldn't see its actual value, but he calculated it to be a little less than 10, maybe at 8. He wanted to reach it at 12 since it was normally the minimum needed by a mage so it would make it using mana-based attacks a lot easier.

Last, he had on his back one of his staves, which was having just an Earth Mana Gem, as he didn't want others to know that they could produce staves with Light or Dark Mana Gem, since they were quite rare normally.

Still, his staff was at a different level than the one they were selling, as he had made some personal adjustments to fit his needs best.

He had made a base of it that was a leather strap going around his left side and right shoulder and had a flat area with a special enchantment to work almost like a magnet for the staff and keep it in place. It was working similarly to what Ardent had for her scythe.

His attirement of having different equipment not fitting the style of each other was one that Players mostly had as NPCs most times had their equipment made or gained by other means as a set.

Shingi didn't mind them thinking he was a Player since it could make some things easier sometimes.

As they made it to the shop, they kept it close for the rest of the day.

Both of them were working no stop for the past month and especially making Aella's sword was something that took a lot out of them. They took a break from crafting but still they worked on discussing a few more ideas for future projects.

After Shingi gained the item from the mansion he could start his trip with the others for the Neutral territory.

He had sent his students to find some mentioned on the map that they could use.

Price and Anna were working on spreading the rumors of the events to reach the ears of their target. Still, it would take a day or two at least before that person acted.

"So what exactly does the blessing give you. I never had the chance to have it myself."[Shingi]

Shingi could check it with his profession skill since Volig was one of his students but he wanted to respect the privacy of his students and use it only when training or necessary. He also wanted to have a normal discussion with Volig other than for one of their project.

"It has improved my crafting skill as well my fire resistance, especially at my hands. It also gave me a special ability that fits my race."[Volig]

As Volig said that he put his hands together by having one fist closed and the other one surrounding it with an open palm.

As he did that, his size increased, and he had to kneel to not hit the ceiling. He was close to twice his normal size, which was already big enough for the room.

He did the same move, and he started going back to his normal size, but even when he reached size he kept getting smaller.

In the end, he was as tall as Shingi used to be as his younger NPC self before he got his class.

Volig then redid the move and went back to normal size.

"I could get larger and seems like this isn't its limit yet but have to work on it. I may reach the size he had at the plaza at some point."[Volig]

This was definitely an ability suiting Volig as it could make him be as big as an actual Giant and not just a half one.

They could use it in the future as Giants tend to like to talk more to large people like them.

"Should we put the Hammer on the test to see how much it changed?" [Volig]

"Sure you can use it since we will make nothing big today. Try not to go overboard though."[Shingi]

Since it considered Shingi as its official owner of the Hammer, he could allow others to use it for a limited time, as Garry had done in the past.

This helped them a lot these past weeks, especially in creating Aella's sword.

They have updated their crafting room these past weeks with the resources of what Night Wind and Jax's men were delivering to them.

The place was better than what Varic used to have back at Picton, as he had made it all with resources he had gathered using his own abilities and not making deals with others other than giving Quests to some Blessed Ones.

Jax also helped them to gather some items on Vardan's map that were too far for them, as well as some items that were available to closed circle markets.

Volig decided not to work on a weapon this time or a new piece of equipment.

Cause of the size of his hands, his work wasn't as delicate as he wanted or used to be but now that he could change his size it would bring his work to another level.

He took one ingot they had at the ready that was imbued with Earth Mana to strengthen itself and threw it in the forge to hit it up.

When it seemed to be ready to work with it, he picked it up but not using a tong as usual or a MANA HAND, but his own hand.

This new fire resistance truly helped, as he was barely feeling the heat and was taking no damage by it.

He then increased his size as much as he could to fit in the room, and the Spirit Hammer increased with him.

He then started hammering the ingot with all his strength. If it was a normal one, and not one imbued with Earth mana, would probably break into pieces. His STR was getting a boost when he was increasing his size that much.

As he had shaped it a bit, he changed his size to almost the size he had when he was a Dwarf.

It felt good to work like that and he soon noticed that he could grow just part of his body, like just his arms, instead of his entire body at once.

The hour ended and Volig couldn't use the Spirit Hammer anymore, but he had finished the heavy work with it.

He had made a new sign for their shop, as they still had the old one.

They didn't mind using the old one, but it probably was best to have one to suit the one working in it.

The sign was still of a hammer and a pair of tongs at an x like shape. A metal circle surrounded them and had some hanging holes for a rod to go through it and stay hanged.

They replaced the old sign with the new one, and they shooed away any Players expecting the shop to open for the day. They had announced yesterday that it was going to be closed for the entire day.

"It definitely has improved as I felt it helping to guide and fixing my moves and even the force of each of my impacts. I would say it may be close to twice as effective from what it used to be, but it should have a bigger effect for you."[Volig]

Shingi was happy to hear that as he took the Hammer back and was ready to store it back to his Spatial Ring when he heard a mental voice in his head.

"'Have fun. Large man fun.'"[????]

Shingi didn't recognize the voice as it sounded nothing like Sinhunter's.

This voice seemed almost like many people speaking simultaneously, but in perfect sync so that you could understand what they say.

"'Can you hear me?'" [Shingi]

Shingi tried to communicate back as he was with Sinhunter, but it seemed like the connection wasn't that strong.

He was certain that it was the Spirits of the Spirit Hammer, but he didn't think he would get the chance to speak with them.

From what he learned from Beliss, the spirits rarely spoke with their user, but it wasn't something unheard of.

"Everything ok?" [Volig]

He noticed Shingi froze in place for a second and was starring at the Hammer.

"Oh, yeah. I just think the Spirits' Hammer sent me a message. Apparently, they like working with you."[Shingi]

This impressed Volig, as he had researched in the past about Spirit Hammers, and Shingi shared with him some of his new knowledge he got from Beliss.

"Do you think they will speak more from now on? L'liw said they are more awake now."[Volig]

"We shall see how it goes." [Shingi]

They prepared some lunch as they had some supplies of food and had made a simple kitchen corner to prepare their meals.

They cooked nothing impressive, but Shingi had those past weeks unlocked the COOKING Skill and had it at Base Grade currently.

He stills had to improve his STEALTH and ENCHANTER-related Skills to Master Rank. He still didn't have access to enough Master Rank Enchantment to increase his skills, and since he was using his Spells to hide his presence most of the time, his skill wasn't increasing in power that much.

They had their lunch and even had some drinks, even if Shingi couldn't handle as much as used to be since he was lacking the Blessing of the God of Alcohol on his NPC self.

He hadn't tried to move anything else from his Player self to his NPC as he felt he had to make it by what he could earn by himself.

So the two friends partied just the two of them as they went to sleep and rest, as the next day could bring many changes.