Amyra

Chapter 12

After explaining the basics to Amyra, Omar began to show her how to control the temperature of the fire to melt the materials and how to hammer such materials showing her some basic techniques. "Can I try?", Amyra asked Omar after listening patiently to his explanations. " Sure, but you have to remember to be careful, especially around the fire, smitting is an art if anything goes wrong it can lead to injury, in the more severe cases even death", Omar explained showing a slight bit of worry on his face, " but it should be alright as I am here after all", he said puffing his chest proudly, " nothing too drastic can happen with me here".

"Yes, I will try to be careful", Amyra responded to Omar's show of pride and concern. "Do you remember all the ingredients needed to temper the material?", Omar asked as Amyra began to work on her dagger; although basic.  "Yes", Amyra answered, as she busied herself getting all the ingredients ready to smith the dagger.

'Ding! Smitting Lv 1 created'

Amyra busied herself for 1 hour after hearing that, continuously leveling it up, surprising Omar with her accurate and precise hammering, flame control, and tempering. Added to that, she had no mess-ups so far in making the dagger, even the herb measurements to enhance and change the metal were accurate and safe. All of this surprised Omar even more until he couldn't help but stop instructing her and watch her smith like an apprentice still learning from the master.

5 hours later Amyra pulled out the dagger from the smith oven and hammered it some more before placing it in the metal basin of water she filled before. Steam raised from the water as soon as the dagger made contact, sizzling its way down through the cool, herb-filled water. Omar soon snapped out of his trance as he saw Amyra pull a decent-looking dagger from the water.

"Success!", Amyra exclaimed smiling at her beautiful work.

"You even had time to put in so much detail!", Omar exclaimed surprised after seeing the finished product and began to bombard Amyra with smitting questions.

"How did you get it to cool down so fast without it breaking? and how is it so sharp and shiny?", Omar asked, "The flame control was amazing, but how did you guess and change it to all the right temperatures so accurately all that time? How do you know which herb to put in the tempering? and how much?".

Amyra silently waited for his questions to stop before answering, " I have herbal knowledge and my control over the elements is pretty high as I am a cultivator, cultivating as such; and I have very sensitive senses that tell me when to change the temperature and how much. The herbs in the water and the ones I put in the tempering...", Amyra said pointing to them, " are the ones most beneficial to metals and anything related to smitting from what I learned from my skill in herbology and medical knowledge".

"Wow! To think..I should have increased my knowledge in herbs and if only I was a cultivator then my senses..", Omar said zoning off after saying that last word.

" Let me stop you there", Amyra said holding up her hand and stopping his thoughts, "Medical and herbal knowledge isn't something that's hard to study necessarily but it acquires a lot of experimentation, often as dangerous as smitting. You also don't have to worry about being a cultivator to heighten your senses".

"What are you trying to say?", Omar asked curiously. "I'm saying, with enough hard work anything is possible so don't give up just because you aren't a cultivator", Amyra answered him with a serious face showing a slight smile. Omar's eyes began to shine with a new light. After some thinking Amyra pulled out a herbology manual from out of her coat from the system and said, " here, I don't know how much this can help you but it should set you on the right path. Don't give up just yet", Amyra said smiling. After seeing the cover Omar exclaimed, "Thank you so much!..But I don't know how to make it up to you", he said with a complicated look in his eyes.

"It's good, just don't tell anyone about me and what happened when I was here. Be careful"

"Ok! It's a deal", Omar exclaimed as Amyra left with the free dagger that she made. Omar gave it to her as a gift for helping him.

'That girl is a genius. I'm sure not even ordinary cultivators are supposed to learn that fast'

'Ding! Skill: Growth Lv 3 acquired'

'Allows host to reach past the limits of everything to continuously grow'

'Skill Lv 3 growth- increases stats by 10%, it increases by 10% as it levels up'

'As skill level up can increase spiritual growth and skill itself growth in other aspects'

'Nice, I just got to level up another OP skill: growth to level up. And it's a passive one'

'So it doesn't directly affect me or others, just my skills etc.'

As Amyra was leaving she didn't notice a shadowy figure enter 'Blessing'.

"Hello!", Omar exclaimed as he saw the person enter his shop, 'Another cultivator', he thought. "What can I do for you?", he asked. " I'm looking for someone..a young girl who just arrived in this town. I heard you are very knowledgeable", he answered cooly and smoothly.

"No, I haven't known anyone like that to enter Strata", Omar answered with a straight face, hiding the fact that Amyra was just here because of his promise. "May I ask why?", he asked the cultivator.

"Thank you", was all he said, as he left through the Blessings' door after staring at him with a mysterious look on his face. "Few. I almost gave her away", Omar exhaled as the strong cultivator left his shop releasing him from the pressure. "I don't know what level he's at but..I know he's extremely strong. But why is he looking for Amyra?...I hope she stays safe and far away from him".

'Ding! Skill: Disguise has reached max level. Upgrade to camouflage Lv 1?'

'yes', Amyra answered as she walked down through the alleyway and entered the main streets. 'Camouflage Lv 1: As long as the skill is activated no cultivator below the host's level can find you or notice you without consent'. 'If the cultivator is of a higher level than the host, the skill will increase defense and agility by 50% for 1 hour. Afterward, host will be in an vulnerable state until 'Healing' fully heals host. It also depends on hosts ability to hide'

'Nice but even if they are higher level than me they can't hurt me. I maxed out that passive/active skill 'healing' and 'advanced lightning punishment' which no cultivator below caretaker-level can control. I don't see why any of the caretakers of Amyris will be down here soo... Yeh, I'm fine. Even if..whatever', Amyra thought carefreely, 'I don't need to worry, I designed Amyris and all its caretakers. I have a Op system advantage too, they can't hurt or kill me. But still, I would rather I don't reveal myself so early, things could get complicated'