The Online Craftsmaster

John´s group of friends were still talking about Delilah and the fight against the Angersteel Colossus when Delilah logged back into the game. And Delilah said: " I guess that Eva told you already about me so let me reintroduce myself! Hello, My name is Vito and I love working with wood!"

John answered politely: " Hey Vito you can call me John, this is Erika, Claire, and Olaf. Actually, i could use your help if you don't mind, I still need a Teacher for woodworking and if I look at all of your wooden ornaments and your weapons it seems to me that you would be the perfect person for that. Would you teach me please?"

Eva wanted to make an objection in fear that John creates another catastrophe, but she suddenly got a message that startled her. "I have to go!" Eva said and logged out so fast that nobody could ask a question. John had a bad feeling about that as Eva seemed shocked as she hastily left, but he had no time to spare as Vito agreed to teach him and happily pulled him into the workshop to get started. Erika and Olaf felt a short shiver from a dark aura around Claire until Claire seemed to remember that Delilah/Vito was a Man...

...John was desperately to evade all the Tools Vito was throwing at him, Vito was eager to teach him and pulled every tool he had out and explained everything in a single breath. John needed some time to calm Vito down not knowing that Vito usually was not talking much but ingame he couldn't hold himself back.

But after Vito calmed down he asked John:" Do you have any experience working with Wood?" John nodded and pulled out the poor excuse of a walking stick and showed it to Vito. Vito took it from John and looked at it, suddenly tears were flowing down his cheeks he quickly pulled out some wooden planks and crafted a small shrine. He laid the Walking cane on it and offered some joss stick while praying. After that, he jumped up grabbed John by his collar and threw him on the ground and yelled with tears in his eyes: "Apologies TO THIS POOR PIECE OF WOOD!!!"

John quickly took a dogeza position and earnestly apologized. Vito calmed down and sighed...they had a long way to go...

While John was learning to work with wood dark things were happening at another place. Three hooded figures entered a throne room, knelt down and said: "My king the experiments you ordered are finished and successful!"

"And what about your special find?" Mephisto asked while savoring a fresh dark grape having a dark grin on his face. His goon answered, "Your Majesty the technicians try their best but not only is it painstakingly difficult but were also missing a power source as the original Mana Crystal was destroyed."

"Mhmm...I would be despaired when my special new toy wouldn't work." Mephisto said seductively while one of the Hooded men was gurgling as a thrown dagger lodged itself into his throat. The Hooded men quickly left the room, taking their dead comrade with them, on a wink of the king.

"What shall this poor king do my poor toys will be wasted like this!" Mephisto said to himself while descending from his throne dragging his white tunic through the blood splatter on the floor when he noticed a sole drop of blood that was flowing down his cheek like a tear. Suddenly a thunderstorm descended upon the human Capital, the light of a lightning flashed through the throne dyeing it in the color white. If someone would see the king while the light illuminated his face they could mistake him with a Dark Jester smiling while a dark tear was flowing down his face.

Suddenly an ethereal Lightning crack through the roof of his palace without damaging anything. It landed right in front of Mephisto, it was silver in color but had a strange black gleam in it that seemed to slowly taint the light.

Mephisto saw a silver Ornate Hammer on the floor where the lightning struck, suddenly he heard a voice whisper in his head: " Destroy...him...the one...that escaped his judgement...the Devil...Chrome!" Mephisto was startled but started giggling, suddenly the hammer started to meltdown into a spherical shape. Mephisto took the Round sphere and inspected it while giggling uncontrollably.

Urteil

Rank Gods Artifact(lesser)

A lesser God's artifact given to a chosen mortal formed to an Item he wanted most. The Artifact took the shape of a mana core that can be used to power any contraption. The Owner of this Artifact can control every creation that uses this Core as a power source.

Mephisto was still giggling when he read through the description of this item, finally, he had a solution for his special new toy and his small collection of toys were finally just missing a single special piece. He called for a minion and an abomination entered the room, a man or better what was left from him walked up to the king. His heart stopped beating some time ago after the cruel experiments on him weren't successful, his limbs were cut off and replaced by mechanical contraption while a mana crystal was rammed into his head after that he was resurrected as an undead with Dark magic.

Mephisto gave the Artifact to his minion and ordered him to bring it to the technicians that worked on his latest toy. After that Mephisto talks to himself while logging off: " Now only the last Toy is missing...I am coming...Brother..."