After seven days of hard work, Romain finally saw the skill upgrade notification.
Level 2 Forging: 0\380 Milestone Unlocked: How the Steel Was Tempered How the Steel Was Tempered: Obtained 500 Origin Stones
Countless kinds of knowledge also surged into his mind, with an effect even more intense than the improvement of his planting skill.
Romain rubbed his temples, finished absorbing everything, and sorted through it all.
His red eyes immediately lit up.
It was as if a spark had been ignited in the depths of his eyes.
"I've got it!"
"Got what?"
Laxus, who had been watching Romain all along, could not help asking.
Over the past few days, he had watched Romain forge one huge iron pot after another, his craftsmanship growing more refined by the day until he had completely surpassed Laxus.
Today, this devil had finally stopped. Otherwise, Laxus would not even have known whether he still had the right to call himself a blacksmith.
A smile curled at Romain's lips. "A Water-powered Trip Hammer!"
Laxus listened in confusion.
But Romain did not explain further.
He directly halted all the work being done by the blacksmith apprentices.
Over the past few days, they had worked day and night to forge fifty or sixty shovels, still nowhere near enough to meet the road workers' demand. Mainly because these things were too troublesome to make, only slightly less complicated than forging Plate Armor.
Now, they had something more important to do.
Romain summoned Witchi again and ordered all the carpenters to follow his commands in making every material needed for the Water-powered Trip Hammer.
The Water-powered Trip Hammer was not fundamentally complicated. As long as one grasped the key knowledge, it could be built.
What Romain designed was a multi-gear driveshaft system, with a more