A Certain Middle-Aged Man's VRMMO Activity Log Chapter 90

If I’m going through the trouble to make it, it might as well be a good item

Now that I’m going to be making a long bow, first I must practice making long bows.
That said, bows aren’t all that different, and yesterday I got to personally take and study the form of Ayame-san’s bow, which is huge. I should be able to progress faster than if I were making a staff.

Anyway, I took several of the worst quality wood from the forest area closest to Faust to use for practice. The wood from the trees that grow around the Nexia area that I’ll be using for the real deal is way too scarce for me to take, so since I have one shot with whatever amount I have on hand, it’s necessary to practice to draw up the blueprint. s

First I’ll do it roughly.

I intended to spend all of today’s login time hammering out this learning part, but.

With the quality becoming good, I compared it to the screenshots of Ayame-san’s bow from yesterday and adjusted the shape and balance.
In another 30 minutes, taking 1 hour total since I started crafting, I somehow made one longbow with quality 7.

Longbow

Quality 7

As expected of longbow; the firepower is already more or less there, even though it’s something made from the absolute worse material. Because of that, the largeness makes it difficult to handle, though.
Alright, let’s leave that there; so I don’t forget the feel, let’s try and make a few more. Just when I was thinking that.

“Um, are you selling that bow?”

That voice called out to me. When I turned my head, a male player holding a bow was there.

“My bad, but this longbow was just made for practice, so it’s a longbow that only has Atk 18. You’d be better off buying the longbows already out on the market.”

When I said that, “I see, sorry for bothering you,” he took his leave.
So there are people who go directly to the crafting stations to buy stuff… Hoping to get a discount before it gets put out on the street stalls …?

Thinking that it doesn’t matter, I shake the thoughts from my head 2, 3 times and began production again.

Shaving it done, polishing the joints, form it into the shape of a bow … I experienced the frustration in the past, so maintaining the durability and balance is something that is firmly inputted into my head and hands.

Prototype Composite Longbow

Quality 6

Fumu, my experience in making longbows was insufficient, so improving it caused the quality to drop, huh? But, if I focus on this and get it to quality 8, then it might stack up to Atk +30, I bet. Come to think of it, it’s about time to go to sleep today, so I’ll continue tomorrow.

And so, the next day.

I reinforced the joints, reviewed the balance, and revised the bow’s overall form again and again.

Prototype Composite Longbow

Quality 8

Alright! I make a very, very small guts! Pose. With this I can finally move on to the next step. That next step is to hollow out 2 ellipse-shaped grooves in the front of the bow.

Of course the amount compared to wrapping it is less so the effectiveness will probably fall, but I will do the best I can with the amount of Light Metal I have.

After texturing the grooves, in order to manufacture Light Metal to meet the depth and length of the grooves, and to test the union of the two, I head over to the Forge and toss in my last Light Metal ingot I have into the forge to soften it.

I can’t afford to fail; I don’t have anymore materials, after all.

After some time I check to make sure it’s hardened.

There’s some gaps so I hammer it flush, inset it, supported the joints with steel all up and down, and spacing it out, arranged the steel to reinforce the joints, wound thin steel wires tightly around it as reinforcement, and above that made it the grip for the bow.

Prototype Composite Longbow, with Light Metal Line Reinforcement

Quality 7,  Durability Reduced.

It reached 38 in attack.

But with the real deal being wood from around Nexia, since the words “Durability Reduced” didn’t even appear after the unreasonableness of the X-bow, there should be no problems.

Even with the necessary increased weight, compared to my X-bow it’s worlds lighter; like this I suppose there’s no problems…
The real deal and the finishing touches are for tomorrow.

Today is finishing up the bow I’m actually selling. Yesterday, through trial and error, I was apple to finish the Recipe. It’s just, the Light Metal rods are embedded in the main wood of the prototype, so I roughly cut them out.

Checking whether or not it has any weird sounds, whether there are gaps, and checking the bow’s front where the grooves the Light Metal I dug out will be inlaid; in order to reduce the material degradation, I smeared it with lacquer; this lacquer is something that’s recently being sold.

With the base of the bow done, next is the arrangement of the Light Metal and Steel.

I gilded the reinforcements with silver, finishing it to be more beautiful; though just a little bit, it eases the boorish-ness.

The time it took to make it was long, but finally, it’s done.

Composite Longbow, Light Metal Line

Quality 7

The firepower has surpassed the lower half of the 40s. It’s at a level that’s more than enough for being used for the time being. With this, I’ve really used up all my Light Metal and the good wood I had on hand.

I’ll be selling it tomorrow; as expected, my mind is worn out, so today let’s sleep…

SKILLS

[Assaulting Kick]Lv22

[Craftsmanship]Lv56↑1UP

[Stealth]Lv41

[Chivalrous Thief]Lv25

[Fairy Language]Lv99 (Forced Acquisition) (Unable to be moved to Reserved Skills)

Reserved Skills

[Blacksmithing]Lv40

[Advanced Cooking]Lv11
ExP 4

Titles Possessed:  The One who Charmed Even the Fairy Queen, The One who Defeated a Great Foe Alone, Liberator, ???
Second Names: “Fairy King Candidate”(jealous), “Chef of the Battlefield-san”

A/N: It was just full of bow crafting.

Chapter end