They had collected the powers of Faience and
Rogalian, so they could now follow Acheron into Mount Hellena Bas-Crysalli. Pyre
was understandably desperate to get there as quickly as possible, but Seles
managed to persuade her that taking a quick detour to find Fu would be
invaluable when they finally confronted her father’s kidnapper.
It was the work of a moment to find the cave
with three entrances; they had stumbled through it more than once during their
search for the Crimson
Palace
Fu was a tall man, stripped to the waist,
with ferocious black hair and eyebrows that spoke more than he did. He conveyed
a definite interest in the Wreath and Scroll, however, allowing Seles to
explain that Faience and Rogalian had recommended him to them…or perhaps it was
vice versa. This appeared to sit well with the intimidating blacksmith.
The mysterious Kitsune Fur they had been
collecting, Fu explained, was not only incredibly magical and durable, but also
possessed of an odd transmuting property. To demonstrate, he took Seles’ bow
and the tuft of fur Seles had won from the Brambler way back at the beginning
of our story and began to fuse them together, wrapping expertly, adding
additional leather and wax, polishing and bending until…Seles’ well-worn
Longbow had become a Composite Bow, as though by magic!
They had four tufts of Kitsune Fur besides
the one Fu had already used. Fu offered to forge their armor as well as their
weapons, although he refused to upgrade any weapon or armor more than once at
this point. He drove a bargain with Seles that he would change his mind if they
brought him more of the elemental artifacts to study.
So now they were faced with a choice. They
could either upgrade four of their weapons, all of their armor, or a few of both.
It was a difficult decision. What would
you do?
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