Chapter 360: 360
Natasha gazed at Draco's back with a plethora of emotions running through her mind . She had gone from resenting him greatly to disdaining him, then to respecting him .
This respect wasn't due to any physical attribute he had or anything he said to her, but rather his wealth of talent and knowledge when it came to Tradeskills . To each resident of each village, Draco's crafts were novel, and seeing him work provided them with hefty enlightenment .
She had seen his procedure every single time, so she should have been desensitized to it… but no . Draco's endless knowledge as well as his means of crafting within Alchemy and Blacksmithing using the same technique had shocked the rebelliousness out of the birdwoman .
Natasha knew that no matter who came up, Draco would defeat them and he certainly had a great chance to become the inheritor of the Supreme Ancestor!
Of course, this threw Natasha into a tough spot . If she caved in right now, she would easily be able to ride his coattails and reap a great harvest when he succeeded . Just being around him for so long had yielded her immense benefits in terms of enlightenment .
However, Natasha disdained the idea of jumping on a lavish train just for the decoration . It didn't matter what the train was like, whether dirty, rickety or even broken down, as long as it interested her and was brilliant in its own way, she would choose it .
For example, she was growing interested in Draco organically due to his great talent in Tradeskills . However, the wall that was her self-esteem and bottom line prevented her from crossing the last boundary .
In this world, typical/average males and females had basic criteria for choosing partners . The males chose due to sexual attractiveness and the females chose due to success or safety .
As such, the general misconception that the average man was a sleazebag, and the average woman was a gold digger . The truth was that while some existed like this - a saddening majority too on both sides - there were more than a few who did not follow this concept .
Take Natasha for example . As for Draco… *cough* the fellow was average in this regard .
As the birdwoman deliberated on her choices, Draco himself was lost in a daze as he finally compiled all he had learned and guessed about the two upgraded techniques, and then took a deep breath .
It wasn't truly him compiling this, but whatever strange innate gift he had within that allowed him to learn techniques rather . It had finally understood the limits of the level 6 Refined Star Technique and Three Pound Origin, feeding them to Draco's subconscious .
To summarize… they were not even at the same level . It was as if he had rather gained two new techniques, not that he had upgraded old ones by just a level .
It was simply because level 1-5 of both techniques represented one tier and level 6-10 represented another . The first five were an introductory sort, to help him get an idea of the perfect foundational technique, one level 6 was the culmination of the first five levels .
Hence, the reason why level 1-5 only increased success rate, but level 6 increased everything across the board . Going from 6 to 7 would not be as hard as going to 6 from 5 .
The reason why was simple . So simple that it was the core reason why Draco was so dumbfounded that he didn't know what to do or feel right now .
Levels 1-5 were meant for the Amateur to the Master Rank . Level 6-10 were meant for the Grandmaster to Primogenitor Rank .
To clarify, Draco was a Grandmaster in terms of crafting technique, even if he wasn't an official one recognized by the system . However, the most important thing was that he had taken a strong and solid step forward to that end .
To become a Grandmaster, there were five criteria to fill, according to what Draco knew from the previous timeline as well as what he learned in this one .
The first was to have a Grandmaster crafting technique in the Tradeskill in question . It needs to be self-created and cannot be inherited from others . Otherwise, Grandmasters would be created en masse by Tradeskill organizations with powerful heritages .
A Grandmaster technique was not the same as a Legendary rated technique like those in the library . To put it simply, all Grandmaster techniques were Legendary techniques, but not all Legendary techniques were Grandmaster techniques .
Eventually, Draco had given him the Sunfire, which was a perfect Mystic Flame for the job . By now, the old coot might be well on his way to success, since he had fulfilled all the other criteria .
A Grandmaster design had to be fully drawn in one sitting . It depended on the functional knowledge a crafter had of their Tradeskill, and the difficulty rose the further they were into their design .
Using the same Inventor Doug as an example, the fellow could only reach 50% before his pencils would snap and his parchment would light on fire . It sounded simple, but it was only slightly less difficult than the first requirement .
The third requirement was to receive the recognition of a Primogenitor . Every Tradeskill had a Primogenitor in the world of the Gods, an Origin God that was stuck producing Origin Energy 24/7 to keep the world stabilized .
They were never present due to their everlasting task, but they had split a bit of their awareness to watch over the practitioners of their Tradeskills . This awareness only assessed the progress of various crafters and awarded them various rewards upon performing certain feats .
Draco's promotion to Grandmaster for Enchanting, for example, was handled by the Enchanting Primogenitor, through the AI of course . Or rather, it should be put the other way round that the AI had awarded Draco because the Enchanting Primogenitor had been impressed .
Essentially, getting the recognition of the Primogenitors was not that hard for a talented Master Rank crafter . One only needed to spend some time creating unique and special creations, and get awards from the system .
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