Faced with the murderous look in Master Kragg's eyes and the playful look on Master Chisel's face, the courage Master Molten had barely summoned faded a lot.
He composed himself, forced a smile, and waved to the dwarves in the audience while taking the rune loudspeaker from Master Kragg.
"Here, ah no, everyone here must already know me!" Although he tried his best to stay calm, Snorri could still hear the tension in his voice.
"I am Dulingen-Molten, and I am the vice-president of our guild thanks to everyone's support and trust," Master Molten said a few nonsense words to buy himself more time to speak.
"Personally, I am very convinced of the experience and judgment of our President Cragg and Vice President Iron Chisel!"
(Because Master Kragg's nickname "The Harsh One" is not a compliment, in this case, out of elder taboo, he is usually called by his first name.
For dwarves, they usually do not call derogatory nicknames for those who are more distinguished or older in person. For the deceased, if the nickname is not complimentary, they will try to call them by their first names when mentioning them. )
"I am definitely not questioning their judgment! It's just that I think everyone here would like to see the work of our young genius, Prince Thorson, the favored one of the Mother Goddess, right?" After the Molten Master launched the crowd shield, His courage returned somewhat,
He took a deep breath and continued: "Therefore, I want to boldly be a representative and lead everyone to appreciate this rune. Do you think it's okay?"
Listening to the thunderous applause of the members in the audience, Master Molten couldn't help but feel grateful that he had done quite well in literature back then. Seeing that Master Kragg did not stop him, he reached out and took the rune scroll.
Master Molten knew after just one glance that this was a genuine master-level rune. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
If this were an ordinary rune or even a blank piece of paper, he would have to weigh how he could withstand the anger of the two masters or face the doubts of the members.
He reached out and asked a disciple to unroll the scroll for him and raise it to the audience. It was still the same inspection process, but this time the Molten Master was inspecting with one hand and holding a loudspeaker in the other to introduce it to the dwarves in the audience.
The testing process was soon over, but the dwarves in the audience were still a little unfinished. Master Kragg curled his lips and said, "Show them this rune by activating it, and save these mustaches from having to go out and talk!"
Master Molten nodded and touched it with his hand. The runes shone brightly and a huge fireball appeared on the stage.
(After the dwarf's runes are carved, anyone can activate them. However, if you want to actively charge the runes, you need to possess the power of the runes and master the unique energy supply method of the runes. If you lack one of the two, you will have to wait for the runes. It can slowly absorb the free magical wind and charge it before it can be used again. We can understand whether it is plugged directly into the power source or powered by solar panels.)
The Master of Molten controlled energy much better than Snorri. He successfully maintained the fireball for a while, allowing every dwarf to feel the powerful power contained in it.
Then, before anyone else could say anything, Master Kragg directly annihilated the fireball with a wave of his hand. This miraculous operation gave Snorri a more intuitive understanding of his strength.
After listening to Master Molten's explanation and witnessing the power of runes with his own eyes, the dwarves' whispers changed from doubt to admiration.
At this time, Master Kragg took the loudspeaker and spoke again:
"I believe that everyone has no objection to Snorri Thorson's assessment qualifications. Without further ado, the assessment will be scheduled for today! Snorri is my disciple, and I am the president of the guild. In order to avoid anyone saying I cheated for personal gain," Master Kragg paused after saying this, and all the dwarves in the room also held their breath.
"I have decided that the form of assessment will be to directly carve runes!"
Before he finished speaking, the hall was boiling again!
"Krag, did you hit your head with magic stone powder (dwarves call dimensional stone magic stone)!? What nonsense are you talking about!" Master Iron Chisel was the first to roar, and he didn't even use honorifics.
"Which master-level rune was not produced by chance?" The old dwarf turned to face the dwarves in the audience: "You are all the backbone of the guild. Which of you did not take the examination in the form of a defense?"
Before the atmosphere team below could answer, Master Kragg's long and leisurely voice came from behind him: "I'm not! I think I completed the assessment in the form of seal-engraved runes under the witness of all the guild members. ! Do you have any opinions, Orem?"
The iron chisel master swallowed, "Granny's beard! Why do you have the nerve to show it when you have an old calendar from more than a thousand years ago!"
"This is the tradition of my sect, not to mention that Snorri is my disciple. Is it wrong for me to be strict with him?" Master Kragg took the moral high ground.
Just when the two were arguing, the Molten Master who had been silent just now spoke slowly: "It is true that the assessment by directly carving runes has not been used for more than a thousand years, but the ancestors of the Golden Age did have such a method Tradition,"
He paused, "What's more, there is no second person since Tourni who has mastered master-level runes under the age of 100!" Although he did not say it clearly, he expressed his attitude.
These words spoke to the voices of the dwarves in the audience. Although they did not understand why Master Kragg, as a master, took the initiative to increase the difficulty of the test, they generally supported this decision out of suspicion and jealousy. You know, there are many dwarves in the audience with gray beards who are just rune apprentices!
Seeing that public opinion was at odds with his own, Master Iron Chisel's roar turned into a helpless muttering, while Snorri was ecstatic when he heard this. He tried hard to improve his expression management to prevent himself from laughing, and at the same time, he had to look like a mourning concubine. demeanor.
Seeing that everyone had no objections to the format of this assessment, Master Kragg continued: "I declare that if Snorri Thorson fails the assessment, we will perform a finger-cutting ceremony (see above) on him as a punishment. His rune forgery!”
The third bomb-level news was dropped in the hall in just a few minutes, but this time not many people were on Master Krag's side.
Out of concern for his future (no one wants to accept the threat of a finger-severing ceremony if they fail the assessment, not to mention the assessment passing rate has dropped a lot since Master Cragg took charge of the guild),
Considering that Snorri is the current High King, the biological son of Lord Karaz-a-Karak, the seat of the Rune Blacksmith Guild, and the grandnephew of the vice-president Iron Chisel Master, no one is willing to push him to a dead end and then suffer the consequences of his clan elders of anger.
Therefore, the dwarves in the audience protested one after another, led by the people arranged by the Iron Chisel Master in advance. Seeing the change in the direction of public opinion, Master Molten also spoke up for Snorri, hoping to regain some of the favorability of the Supreme Prince.
Under the opposition of almost everyone, Krag the Harsh was forced to back down, and after a fierce argument the penalty for failing the exam was changed to a ban on taking the exam again for fifty years.
The Chisel Master was very dissatisfied with this result, but Snorri didn't care, because he knew that he would never fail with the system in hand.
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