"Is Galal here?" Cody said timidly when faced with the loud and irritable-looking dwarf.
Compared with the orcs who hang out on the edge of human cities, dwarves are the only alien race that lives perfectly with humans. The dwarves have inherited countless years of forging technology, allowing them to forge weapons that far exceed the level of the human race. Warriors like the hardness and toughness of dwarf weapons, while many nobles and rich people like their artistic styles. This kind of equipment, whether it is weapons or armor, cannot be easily forged by humans. Not only the human race, but also other races, the works of dwarves are rare and good things.
Because of the popularity of the work, dwarves have become the only aliens welcomed by all races. The dwarves' innate talent for forging and the experience accumulated over time have become their source of pride. But dwarves are violent by nature. Although they don't like war, they are very eager to fight. Whenever dwarves have a dispute within their own tribe, a hearty battle often ensues. However, after it ends, the two forget about their previous unhappiness and will still sit and drink together, arms around each other. Among dwarves, few There is a fight to the death.
However, the violent temper of the dwarves is also difficult for many people to accept. Although there is no violence with the dwarves, conflicts with each other are inevitable. It is just because of the superb forging skills of the dwarves that others can only hold their noses and tolerate their temper.
Dwarves are naturally arrogant about forging, which makes them disdain to deal with ordinary materials. Regardless of the price, as long as they think it is not good, they will never take a second look at it, unless there is a rare fine wine as a price. Apart from forging, the only thing left in the life of dwarves is wine. . But when they encounter rare materials, they can also come to the door themselves and beg for the materials to be handed over to them.
Most dwarves prefer to stay in human cities than other races. The humans have delicacies and wine that are rarely seen in their native land, and the dwarves who are addicted to alcohol will not let go of every place with good wine. And compared with other races, the human race has a greater demand for weapons, so they will always have the rare metals that the dwarves dream of, and they can give the dwarves more rewards.
Cody had only known about dwarves before, but had never seen one. Norma City does not need the craftsmanship of the dwarves, and it is difficult to afford the price of letting them forge weapons. After all, Norma City is not a prosperous city focused on economy. Most of the territory is occupied by the Third Legion. The weapons and armor of the Legion are Courtesy of Empire.
Unexpectedly, he met the long-rumored dwarves today. Cody was very interested in the dwarves' forging skills and wanted to see what their techniques had in common with alchemy. After all, they were both very profitable crafts. Although he knew the temper of dwarves, it seemed now that their temper was beyond his imagination.
The dwarf had his hands on his waist, clearly raising his head, but it gave people the illusion of being condescending. "I'm Galal. I'll give you half a minute to tell you what you want from me, or I'll stuff your ass into my stove."
Cody swallowed. He had no doubt that the short wine barrel would really do this. He quickly took off the box on his back and said, "I'm here to deliver something to you."
Galal snatched the box and opened it while saying: "Give me something if you give me something. What's the name of the ghost? I don't know if I'm the only one who can speak loudly here? Tell me which family you are a servant of. Didn't you tell me about me recently?" Don’t you know how to forge weapons?”
Galal directly opened the box that was almost as tall as himself, then his eyes shone, and he stood on tiptoe to pick out the two hammers inside. He shouted excitedly: "Haha. It's finally done. I can finally start forging those hammers." Damn thing. I thought Master Gan had forgotten it and was planning to go find him. Boy, are you a magician too?"
Cody nodded, "Yes, Master Gan Ross is my teacher. It was the teacher who asked me to bring you the hammer."
Unexpectedly, this impolite boy who looked like a warrior turned out to be Master Gan's disciple. Galal's attitude changed and his voice became softer, "Okay, thank you very much. Two forging hammers have been sent to Master Gan." It's been months since I've returned it, so I haven't forged for a long time." I stroked my beloved hammer and swung it a few times to see if there was any change in the feel.
Seeing Galal swinging the hammer as if it were nothing, Cody couldn't help but sigh at the power of the dwarf. Although he could also dance, he couldn't do it so easily. Cody, who had completed the task, said: "Since the things have been handed over to you, I will leave."
"Wait a minute." Galal put the hammer back in the box, "I want to test it again to see the effect after Master Gan re-engraves the runes. If it doesn't work, you have to send it back. Please let Master Gan re-engrave it." Engraved again."
Seeing Cody's somewhat displeased expression, Galal explained: "It's not that I don't believe in Master Gan's ability, it's just that this change is a bit complicated, and I'm afraid that the person who sent the message to Master Gan missed my request. And I accepted The forged things are relatively strong, and I don’t know if the forging hammer can handle it well, so I need to experiment first.”
Cody's face looked better now. It turned out that he was questioning his teacher. He nodded to Galal, signaling him to do whatever he wanted. But I don't understand, why are the runes engraved instead of the magic circle? Isn't the magic circle better than the runes?
Fortunately, Master Gan is not here and does not know what Cody is thinking, otherwise he would definitely be furious. The magic circle is used on magic weapons, and it is done when fusing materials, and the magic circle gives magical power, while Galar's forging hammer needs to strengthen some characteristics and does not require magic. This knowledge is recorded In the Alchemical Manual.
"Follow me." Galal dragged the box inside. The box was almost as tall as him and he couldn't carry it on his back. Cody looked at the funny Galal and followed him.
After passing a few doors to the back of the store, Cody thought he had arrived at the Legion's weapons warehouse. The ground was filled with a variety of weapons and armors, but without exception, they were all incomplete items, not broken swords. , that is, a broadsword without a handle, and even a concave-convex armor without a breastplate. However, there are a lot of good things hanging on the wall, whether they are weapons or something else, they are all exquisite. Even if Cody doesn't know much about the quality of weapons, he can still feel from these gorgeous things that they are definitely not just superficial decorations, but real weapons. The dwarf's forging skills are truly well-deserved. This thing forged by just a dwarf is already so good. But Cody guessed wrong. Although Galal didn't look like much, he was a true forging master.
Galal took out the forging hammer and saw that Cody was surprised by his work. He said proudly: "Boy, you have never seen it before. Let me tell you, these are just ordinary things. The ones on the ground are what I have been fooling around with for the past two months." Yes, I don’t have a forging hammer at hand, and my hands are itchy, so I have no choice but to make do with it, but if it doesn’t meet my requirements, everything will be destroyed. Most of the things on the wall are customized by others, and a few are made by me. I made them myself and sold them. Although they were not good things, they gave me a lot of money, so I used these things in exchange for wine. As for the really good things, I won’t show them to you, because I’m afraid you’ll lose them when you see them. You can’t get it out of your eyes.”
Is this a high-quality product or an ordinary product? You must know that the quality of one of your father's best spears is only about the same as these. Cody was a little skeptical of Galal's words. Anyway, he felt that this dwarf was unreliable.
Regardless of whether Cody believed it or not, after Galal showed off, he just wanted to try the forging hammer that had been re-engraved with runes. He walked to the innermost part, lit the furnace used for forging, and shoveled a few shovels of unknown fuel. As the bellows pulled, the temperature of the entire space soon began to rise. Although Cato's Bracelet helped to resist the insufficiency, Despite the lack of temperature, Cody could still feel the heat waves hitting his face. I didn't expect that with some fuel, the temperature could be raised so quickly, and the temperature was still rising.
The temperature soon exceeded Cody's magic, and the heat wave burned his face red, forcing him to actively use Cato's Bracelet to block it.
Galal took off his shirt, exposing his rock-like muscles. He selected from the pile of materials on the side, threw a piece of metal into the fire, and squinted his eyes to quietly observe the changes in the metal in the flames. Cody discovered that after standing on the forging platform, Galal seemed to be a different person. He lost his original impetuousness and now only looked serious and serious.
A few minutes later, Galal picked up the pliers and quickly took out the golden-red metal block from the fire. He used pliers in his left hand to fix the metal on the forging table, and held a forging hammer tightly in his right hand. He used his waist and legs to drive his arms, and hit the metal on the forging table hard, making a dull sound, one after another, which shook Cody's ears. tingling.
Galal soon stopped his movements, looked at the metal that had been hammered and shrunk in size, and laughed: "Master Gan is amazing. Today's forging hammer is much easier to use than before, and even the original flaws are not noticeable. .”
After saying that, he didn't care that he was definitely still here. He started to add more fuel to the stove, and then pulled the bellows vigorously to make the fire burn brighter. Walking back and forth, a pile of materials was quickly placed in front of him, including metals and some unknown ores. Every once in a while, one was thrown into the furnace.
Cody looked on, dumbfounded: Damn, this guy is probably planning to forge weapons now, but I'm still here. Didn't I just agree to test it out? He was cursing in his heart, but he didn't dare to disturb Galal, who was already fully immersed in forging. Who knew what would happen to the irritable dwarf if his forging was interrupted. The high temperature made Cody retreat further. He looked around and saw that there wasn't even a chair. He could only slowly get an armor to use as a stool.
Amidst the sound of metal colliding, Cody didn't know how much time had passed. Anyway, he had fallen asleep out of boredom several times, but every time he would be awakened by a sudden sound.
There was a sound of gurgling water, followed by Galal's laughter, "Okay, okay, it's really a good hammer. Both its toughness and high temperature resistance are much stronger than before. Now we can forge weapons." It came more easily, and the quality of the forged weapons was also higher. Unfortunately, the forging hammer took too long. Although Master Gan re-engraved the runes, it couldn't last long. When I got the last material, I immediately forged a new one. Hammer, let Master Gan engrave new runes when the time comes."
Cody rubbed his eyes and shouted to Galal, who was admiring his newly forged knight's sword: "Hey, it's okay now. If your hammer is okay, I'll leave first."
Galal heard Cody's voice, turned around and said in surprise: "Huh? Why are you still here? Didn't I let you go?"
Cody was furious and said, "Damn, you've been banging there since you brought me in. When did you let me go?"
Rubbing his head with the knight's sword, Galal said awkwardly: "No? Haha, maybe I was too involved in forging that I forgot about it. I am often like this. By the way, have you secretly learned from me since you have been around for so long? Forging technology."
Cody couldn't help but pick up an unknown part of the armor from the ground, threw it at Galal, and cursed: "I'm secretly learning from your sister, I'm so hot and bored here, I want to sleep. I can't sleep well while waiting for you, so I won't have time to secretly learn your skills. Besides, I am an alchemist and a disciple of Master Gan, so I don't need to secretly learn your skills." An angry Cody said All his old skills were revealed, even though he was not an alchemist yet, at least not in Master Gan's eyes.
oh? Galal did not expect that Cody was not only a disciple of Master Gan, but also an alchemist. The violent temper that was aroused by Cody's loud shouts also subsided. He looked at the knight sword in his hand, hesitated, and walked to Cody. He handed it over and said, "I'm really sorry. It's my mistake that made you wait for so long. So, I'll give you this newly released knight's sword as a way to express my apology and thank you for giving it to me. Forge hammer back.”
Cody was confused by Galal's behavior. He had clearly seen his beard standing on end just now, but why did he suddenly change? Looking at the silver knight's sword in his hand, he said disdainfully: "Who cares about your knight's sword? How good can something made with just a few hits be?"
Galal glanced at the Knight Sword and sighed, saying: "It's really not that good. The quality of the material is a bit worse, and like you said, the forging time is not enough, so it's a bit rushed. But I don't have anything else to give here for the time being. You are too good for me to part with, but you are too bad for me. Just make do with it, even if you sell it, it will still be worth two purple gold coins."
"I'm sorry, I was too loud just now." Cody hunched over and raised his hands to take the knight's sword.
